Conceptual Balance Mod 0.9

[Nerfix]

Graeme Dice said:
I'm not sure that you really needed to utterly destroy Ulm by making it impossible for master smith's to cast bladewind without earth boots. I also very much dislike the changes to site searching spells. I'm not going to voluntarily play mods that add to micromanagement, and magic already has far too little effect in Dom3.

Earth Boots and a gem.

It's not only Ulm. Agartha and Marverni also.

[Graeme Dice]

Nerfix said:
Earth Boots and a gem.

It's not only Ulm. Agartha and Marverni also.

It's not like blade wind is even that good of a spell. A master smith casting it is likely to kill maybe a dozen troops per cast, which means that he doesn't even come close to paying for himself.

I also can't believe that celestial chastement, which is a superpowered version of enslave mind, is a level 1 spell.

[Endoperez]

I discussed Celestial Chastisement. It's S2, so only 1/4 of Celestial Masters can cast it. CMs are capital-only. It's got a range of 15. Arcane Bolt might be a better option EVEN now.

[Graeme Dice]

The changes also manage to destroy Miasma C'Tis, since they can barely even cast raise skeletons anymore, especially when raise skeletons is the only way that the death nations can even attempt to survive against a dual-bless. Note that even 8 skeleton summoners are utterly effective against a mere 20 F9W9 Helhirdings, which are still underpriced at 110 gold.

I'm not sure why there's so much hate towards battlefield summons. If a spell is going to have a gem cost, then that spell had better be able to completely alter the course of a massive battle with only a single casting. Spells like wrathful skies and firestorm fit this description. The elementals don't. All the gem cost on them does is ensure that nobody ever uses them thanks to the horribly micromanagement of moving gems around. Dominions needs more magic on the battlefield, not less, especially when there are so many almost worthless spells like fireball.

[KissBlade]

haha no one likes the remote search nerf =).

[Graeme Dice]

Why would anyone like it? Remote searching is the only thing that removes the horrid micromanagement of searching for magic sites.