THE TRENT WAR --- a new campaign!

[Sirlancelot]

I insist about Magic Shackles level 3. It always work and feels OP. Makes fights against demons (for example) too easy.

I'm now clearing Trent Dungeon. A few days ago had a nasty surprise with the pirate who sails the seas at Fromlen. Oh my... haha, it was a good battle.

[raknefne]

Hmm... It was another player who suggested no leadership limit on magic shackles... Actually...

For next v1.3 I lowered it to leadership 125% - 160% - 250% (was 200-300-10000). Still higher than vanilla (100% only).

[Sirlancelot]

Originally Posted by raknefne

Hmm... It was another player who suggested no leadership limit on magic shackles... Actually...

For next v1.3 I lowered it to leadership 125% - 160% - 250% (was 200-300-10000). Still higher than vanilla (100% only).

And/or make it more mana expensive. In my opinion is just the third level which clearly need to be nerfed, and maybe with +8 or +10 mana cost is enough.

20 -> 28 or 30.

[raknefne]

It was 35 Mana in vanilla for level 3 magic shackles. I forgot it was for all enemies not just one - that's why I lowered the Mana price. I'll change it to 30 Mana at level 3 instead of current 20 Mana. In the code it says "one,one,all" - must meen all enemies at once at level 3. Never used it... but strong, I can see. And 125-200-250% of leadership. Crystal 4-8-30.

[Sirlancelot]

Originally Posted by raknefne

It was 35 Mana in vanilla for level 3 magic shackles. I forgot it was for all enemies not just one - that's why I lowered the Mana price. I'll change it to 30 Mana at level 3 instead of current 20 Mana. In the code it says "one,one,all" - must meen all enemies at once at level 3. Never used it... but strong, I can see. And 125-200-250% of leadership. Crystal 4-8-30.

I have increased the mana cost of the third level to more than vanilla cost, 38... it felt still OP. And I wonder yet if that's enough. I'm clearing much of the dungeon easily thanks to this spell.

[Sirlancelot]

Currently testing with leadership limit 125, 200, 200. And mana cost 10, 15, 40.

I'm also tempted to try out 125, 200, 150. Mana cost 10, 15-20, 35. That way you'd have to choose between disable the talents of the probably most dangerous foe on the field or disable all the rest.

I reached upper Trent, by the way. No strange/weird text bugs yet.

Priests and Rune Mages, at least. Huzzah!

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Reduced locally physical resistance of units with Steel Armor to 25%. The game should cap resistances at 75-80% IMO, but as I assume this is not possible through simple modding, this is the best I can do to keep balance. In fact, even 75 or 80% cap could prove to be insufficient of a nerf if combined with Magic Shield from Archmages. The AI should try to disable that kind of combos right away (with dispel or the like)

Let's hope the devs do a better job on balance and AI terms on next KB iteration.

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[raknefne]

About magic shackles: alternatively level 3 could just be for one and not all. Still strange I haven't heard about magic shackles being op before... But in vanilla the leadership is 100% also at level 3. That is the difference.