Is Ghost Riders too powerful ?

[NTJedi]

Originally posted by Pocus:
I used extensively this spell in pbem. Yes it is powerful, and will allow you to do damages to enemy patrollers or small armies.

Not just small armies... I've wiped out troops of over one hundred on a single province with one cast of the spell.

On the other hand, you wont do much against big concentration of troops. I'm not speaking of these useless units the AI build en masse, like 200 tribal archers, but of heavy mundane units and summon that players do possess by the time you reach level 9 in conjuration.

Look at the TOTAL cost of the spell and even strong armies will suffer BIG losses with two or three casts of the spell.

I dont find it disproportionate compared to the amount of research needed, and compared to what other magic schools can do. If you tone it down, then you will want to tone done mist warriors for Air, because it render a whole enemy army very tough, or suppress mass domination for astral, etc.
Each school, upon reaching the end game, has big and efficient spells. Its normal. You have paid a big cost and you deserve to have nice spells.

Compared with the cost this spell plus it doesn't place any of your commanders in danger. My point is that for single player games especially it removes the challenge against computer opponents.