Re: Balance opinions
DrPraetorious, I have a really hard time understanding your position on nerfing. You seem to rule it out as an option almost entirely, but if such an approach is taken, it results in an out of control, neverending boosting cycle for everything where a single nerf would fix the issue. I've seen compelling arguments for this and no valid arguments at all for NOT nerfing.
That said, and on the basis of the Dom2 CB mod where I was fairly involved (I haven't tried the Dom3 one, no time), most changes were actually boosting really crappy units such as drakes enough to make them viable and tweaking too expensive or otehrwise suboptimal stuff so that it became viable. Nerfs were few and far between and I expect things to remain so by and large.
CBM may or may no be more optimized for blitz games, but I do not expect its balance changes to be detrimental on large maps. I intend to take a good look at it at some point and when I do, it will likely become a permanent addition to my games though I am likely to change some things to get a version more to my own liking. I've also grown attached to the BI mod, which isn't too compatible with the CBM because of the design premises.
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