New patch

[MaxWilson]

Kristoffer O said:
Since I'm quite fond of the nations I've been afraid that they would be too strong. I hope the drawbacks are enough to make them not overpowered. Since I'm not very used to design thugs/SC, and the nations are based on few mighty men I'm not sure how to properly balance them. There is no real precedent. Niefel giants are more powerful with their cold aura, but the Fomorians are probably inferior.

So far, my impression is that Ashdod is tremendous *fun* because they have so many options, kind of like Lanka. I'm not thinking at this point that they'll be unbalanced. As you say, Niefelheim is better at thugging/SCing because Niefel Jarls have the cold aura and better equipment out of the box, and also Jotun Jarls and Skratti are recruitable everywhere. They have fun battlemages and good, solid troops, but supply is a problem (nice to have a nation where gluttony actually matters because it's not combined with Need Not Eat). The summons provide a great endgame strategy to shoot for, but that just means the endgame will be more thematic instead of generic Seraphs and Tartarians. In terms of thugs and SCs I think the main advantage over Niefelheim is that Adons are not afraid of heat (or cold), but they need a chaff-killer.

-Max