[0.295][Gameplay/General] Balance of Inital starting heroes

from Elemental Forums

Some of the default soverigns to pick from are either over or underpowered compared to what is possible to create using the Create Soverign option.

Soveriegn more powerful:

Relias (player will be short by 1 point if creating a clone)

Gilden (player will be short by 5 points if creating a clone)

 

Sovereigns weaker:

Procipinee (Player will have 5 excess points to spend)

 

Now I realize that this is beta and things are likey to change, but this should at some point be balanced out. As it is, there would be no reason not to always pick Gilden as your sovereign, since he starts out more powerful than anything you could create on your own.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

And this doesn't take into account the attack and defense value of default sovereign compared to custom one

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Balancing placeholders? With fixed values currently used for custom sovereigns? I'd wait to have a more defined system before the go the balance route.






 

Placeholders, I tell you!8O

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Well, Using equipement, you can get a sovereign with 5 movements points and some good sight range. Very useful for scouting the map.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

That's weird that equipment doesn't cost anything, and that we can't see the bonuses.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting vieuxchat, reply 4
That's weird that equipment doesn't cost anything, and that we can't see the bonuses.
End of vieuxchat's quote
Frogboy said long time ago that the equipment of the Sovereign would be something more than eye candy. But right now, as many things in the Beta, seems more placeholder than anything else (free, no costs, no info about bonuses...). A nice touch of things to come, anyway.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Given all the bonus associated with equipments, there are no reason in 1G to choose a custom female sovereign.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Peace, reply 6
Given all the bonus associated with equipments, there are no reason in 1G to choose a custom female sovereign.
End of Peace's quote

Really? We're min-maxing already?

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

She would only lack defense score at this point. And in any case, we are just beta testing things and the only thing they cannot beat out of the box are trolls. :P

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

Really? We're min-maxing already?
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Well, having a sovereign with 8 in attack, 12 in defense, 5 movement points and 4 range sight is very useful to scout the map, spot treasures and kill ennemies. But I don't think that core stats are correctly used...