Conceptual Balance Mod 1.41

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Omnirizon

I'm just glad confusion was nerfed. that spell allowed about 10 cheap-*** air mages to slaughter an army of 400 dai bakemono.

it still looks a bit scary th0ough, but the A2 will at least mean that the cheapest mages can't use its overwhelming potential

I think it still needs #ofeffects reduced though. I had to quit an SP game because just entering the mid-game, I was attacked by Vanheim, and I was summarily slaughtering them as I expected to with my strong elite troops - but really even 4-5 Vanjarls spamming Confusion (the AI seems to know?!) could destroy my armies.

The problem isn't even losing battles, so much. But every battle that I won, I would suffer 20-30% attrition, almost entirely from my own men killing eachother. With my formations broken up, the mages would surive EVERY combat, to come back to haunt me again. Against humans it would be horrifying, as they would come with large numbers of cheap-ish mages, supported by strong troops. The AI just used it to win due to its relentless spam attacks of small forces. Thing is it was forces I should lose at most 1-2 men against (I had decent mage support, but no Antimagic), and yet I was losing 20+ in many combats.

Sorry for being so long winded. I just think Confusion would still be "useful" and attractive at #ofeffects 2+ rather than 4+.