[JimMorrison]

Well, my only complaint about Armageddon, is that it fails 2 of the benchmarks of "balance" -

Can it be countered? No, there is no way to stop someone from casting it (at least globals can theoretically be blocked by filling the 5 slots first).

Can you recover from it? No, while you may be prepared to initiate a "no cash" strategy, there is no way to ever recover the population, or the income loss.


I think it's more of an issue in MP, even in an "epic scope" game like Kingmaker, because of the vast scale involved. Basically the ultimate problem being that so many people who are severely affected, have little chance to return the favor to the perpetrator. And as far as Helheim goes, for example, it'll be a cold day in hell before the capital fortress falls, so even withe the juggernaut of LA Agartha knocking on my door, they will be unable to stop the wholesale destruction that the next several months will visit upon this world.

Though, I guess you could say it's kind of poetic, that this epic struggle of would-be gods, ends in the savage annihilation of the mortals who inhabit this world.