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Legendary_hero
Known Hero
Stronghold Warchief
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posted November 13, 2007 02:56 PM |
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Thats pretty much the point here. Destructive is only good for rushing or possibly hit&run, whereas Light&Dark scale well if growing army sizes (Summoning is somewhere inbetween).
I like the general idea shown here, but while that somewhat evens the field between the magic schools, it also puts them down to being relatively worthless in endgame (when the armies grow faster than heroes gain more SP through levels).
I suppose the best way to improve the scaling of spells would be to add a secondary factor depending on the hero level (except for Conjure Phoenix, which already takes that into consideration).
I don't aggree here,i still think the Implosion with a lot of spellpower with(Warlock luck,Emerald Slippers) can hurt seriously, i once killed about 50 nightmares(with luck) with an implosion that's prety good i think. 
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GenieLord
Honorable
Legendary Hero
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posted November 13, 2007 03:08 PM |
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What about the balance of Destructive magic? It is so crappy it cannot get worse! Lightning bolt is UTTER garbage. I prefer using Magic arrow instead of this spell.
Lighting Bolt is more affected by the hero's spell power, and it will cost higher damage when you have high spell power, in the later game. Another point is that the Lighting Bolt is a lightening spell, what mean it can have bonuses (because of the spell's element) but there are creatures immune to it.
Magic Arrow is good for the beginning, on the creeping, when you don't have high spell power.
The stupid thing is that by the time the hero's spell power is high enough so Light Bolt will be stronger than Magic Arrow, the hero's already have much better spells to use, and don't use 2nd and 1st level spells.
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But more importantly, all the Destructive spells become completely useless in late game when the armies have grown considerably. For example, if your enemy has 300 Pit Lords, what's the purpose of using Implosion to kill 4-5 of them? You better use Frenzy...
This is one of Alcibiades's points.
In my opinion, Desctructive hero, like Warlock, can get destructive spells effective also in the late game.
I do agree that it's better to use Desctructive on small maps.
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yasmiel
Supreme Hero
Former Chessmaster
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posted November 19, 2007 09:59 PM |
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I would get bored to death in a game that last that long to get 300 pit lords...
I think destructive spells are ok/balanced, i just dont think mass spells are. 50% initiative reduction is ridiculous.
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