[llamabeast]

Interesting. I definitely wouldn't myself think that magic as a whole needs to be stronger. By turn 30 or 40 mages can lay down a ridiculous carpet of fire that can annihilate the most powerful of conventional armies. I wouldn't want it to be any stronger.

You may be right though that early magic could be more powerful. I suppose it would be nice if a powerful F3 mage was able to hold his own even without any research. But I don't find I really have any strong feelings on this. I'm fairly happy with it as it is I think.

One thing I don't like so much is the extremely magic-dominated late-game, although I suspect that's because I haven't got good at it yet. It's sad when real armies don't matter at all against hordes of SCs and Ghost Riders. I think myself I would probably like to nerf a few high-powered spells (Tartarian Gate, Ghost Riders, Fog Warriors, Will of the Fates, Army of Lead, Arcane Nexus perhaps), and also make gem-producing items harder to forge. But again I'm not sure of my own opinion on the subject.