Marignon CotS - What's the hook?

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Chris Byler:

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Originally posted by fahdiz:
Why does a modded theme have to be "better" than its base theme?

Because it costs design points.

If it were a 0 point theme, then it shouldn't be better or worse than the default theme - just different. But a 50 point theme needs better units or commanders to make up for the tradeoff you will have to make in pretender, fortress, scales or dominion strength to pay for those 50 points.

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I see your point, yes. However, I guess I'd say that perhaps you're paying for the Sailing ability on your commanders in a nation which typically has quite little access to Water magic unless the pretender takes it.

Then again, I haven't played much CotS at all, so I probably shouldn't even comment.