New patch available (2.12)

[Blitz]

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Originally posted by Blitz:
It's too bad neither of my pet wishes were adressed... those beng Golden Era Arcoscophile needing changes and overall avatar balancing. but it's a nice patch nontheless, and adressed the most important Mp balancing issues.
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Why don't you create a mod that accomplishes this? That would make it possible to test the proposed changes before making it the default. And if Illwinter makes it possible to enable mods on the command line, you could even create a game on my server with your mod :-D

I've considered it, believe me. The problem is that it's quite a bit of work and I'm not really sure people would use the mod. For example, someone with a particular liking for the Ghost King might install the mod and note that I had changed GK paths to a more-reasonable 30. That person is unlikely to use the mod, as his favorite avatar had been nerfed. Others would obviously disagree with certian balancing decisions I had made and reject it for those reasons.

Clearly, if a balance mod of this magnitude were to be done properly, it would have to be the work of more than one person. If several veteran players got together and discussed the various issues, and collectively created a new price/path costing table, it would be far more likely to gain some kind of acceptance. The dominions community is quite small, compared to other games. This is a good thing if you hope to see your ideas used in an upcoming patch. If such an undertaking were to be started, I would be more than happy to participate.