[abadjpyo]

yo, so i know who i'm talking to, are you or were you a marine? and infantry? just curious, not arguing. Yeah man play how you want! i think most people would agree that balance is key in a good game, just the right difficulty level options! however, i think this game has fluctuating balances, like in the beginning it's kinda hard, for soothsayer it might be harder, if you use certain troops and stuff, the game can be very little challenge, etc. Personally, to me it's bad game design, i think most people enjoy a constant and fluid difficulty level with maybe a few spikes in between. I don't use rune mages for example, nor artificer cuz it takes the fun out for me and i bet most people without even knowing it have less fun too that way. I know what you mean by strategy and what not but since you're not a loser in arguments like tiberiu, i'll give you my opinion: if you want good strategy, play the game harder, that's why you're on impossible and you wanted a challenge, so that means try soothsayer, no rune mages, artificer, scrolls, etc. and there you will need to use better strategy if you want a challenge. Is this good in a game? no! it's because it was not well designed, you shouldn't have to gimp your character for challenge, in a good balanced game, you can min-max and still be challenged without it being impossible.