Blood Magic

[apoger]

>>but I cannot follow how you conclude from that that Blood will be worse in Dom II than in Dom I.

>Could be due to the (in practice) lower costs of the big blood summons.

>This is a circular argument that doesn't hold. If scout empowering makes blood summons cheaper in Dom II, scout empowering + rod makes them even cheaper in Dom I.

How is this a circular argument?
I said it was the lower costs. I didn't say scout empowering was the reason why blood magic is worse in Dom II than I. You are misreading what I said.

Scout empowerment is an issue that needs to be looked at. But that is not what I answered in response to your question.


>Soul slay is now 100 range, paralyze is stronger IMO, same with mind bLast, spiders, that maggot thing, missile weapons & in particular the magic ones are more usable, blessed troops, stronger pretenders...probably more that escape me.

Soul slay - needs the extra range due to larger battlefields.
Paralyze is stronger.
Mind bLast doesn't seem better. Perhaps I'm missing someting there.
Spiders as a counter for SC. Possibly, but I'd need to see more before commenting.
Maggots - Only works versus undead. The blood SC are now demons.
Magic Missile weapons. Possibly, but will have to be seen.
Blessed troops - I don't think they'll make a dent in most SC.
Stronger Pretenders - Yes, but that's a balance issue in itself.

Considering what's been lost, that's not a very big list. I'd trade that all in for Dom I's star fire and the ability to use control the dead and wither bones versus 'demons'.


>See? it's not that hard to acept that one might be wrong...can you do it?

Sure can.
Show me where I've been wrong and we'll get a start on it.


>When I find unbalancing issues I bring it to the attention of IW/all so the issues can be observed and/or fixed.

>And if you can strenghten your analysis by pointing to the changes in one direction while ignoring the changes in the opposite direction, so much the better, right?

I have no idea what you are talking about.
If you can show me 'changes in the opposite direction' that would influence the discussion, then let's hear them. If you have a problem with my arguments then make a counter argument.


>but I am not the one painting an apocalyptic future

And you call me dramatic?

>based on incomplete and premature information.

Yeah, it's not like I did any testing.