describe situations that one shots you...

because the new spells are op, if you die from a despair its not cause of hp settings

if you die against mites then we can talk about it

dunno i usually dont start wars early in the game and i generally have armor

but mages got strongly buffed last patch i think so maybe now they are op against low hp

I cleared the whole map with my sovereign and no units/summons. I had about 200 hp at the end. At no point was I getting oneshot at fights that were at my level

Yeah, the blood flaw of -1 hp per level is really punishing now. I had a resoln champion go practically useless after suffering a -25% hitpoint injurybecause it was basically all the bonus I had gotten for a level 6 hero.

I don't think the hitpoints should go up, I like how it was changed. Heroes can't kill everything on their own now unless they're seriously tweaked out. That's how it should be. Getting killed by archers? Get a belt of precognition. Getting hammered by fire mages? Get some fire resistance!

yes in general i think it was ok too, but didnt test really that much

I think the Hp progression is at a good level. Now we need to add a global bonus of +6Hp to balance out the Hp we are missing from levels.

+18Hp instead of +17 seems rather pointless. I have been playing around with Hp values for awhile now. It is better to have a general base around 10Hp and have level add about 20% on top. A lower base means the early game is a glass cannon fest. A higher Hp per level means high level units become unkillable. Try it out before you dismiss it out of hand. The way you think it will play out is often wrong.

Ahem...my Tarth hero and fellow champion got owned by a few mites that decided to blind both of them.  Mind you it was on expert level, but we're  talking about mites here!  Anyway, i'm not arguing one way or another.

The base right now is 16.

The +2 hp will help resoln and pariden most, but will help you survive that 1 blow with a few hp left.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Death mages? But yea the changes to mites weirded me out too
Psst, that why you wait with modding

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

There needs to be a way form getting from level 1 to 2.  That used to be beating up on creatures such as mites.  That is no longer the case, so I ask....how the F**k do I level my crappy tarth sovereign with -8 initiative and a pee shooter when the worst creatures in the game are now dark sorcerer clones?

... So all of this talk is nonsense.. seriously what the hell? When did you guys all become as bad at balancing as stardock?

Who the fuck cares if your heroes are invincible at high levels? They damn well should be when they are up against 200hp armies of units. The problem isn't that they are sturdy mother fuckers to take down. The problem is that their sturdiness has -nothing- to do with technology. Trying to fix this gaping nonsensical disconnect with another completedly disconnected solution makes me want to throw my computer out the window.

---> Make hero levels soft capped (75% xp reduction) based on specific technologies and increase their hp per level to be competitive with regular units at comparitive technologies. <----

yes increasing exp to champions on magic tree seems a good idea

still its not what balance things because tree is just not really that cool anyway

but its a start