Good Morning

One more change for the magic tech tree if you are all willing to indulge me. It's been often commented on that the casting of the Spell of Mastery is too easy a victory in this game. Now that I'm realizing the potential of modding, I've been attempting to make game 'balancing' tweaks in hopes of more fun and entertaining gameplay.

What I've proposed is to move the Book of Mastery tech one spot further down the tech tree, having Ereog's Journal as a prereq. It's a simple change, ultimately requiring the participant who wishes to venture towards Spell of Making victory to take just a little bit longer to get there.

What I'm hoping for from the community is testing and comments on this particular balance/change. What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? Does it make enough of a difference to warrant the change?

I'll attach the code for the changes here. Simply overwrite the sections in Techs_Amarian.xml and start a new game:

THANKS!

    <TechDef InternalName="Book_Of_Mastery">
        <DisplayName>Book of Mastery</DisplayName>
        <Description>Master the principles in this book - said to have been written by Ereog, greatest of the Magi - and you will master magic itself. You will learn the Spell of Making; in all the world of Elemental, there is no greater power. </Description>
        <AdviceText>If we can construct the Towers and Forge and cast the Spell of Mastery will will control this world.</AdviceText>
        <Image>S_SpellofMaking_Painting.png</Image>
        <Color>255,186,31</Color>
        <HotColor>255,242,57</HotColor>
        <Cost>229</Cost>
        <Rarity>100</Rarity>
        <Category>Magic</Category>
        <Infinite>0</Infinite>
        <AppearanceChance>100</AppearanceChance>
        <GameModifier>
            <ModType>Player</ModType>
            <Attribute>UnlockSpell</Attribute>
            <StrVal>SpellOfMaking</StrVal>
            <Icon>S_SpellofMaking_Icon.png</Icon>
            <Provides>Spell: Spell of Making</Provides>
        </GameModifier>
        <GameModifier>
            <ModType>Player</ModType>
            <Attribute>UnlockSpell</Attribute>
            <StrVal>CallOfTheTitans</StrVal>
            <Icon>S_CalloftheTitans_Icon.png</Icon>
            <Provides>Spell: Call of the Titans</Provides>
        </GameModifier>
        <Prereq>
            <Type>Tech</Type>
            <Attribute>Ereogs_Journal</Attribute>
        </Prereq>
            <AIData AIPersonality="AI_General">
                <AIPriority>50</AIPriority>
                <AITradeToGetValue>75</AITradeToGetValue>
                <AITradeOutValue>90</AITradeOutValue>
                <AIAtWarMultiplier>1</AIAtWarMultiplier>
                <AIEarlyBuildUpMultiplier>1</AIEarlyBuildUpMultiplier>
            </AIData>
    </TechDef>