[Amhazair]

/nod. The elemental royalty is without doubt very good in this mod, but I wouldn't call them overpowered, by virtue of being unique. Sure, getting one is great, but you do have to get there first. The dynamic is very much like the race for artifacts, and honestly if I'd have to choose (in a void & without considering other implications) between several elmentaly royals or some key artifacts (Boots of the Planes!) Id probably still choose the latter.

Zmey... probably overnerfed, yes, though I still would't call them a waste of gems. Just have to be careful about when and how to use them. (And when to better use something else.) They have a massive hard-on for Zmey over on the SA forums though.

I really like the various summoning or domsummoning chasis. And of course since that's one of the more uncommon mechanics in Vanilla/CBM I get that many people wanted to try that out. I've been using a Frost Father myself, which doesn't give any freespawn, but does give me the option of summoning 5 Unfrozen warriors a turn. So I have all the utility of a rainbow, and when I have nothing more valuable for him to do, I get myself some tough troops that synergize well with my CR. I like it.