Vampire Queens and Sneaking Armies

[Truper]

Originally posted by Wendigo:

I am starting to think that the VQ should be nerfed, she is soo much better than the comparable Liche types.

As a combat pretender, she is soo much better than anything. No other pretender can make any number of mundane troops irrelevant from turn 3 on, but a VQ can. I'm thinking of any nation that can hire an earth mage turn 1, forge a black steel plate turn 2, and send the VQ out to begin the slaughter turn 3. For any other nation, it takes only slightly longer - until alteration 2 is researched. I'm not sure what kind of nerf I'd suggest - removing the regeneration might be a start, so that at least anything that does manage to hit her would have a greater chance of inflicting an affliction, but this is probably not enough. Possibly increasing the new path cost to 80 would help - a little harder to have both earth and water, which is my favorite combo for a naked queen - quickness and stoneskin and off she goes. Lets not even mention what Ermor can do with one...

As it stands right now, if I played strictly to win, I would never take any other pretender. Never.