The Steel Ovens

[Knai]

Originally Posted by Chazar

Ok, I don't understand why the Steel Ovens are considered to be so powerful?

They might be powerful for a nation that already has a forging discount on mages that would stack, but otherwise? Judging from the Wiki Page on forging, we have:

So you have one province where forging is slightly more expensive than having ForgeOfTheAnciencts without Hammers, but if you have FotA you are likely to use DwarvenHammers on top. Also, I think the main bonus of FotA are the reduced path requirements, which the steel ovens to not provide.

Forge Of The Ancients has some major flaws that Steel Ovens doesn't. If you put that up, everyone will know you put that up, and given that Hammers are basically assumed, that leads to a ridiculous increase in item power. It is one of the globals that puts a "shoot me now" sign on you, along with Astral Nexus and Burden of Time. Possibly also Strands of Arcane Power, particularly if there is reason to suspect a Rainbow Mage of casting that, and you have a lot of provinces.