Balance changes

[ProditorMagnus]

https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?p=632219#p632219

[Very Wanted] AGELESS RPG The upcoming sugerences are to nerf units that extreme stats, strong specials or both. With the intention of making them less broken in colosseum, Orocia and Creepwars and similar mods. Cases which are better to care about.

--> Jinns and Advancement: Their magical/Precision Scimitar cannot get beneficiated from extra damage! but they can still gain extra strikes. Now, they will have a +Dispel (always 50%) attack that can gain the extra damage that in the end will have much lower raw damage while trying to have an equilibrated damage/strike amounts. Dispel instead of specialess is to prevent favorable situations (80% at moat) and as a magical being has sense.

--> EoMa Runic Warrior/Rune Lord: Their Gun will no longer scale with upcoming damage upgrades (at least for the +skilled and +Precision versions), but their secondary specialess gun will.

--> UM: Actually one of the strongest units for RPG gameplay (specially with the UM blast new attack...) an hard nerf upcoming.

• UM Blast +Un-upgradable(1) will now not scale with any more than one single strike (much better than being 0 strikes)
• Magic Barrage +Un-upgradable(12), this will decrease the amount of strikes when UM is wound.
• Mu's as well suffers from +Un-Upgradable(12) nerf.

--> Guru of Magic: The same than Jinn's scimitars and Rune Lord's gun. UM strike damage cannot be increased but strikes can. --> Cosmic Eye: Reality warp will not scale anymore with upcoming damages! but gets beneficiated from extra strikes.

--> Matriarch of Emptyness: Anti-Magic will not scale with upcoming damage, but scales with strikes. Aditionally has an alternative version with +dispel (always 50% chance to hit) that scales with upcoming damage.

--> Matriarch of Darkness: bloodgate will no longer scale with upcoming damage, but will have an alternative version of bloodgate with +Poison +Slow but without +Precision that scales with upcoming damage.

Considering that the unit has already a strong fire attack and that not all units are suceptible to drain and that some of those are weaker to cold, bloodgate counters them by dealing higher damage AND slowing them. Needed a nerf.

--> EoMa Witch: same case than Matriarch of Darkness. Curse will not scale with upcoming damage but will have a +Slow +Poison +Dispel that scales with upcoming damage.

--> Dark Warlord: explosion will not scale with extra damage. Fireball will deal more single target damage at certain point of the game, but explosion will still maintain the +random-area-effect.

--> Great Ifreeti: destruction will no longer scale with extra damage, exact same case than dark warlord's explosion.

--> Summons Master: Incancation of Power will no longer scale with upcoming damage, but will gain extra strikes. But, will have an optional +dispell (always 50% chance) that will scale with upcoming damage.

Incantation of Power +Enchanted will have fewer relative damage than +Precision version except if incantation of power's damage increases to at least 56 (+21 base) per strike. Ending in the same but with more chances of missing each strike. And as situational weapon is really fine (specially versus very fire resistant units) or using any of the mele attacks.

56 x 0.6 = 28 35 x 0.8 = 28

--> Neutral Summoner: Circle of balance will suffer a nerf because cannot have the same considerations than circle of destruction because of having +Drain special as well.

• Circle of balance (that scales with strikes) will now be +Magical instead of +Precision.

--> Barbarian Lord / King: Sword+Axe suggestion to Unupgradable(3) preventing it to gain extra strikes. this forces that double attack condition has to to run a risk to potentially double attack and in some cases having 2 killing blows a turn. By scalling with damage as normal helps the unit to take less retaliations by being capable to one hit very wounded units with more health.

                       This does not change in anything the retaliations.

--> Cyclops Breaker: Fist +Double-attack needs Un-upgradable(4) obligatory!

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[VERY IMPORTANT] BEEM - CALYDONIANS BEEM SHOWING US HOW TO NOT DO UNIT DESIGN !! THOSE MOVEMENT COSTS ARE SO ROUGH ... and making the faction unviable in many maps just only because of that. Post data: Calydonians are actually MUCH WORSE than I've guessed originally! TERRIBLE MOVEMENT COSTS!!

Some buffs from 4.17 to 4.18 were rightly done, but still I recently found that some needs even more buff. Mostly, excesive terrain fixing because calydonian having issues with too many terrains... --> IMPASSABLE defense is 90%, make it 0% maybe.

Warning that those changes are rough to apply, but an fix calydonian in a playable tier.

Dioian Swordsman Removed berserker and made it safer to use seems that accidentaly I've made it a bit worse than it used to be because the older version could at least execute a no mele unit with garantee. Strongering considering its new asigned role. ---> GOT HORRORIZED BY CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF TERRAIN ISSUES FOR THIS UNIT!

• Health from 28 to 32
• sword is now +skilled instead of +marskman !!
• Pierce resistance from -20% to -10%
• Swallow water & Swamp movement cost from 4 to 3
• Swamp movement cost from 4 to 3
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% & movement cost from 4 to 2
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%
• Fungus defense from 30% to 40% (same than in flat)
• Fungus movement cost from 3 to 2
• Sand defense from 20% to 30%
• Sand movement cost from 4 (wtf?) to 2
• Forest defense from 30% to 40% (same than in flat)
• Price from 20g to 19g Coment: very generous buff, now this unit can somehow work.

Dioian Veteran

• Health from 44 to 48
• sword is now +skilled instead of +marskman !!
• Pierce resistance from -20% to -10%
• XP from 100 to 90
• Swallow water & Swamp movement cost from 4 to 3
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% & movement cost from 4 to 2
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%
• Fungus defense from 30% to 40% Coment: now this unit can be a real annoyanse to mele units trying to avoid retaliation damage from it. considering that this unit cannot have 60% terrain defense seems okey to me.

Dioian Swordmaster

• sword is now +skilled instead of +marskman !!
• Flat defense from 30% to 40%
• Swallow water & Swamp movement cost from 4 to 3
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% & movement cost from 4 to 2
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%
• Fungus defense from 30% to 40% (same than in flat)
• Sand defense from 20% to 30%
• Forest defense from 30% to 40% (same than in flat)

Dardanian Warrior / Peltast and ALL THEIR ADVANCEMENTS

• Coastal rift movement cost from 3 to 2
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30
• Cave defense from 30% to 40%
• Sand movement cost from 3 to 2
• Sand defense from 20% to 30%
• Fungus movement cost from 3 to 2

Podromoi

• Javelin damage from 7-1 to 5-1
• Pierce resistance from -30% to -20%
• Fire reistance from 0% to -10%
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% (but no movement buff for mounted)
• Cave defense from 20% to 30% +Coment: charger unit with extra ranged? okey, but nerfed. Apart it has non charge mele sword too!!

Hipparch

• Xiphos damage from 10-3 to 9-3
• Pierce resistance from -30% to -20%
• Fire resistance from 0% to -10%
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% (but no movement buff for mounted)
• Cave defense from 20% to 30% Coment: really powerful leadership unit, decent hp, nice movement, okey damage. In PvP is really strong!

Epihipparch

• Pierce resistance from -30% to -20%
• Impact resistance from 0% to 10%
• Fire resistance from 0% to -10%
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% (but no movement buff for mounted)
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%

Hippikon

• Javelin damage from 10-1 to 7-1
• Pierce resistance from -30% to -20%
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% (but no movement buff for mounted)
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%

Hetaroi

• Javelin damage from 14-1 to 7-2
• Pierce resistance from -30% to -20%
• Impact resistance from 20% to 30%
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30% (but no movement buff for mounted)
• Cave defense from 20% to 30%

Teti / Gymnet / Rhodian Slinger

• Swallow water defense from 20% to 30%
• Coastal Rift movenet cost from 3 to 2
• Sand movement cost from 3 to 2
• Sand defense from 20% to 30%
• Cave defense from 30% to 40%

Toxote / Cretan Toxotes

• Coastal rift movement cost from 3 to 2
• Coastal rift defense from 20% to 30%
• Cave defense from 30% to 40%
• Sand movement cost from 3 to 2
• Fungus defense from 40% to 50%

Hoplite / AND ALL THEIR ADVANCEMENTS

• Sand movement cost from 3 to 2
• Sand defense from 10% to 20%
• Fungus movement cost from 3 to 2
• Cave defense from 20% to 40%
• Coastal rift movement cost from 4 to 3

BEEM's era creatorS made BEEM just out of PURE EVIL !!

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[VERY IMPORTANT] ORCISH KHANAGATES This one is a rework of the rework that personally want to see in orcish Khanagates (or however it's spelled). The very first thing I notice is that they have only 5 recruitable units AND no scouts at all... these will be huge changes.

Hunter Let's focus Hunter to be orcish khangates scout.

• Knife damage from 6-2 to 5-2
• Harpoon damage from 8-2 to 6-2
• Movement from 6 to 8
• Fire resistance from -20% to -10%
• Mountain movement cost from 3 to 2
• Swamp defense from 30% to 40%
• Fungus defense from 40% to 50%
• Coastal Rift defense from 20% to 30%
• Price from 15g to 14g Hunter losses pierce damage, but other unit will do pierce ranged damage.

Flanker

• Knife damage from 9-2 to 8-2
• Harpoon damage from 10-3 to 7-3
• Movement from 6 to 8
• Fire resistance from -20% to -10%
• Mountain movement cost from 3 to 2
• Swamp defense from 30% to 40%
• Fungus defense from 40% to 50%
• Coastal Rift defense from 20% to 30%
• Price from 22g to 26g

Striker This more deadly option will lose 2 movement, but will be more deadly in terms of damage. Remember it has +Skirmisher.

• Knife damage from 10-2 to 4-4 (it's a backstab attack)
• Harpoon damage from 7-3 to 6-2 but has +slow now (maintaining +backstab)
• Fire resistance from -20% to -10%
• Mountain movement cost from 3 to 2
• Swamp defense from 30% to 40%
• Fungus defense from 40% to 50%
• Coastal Rift defense from 20% to 30%
• Price from 22g to 26g

Icewind Wender Personally, the whole faction used to be countered by units like calvarymen (before Hunter's ranged became to pierce from blade). Giving Icewind Wnder an extra piere ranged attack. He joins to physical damage mages club :)

• [NEW ATTACK] frostbite 6-3 pierce ranged +magical
• Frostbite (4-4 cold magical) will be renamed to frost wind
• Blade resistance from -20% to -10%
• Fire resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 19g to 20g The new 6-3 pierce +magical is a strong addition, a brutal counter to swift foots and with his new attack the faction doesn't need archers at all because his frostbite attack is +magical which is even better and he has aditionally frost wind attack.

He takes increased damage from physical attacks but he has 37 health which makes him more durable than most mages. He's almost as cost efficient as Dark Adepts now. Takes a lot of XP to advance, which is considered in its balance.

Icewind Drover

• [NEW ATTACK] frostbite 9-3 pierce ranged +magical
• Frostbite (7-4 cold magical) will be renamed to frost wind
• Blade resistance from -20% to -10%
• Fire resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 34g to 36g

Icewind Master

• Health from 61 to 65
• [NEW ATTACK] frostbite 10-4 pierce ranged +magical
• Blade resistenace from -20% to -10%
• Fire resistance from -10% to 0%
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%

Shieldbearer Honestly is hard to find an unit that may be more broken than this one. It's tank yes, but gives huge problems in Pvp and is very abusable in certain survival maps. REWORK THIS UNIT!

• No longer has +Steadfast!
• Health from 38 to 42
• Shieldbash damage from 8-2 to 9-1 and no longer has +Slow!
• Kick damage from 5-1 to 4-2
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%
• Cold resistance from 20% to 30%
• Blade resistance from 50% to 40%
• Pierce resistance from 50% to 30%
• Impact resistance value is maintained at 40%
• Forest/Village defense from 60% to 50%
• XP from 19 to 28

The only reason of how such tankyness can cost only 12g is their 4 movement. Troll whelps have the 42 health as well but worse resistances and worse flat defense but troll regens.

Orcish Outcast

• [NEW ATTACK] Enchanted Touch 12-1 impact mele +enchanted
• Fire resistance from -20% to 0%
• Blade resistance from -20% to -10%

Pariah

• [NEW ATTACK] Enchanted Touch 15-1 impact mele +enchanted
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%
• Fire resistance from -20% to 0%
• Blade resistance from -20% to -10%

Rigid

• No longer has +Steadfast!
• Health from 50 to 55
• Shieldbash damage from 12-2 to 14-1 and no longer has +Slow!
• Kick damage from 7-1 to 7-2
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%
• Cold resistance from 20% to 30%
• Blade resistance from 50% to 40%
• Pierce resistance from 50% to 40%
• Impact resistance value is maintaned at 40%
• Forest/Village defense from 60% to 50%
• XP from 21 to 50
• Price from 32g to 30g

Stoic

• No longer has +Steadfast!
• Shieldbash damage from 16-2 to 13-2 and no longer has +Defense-only handicap!
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%
• Cold resistance from 20% to 30%
• Blade resistance from 50% to 50%
• Pierce resistance from 50% to 40%
• Impact resistance from 40% to 50%
• Forest/Village defense from 60% to 50%
• AMLA XP to 150 (105 at 70% XP modifier)

The huge XP requeriemtns is the prevention of potential abuse in colosseum/RPG game modes. By no longer having steadfast, we prevent the very easy 50/50/50/50/50/50 resistances that are potentially abusable in orocia and in RPG games.

Spearhead

• Impact resistance from 0% to 10% This will help him at countering better units like heavy infantry and troll whelps.

Juggernaut

• Impact resistance from 0% to 20%
• Price from 40g to 36g Is a bonus that helps this no lv3 advancement unit.

Vanguard

• Impact resistance from 0% to 10%
• Price from 40g to 36g

Khan

• Blade/Impact resistance from 0% to 10%
• Fire resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 40g to 54g

Warrior

• fire resistance from -10% to 0%

Bladesman

• blade resistance from 0% to 10%
• fire resistance from -10% to 0%

Massif

• blade resistance from 0% to 20%
• impact resistance from 0% to 10%
• fire resistance from -10% to 0%

Spearman

• fire resistance from -10% to 0% This is an optional advancement that changes unit's attack type, so this is why it doesn't gain physical resistance on lv2.

Skewer

• pierce resistance from 0% to 20%
• fire resistance from -10% to 0%

Savage

• Flat defense from 50% to 40%
• Fire resistance from -20% to -10%

This one berserk if strong trai is 9-5 at night, a good reason of why to decrease its flat defense. While leaving all other terrain defenses intact.

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[IMPORTANT] AE - Desert Elves Seing recently that desert elves have only 5 recuitable units and that it has problems dealing certain factions like undead or knalgan aliance. This faction needs obvious rework that will diverge from mainline desert elves.

Desert Archer Rebel's elvish archer is a stronger unit than desert archer because their main attack is stronger. Because of this, lowering Desert archer price.

• Price from 17g to 16g

Desert Ranger

• sword damage from 6-3 (backstab) adjusted to 7-4 blade mele (no specials)
• Bow damage adjusted from 6-4 to 7-3
• Price from 38g to 37g In this case, the only change done to desert ranger was swaping damage/strikes of mele/ranged of elvish ranger. So, it has an high damage output on both attacks at day time (9-4 and 9-3) while desert hero is 11-4 and 6-3) so desert hero will not opaque completely Desert ranger.

Desert Avenger

• Sword damage adjusted from 8-3 (backstab) to 10-4
• Bowdamage from 9-4 to 8-4
• Price from 80g to 57g

Desert Marskman Loosing -1 damage at ranged at the cost of gaining +1 mele damage impairs a lot the marskman. Still, dexterous trait fixes that... apart that with this one trait it may be 11-4 +marskman at day time which is really strong. Just lowering XP as compensation.

• XP from 90 to 80
• Price from 38g to 37g

Desert Sharpshooter

• Sword damage adjusted from 8-2 to 9-2
• Price from 90g to 53g

Desert Fighter Costing only extra 1g for gaining a whole +1 mele damage per strike than elvish fighter is pretty cheap. Just increasing XP.

• XP from 40 to 46

Desert Captain

• Price from 32g to 34g

Desert Marshall

• Price from 80g to 57g

Desert Prowler

• Sword damage adjusted from 9-4 to 8-5
• Bolas damage from 12-2 to 10-2
• Price from 90g to 60g

Desert Hunter

• Sword damage adjusted from 5-4 to 6-3 This is a change that won't affect it that much, also only if strong trait it ends dealing more damage than base version.

Desert Sentinel

• Sword damage adjusted from 7-4 to 9-3
• Bolas damage from 8-2 to 7-2
• Price from 35g to 37g The only reason why I made this change is to diferenciate the mele from Desert Ranger's mele.

Desert Scout At simple sight is stronger than elvish scout, but faction has already too much blade damage and lacks of some pierce. The unit is stronger offensively but sand is a rare terrain in 1vs1 games and desert elves have high blade damage output.

Desert Rider

• Price from 28g to 30g

Desert Outrider

• Price from 43g to 45g

Desert Horseman Actually this unit has overpowered damage output considering it has skirmisher and lots of movement. Mele damage nerf.

• Sword damage from 7-5 to 7-4

NEW UNITS AND ADVANCEMENTS

[NEW Lv1 UNIT] Desert Lurker https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_quenoth_Quenoth_Lurker.html

Modifications:

• Claws damage type is now pierce instead of blade
• Claws damage adjusted from 3-5 to 4-4
• Movement from 7 to 6
• Forest movement cost from 1 to 2
• Forest defense from 60% to 50%
• Sand defense from 50% to 60%
• Hills movement cost from 1 to 2

[NEW LV2 UNIT]Desert Seeker https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_quenoth_Quenoth_Seeker.html

Modifications:

• Claws damage type is now pierce instead of blade.
• Forest movement cost from 1 to 2
• Forest defense from 60% to 50%
• Sand defense from 50% to 60%
• Hills movement cost from 1 to 2
• Price from 40g to 37g

[NEW LV3 UNIT] Sand Wayfarer https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_quenoth_Quenoth_Wayfarer.html

Modifications

• Claws damage type is now pierce instead of blade.
• Claws damage adjusted from 7-5 to 6-6
• Poison Knives damage adjusted from 8-3 to 5-4
• Forest movement cost from 1 to 2
• Forest defense from 60% to 50%
• Sand defense from 50% to 60%
• Hills movement cost from 1 to 2
• Price from 64g to 58g

We absolutely forgive the Stalkerline for now. Bothers balancing another new unit.

Desert Shaman Suggestion of a new advancement for this line.

• Sun keeper

[NEW LV2 UNIT] https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_quenoth_Quenoth_Moon_Enchantress.html

Modifications

• Will probably need recoloring for dress to suit better the faction.
• Lawful aligment instead of neutral
• No longer has protection aura
• Health from 36 to 42
• Glaive damage type is now pierce
• Glaive damage from 8-2 to 7-2
• Chilling gale is now a fireball
• Fireball damage is now 8-3 fire +magical
• 10% cold resistance is now 10% to both fire and cold attacks (as compesantion of its low ranged damage)
• [NEW ATTACK] Entangle 3-3 impact +slows
• Forest movement cost from 1 to 2
• Forest defense from 60% to 50%
• Sand defense from 50% to 60%

[NEW LV3 UNIT] Desert Guardian https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_quenoth_Quenoth_Moon_Priestess.html

Modifications

• Will probably need recoloring for dress to suit better the faction.
• Lawful aligment instead of neutral
• No longer has protection aura
• Health from 51 to 55
• Glaive damage type is now pierce
• Chilling gale is now a fireball
• Fireball damage is 13-3
• 10% cold resistance is maintaned.
• 20% fire resistance
• [NEW ATTACK] Entangle 4-4 impact +slows
• Forest movement cost from 1 to 2
• Forest defense from 60% to 50%
• Sand defense from 50% to 60%

Even if these unit exists as well as Moong Enchantress/Priestess at Quentoh, they have enough diferences to coexist. Same with lurker and advancements.

[NEW LV1 UNIT] Desert Faerie https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_sylvians_Dusk_Faerie.html

Modifications

• Some recoloring to dress to suit better to desert elves.
• Desert elf movetype
• Health is 27
• Movement is 6
• Faerie touch is 4-2 impact mele and no specials
• ATTACK 1: Wind gale 9-2 impact ranged +Basic-aim (at least 40% chance to hit on attack)
• ATTACK 2: Faerie fire 7-2 arcane ranged +magical
• XP is 47
• Resistances are: -10% to arcane, 0% to everything else.
• Price is 19g Advances to: Desert Dancer

Didn't want to make them very cost efficient because desert elves are centred in mele unlike rebels. But when dealing undead you will need them.

[NEW LV2 UNIT] Desert Dancer https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_sylvians_Night_Nymph.html

Modifications

• Some recoloring to dress to suit better to desert elves.
• Desert elf movetype
• Health is 38
• Movement is 6
• Faerie touch is 6-2 impact mele and no specials
• ATTACK 1: Wind gale 14-2 impact ranged +Aimed (at least 50% chance to hit on attack)
• ATTACK 2: Faerie fire 9-2 arcane ranged +magical
• XP is 85
• Resistances are: -10% to arcane, 10% to fire and cold, 0% to everything else.
• Price is 37g Advances to: Desert Nymph

[NEW LV3 UNIT] Desert Nymph https://units.wesnoth.org/1.12/Ageless_Era/en_US/AE_chs_sylvians_Eventide_Dancer.html

Modifications

• Some recoloring to dress to suit better to desert elves.
• Desert elf movetype
• Health is 50
• Movement is 6
• Faerie touch is 8-2 impact mele +skilled
• ATTACK 1: Wind gale 14-3 impact ranged +Skilled
• ATTACK 2: Faerie fire 12-2 arcane ranged +magical
• XP is 85
• Resistances are: 10% to fire and cold, 0% to everything else (no arcane weakness on lv3)
• Price is 57g

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[IMPORTANT] ARCHAIC - MENAGERIE Lots of changes to Arcahic era this time, but this time is to increase their adaptability at larger maps and stats standarizations on some cases. Menagerie are getting some curious reworks at few units and better performance at random generated maps.

Blue Novice Feels kinda weak in player vs player. Needs a small buff.

• Health from 32 to 34 A pair of extra health considering that without inteligent trait they're 35 XP to advance. Not the most cost efficient mage at all, but menagerie has issues dealing ranged damage.

Blue Mage / Azure Mage

• Fire/Cold resistances from 0% to 10%

Blue Machanisit

• Health from 44 to 46
• Dagger damage from 8-3 to 6-4 in order to be diferent from Blue Drake mele.
• Weldin Spark damage from 4-2 to 5-2 (considering a previous buff to Blue Novice fireball 6-2 -> 7-2
• Fire resistance from 50% to 30%
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 15% (to be slightly more resistant to pierce than blue mage)
• XP from 64 to 72

Blue Engineer

• Dagger damage from 10-3 to 8-4 (more realistic)
• Welding Spark damage from 7-2 to 5-3
• Fire resistance from 60% to 40%
• Cold resistance from 10% to 20%
• Pierce resistance from 10% to 15%
• Price from 48g to 52g

Drone

• NEW ATTACK: Shield 7-2 impact mele (no specials)
• Ram (charge) damage from 7-2 to 5-2
• Health 30 -> 32
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20% +++ Charge in unit that has +regenerates seems to not be very favorable... helping Drone being more useful when last hitting units. Now has a more defensive role with the adition of Shield attack while lowering damage during charge attack which is optional now.

Defender -> NEW ATTACK: Shield 10-2 (no specials) -> Ram (charge) damage from 12-2 to 8-2 -> Price from 35g to 38g

Sentinel

• NEW ATTACK: Shield 13-2 imapct mele (+1 than older Ram)
• Ram (Charge) damage from 12-2 to 10-2
• Blade damage from 12-3 to 11-3
• Spark is now +Aimed instead of +marskman +++ Wanted to lower to +Aimed instead of complete removal.
• Fire/Cold resistance from 40% to 30%
• Price from 54g to 58g

BLOCKER REWORK!! Same case than in Orcish Shielder in Nagates (or however it's written)

• NEW ATTACK: Shield 11-2 impact mele
• Ram (Charge) damage from 14-2 to 9-2
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances are all 40% now.
• Cold resistance from 40% to 30% (same than Sentinel)
• Blocker price from 95 to 38 (innacurate but impossible that it be a worse repricing!) Coment: Tank unit that is good. Huge nerf at resistances because it was just so absurd.

Scout Robot As far as tested, seems to be a funny unit to sometimes build in random campaigns and in WC II. But seems a bit too slow in rough terrains.

• Forest movement cost from 3 to 2
• Fungus movement cost from 2 to 3 (fungus should affect this unit a way more than forests) Coment: before 4.18 they used to be unusable because of too low hp. Originally seemed to lack of empirical testing when the unit was created in its respective era.

Mechanical Seeker Okey, this unit has really lot of damage, but dies quickly. Recently made them tankier but still in health they're not fine. Lowering mele damage but giving health.

• Health from 27 to 32
• Wheel damage from 9-2 to 6-2 (come on, its "scout" unit)
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -15%
• Fire resistance from 0% to 5%
• Forest movement cost from 3 to 2
• Fungus movement cost from 2 to 3 Coment: relative ranged damage is lower for a lv1 than scout robot for lv0 standards. But this has mele.

Mechanical Cyclops --> Mechanical Mini Tank

• Health from 41 to 42 (41 looks ugly lol)
• Tread damage damage from 18-2 to 9-2 but has +evasion (25% less damage when used offensively)
• Cannon damage from 18-2 to 17-2 but has +basic-aim (this unit is at least 40% hit chance on attack)
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• Fire resistance from 0% to 10%
• Pierce resistance from 10% to 15%
• Forest movement cost from 3 to 2
• Hills movement cost from 2 to 1
• Mountain movement cost from 3 to 2
• Sand movement cost from 2 to 1 Coment: it did not need that much damage in mele... and basic aim is just given because of no lv3.

Tower Servant Actually is kinda overpowered... lowering ranged damage a bit

• Sauna rock damage from 8-2 to 6-2

Tower Captain

• Health from 62 to 58
• Sauna rock damage from 11-2 to 9-2

Tower Watchman

• Health from 64 to 58
• NEW ATTACK: glaive 9-3 pierce mele +first-strike
• glaive damage from 12-3 blade mele to 10-3 (still has +first strike)
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10% As compensation of no Lv3, instead of brutal 12-3 blade mele it has the option to pierce or cut the eneies and aditional 10% pierce resistance. There are already many blade mele attackers in the faction, but not that many mele piercers.

Tower Ladyboy [Optional rework] It's hard to define a good role for this unit in pvp or even in WC II... can be tried some rework to her.

• Health from 19 to 20
• [NEW ATTACK] Fan 4-2 blade mele +Parry +Attack-only (70% def when using this weapon)
• blade/impact resistance from 0% to -5%
• pierce resistance from 0% to 5% . . --- TERRAIN DEFENSES MODIFICATIONS:
• Castle/Villages/Mountains 60% -> 65%
• Forest/Hills/Mushroom -> 55%
• Price from 9g to 10g

So, tower ladyboy may use a normal mele attack which has one extra damage without special which is mostly to increase her damage at retalations, but that may be used in offense if that one extra damage means being capable to one hit kill an unit.

Tower Dancer [Optional rework] If you question me how a smile may slow a skeleton... and impair it to deal -50% dmg... let me say that can't find sense to that too. And how this unit will move half since then... less sense... will try to see this unit reworked.

• Health from 37 to 33
• Fan attack damage adjusted from 8-2 to 4-4
• NEW ATTACK: Fan to 4-3 and now has +no-counter-attack (which is much better than parry) ---> Smile is removed...
• Sauna rock damage 5-2 fire ranged
• Blade resistance from 0% to -5%
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10% . . --- TERRAIN DEFENSES MODIFICATIONS:
• Castle/Villages/Mountains 60% -> 65%
• Forest/Hills/Mushroom -> 55%
• Price from 18g to 17g

Tower Madam [Optional rework] ----> This unit is now avalible as leader pick! NEW: The unit has now +Charm aura!!

• Health from 55 to 38
• Movement from 5 to 6
• Sword damage readjusted from 18-1 to 6-3 +backstab (this is a brutal change in RPG gameplay)
• Fan 4-4 blade mele +no-counter-attack ---> Smile is removed...
• NEW ATTACK Sauna rock damage 4-3 fire ranged
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10% --- TERRAIN DEFENSES MODIFICATIONS:
• Castle/Villages/Mountains 60% -> 65%
• Forest/Hills/Mushroom -> 55%
• Price from 28g to 30g

Coment: Has lv1 damages on all her attacks, but has +charm and +skirmisher which can be wisely used to decrease enemy damage output. Comes from lv0 that you need to train, seems hard to adquire in player vs player and in WC II.

So she has +backstab or +no-counter-attack, now both attacks have specials at lv2.

Lesser Wind Daemon The diference of cost efficiency between resilent wind daemons and those that are not is HUGE... removing resilent trait at this unit.

Looks a bit too hard to train at WC II (even more than default mages). Lowering a bit XP and making forest passable now.

• Health from 24 to 27
• Cannot be resilient anylonger.
• Movement from 6 to 7 (quick wind daemons will move +1 on flat, like most units)
• XP from 50 to 46
• Forest movement cost from 99 to 6 and 10% defense
• Fungus movement cost from 1 to 2 and 40% defense
• Price from 17g to 18g

Coment: the contrast between 29 hp wind daemons and 24 for those that are not resilient is HUGE in a unit with such resistances. And if I'm right it might be 25 hp if quick trait.

Coment2: this unit can now move at forest and no, don't place this unit in forest except if a strong need. Be careful. forest as impasable is a really interesting concept, but feels awful while playing in random generated maps :(

Wind Daemon

• Health from 34 to 36
• Movement from 6 to 7
• Forest movement cost from 99 to 6 and 10% defense
• Fungus movement cost from 1 to 2 and 40% defense

• XP from 80 to 74

  Greater Wind Daemon

• Health from 42 to 44
• Movement from 6 to 7
• Forest movement cost from 99 to 6 and 10% defense
• Fungus movement cost from 1 to 2 and 40% defense

Lunar Explorer While playing WC II... I didn't find place for this unit :( feels akward to use. Will add a pierce mele weapon and some HP, then increase cost.

• NEW ATTACK: Electric Spear 6-2 pierce +Poison
• Dagger damage from 5-3 to 4-3 (too many blade attackers in this faction)
• Health from 28 to 32
• Price from 13g to 14g Coment: Added pierce to mele because only other unit with pierce attacks is wind daemon, which is not enough at all. Coment2: the intention of pierce weapon is to make it more useful vs mounted units or too arcane resistant units. Not to deal high damage.

Lunar Invader Compared to tower Captain it's obvious that this unit is very inferior. Can give it interesting bonuses.

• Health from 40 to 44
• NEW ATTACK: Electric Spear 9-2 pierce +Poison
• Dagger damage from 8-3 to 5-4 (to diferenciate more from lv1 blue lizard)
• Fire/Cold resistance from 0% to 10% Coment: Need a real lot of XP to be lv2 and to reach Lv3.

Lunar Exterminator

• Health from 50 to 55
• Dagger damage from 8-3 to 6-4
• Fire/Cold resistance from 0% to 10%
• Blade resistance from 20% to 10%
• Impact resistance from 10% to 20%

Coment: They lose the pierce attack, this way Lunar Frogman gains aceptation. Also, this option gains almost no hp for the valuable ranged.

Lunar Frogman

• NEW ATTACK: Electric trident 9-3 pierce mele +poison
• Health from 54 to 60
• Dagger damage from 9-4 to 6-5 (more realistic)
• Cold resistance from 15% to 20% (potentiating older buff)

Lunar Goo Rework at this unit, removal of resilent and dexterous trait, but giving some extra hp.

• Health 10 -> 12
• pseudopod damage from 4-3 to 3-3 but still poisons
• no longer can have resilent and dexterous traits.

Manbot

• Arcane resistance from 20% to 10%

Cyborg

• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10% due their metalic parts.
• Arcane resistance from 20% to 10%

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[IMPORTANT] ARCHAIC - PRIMEVALISTS In archaic era they are intended to be overpowered because of being the villains in a campaign. But this obviosuly create issues in player vs player and gives a strong advantage to players in survivals who uses this faction. Obvious nerfs.

At first proposal, lowering Lv1 Primeval regen.

---> Cutter, Slow Foot, Swift Foot and Velite will have now regen +6 instead of Regen+8 The intention of making this nerf is to make more relevant the positioning of units, healing tiles (healers, villages, etc) can make a mild diference. Apart that -2 regen in several units that are wounded at some circunstances can make a diference.

--> Slow Foot and advancements cold resistance from 20% to 10% --> Cutter and advancements Arcane resistance from -30% to -20% --> Swift Foot and advacnements arcane resistance from -30% to -20% --> Swift Foot/Striker/Gire Striker Swamp movement cost from 1 to 2.

Cutter

• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Impact resistance from 0% to -10%
• XP from 34 to 39 Used to be toughter than most units if placed in hills and forest (+10% defense), that's why the -10% impact res.

Ironwheel

• Fist damage from 7-2 to 5-2
• Chakram is now +Aimed (50% marskman) instead of +Marskman
• Blade resistance from 20% to 10%
• Impact resistance from 10% to 0%
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• XP from 70 to 77
• Price from 30g to 32g This is a fine nerf, now can suit better as a strong Lv2 unit instead of something Like a strong Lv2.5

Aerowheel

• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Sword damage from 10-2 to 8-2
• Blade resistance from 30% to 20%
• Cold resistance from 40% to 10%
• Impact resistance from 20% to 10%
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10% (only as compensation of the huge cold resistance nerf)
• Price from 50g to 55g

Sunwheel

• Sword adjusted from 15-2 to 10-3 (this nerf only affects in rpg gameplay)
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Blade resistance is unchanged.
• Cold resistance from 40% to 10%
• Impact resistance from 30% to 10%
• Pierce resistance is unchanged.
• Price from 50g to 68g Actually not as strong as the previous sunwheel, but has some bulkyness versus blade attackers and archers, the only resistances I did not want to change considering other units that are even 16-4 magical at Lv4.

Firewheel To be honest, one of the most abusable Lv3 in whole ageless. Going to aplicate an hard nerf.

• Fist damage from 8-2 to 6-2
• Firewheel damage is unchanged, but willl now have +Enchanted special (always 60% hit chance).
• Blade and pierce resistances from -10% to 0%.
• Fire resistance from 50% to 30%
• Cold resistance from 30% to 20%
• Price from 50g to 60g Actually, this unit at night time is frantic 18-4 fire ranged, which means it is capable to kill LV1 units in only 2 strikes. Also, the chance to hit nerf will hit harder this unit than flat nerfs of damage because by lowering the chance to hit, the raw damage is lowered with upcoming damage as well. Apart that more misses means more damage taken at retaliations.

Escort

• Health from 58 to 55
• Glaive damage from 11-3 to 10-3
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Blade and Pierce resistance from 30% to 20%
• Impact resistance from 20% to 10%
• (Swamp movement cost adjustment previous mention)
• Adjust movetype to the same than Slowfoot! (this will decrease forest, hill, mushroom defense and worse some movement costs)
• XP from 66 to 78
• Price from 28g to 32g

Protector

• health from 75 to 72
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previosly mentionted)
• Blade and Impact resistance from 30% to 20%
• Pierce resistance from 40% to 30%
• (Swamp movement cost adjustment previous mention)
• Adjust movetype to the same than Slowfoot! (this will decrease forest, hill, mushroom defense and worse some movement costs)
• XP from 106 to 114
• Price from 50g to 55g

Highguard

• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Blade and impact resistance from 40% to 30%
• Pierce resistance from 50% to 40%
• Adjust movetype to the same than Slowfoot! (this will decrease forest, hill, mushroom defense and worse some movement costs)
• Price from 70g to 75g

Striker Curiosuly this line was being much waeker than Escort line, we have to buff to adjust it a considerable option instead of Escort in some circunstances.

• Blade resistance from -10% to 0%
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• XP from 70 to 77
• Price from 25g to 28g

Gyre Striker

• Flail damage from 13-4 to 12-4
• Blade resistance from -10% to 0%
• Pierce resistance from 10% to 0%
• (Arcane resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Price from 40g to 48g

Driver Actually a very strong unit in attack, but somehow suicidal if badly used. Moderate nerfs but not that much.

• Chain damage from 11-3 to 10-3
• (Cold resistance adjustment previous mention)
• XP from 60 to 72
• Price from 25g to 30g

Linebreaker

• Blade resistance from 20% to 10%
• (Cold resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Price from 50g to 55g Not doing that much to this at the momment, now requires more XP for weaker Lv2 and -20% resistance at Lv3.

Dogface Not as overpowered as the other option if well used, but this one is much more stable.

• Impact resistance from 20% to 10%
• (Cold resistance adjustment previous mention)
• XP from 66 to 72

Warrior

• Impact resistance from 30% to 20%
• (Cold resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Price from 70g to 63g

Titan

• Phortion damage from 8-2 to 7-2
• Impact resistance from 40% to 20%
• (Cold resistance adjustment previous mention)
• Price from 70g to 75g

Peltast

• Health from 48 to 54
• Blade/Pierce resistance from 30% to 20%

Primevalist Fighter Blatantly cost efficient Lv1 unit with a chance of upkeepless trait. Only nerf would be lowering ranged damage.

• darts damage from 4-3 to 3-3 (same than elvish fighter's ranged) Only intention of this unit is to be cheap hitpoints and somehow movible lawful fighter.

Primevalist Fanatic

• Darts damage adjusted from 7-3 to 5-3 Zealous ones are beast considering the upkeepless trait, this nerf of ranged damage is needed. Also gives sense to the 24g tier in era of heroes.

Primevalist Leader

• Soul-pierce damage from 8-3 to 7-3
• Price from 45g to 50g (leadership reasons)

Primevalist Monk Somewhat bulky mage that is somehow cost efficient, increasing price by 1g

• Price from 14g to 15g

Primevalist Monk

• Price from 28g to 37g

Primevalist Prior

• Price from 35g to 52g

Primevalist Celebrant Actually a much better version of loyalist's white mage, only problem is that he's at a faction with regen units, but, he has human companions as well. Not so strong nerfs.

• Health from 45 to 42
• Staff damage from 8-2 to 7-2
• Commdenation damage from 9-3 to 8-3
• Cold resistance from 30% to 20%
• Price from 32g to 38g

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[Very Wanted] AE - Yokai Another revision to yokai faction as in Part B... some irregularities detected while playing a pvp game.

Pixie

• Cold resistance from 30% to 20%

Faerie

• Mushroom grove defense from 70% to 50%
• Cold resistance from 30% to 20%
• XP from 60 (Part B) to 63
• Price from 16g to 17g

Magical Fairy (sugested in part B) cold resistance from 40% to 30%

Nixie This unit actually is kinda brutal when bought in pvp games.

• Movement from 6 to 5
• XP from 60 (Part B) to 63

Nix goes as sugested in par B for now.

Nymph has no longer +Cures (will not heal from poison, at least on lv1) Aditionally wanted to make this unit imposoisonable... but this will not be done to Yokai Nymph race... The faction has already some regen units, unpoisonable units, this nerf only affect spiders, feybornrs other Nymphs.

Rebel Swarm Would like to test how it goes with lower resistances but regen+2. --> Is wanted that this unit regens+2 per turn.

• Pierce resistance from 60% to 50%
• Blade resistance from 40% to 35%
• Price from 15g to 16g

Swarm Spawn (Lv0)

• Pierce resistance from 60% to 50%
• Blade resistance from 40% to 35%
• Flat defense from 50% to 40% In some circunstances is actually one of the tankiest lv0's in whole ageless, obtained by plague.

Slurger Swarm People are considering swarm spam as a factible way to sucess in maps vs AI... small nerf.

• Swarm on mele is now swarm(1) will have a least 1 strike at lowest health
• Pierce resistance from 60% to 50%
• Blade resistance from 40% to 35% Slurger swarm long ago got a buff that lowered their magical weaknesses, now there comes a counter-nerf as late compensation.

Moving Fortress

• Slurger warriors damage from 4-8 to 4-7 ... considering that 8-8 (10-8 at night) is just SICK.
• Swarm in mele is now Swarm(1)
• Swarm in ranged is now Swarm(1)
• Pierce resistance from 60% to 55%

All swarm nerf is necesary considering that Lv2+ Feyborns has pierce on ranged now.

Weaver Maiden In player vs player (pvp) this is another sick unit. Nerfing because does a lot to cost only 9g.

• Health from 16 to 17
• web damage from 5-2 to 4-2
• Price from 9g to 10g Coment: you're interested at slowing your enemy unit, not at dealing that much damage at all. Still, if exposed to 1 tile, that extra hp could make a diference, fair for +1g pricing.

Poltergeist Seems very weak, lv1 11g unit that looks too inestable. Would make her more expensive and stronger...

• Health from 18 to 22
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 30% to 35% ---> Cannot get resilient trait now...
• Price from 11g to 13g Coment: 22,22% more tankier (hp), moderate extra physical resistances seems worth to cost +2g. It's similar than recruiting this unit has +resilien trait when recruited. Can work okey with a Leshi/Nymph next to it and over villages!

Phantom

• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 30% to 35%
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -25%

Onryo

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -25%
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 30% to 35%

Banshee

• Unchanged physical / Arcane resistances because of +Fear aura.
• Cold resistance from 70% to 65%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 5% Coment: +Fear is very strong, does work at lv2 units as -15% enemy leadership... lv1 as -30% and lv0 as -45% enemy leadership. So physical improvement are lost when picking Banshee.

Kitsune I'm really sorry, this is a nerf of a previous buff. It has not much sense being 80% hit at enemy at moats on lv2 while lv3 is not. The extra attack does still exists.

• Spectral Shard damage 13-2 (no-specials) is now +enchanted (always 60% to hit)
• [ATTACK REMOVAL] Spectral Shard 11-2 +Magical. +++ Relative damage 11-2 pierce magical (70% cth) 7.7 per strike +++ Relative damage 13-2 pierce enchanted (60% cth) 7.8 per strike

Both attacks are very equivalent. Considering that the pierce attack is just an extra from a bff, I find fine the removal of the magical one AND reworking the other to +enchanted attack.

(In coding, could be easier to just remove the one without sepecials and changing +Magical to +Enchanted special and increasing damage from 11-2 to 13-2)

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[Very Wanted] BEEM - ANAKES It's actually one of the weakest factions in whole ageless, poor arcane resistances and no factional strengths apart of the plague. But in what it concerns to me, it's the weakest plague faction so far. Will get strong buffs this faction.

Dammed

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• XP from 46 to 40

Daemon

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• XP from 84 to 80

Archdaemon

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Fire resistance from 20% to 30%
• Pierce resistance from -10% to 0%

Heterodox It's the unit with the special that does not work (deadly strike). That special will just get removed.

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%

Heretic It's not actually working well as 4 movement bruiser. For this reason this unit will gain +dread on mele

• Cursed Battleaxe has +Dread (1/3 less damage taken when this unit attacks) now
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10%
• XP from 90 to 85

Apostate Has worse resistances than lv2, let's strongly buff this unit!

• Health from 60 to 63
• Cursed battleaxe damage from 12-3 to 13-3 and now has +Dread
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 40% same than in lv2
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Cold resistance from 10% to 15% Coment: Now is a solid unit, 4 MP but relatively ok movement costs, not heavy mele damage but decent ranged.

Imp

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10% Coment: vs default's undeads there is not that much sense building them, so for that the cold resistance.

Storm Bringer Generous buff to stormbringers :)

• Health from 43 to 45
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 15%
• XP from 77 to 71

Alastor

• Health from 52 to 56
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 20%
• Pierce resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 50 to 52 (lol, no early rush of x2 Alastor at 1st turn :P) Coment: I do refuse at giving it more damage, but it will be harder to kill now. More resistant to 4 diferent attack types and extra HP is a very considerate buff.

Devil Oftenly less useful vs drakes than Storm bringer because of only having flaming sword.

• NEW ATTACK: flamming sword 7-4 blade mele
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%

Fiend

• NEW ATTACK: flamming sword 10-4 blade mele
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• Pierce resistance from -10% to 0%

Initiate

• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• XP from 50 to 48

Hierophant Actually Dark Prophet is a weak lv3 compared to most ageless healers... lowering XP requeriments.

• XP from 100 to 80

Dark Prophet

• Cold resistance from 0% to 10%

Spellcaster

• Cursed staff damage from 7-1 to 8-1
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 20%
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10%
• XP from 100 to 94 (to be 66 XP at 70% XP modifier)

Wizard

• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10% Coment: now is a solid mage because of good magical resistances and not too heavy arcane weakness.

Leech Knight

• XP from 100 to 90

Leech Dragoon

• NEW ATTACK: flamming sword 8-4 blade mele Coment: 3 diferent mele attack types already, giving a stronger extra blade weapon could make it broken. Exra attack is just +1 blade damage than lv2 damage.

Sniper

• NEW ATTACK: dagger 3-1 blade mele (same image than skeleton archer's dagger)

Sharp Eye

• NEW ATTACK: dagger 4-2 blade mele

Terror Bow

• Health from 53 to 55
• NEW ATTACK: dagger 6-2 blade mele
• blade resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 39 to 45

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[Wanted] BEEM - WOOD WARRIORS

Big Foot XP from 90 to 86

Fauns they're like elves but actually weaker offensively (mostly at lv2). For the moment I can adjust few things.

• Faun movetype will need 2 movement for mountains (instead of 3)

Faun Sharpshooter XP from 71 to 69

Faun Overlord

• mele damage from 7-5 to 8-5
• Price from 51g to 55g

Golem Wood Defender XP from 100 to 93

Fatal Tangle ranged damage from 10-2 to 8-2

Legendary Sorcerer

• Fireball (arcane) should be named "Lightning Bolt" and its damage can be decreased by 1 (to 15-2)
• Arcane resistance from 60% to 40%

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[Wanted] ARCHAIC - DESPAIR After being strongly nerfed, despair aren't that popular right now, but does work really fine. Just adjusting the faction to readquire diferent factional strengths. Faction used to have certain handicaps for stronger stats (worse movement costs) but instead of giving a mass steroid of damages I just want to give despair a better movility in random generated maps.

Black Cloack Curious unit that does really fine as long at it prevents flat (most common terrain in game). Few adjustments.

• Cave defense from 70% to 60% (same for advancements)

Black Shadow

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -25%

Black Mastercloak

• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%

Black Rider and advancements Movement costs of this scout seemed awful to me when saw someone moving it in a random map... and not so small buffs :)

• Pierce resistance from 0% to 5%
• Cold resistnace from 10% to 20%
• hills movement cost from 3 to 2
• forest movement cost from 3 to 2
• Mountain movement cost from 4 to 3
• Village defense from 70% to 60% (want it to be an aggresive unit, not a camping one)
• Price from 17g to 18g Coment: very common terrains, needed to lower movement costs.

Dullohan Overpowered? heh... nerf.

• skull damage from 8-3 to 5-4 but is still +marskman
• Pierce resistance from 0% to 5%
• Cold resistance from 10% to 20%
• Movement costs are aplicated here. Coment: this is just a nerf to ranged, but is tankier while attacking.

Black Horseman Needs to be stronger to can compete with dullohan...

• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10%
• Cold resistance from 10% to 20%
• movement costs from lv1 are aplicated to this Coment: damage reduction on charge, can help this unit perform better at more unlucky rolls.

Black Slayer

• rush damage from 9-2 to 10-2
• spike damage from 12-2 to 13-2
• blade damage from 18-2 to 17-2
• Cold resistance from 10% to 20%
• pierce resistance from 0% to 10%

Spearman and advancements Lowering weakness and increasing a bit their cost efficiency.

• Fire resistance from -20% to -10%
• Mountain defense from 50% to 60%
• Forest movement cost from 2 to 1

Spearman

• health from 30 to 32 (more hp diference to widows now)
• XP from 30 to 36

Lord Knight (what a curious name)

• Hatred has now +aimed (more useful to last hit units with really few hp)
• Cold resistance from 10% to 20% Coment: it's to compensate the low damage that this one ranged attack has compared to other skirmishers in ageless.

Widow and advancements

• Mountain defense from 50% to 60%
• Forest movement cost from 2 to 1 Coment: acomplish a very similar role than feyborns, but Widow costs 2g more. Still weak to fire/arcane while feyborns are moderatly resistant to magic.

Fright

• Health from 24 to 26
• Spirit grip damage from 9-2 to 7-2 (drains + slow is strong if together)
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20% Now has a more fair damage for a lv1 skirmisher that slows on mele.

Statue and advancement Seems a bit overnerfed... but used to be BROKEN... and even with overnerf the unit is more balanced. Moderate buffs.

• Statue health from 40 to 42
• Blade resistance from 35% to 40%
• Pierce resistance from 45% to 50% Coment: will mantain that -30% to arcane because statues needs to die quickly to at least to one attack type.

Stone Warrior price from 34g to 44g

Widow-in-White Okey... Widow and all advancement have better terrain properties than before... BUT... the XP required to lv3 is absurdly LOW...

• XP from 56 to 77

Midnight Beauty Some modifications to this unit, lowering drain damage and giving her a new lament weapon.

• NEW ATTACK: Lament 5-4 pierce ranged +magical
• gaze damage from 11-3 to 9-3

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[Wanted] ARCHAIC - SOUTH SEAS I'm not sure, but this faction has many underpowered units at lv1. Not very friendly to competitive play.

Albatross

• Movement from 8 to 9
• XP from 50 to 40
• Price from 16g to 15g Mantaining its lower stats but making the unit moderatly more cost efficient.

Greater Albatross

• Movement from 9 to 10
• Pierce resistance from -20% to -10%
• Price from 26g to 25g

Gust

• Wind-Slap damage from 8-2 to 6-2
• Wind-Slash has now swarm(1) owning at least one ranged strike always. Somehow bulky ghost like unit that with upgrades becomes really beast in RPG.

Gale

• Wind-Slap damage from 11-2 to 9-2
• Windlash damage adjusted from 3-6 to 4-5
• Lightning Strike damage reworked from 2-14 to 3-9 and Swarm(1)
• Price from 25g to 28g

Seahag Recently buffed, now we're nerfing a bit her previous buffes. Considering reworks because of complaints of magical being imprecise vs this line.

• Health from 37 to 39
• Fear damage from 13-2 to 11-2 and is now +Enchanted (always 60% chance to hit)
  • +Mind-Fog will no longer decrease magical's 70% chance to hit to 20% instead will decrease the damage taken to 35% (-65%) if enemy attack has any of the following: +magical +enchanted +precision +ubiquitous
• Arcanum damage from 15-2 to 12-2 and is now +Enchanted (60%)
• Price from 25 to 28

With this we make an hybrid fighter that can counter mages but at not being too annoying. Also gives a kind of diversity that shows people that archers may be a better choice to deal versus specific units. Basically has 3 difrent attacks that are slightly stronger than Lv1 attack, featuring Fear.

Sea - Scourge

• Health from 47 to 52
• Mele damage adjusted from 11-3 to 8-4
• Fear damage adjusted from 16-2 to 12-3 and is now +Enchanted
  • Aplies +Mind-Fog adjustments.
• Arcanum damage from 19-2 to 16-2 and is now +Enchanted
• Price from 35g to 45g

With this we expect that Scourge won't be that overpowered in scenarios like colosseum or other RPGs while maintaining it fairly balanced in other game modes.

Wind Caller

• Wind damage lowered from 5-10 to 5-8 but now has swarm(1)
• Price from 25g to 30g

Sky Caller

• Wind Damage lowered from 6-12 (72) to 6-9 (54) but now has swarm(1)
• Price from 35g to 51g

Seaman As its role to be the main unit of the faction, this is actually a bit too overpriced and feels weak.

• Cold weakness from -20% to -10%
• Price from 14g to 13g Only grace of this unit is that it levels up relatively quick. But the -10% pierce resistance and the -10% cold are strong handicaps.

Able-Seaman price from 25g to 24g Feels weak because of obvious thematical reasons.

Deck-Master

• Price from 35g to 46g

Whirl Wind Berserkers are usually hard to balance, but this one has no defense/resistances handicaps (probably the only one in ageless) Which is a good reason to lower his damage.

• Health from 46 to 49
• Plank damage from 9-3 to 8-3
• Sword damage from 9-3 to 8-3 He's defenetively going to take more damage now. He can duel in 1vs1 a lv1 mele unit in similar or even lowly unfavorable situation and win. Not expected to be much stronger than that.

Shoreman cold resistance from -20% to -10%

Salvager

• Pierce resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 25g to 28g

Wrecker price from 35g to 48g

Sea Rover

• Health from 40 to 42
• Dart damage from 4-2 to 3-2 but maintains poison.
• Pierce resistance from -10% to 0%
• Price from 25g to 28g

Sea Wolf price from 35g to 43g

Swimmer This unit is pretty hard to balance and in the actual circunstances and is actually underpowered. For now, lowering physical and cold weakness.

• Blade/Pierce/Impact/Cold resistances from -20% to -10% This way, as long as this unit stays in water tiles, is better than default's thief, once it's out of water tiles it's obviously weaker.

Diver

• Health from 34 to 36
• Pierce/Cold resistance from -20% to -10% Price from 25g to 27g

Marine

• Health from 42 to 48 (lv2 health)
• Harpoon damage adjusted from 14-1 to 8-2
• Cold resistance from -20% to 0%

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[Wanted] AE - FROZEN HUMANS Seems that since the massive (but needed) nerf of witches nobody is using the more balanced version of frozen humans. But consider this was needed because as developer I don't like watching people winning just because of a single unit spam, play the faction not spamming one unit to win :)

Frost Gunner I do not get at all the reasons why the -20% arcane res at lv1 becomes to +20% arcane resistance at lv2... lowering because of no sense.

• Arcane resistance from 20% to 10%
• Price from 30g to 32g

Frost Fury Archer

• Dualbow damage from 11-6 to 11-5
• Pierce resistance from 10% to 20%
• Price from 35g to 47g This unit is so convenient when dealing with units at 50% or higher defense. Apart that the cold bow fits better at units with lower terrain defenses. In terms of base damage 11-5 (50% = 27.5 dmg) is slightly better than 11-4 (60% = 26.4 dmg) But scales worse with RPG upgrades, also the cold arrow has no specials which helps with this.

Due the strike nerf, as compensation the unit has extra pierce resistance so it will be a better defensive counter of other archers and why not, mele piercers as well.

Frost Heavy Warrior

• Cold sword damage from 15-2 to 16-2
• Arcane/Fire resistances from -20% to -15%

Frost Shieldman I would rework this unit as tank. Will remove its steadfast but will increase its base resistances, so it will be taking less damage when this unit attacks something. Also, steadfast units are a bit too common...

• NO LONGER HAS STEADFAST
• NOW HAS +SHIELDEFENSE(+10%) the same than Dardo Legion Lv1
• Health 50 -> 52
• Blade resistance 30% -> 35%
• Impact resistance 20% -> 25%
• Pierce resistance 30% -> 35%
• Price from 38g to 34g

The intention of this is leaving almost unchanged the physical damage taken when defending, but decrease it when attacking Attack/Defense -5%/+5% precisely. Apart, it will not boost magical resistances once it arrives to positive values. This will force this unit to be PHYSICAL TANK and to be countered much easier vs mages in creepwars/rpg games.

Frost Sorcerer -> Frost Sorceress (female, needs renaming)

• Price from 55g to 58g

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[Wanted] ARCHAIC - ANCIENT PHANTOMS Actually there is a running bug that makes that al phantom be 60% def at hills/forest/Fungus when only feather dancer was meant to have that. Even with this favorable bug, people doesn't like ancient phantoms at all. Some buffs then and removing the 60% defenses at unwanted terrains :)

Wing Dancer XP from 93 to 80

Huntress

• has now +Basic-Aim (at least 40% marskman version) in Bow
• Pierce resistance from 20% to 25%
• Arcane resistance from -15% to -10% This will help her at taking 5-3 pierce damage from 7-3 pierce attackers and to counter defensively other archers. Now there are no regrets to remove her actual 60% hills/forest/Mushroom defenses.

Archer She does actually need more XP to lv2 than elvish archer... we can add her one extra damage at bow.

• Health from 38 to 40
• Bow damage from 9-3 to 10-3 and has +Aimed (50% version of marskman)
• Pierce resistance from 20% to 25%
• Arcane resistance from -15% to -10% I do want to see more archers and less mummies.

High Archer

• Health from 50 to 52
• Bow damage from 13-3 to 14-3
• Pierce resistance from 20% to 30%
• Price from 48g to 54g

Mummy I do remember that I left as suggestion making their fire/arcane weakness be -30% instead of -20%. Now, let's make them -25% and +1g price and making them slower at some rough tiles.

• Fire/Arcane weakness from -20% to -25%
• Price from 10g to 11
• Swamp movement cost 1 -> 2
• Village defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Mountain defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Frozen defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Swallow water defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies) Consider that all mumies will lose their 60% def at hills/forests as aditional nerf (which came from a missplaced accidental and unwanted change). Mumies are meant to be slower than most units even in lv+1, so, nerfing movement costs.

Mummy Unbound

• Fire/Arcane resistance from -20% to -25%
• Swamp movement cost 1 -> 2
• Village defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Mountain defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Frozen defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Swallow water defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Forest/Hill/Mushroom defense from 60% to 50% (back to their original value)
• Price from 19g to 21g

Mummy Noble

• Fire/Arcane resistances from -20% to -25%
• Swamp movement cost 1 -> 2
• XP from 100 to 110
• Village defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Mountain defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Frozen defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Swallow water defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Price from 32g to 42g

Mummy King This will suffer of considerable nerfs because of its own penumbra special that does help most of the units in this faction and itself. Nerfing penumbra aura in lv3 version and lowering its base damages and increasing the XP.

• PENUMBRA IS NOW ADJUSTED TO SHADOWNAURA (the one that is present in shadow priest at RE - Dark Elves, 15% delilluminate)
• Sceptre damage from 11-2 to 9-2
• Curse damage from 14-3 to 13-3
• Swamp movement cost 1 -> 2
• Village defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Mountain defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Frozen defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Swallow water defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Hills/Forest/Mushroom defense from 60% to 50%
• XP from 120 to 143 (exact 100 XP value at 70% XP modifier) Regenerates(6) wasn't modificated and resistance nerf is not aplicated at lv3 - lv4 versions. DON'T FORGET IT GAINS LEADERSHIP AT LV4 ...

Mummy Pharo Likely desilluminates and leadership is not a strong mix... itself has crazy damages as well. Blatant nerfs.

• Scepter damage from 15-2 to 13-2
• Curse damage from 18-3 to 17-3
• Swamp movement cost 1 -> 2
• Village defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Mountain defense from 60% to 50% (only for mummies)
• Frozen defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Swallow water defense from 40% to 30% (only for mummies)
• Hills/Forest/Mushroom defense from 60% to 50%

Spirit Jay I just realized that this unit was kind of over-buffed hehe. Lv1 with heals+6 is very useful. Lowering a bit its damages.

• Beak damage from 9-2 to 7-2
• Talon damage from 6-3 to 5-3

Tomb Guard

• Pierce resistance from 20% to 25%
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -15%

Tomb Sentinel / Tomb Protector

• Pierce resistance from 20% to 25%

If I'm right, steadfast option might be unchanged for now except for the 60% -> 50% defenses at unwanted terrains.

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[Wanted] FEUDAL - HIGH ELVES Actually a very expensive faction that is unfairly too weak vs arcane attacks. I'm sure that I nerfed them long ago... lowering stats. The intention is to equilibrate some lines making all lines attractive to use and not an obvious build. Other lines are getting a nerf because in player vs player they're unstopable for some factions.

Archer Disliking how fast this unit does level up which seems disbalanced. XP nerf and moderate buffs.

• Health from 33 to 32
• Movement from 5 to 6 (I don't want to give health to it, so gift it movement)
• Bow has now +Basic-Aim (at least 40% hit chance when attacking)
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• XP from 37 to 42 Coment: I do hope that it can work better as 18g tier archer now. Making sense that archer is more cost efficient now because they're elves aferall lol

Chasseur

• Now has +Aimed (at least 50% hit chance when attacking on ranged)
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• Price from 38g to 35g

Tireur d'Elite

• Now has +Aimed (at least 50% hit chance when attacking)
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%
• Price from 54g to 52g

Charger

• Spear (ranged) damage from 8-1 to 6-1
• XP from 34 to 40 (levels up too easly considering the 9-2 charge)

Cuirassier Actually it's a deault's Knight you may get for much fewer XP than leveling up an horseman. Considering this fact and that this one unit level up to Lv3 much faster, will decrease slightly its base health and a mele damage, sorry :(

• Health from 58 to 52
• Spear damage from 14-2 to 13-2

Lancier Default's Lancer that may advance to Lv3, one of the most broken default units that are not a good example for general balance. Sorry, but Lancier deserves a nerf.

• Health from 52 to 48
• Lance damage from 12-3 to 11-3 If play finely, this nerf won't even affect at all this unit's performance.

Gendarme Balancing Lv3 units with charge is an hard task. But preventing the one shot lv1 kill at most cases may help slightly.

• Health from 53 to 57 (+9 hp on advancement instead of only +1 like previosuly)
• Lance damage from 15-3 to 13-3 (this makes a lot of diference, forces the players to use 1 unit to hit at least one hit previosuly before being capable to one shot with this lance).

Cavalier Solid mount unit, a default's dragoons with much better health, +2 mele damage. Adjusting but not at dragoon's standards because that one is a default's overnerfed (and somewhat underpowered) unit...

• Crossbow damage from 12-1 to 10-1
• Price from 38g to 36g

Escrimeur

• Health from 56 to 62
• Crossbow damage from 20-1 to 17-1 The cost of being +1 mele damage than Cavalier is having -3 ranged damage than it, but some extra health as compesation.

Faerie Warrior They're actually considerably more cost efficient than Sorceress and may be broken versus some matchups. Obvious nerf.

• Health from 34 to 32
• Sword damage from 6-3 to 5-3 (they will not be 9-3 if strong trait anymore)
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%

The main reason of why lowered sword in faerie warrior is because it's a brutal counter to swift foot unit and that 9-3 magical mele at day if strong trait is absurdly good.

Feyblade This unit has too much damage output and bothers killing it using only lv1 units. It hurts too much at both ranges, so a considerable nerf comes to its mele.

• Health from 48 to 45
• Fey sword damage from 9-3 to 7-3
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 10%
• Price from 45g to 42g
• XP from 94 to 100 Itself having both attacks at 8-3 even without magical are alreadly lv2 damages, but I've lowered its mele damage by two and few less health. The cost of having high damage output is being somewhat frail. Changed the XP nerf from lv1 to Lv2 -> Lv3 advancement.

Sylvanus

• Fey sword damage from 10-3 to 9-3
• Lightning damage from 12-3 to 13-3
• Arcane resistance from 0% to 15%
• Fire/Cold resistance from 0% to 5%

Savari Actually Horse Archer's advancement have too low health compared to Charger's advancements. Let's buff.

• Savari Health from 42 to 46
• Movement from 8 to 9
• Price from 40g to 35g

Voltigeur

• Health frm 52 to 54
• Movement from 8 to 9
• Price from 40g to 47g

Coutillier

• Health from 40 to 42
• Price from 30g to 35g Unbeliably, this unit has extreme damage to be 9 movement tier. No nerf compesation at the momment due its impopularity.

Chevauleger

• Price from 40g to 47g

Sorceress Considering that she's expensive, why not some extra arcane resistance?

• Arcane resistane from 0% to 20%

Enchantress

• Health from 36 to 38
• Faerie Fire damage from 10-4 to 9-4
• Entangle damage from 6-4 to 5-4
• Arcane resistance from 10% to 20%
• XP from 100 to 110
• Price from 48g to 46g

Sylph Reworking her damage output because 14-4 is exagerated, let's split that into 5 strikes. Apart of obvious mele damage nerfs.

• Health from 46 to 50
• Faerie Touch damage from 6-3 magical to 5-3 +enchanted.
• Faerie fire damage from 14-4 to 11-5
• Gossamer damage from 8-4 to 7-4
• Impact resistance from -10% to 0%

Spearman Actually a bit annoying to deal against this unit due its 50% flat defense and +10% physical resistances. Compensating the buffs to some other lines this one can be finely nerfed.

• Health from 38 to 36
• Arcane resistance from -20% to -15%
• Price from 14g to 15g Unlike other high elves, this one will be -15% because of being cheap health.

Schiltron / Fouchardier

• Arcane resistance from -20% to 0%
• Schiltron spear damage from 11-3 to 10-3
• Fouchardier spear damage from 14-3 to 15-3 and now has +Point (40% version of +skilled, useful vs swift foot)

The compensation of not having steadfast should be not having arcane weakness at least. Take into consideration that point is at least 40% while atacking/defending, helps slightly at dealing to very squishy units.

Shieldbearer/ Aegis

• Arcane resistance from -20% to -15%
• Fire/Cold resistance from 0% to -5% (this helps at balacing upcoming resistances upgrades)
• Shieldbearer's Shield Bash damage adjusted from 20-1 to 10-2 to decrease RPG potential.
• Aegis Shield Bash adjusted from 20-1 to 12-2

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[Wanted] EOC - Sylvans A general balance overview at Sylvans.

Dusk Faerie Movement costs aren't considered in their cost efficiency... let's make movement from 6 to 5, now partially fixed. -> Movement from 6 to 5 -> Faerie Touch damage from 6-2 to 5-2 in order to prevent 9-2 at night if having strong trait ... AND WITH DRAINS...

Dusk Nymph For the moment, we're lowering performance while not nerfing her ranged damage. -> Health from 49 to 45 -> Faerie Touch from 8-2 to 7-2 -> Movement from 6 to 5 Price from 46 to 38

Eventide Dancer -> Health from 62 to 54 -> Faerie Touch damage from 9-2 to 8-2 -> Forest Chill damage from 13-2 to 14-2 -> Shadow Wave damage from 12-3 to 11-3 Price from 80g to 55g

Warrior Spirit Considering the fear aura is a super strong special (fear) we're lowering a bit its resistances but increasing its health.

• Health from 16 to 19
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance from 50% to 40%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 0%
• Cold resistance from 70% to 60% Apart that this allows this unit to be much more fair to deal againist in creepwars and fair to use in colosseum. This makes the unit more useful vs Lv0 and Lv1's but waeker to Lv2 than undead's ghost. Don't forget it has 60% forest defense And has regen+5 per turn while it's at forest tiles. And it's fearless which doesn't decrease it's damage at day time.

Ancestor

• Health from 21 to 25
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance from 50% to 40%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 0%
• Cold resistance from 70% to 60%
• XP from 143 to 124 (because of the resistances nerfs)
• Price from 44 to 40 The -50% global resistance hits hard this unit in orocia/RPG gameplay but in viable status. Apart fear aura decreases enemy damage output, not just the damage that this unit takes from the enemies, so alied units can benefit from decreased damage enemies as well.

Forefather

• Health from 27 to 32
• Requiem damage from 4-3 to 5-3
• Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance from 50% to 40%
• Fire resistance from 10% to 0%
• Cold resistance from 70% to 60%

Being fearless is a super strong advantage also, at last wave it will be weaker in resistances than a ghost and fear aura doesn't work at units of Lv3 or higher.

And resistance nerfs makes harder making the unit extremely resistant to something. For example, you may have 50% resistance to all and an aura that decreases damage taken by 50%, which means you will absorb a 25% of the damage instead of 0%

ELVISH ACOLYTE AND ADVANCEMENT REWORK (rework from part A in Part C)

Elvish Acolyte This line needs urgent nerfs, actually among most cost efficient mages in whole ageless. For the momment we will decrease its health and increase her price by 1g and increasing the required XP to lv2, and curiously, maintaing +cure aura.

• Health from 32 to 29 (+1 hp than elvish archer)
• XP from 34 to 45
• Price from 16g to 17g This is a sure nerf in various sides, just a moderate performance nerf at for the momment.

Elvish Ascetic -> Health from 43 to 41 -> Ethreal Zephyr damage from 11-3 to 10-3 -> Gossamer damage rework from 10-2 to 8-2 -> XP from 66 to 94 -> Price from 35 to 37 Used to level up absurdly too fast, which was the main problem of this line.

Elvish Mystic -> Staff damage from 6-3 to 5-3 -> Ethreal Zephyr damage adjusted from 11-4 to 10-4 -> Gossamer damage from 10-3 to 8-3 -> XP from 100 to 125 -> Price from 70 to 61

Elvish Avatar -> Faerie Touch damage from 7-3 to 6-3 -> Ethreal Zephyr damage from 12-5 to 10-5 -> Gossamer damage from 11-3 to 9-3 but has +basic-aim (at least 40% chance to hit or higher) It's not only weaker, now requieres more XP to have this unit.

Sprite Movement costs aren't precisely calculated in their cost efficiency at all. It can easly cost 21g instead of 18g... fix cold & arcane weakness. -> Arcane/Cold resistance from -10% to 0% Price from 18g to 20g Coment: the removal of weakness in sprite is to help her at being 20g tier.

Fire Faerie -> Health from 32 to 36 -> Arcane/Cold resistance from -10% to 0% -> Price from 42 to 40

Dryad -> Health from 46 to 49 -> Arcane resistance from -10% to 10%

Forest Spirit A ghostlike unit but without cold resistance. A bit too overnerfed but she used to have like 44's hp with some spectral resistances and that wasn't okey at all. Adapting her health to the same value than Lv2 and giving it some cold resistane. ----> NOW HAS NEUTRAL ALIGMENT -> Health from 32 to 36 -> Fire aura damage from 5-5 to 4-5 -> Cold resistance from 0% to 40% -> Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance from 50% to 40% Coment: Wanted to fix their their 0% cold resistance, but at the cost of this, they will now take more damage from physical attacks. Now resilient Forest Spirit is less tankier. Extra HP comes at the cost of general -10% physical res.

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[ProditorMagnus]

https://github.com/ProditorMagnus/Ageless-for-1-11/issues/11

[ProditorMagnus]

https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?p=639020#p639020

FEATURES

• Proposal of a new special named +Harmless that will always do 0 damage but can apply on-hit effects. Special that will be seen at first in Ageless - Archaic - Menagerie / Tower Dancer & Tower Madam lines if the change is implemented!

Such special has an huge potential for new attack designing or reworks in all ageless AND EVEN in other eras!

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AE - Dark Legion

This is actually a quick review of this faction. Usually it's not that fun playing as them mostly becausae they're too similar to loyalist but with chaotic aligment.

Bowman Only thing I will modificate in this case is the required XP to level up. Only way to decrease slightly this unit's cost efficiency without harming it seriously.

• XP from 39 to 44

Extra poison arrow optional attack and +1 mele attack is quite strong for a 15g unit. But the faction lacks of linebreakers so they depend in their poison to can effectively work at sieges.

Heavy Longbowman

• Poison Arrow damage from 7-4 to 8-4 This attack will be quite impopular in RPG game modes and Poison special is more impactful on attacks with lower stats.

Crossbowman

• Health from 45 to 42
• Hatchet damage from 7-3 to 6-3
• XP from 70 to 75 (same as Longbowman)
• Price from 25g to 27g

So he has 6 movement and lv1 mele, lowering in a considerable way his mele damage if not having strong trait at night (from 9-3 to 7-3). Apart that his fire arrows hit somewhat strong.

Advanced Crossbowman

• Health from 60 to 55
• Axe damage from 9-3 to 6-4 (mostly to diferenciate more from Heavy Longbowman's mele)
• Fire resistance from 0% to 10% Afterall, his movility with his not so low damage are strengths that most people doesn't appreciate enough.

Drones and advancements

• Unwalkable defense from 50% to 40%
• Unwalkable movement cost from 1 to 2 The intention of this change is at first giving somewhat realistic limitations and second, fixing a not so obvious thing that is not fine.

Sentry Drone

• Fangs damage from 8-3 to 7-3
• Movement from 6 to 5 Its 9-3 mele marskman hits strong enough, at the moment prefered to lower its bonus movement over lowering the extra mele dmg. Fangs nerfed to decrease the issues of its retaliation at being poison on mele and with not so low damage.

Enforcer Drone

• Fangs damage from 11-3 to 10-3
• Movement from 6 to 5 Of somewhat doubtful durability (but its role is not fighter nor tank) unit but that bothers a lot that is slightly nerfed.

Assault Drone

• Health from 40 to 42
• Claws damage from 7-3 to 5-3
• Energy shock now has +First-Strike (most notable in RPG gameplay) A more ranged focus being the intention not being a bother to both mele and ranged while doing retaliations.

War Drone

• Health from 52 to 54
• War Blades damage from 9-3 to 8-3
• Energy Burst will now have +First-Strike & +Aimed (50% version of marskman) instead of only +marskman.
• Movement from 6 to 5

Raider

• XP from 40 to 44

Pillager The actual status of this unit is TERRIBLE, at not having Lv3 advancement nor stats that most people could consider worth.

• Health from 50 to 52
• Sword damage from 6-4 to 7-4
• Torch damage from 8-3 to 9-3
• Price from 34g to 35g

Knight --> Dark Knight

• Health from 58 to 55
• Sword damage from 8-4 to 11-3 (in order to diferenciate more from Default's Knights)
• Spear damage from 14-2 to 12-2
• XP from 100 to 130

Dark Knight sword's damage is more explosive than Knight's sword, but this unit moves 7 movement unlike default's knights that move 8. Spear damage has been lowered in compesation of the sword brutal damage.

• Notes: This unit is somewhat scary, if strong trait at night time it can deal up to 16-3 with 7 movement. At the cost of lowered burst with charge. Which would make this unit feel different from default's knights.

Cavalier --> Dark Cavalier

Runnner Drone --> Walking Drone

• Health from 29 to 31
• Fangs damage from 6-2 to 5-2
• Movement from 6 to 5 The intention is making this unit be more frontline, but not dealing that much damage in retaliations.

Protector Drone

• Fangs damage from 7-2 to 6-2
• Movement from 6 to 5

Rayblade

• Rablade attack Now will have +First-Strike at Lv2 as well.
• XP from 80 to 70

Fighter --> Dark Fighter

Warrior --> Dark Warrior

• Razor Chakram damage from 10-2 to 9-2

Halberdier

• XP from 66 to 70

Gunner

• XP from 60 to 70
• Price from 26g to 27g

Crusher

• Health from 48 to 53
• Sledge hammer damage from 11-3 to 10-3
• NEW ATTACK: Sledge Hammer 7-4 impact mele
• Impact resistance from 10% to 20%
• Price from 30g to 28g

Edited for a more defensive role. Now he is a considerable counter of enemy units with impact attacks by having even higher impact resistance than guardian and no defense handicap. And now will have an optional attack with one exta strike.

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Imperial Era - Aredians Actually they're quite useful in pvp, but they have some issues at survival maps because of no good tankyness at all in their lines.

Featherbow price from 42 to 40

Arrow Wind

• heatlth from 48 to 50
• Price from 84 to 57

Falcon This cheap scouting unit needs something extra. New non charge mele attack in case it needs to last hit something

• NEW ATTACK: Claws 2-2 blade mele

Falcon Lord

• NEW ATTACK: Claws 2-3 blade mele
• Fire resistance from -10% to 0%

Warrior He's basically an heavy infantry with +1 Movement but lower mele damage, but let's buff him a little

• Health from 52 to 54
• Mace damage from 15-2 to 16-2 (PENDING: Changing sword icon to Mace) He basically depends on day time to deal almost as much damage as Shock Trooper. But is much faster.

Battlear

• Sword attack renamed to Mace (PENDING: Changing sword icon to Mace)
• Movement from 4 to 5 (Lv3 does not have this previous movement buff)
• Price from 68 to 55

Druid

• Health from 28 to 29
• Price from 20 to 19
• XP from 34 to 42 Increasing slightly this unit's cost efficiency (slightly) but increasing his Lv2 XP requeriments. This might make druis cheaper to build and counter armies that are resistant to blade or pierce. And more Mage like XP.

Warlock

• Price from 104 to 57 Extremely overpriced...

I don't really know, bt I remember that I've previosuly mentionated some buffs to this faction before not so long ago. If that's the case, check if there are any changes, but priorize at most this more recent feedback.

This faction lacks of impact mele attackers at Lv1 line, apart of mage's mele. So this faction depends a way too much from blade/pierce attacks that can be eaisly countered. This is most likely the problem in this faction's design.

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Archaic Menagerie There are still some few things to adjust on here. But the faction was rebalanced in last version with hopefully good results.

Lunar Go

• Impact resistance from 45% to 55% (originally it was 70%)

Lesser Earth Demon Considering the large impopularity of this line, will buff.

• XP from 46 to 42 (same as troll whelps)

Earth Demon

• Movement from 4 to 5 Nobody would complain about a unit with Lv1 like damage have +1 movement.

Tower Watchman Actually at his actual status is really broken! Intended changes from previous versions was about making him a more considerable no lv3 advancement, but seems much stronger than intended. Lowering damage values to the previously wanted.

• Glaive damage from 12-3 to 10-3 pierce mele
• glaive damage from 10-3 to 9-3 blade mele
• Cold resistance from 0% to 10% Why not a few boost to cold resistance as well?

Tower Captain

• Fire resistance from 0% to 10% In previous update his damage and health were lowered, let's give him a little boost to fire resistance.

Tower Dancer I don't like her actual status and I failed to pretend such a complicated revamp in this unit. Will just do stats adjustments.

• Fan damage from 8-2 to 4-4. As skirmisher, you will want to last-hit with this unit.
• Smile damage from 2-2 to 0-2 and will now have a special +Harmless.

• NEW ATTACK: Sauna Rock 4-2 fire ranged +Attack-Only (same damage as Lv0 versioN)

  ------- Harmless: This attack will always do 0 damage but can apply on-hit effects when the attack does hit.

Would want to see how does work her new offensive skills before adjusting terrain defenses, health or resistances modifications. The intention is that this unit can use Smile attack as a defensive tool but without chances of killing her attackers. And somewhat forcing Sauna Rock attack be an attack-only will not make AI derp using it wrongly.

Tower Madam

• Fan damage from 10-2 to 6-4 and now has +First-Strike +Evade (1/4 less dmg taken when used on offense) specials.
• Sword damage from 18-1 to 10-2 but maintains +backstab.
• Smile damage from 2-3 to 0-3 +Harmless
• NEW ATTACK: Sauna Rock 5-3 fire ranged +Attack-Only.

Defender

• Spear damage from 10-2 to 9-2 pierce mele
• Ram damage from 10-2 to 9-2 impact mele
• Ram (charge) damage from 8-2 to 7-2 impact mele This unit might not be harmed that much by the -1 mele dmg, considering that it's most popular using it as ranged attacker. The only attack in which it might hurt the damage loss is at its ram + Charge.

Sentinel

• Spark special on ranged will now be +Aimed (50% marskman version) instead of +Skilled (Which previously was +Marskman only) As said previosuly, IPS wanted a nerf on Sentinels' ranged but not by removing comletely its specials nor lowering damage just by lowering the ranged +special tier.

Blocker The nerfed version of blocker is MUCH more balanced than before, but when comparing with Defender it feels really WORTHLESS. Some upcoming buffs to make this optional advancement a more considerable choice.

• Ram (Charge) will now have +Evade (1/4 less damage when used offensively)
• Arcane resistance from -30% to -20%
• AMLA XP from 100 to 150 (prevents RPG abuse)

Blue Unicorn --> Blue Rhino Could it be ... renamed?

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AE - Yokais Some adjustments were not yet implemented. Will focus on these mostly.

Pixie / Faerie

• Mushroom grove terrain defense from 70% to 60% (same as flat)

Swarn / Surgler / Moving Fortress

• Swarm special will be lowered to Swarm(2) having a minimum of at least 2 strikes instead of 3.

Weaver Maiden and ALL advancements

• Cold resistance from 0% to 10% Why not giving to the spiders at least a possitive resistance atribute? considering their lower than average resistances.

Lamias and all advancements

• Fire resistance from 0% to 10% Why not giving lamias and medusas a moderate buff to fire resistance considering their weaknesses?

Lamia Naitaka (Level 3 only buff)

• Arcane resistance from -20% to -10%

Medusa

• Bite damage from 3-2 to 4-2 The already low mele damge in medusa is slightly increased to at least deal more damage to bersekers when being attacked.

Medusa Witch Some IMPORTANT adjustments to consider.

• Bite damage from 4-2 to 6-2
• Petrify (Sculpt version) will now be +Attack-Only.
• NEW ATTACK Petrify 30-1 cold ranged +Slows (without petrify) This prevents this unit being another kind of harm when facing it as wave units.

Nymph and Advancements

• Mushroom Grove defense from 70% to 60% This can struggle at certain scenarios considering their drain on mele and if not having mages to counter them.

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Imperial - High Elves Some adjustments left to be done, not that much.

Spearman

• Health from 38 to 36
• Price from 14g to 15g This only one change is really important in pvp balance.

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EOC - Sylvans Some adjustments to previous modifications.

Night Nymph

• Forest chill damage from 11-2 to 12-2
• Arcane resistance from -10% to 0%

Eventide Dancer

• Forest Chill damage from 14-2 to 15-2
• Arcane resistance from -10% to 0%

Sprite / Fire Faerie

• Cold resistance from -10% to 0%

Dryad

• Arcane resistance from -10% to 10%

Ancestor

• Requiem damage from 3-3 to 4-3

Forefather

• Price from 74 to 64

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Feudal - Khagante Another review of the already implemented changes, ensuring they are sucesfully applied.

Hunter and advancements

• Mountain movement cost from 3 to 2 (same as Northerns)
• Mountain defense from 50% to 60% (because of their extremely low health of 26)
• coastal Rift defense from 20% to 30%

Striker

• Price from 22g to 26g

Stoic

• Shield Bash damage adjusted from 16-2 to 13-2 but will no longer have the limitations of +Defend-Only

Spearman

• Pierce resistance from 0% to 10%

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BEEM - Wood Warriors Few modifications to Fauns because of having no strengths compared to elvish archers from default.

Young Faun

• XP from 44 to 40

Faun Sharpshooter

• Health from 41 to 42
• Price from 33 to 32

[ProditorMagnus]

@ReynBolt I guess it is not relevant anymore.