Ageless Era - Current Version: 4.41

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Been pretty much tired and I'm late by like 10 days my planned agenda as I've been too tired actually add my own planned changes... but still I did already code the upcoming changes that I did mention in an older forum post.

Atm these are the already coded changes for the next version, still there are MORE to add, but before the spoiler with all individual changes I will explain what's already planned to add to this list of changes:

AoA ALL lv4B advancements will get fixed their inconsistencies from their AE vanilla 4A versions
AoA Lv4 Goblin leader will get added with new Aura and more stats.
EFM Dalefolks will have a lv3 shifter on all his animal variants (including human form)
FL Blood Elves with get a Lv3 version of their mages as most people expressed dislikes from direct advancements from lv2 to lv4.
Probably some little more upcoming changes awaiting before this release!

What's new THIS TIME at the balance changelog for 4.42?
- Minor adjustemts and fixed some errors at previous balance changlog
- AE - Desert elves BUFF (10% extra fire res at almost everything there) + Moon Enchantress/Priesstess REWORK
All Explained in the balance changelog inside this spoiler!

Spoiler:

GENERAL NOTES

NEW SPECIALS
- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, accuracy increase by 10%, opponent accuracy decrease by 10% (including magical and other special modifiers)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)


AE - Deep Elves
Minor rework at few units. So they look more interesting and affording a better role.
Night Maiden line will lose marksman melee but instead they will gain damage decrease at night time.
Lv2-Lv3 Blood Maiden will lose a bit of base damage but will gain 20% extra accuracy in offensive
Deep Elves now have more cold based attacks because they lack of so much pierce and struggling with damage types...

Now regarsd damage types with rewors deep elves might be
1) Quite HIGH blade damage output
2) Above average impact damage output
3) Average arcane damage output
4) Below average pierce and cold damage at both types.

- Vengeance damage to 7-5 , will now have +Vindicate in melee (20% better accuracy when attacking) , no loner has 5% parry
- Blood Seeker will no longer have 5% accuracy and parry, instead +Vindicate , flat defense to 50% (+5%)
This version is frailer but deadlier. Glass cannon melee.
- Night Maiden no longer has +Marksman on melee, now takes 20% less damage at night time, ranged damage increase by 1
- All night maiden advancement no longer have +Marsman on melee and main path have +Night-Cover 20%
- Vault Lurker melee damage decrease by 1 and no first-strike in any attack, now has 10% night-cover , NEW ATTACK: 6-4 cold +marksman
Oddly, vault lurker losses first strike at ranged in exchange of a new secondary attack.
- Night Stalker NEW ATTACK: 8-3 cold melee
- Baroness of Night NEW ATTACK: 11-3 cold melee, ranged damage adjusted to 9-3 from 12-2 and no parry bonus
They are pretty tanky at night time, but also have lost a lot of blade damage which been moved to bloodmaiden line
In constrast they all get a minor bonus cold attack to help them deal more consistent damage at many type of enemies and in few cases even more.
- Elthare melee damage increase by 1, +Magical replaced by +10% accuracy , now have +Day-Cover 10%, fire and arcane res increase by 10%
Retaliations were way too strong. Now it has better tankyness on daytime and is significantly tankier while facing mages, the most at day time.
- Greater Wisp XP to 60 (-20)
Well.... yes... powerful unit, but it was overpriced to lv2 for so little use at late to endgame.
- Wisp Mother now has +Protection (Lv2) aura
Some little resistance bonus for lv1 units is not even that powerful, but might be useful.


AE - Desert Elves
- The whole faction gets 10% fire resistance
All infantry that were lower than 10% fire res got to this value.
Dust Faeries fire res got increased from 10% to 20% by this change.

They used to be OLD default canonic content untis.... but they would lose to default drakes easily.

- Moon Enchantress
a) Melee attack adjusted from 9-2 blade +5% parry to 8-2 cold +Magic-Counter
b) Now has a 6-3 pierce +first-strike +Magic-Counter
c) both fire and cold resistances adjusted to 20% (from lower)
e) Health to 45 (+3)
Why do we need this unit to be BLADE damage if the faction already has a lot of blade?
Reworked version fits better at adding rarer pierce melee and also more useful secondary cold melee

- Moon Priestess
a) Blade attack is now Cold intead, parry 5% got replaced by +Magic-Counter
b) Pierce attack adjusted from 12-2 +5% parry to 9-3 +Magic-Counter
c) 10% at cold and arcane adjusted to 20% cold and fire and 10% arcane
d) Health to 56 (+3)

- Sun Enchantress ranged damage adjusted from 7-4 to 10-3 , melee damage increase by 1 , fire res to 20% (+5%)
- Sun Priestess HP to 50 (+2) , melee damage increase by 1 , price to 63g (+5g)
Nobody would mind having a stronger support in a faction nobody gets happy from rolling it.


Archaic - South Seas
- Arsonist XP to 37 (-3)
Low gain in damage in contrast of lv1
- Lore Caster XP to 39 (-3)
- Ableseaman XP to 56 (-3)
Can't decrease lv1 XP because early berserk lv2 would roast in PVP.
- Deck-Master secondary melee impact attack adjusted from 9-3 to 8-4 , pierce slow damage increase by 1
- Demolitionist and Spitfire melee specials replaced with +Sabotage
More useful overall...
- Salvager and Wrecker impact melee damage increase by 1
- Wrecker ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 10-2
- Sea Rover and Sea Wolf ranged one more strike but no accuracy bonus.
- Sea Rover NEW ATTACK: Pierce 5-4 pierce melee
- Sea Wolf NEW ATTACK: Pierce 8-4 pierce melee
They keep the spike attack from lv1 but not as main attack.
They now while being weak they're still annoying foe.
Simpler and now more consistent.
- Diver NEW ATTACK: 8-2 pierce melee
Keep a pierce melee as sceondary attack similar to lv3
So now almost all melee has a weak bonus pierce attack.


Archaic - Ukians
- Pack Seal NEW ATTACK: 8-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Lion Seal NEW ATTACK: 12-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Attack Dog pierce/blade res to 0% (+5%) , cold res to 20% (+5%) blade adjusted to 8-2 -10% parry from 7-2 , beserk only offensive variant now.
The unit is MUCH safer now but also MUCH WEAKER when zerking enemies.


Archaic - Meganerie
Some mild help at endgame stats, particularly slightly better magical resistances.
- Black Slime cold resistance to 40% (+10%)
Low base health overall
- All wind daemons cold res to 40% (+10%)
- All roswellians cold res to 30% (+10%) , Portable Tank cold res to 40% (+5%)
- All Scout robots cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Lunar bug and all advancement cold res standarize to 0% (to better)
- Blue Novice, Blue Mage, Azure Mage fire res increase by 10%
- Azure Tecnomancer HP to 63 (-3) , cold res to 20% (+20%) , ranged now has +Gaze +Skilled instead of +Enchanted
His ranged capabiltiies been increased significantly in exchange of some health. Unit was alr low at damages.
- Tower servant no longer has +First-strike
Really crazy high stats...
- Tower Ladyboy, Servant, Captain sauna rocks attacs are now impact type.
- Tower Captain
1) melee damage adusted to 14-2 (+1) and +Magic-Counter instead of +Poison +First-Strike
2) NEW ATTACK: 12-2 cold melee +Magic-Counter
3) Ranged damage adjusted to 5-4 from 8-2 and damage type is now impact
4) Fire/Cold res to 10% (+10%)
5) Price to 26g (-3g)
The idea is to make tower captain more useful againist fire beings because those are already big problems for meganerie alr
- Tower Captain , Tower Watchman both will now have +Dauntless special
The special is mid particurly with that low resistances, but that gives more use to the unit in highly modded games.


More to come for meganerie in a next update


Archaic - Kthons
After so long of skipping reviewing this faction here it comes.... a small rework
XP, price and stats taking more in consideration Thrallment at being fairer at all levels.

But thing is that correct way to balance thrallment is increasing XP to lv2 and etc, but not price.....
Because not all units are living that can be thralled.... but also the few ones that are good vs not living ones needs a severe buff

- Brown Duck and all other ducks cold ranged attack can now be used only in offensive at melee range too
- Brown Duck HP to 15 (+1)
- Giant Duck ranged damage adjusted to 6-4 from 7-3 , price to 29g (+3g)
High level Ducks are now off-fanks hybrid fighters. Bonus also allows lv0 to attack more safety with full power.
- Stympheon XP to 40 (+4) , melee is now blade
- Stymphalian ranged damage increase by 1 , accuracy/parry replaced with +Gaze, melee is now blade , blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 29g (+3g)
- Noble Beast HP to 44 (+4) , XP to 93 (+11) , price to 39g (+2g)
- Royal Beast HP to 63 (+5) , Melee damage increase by 2 , price to 70g (+7g)
- Teraxippon will now have +Nightcover(10%) , 5% parry replaced with +Gaze
- Nightmare & Ipoten will now have +Nightcover(20%) , and 20% cold res
So the units might be taking less damage at night time, this addition would fix the issue of the unit at being frail.
The special is not mid also, x0.8 damage taken the whole night makes it more worth it to use the unit more offensively.
- Nightmare HP to 57 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry, Arcane accuracy is now +10% and 1 more dmg, price to 60g (+7g)
- Ipoten HP to 70 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry , Arcane accuracy is now +10% 1 more dmg, price to 90g (+13g)
With that corrections the unit should be good now.
- Katoplebon price to 42g (+3g)
- Katoplebon-Magnum XP to 125 (+10) , price to 70g (+7g)
- Ker-Kato price to 95g (+10g)
Taxing more the high level thrallment
- Pyradalon 5% parry is replaced with +Dread.
- Timberwolf XP to 40 (+4)
It has REALLY good cost efficiency, just needs to kill ONCE a living enemy to be cost efficient
- Prokyon HP to 49 (+2) , XP to 80 (+10) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Orthrus HP to 65 (+2) , XP to 150 (+10) , price to 68g (+8g)
- Skylliaron HP to 82 (+2) , price to 95g (+10g)
- Toad NEW ATTACK: 6-2 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Giant Toad NW ATTACK:. 6-3 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Yak NEW ATTACK: 6-2 impact melee
- Ophis NEW ATTACK: 9-2 impact melee +first-strike
- ThauticornNEW ATTACK: 10-2 impact melee
Highly needed to get rid of skeletons, Machines and lots of foes at early game....
- Bone Snapper XP to 42 (+5) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rock Snapper will now have +Feeding , price to 37g (+2g)
- Land Tortoise XP to 44 (+7) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rockback XP to 77 (+12) , price to 29g (+2g)
- Adamantine arcane res to 30% (+20%)
Valuable arcane resistance in a faction where almost everything is weak to arcane.


BEEM - Wood Warriors
- Little Golem and all advancement arcane res to -10% (+10%)
- Little Golem HP to 42 (+4)
- Golem Wood Defender HP to 60 (+4)
- Destroyer Golem HP to 72 (+4) , price to 60g (+3g)
- Faun Captain & Overlord will now be 70% defense at forests
They're worse than elvish marshal and his lv3 , so trully need the 70% on forests.
- Swamp Parthfinder will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Predator Rats NEW ATTACK: 6-3 pierce melee
So the throwing star or shuriken attack is now the same for melee and ranged, unless the unit is strong trait.


EE - Outlaws
- Arsonist and Pyroniac will now have +Sabotage at fire melee
This new special when used in offensive will decrease enemy damage by x0.9
If the opponent is mechanical the damage retaliation will be x0.8 and mechanical enemy will take x1.1 damage multiplier


EFM - Dalefolks
Few things feels out of place, gonna review this faction too
It's a mid faction ngl... missing a lot of lv3's....

Miners are MASSIVE 50 XP to lv2 , which is INSANE A LOT. Small buff at impact res.
- Delver and Foremen impact res to 20% (+20%)
It's scary to think that only two units can only reach lv3, reason why this bug is big
- Mountaineer impact res to 0% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter Special , price to 27g (+1g)
- Botanist ranged damage adjusted from 7-3 to 6-4

Will review the shifters animal stats in another time, which will be a pending thing....


EFM - Freemen
Some things feels off when you really try them, some buffs
Even if they have above average mages, they're have only physical damage types attacks.
- ALL FOOT freemen mountains movement cost to 2 (-1)
With exception of Muezzin healers.

- Muezzin XP to 43 (-2)
- Howler HP to 43 (+3)
In fact lv1 mages are much better than lv2's
- Screcher HP to 59 (+3)
- Sultan blade res to 20% (+10%)
Backstab melee adds really good value to this unit, but I don't see any problem at making it even better.
- Sandwalker XP to 32 (-2)
- Ensnarer melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Roc XP to 86 (-4)
Very frail high reward high risk unit.
- Nomad XP to 74 (-3)
Not doing much to this unit because the -1 mountains movement cost buff does the most at nomad at sheiks.
Being 1 MP cost at hills, forest, sand is a realy good bonus which scales a lot with -1 MP cost at mountains.



EFM - Pygmies
Overall a good faction, but there are an issue of low base health at most of their units at endgae...
Everything not witch seem somewhat bad...
- Fly XP , price to 19g (+4g) -the unit is naturally not recruitable-
Even if not recruitable, it was hell lot underpriced LOL
- Mudfoot HP to 49 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-7 from 3-6 , price to 22g (+2g)
Clearly a worse unit than his lv1 in terms of dmg output...
- Charmer HP to 45 (+1)
- Puma XP to 31 (-3)
Promoting this to lv2 might not carry as good as an elvish hero or something default.
- Lynx XP to 68 (-4)
- Sabercat will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Spider Rider HP to 40 (+2)
It doesn't has self heal unlike the other units, so it at least has to be more sturdy.
- Great Spider melee will now have +Dread , price to 36g (+2g)
There is basically no reason to pick this over the ranged slows before this buff.


EFM - Highlanders
Minor buffs for easier endgame
- Strider and Wind walker both will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Strider ranged damage adjsuted to 5-2 from 4-2
- Wind Walker ranged damae adjusted to 5-4 from 5-3
Wind Walker has so little value at endgame where gold is no longer affordable....
- Lion Adept HP to 44 (+1)
- Lion Renegade XP to 82 (-3)
Trust me , these dudes are ANNOYING to deal with lol , they don't need much of a buff
- Hunter XP to 32 (-3)
So little gain of damage
- Spirit Welder arcane res to 30% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter



EFM - Sea States
Let's admit it, it's mid faction and nobody gets happy from getting it at random.
In contrast Freemen are much better as a faction.

- Regimenter XP to 38 (-4)
- Retainer and House Guard fire res to 10% (+10%)
- House Guard HP to 75 (+2)
- Guild Officer and Merchant Lord fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Veteran Bowman blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 30g (+1g)
- Rider, Raider and Cataphract sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
Zebras moves smooth at sand...
- Rider XP to 40 (-2)
- Horse archer, Sagiharii and Clibbanarii sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
- Horse archer XP to 42 (-3)
- Vassal and Liegeman fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Alchemist price to 16g (-1g)
- Paddleship XP to 43 (-4)
High stats, but really unpractical movement costs


EFM - Whites
Undertuned faction with good mages, might buff what is bad
- Keeper XP to 36 (-2)
let's admit it, nobody uses the archer line because storm witch looks much better.
- Bow Lady HP to 64 (+2)
- Scout price to 14g (-1g)
- Raider HP to 48 (+3) , price to 26g (-1g)
No lv3, ithas to be slightly better than it should
- Guardian movement to 6 (+1) , price to 22g (+2g)
Lv1 melee damage, this clearly needs a buff
- Vigilante movement to 6 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-3 from 3-2 , price to 25g (+1g)
- Warrior XP to 37 (-2)
- Housecarl ranged damage adjusted to 6-2 from 9-1 , XP to 70 (-2)
- Thane HP to 75 (+3) , ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 7-3
Below average fighter how needs to be at hills to be as good than most fighters....
- Bard HP to 50 (+2) , XP to 76 (-2)
- Balladier HP to 64 (+3)


ME - Slavers
- Abuser melees now have +Magic-Counter
Lit the 4th or something buff of this unit XD
- Overser and Slavermaster impact res to 10% (+10%)
The other two lines are THAT good that nobodygoes the one that can get to lv3
- Punisher torch now has +Sabotage special


ME - Tribalist
- Ranger stronger attack only melee attack damage increase by 1


MiE - Sylvan Keepers
Assylant line will get more extreme resistances and weakness , but considered as a small buff.
- Assylant and blade attacker path resistances
a) Blade to 0% (-6%) / (-6%) / (-6%)
b) pierce to 50% (+20%) / (+15%) / (+15%)
c) impact to 30% (+10%) / (+10%) / (+10%)
d) arcane to -20% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
e) fire to -30% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
And all levels keep this values
f) Vengeance Lv3 cold res to 20% (+10%)

Unit needs really to counter more things to be worth its vulnerabilities to blade, fire and arcane

[Ravana]

- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, accuracy increase by 10%, opponent accuracy decrease by 10% (including magical and other special modifiers)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)

I dont like sabotage concept. We have evade/dread which reduce damage. Making it conditional on being mechanical seems needless complexity.
I dont like gaze setup with accuracy increase and decrease being together. For accuracy increase we have spinning.
Vindicate and gaze and spinning should all be unified to one concept which can have some units with 10 and some with 20. Basically when there are too similar abilities then group them to one name.
Night cover is ok but the values cant get too high.

[IPS]

- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, accuracy increase by 10%, opponent accuracy decrease by 10% (including magical and other special modifiers)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)

I dont like sabotage concept. We have evade/dread which reduce damage. Making it conditional on being mechanical seems needless complexity.
I dont like gaze setup with accuracy increase and decrease being together. For accuracy increase we have spinning.
Vindicate and gaze and spinning should all be unified to one concept which can have some units with 10 and some with 20. Basically when there are too similar abilities then group them to one name.
Night cover is ok but the values cant get too high.

Sabotage could be standarized to 12.5% and remove the conditional if enemy if mechanical. So it's 1/8 less damage taken at both retaliation and in offensive. Also Sabotage unlike Evade or Dread it also works when used defensively so it's the main reason why the value is way lower.

Spinning at this moment is just 10% accuracy stats but with the problem that you cannot add this special to any non physical object that needs to spin.... while you add 10% accuracy stat over the attack and lowkey pretend the attack has to have 10% more accuracy and nobody would ask why it does nor need to give explanations about why. Also Spinning is a attack special that is only being applied to only two units (Boomerang and Ranger) from ME tribalist faction.

I'm absolutely aware of the size of Night Cover if gets values greater than 30%. While x0.8 damage taken modifier at night time is not as great as steadfast or 20% more resistances and it's conditioned to one specific ToD in the game, so the special is acceptably good for me. I wouldn't still try something having values greater than 30% of this special because that would lead such unit to be extremely inconsistent.

Gaze well the idea is to add more alternatives to Dread as otherwise there would be too many units with Dread Special. Also if you don't like it being 10% more accuracy and 10% less accuracy for opponent we could negiotate it and make it just 15% less accuracy for opponent when this attack is used in offensive. Sometimes not being hit is more valuable than just taking less damage per strikes mostly when you're avoiding taking early hits of SLOWS or any other relevant debuff. Gaze would be quite interesting if it could also work to Magical, Enchanted, Precision, etc giving it more uniqueness. Not as OP as Mind Fog but alrighty interesting.

Vindicate would be the 20% version of accuracy increase in only offensive similar how Greater Marksman is just Marskman but 80% instead of 60%.

Also the whole idea of adding 3 attack specials and Night Cover is precisely to avoid repeating too many times the same attack specials and also, brinding something more fresh and more unique.

[IPS]

As promised, I have already coded and implemented all changes posted at there with exception of ALL lv3 variants of EFM dalefolks shifter. While I do not like the idea of too much effort for one unit that requires a lot of work but problem is that dalefolk are pretty much cooked at endgame becasue lv2 max cap at too many units....

Also plans are to do this changes and finish between end of 2026 or early 2027 when then the balance changes will not be as common as the idea is to do as many changes we can to the earliest to focus at other things later!

But in short, what been added that wasn't in the older post is this for if people don't really want to read the whole balance changelog for now
- ME Infernai buffs!
Yes! they face several issues in their faction design being the most the very persistent cold weakness which been more common at Ageless units overall. No physical ranged attacks in all the faction so my idea was adding some few new attacks to existing units (fire melee for lv2/lv3 hell hounds) , sadist line having claws attack with one more strike but much less power, more attack specials between units and the most interesitng of all this... drain/plague inmunity incoming! (not yet coded) for infernai untis! explanations why I think it's a great idea to add both plague and drains inmunity to infernai is posted at the balance changelog, still infernai can get poisoned.
- MiE Vampires buffs!
Few new cold attacks, soul hunter line more health at lv2 and lv3 and better magic res at lv3, a pair of vampire units will now have secondary cold attack, many of the lv2/lv3 vampires will have Night Cover 10% to help them take less damage at night time. Also some minor stats adjustments across the faction.
- MiE minor buffs to centaurs, nothing too relevant but buffs!
- FL new lv3 mages that are between lv2 and lv4, few minor buffs across some other units.
- AoA mountains goblins get their lv4 Overlord unit! pretty weak but standard aura is pretty strong aura that is always helpful
- AoA inconsistencies balancing between 4A and 4B units, so they now have consistency between previous levels. Effort reward may not be completely balanced at some cases at first attempt so it's very likely they gotta get touched a bit at 4.43 update too....

That are just the changes in the balance changelog that been not in the previous forum post. Also minor values adjustment to few things I decided it was a better idea to edit values over upcoming changes instead of older values... but nothing big to mention at there.

Actual balance changelog is this! Probablly will just add a 3-4 pierce attack for Steelhive welder and probably very minor things, and implement the promised changes to EFM dalefolk balancing some time soon before this weekend!

Spoiler:

GENERAL NOTES

NEW SPECIALS
- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, decreases enemy accuracy by 15% less (can work over magic , precision, etc)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)


AE - Deep Elves
Minor rework at few units. So they look more interesting and affording a better role.
Night Maiden line will lose marksman melee but instead they will gain damage decrease at night time.
Lv2-Lv3 Blood Maiden will lose a bit of base damage but will gain 20% extra accuracy in offensive
Deep Elves now have more cold based attacks because they lack of so much pierce and struggling with damage types...

Now regarsd damage types with rewors deep elves might be
1) Quite HIGH blade damage output
2) Above average impact damage output
3) Average arcane damage output
4) Below average pierce and cold damage at both types.

- Vengeance damage to 7-5 , will now have +Vindicate in melee (20% better accuracy when attacking) , no loner has 5% parry
- Blood Seeker will no longer have 5% accuracy and parry, instead +Vindicate , flat defense to 50% (+5%)
This version is frailer but deadlier. Glass cannon melee.
- Night Maiden no longer has +Marksman on melee, now takes 20% less damage at night time, ranged damage increase by 1
- All night maiden advancement no longer have +Marsman on melee and main path have +Night-Cover 20%
- Vault Lurker melee damage decrease by 1 and no first-strike in any attack, now has 10% night-cover , NEW ATTACK: 6-4 cold +marksman
Oddly, vault lurker losses first strike at ranged in exchange of a new secondary attack.
- Night Stalker NEW ATTACK: 8-3 cold melee
- Baroness of Night NEW ATTACK: 11-3 cold melee, ranged damage adjusted to 9-3 from 12-2 and no parry bonus
They are pretty tanky at night time, but also have lost a lot of blade damage which been moved to bloodmaiden line
In constrast they all get a minor bonus cold attack to help them deal more consistent damage at many type of enemies and in few cases even more.
- Elthare melee damage increase by 1, +Magical replaced by +10% accuracy , now have +Day-Cover 10%, fire and arcane res increase by 10%
Retaliations were way too strong. Now it has better tankyness on daytime and is significantly tankier while facing mages, the most at day time.
- Greater Wisp XP to 60 (-20)
Well.... yes... powerful unit, but it was overpriced to lv2 for so little use at late to endgame.
- Wisp Mother now has +Protection (Lv2) aura
Some little resistance bonus for lv1 units is not even that powerful, but might be useful.


AE - Desert Elves
- The whole faction gets 10% fire resistance
All infantry that were lower than 10% fire res got to this value.
Dust Faeries fire res got increased from 10% to 20% by this change.

They used to be OLD default canonic content untis.... but they would lose to default drakes easily.

- Moon Enchantress
a) Melee attack adjusted from 9-2 blade +5% parry to 8-2 cold +Magic-Counter
b) Now has a 6-3 pierce +first-strike +Magic-Counter
c) both fire and cold resistances adjusted to 20% (from lower)
e) Health to 45 (+3)
Why do we need this unit to be BLADE damage if the faction already has a lot of blade?
Reworked version fits better at adding rarer pierce melee and also more useful secondary cold melee

- Moon Priestess
a) Blade attack is now Cold intead, parry 5% got replaced by +Magic-Counter
b) Pierce attack adjusted from 12-2 +5% parry to 9-3 +Magic-Counter
c) 10% at cold and arcane adjusted to 20% cold and fire and 10% arcane
d) Health to 56 (+3)

- Sun Enchantress ranged damage adjusted from 7-4 to 10-3 , melee damage increase by 1 , fire res to 20% (+5%)
- Sun Priestess HP to 50 (+2) , melee damage increase by 1 , price to 63g (+5g)
Nobody would mind having a stronger support in a faction nobody gets happy from rolling it.


AoA - Farengarian Kingdoms

- Roi (Lv4 B)
a) pierce and impact res to 30% (-10%) , fire and cold res to 10% (+10%)
b) Melee attack split in two: 1) parry 10% no magic , 2) 10% magical attack only
As result the unit retaliates much worse against normal enemies, but can pick between magical or non magical attack.
It's still much worse than +Very-Skilled special but its undoubtfully a good attack.
Unit still has to be fair rewarded to players who archieved it because you already spent over 300 if 100% XP modifer at this.
Idea is not making this the META but just a bonnus that in certain cicunstances can help

- Grand Master Paladin
Before this Lv4 was Unobtainable, now the lv3 can get access to this advancement. So adjustents will be done.
a) Arcane attack adjusted from 30-2 to 20-3
b) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance adjusted from 50/40/40% to 40/30/20%
c) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistance adjusted from 0/0/60% to 20/10/50%
d) Price to 117g (+17g)
Not an exceptioanlly strong lv4 as it requires less XP than EOMA lv4's but still somewhat solid

- Chevalier on foots XP to 84 (-4)
- Champion arcane res to 30% (+10%)
The Lv3 with no lv4 and better physical resistance path of paladin


AoA - Finn's Empire

- Emperor (Lv4 B)
a) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 40/30/30% to 20/20/20%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistances from 0/0/10% to 20/10/20%
c) Blade attack gets 1 more strike
d) Magical hammer attack damage adjuted from 10-4 to 13-3 and gains +Magic-Counter
e) Pierce ranged damage increase by 3
f) price to 130g (+5g)
g) AMLA XP to 225 (+25)
An overall nerf to his physical tankyness but better non magical damage and better magical resistances.
Discpline seems interesting as it works like fearless and in certain situations it can make units deal a lot more dmg than base lv4 leadership alone.
I'm increasing the AMLA value because this unit needs near as much as one AMLA to get to this Lv4 B advancement which is still a wild increase in stats.
The worst fighter of all Lv4 but the one that is most support.


AoA - Galianos Imperium
- Imperator (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 95 (+10)
b) impact res to 30% (-10%)
c) fire/cold res to 20/10% from all 0%
d) Arcane res to 30% (+20%)
d) NEW ATTACK: 21-3 blade +10% parry +Bleed +Magic-Counter
e) Magical attack damage increase by 4 but gets -10% parry
f) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
g) XP to 225 (-25) , price to 120g (+5g)
From all AoA exclusive lv4 units, this one was literally the only one who got buffed in contrast of vanilla lol
So imperator now features two modes
The physical mode which is more defensive style and adds bleed debuff and ignores magical attacks and has positive parry.
The magical mode which in contrast deals much more damage from magical but parry is negative instead.
Negative parry seems somewhat bad but Imperator has overall good physical resistances...
Considered a good idea to keep the magical attack considering how massive XP is required to get this Lv4 B variant.
His damage is somewhat low but his tankyness is quite good


AoA - Kingdoms of Rohvar
- Grand Master Templar & Temple-Captain attack renamed from "Magic Sword" to "Empowered Sword"
- Grand Master Templar (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 40/20/30%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane attack rsistances from 30/30/50% to 40/30/50%
c) Both melee attacks damage adjusted to 15-4 (arcane +2 dmg) , +Magical Replaced by +Marksman
d) NEW ATTACK: 15-4 fire +Marksman
e) Health to 82 (-3) , price to 120g (+9g)
He's a Lv4 A (but quite costy at XP) that used to be unobtainable, it's why he's way weaker than most Lv4 B.
He still has Heals+8 reason why he costs so much


- Konin (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 50/20/40%
b) Added Lv3 attacks as 21-3 in addition to Lv4 Konin and kept unchanged the 17-3 magical
c) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
Similar to Imperator but without leadership and a bit weaker.
Didn't want to make Konin that powerful because he's just a Lv4 that is gained from only 134 XP lv3
Similarities to lv3 but he has 10% more at cold/fire and a lot more health for raelly cheap XP
40% flat defense to compensate the low damage gain at this level
Oddly the unit ended being buff on this release


AoA - Mauve Islands Federation
- Lord XP to 150 (+16)
- High King (Lv4 A)
a) Movement to 5 (-1)
b) blade/impact res to 20/10% from 0%
c) fire/cold ranged resistances to 10% (+10%)
d) Blade damage lowered from 20-3 to 18-3
e) NEW RANGED ATTACk: 6-3 fire ranged +Magical
Wanted to add to this specific unit something that makes it look more similar to its own faction.
Good health, somewhat powerful melee attack but below average resistances.


AoA - Norse Jarldoms
- High King (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 100 (+10)
b) Fire/Cold to 10/30% (+10%)
c) NEW ATTACK: 13-4 blade melee +Berserker(Attack-only) -10% parry
d) NEW ATTACK: 20-3 impact melee (no specials)
e) AMLA XP to 250 (+50)
f) Price to 140g (+20g)
It keeps the magical 17-3 hammer and also has a 20-3 non magical; combination of attackks which is not as great as just 17-3 very skilled.
Crazy high value unit because of crazy 13-4 zerking attack and Lv4 leadership aura
Getting this unit from AoA lv4 B is most expensive as it's 125 for Lv4 A then full 200 for Lv4 B


AoA - Mountain Goblins
NEW UNIT: Overlord
It's the new advancement from Lv3 Warlord

Ovelord Stats
Lv4 / Leadership / Standard
66 HP
6 Movement
15-3 pierce melee +Magic-Counter
10-4 blade melee +Magic-Counter
10% fire and cold res , 10% more at flat/hills/frozen/sand than a normal mountain globin.
XP 166 / Price 88g

It doesn't even has first strike at melee lol




Archaic - South Seas
- Arsonist XP to 37 (-3)
Low gain in damage in contrast of lv1
- Lore Caster XP to 39 (-3)
- Ableseaman XP to 56 (-3)
Can't decrease lv1 XP because early berserk lv2 would roast in PVP.
- Deck-Master secondary melee impact attack adjusted from 9-3 to 8-4 , pierce slow damage increase by 1
- Demolitionist and Spitfire melee specials replaced with +Sabotage
More useful overall...
- Salvager and Wrecker impact melee damage increase by 1
- Wrecker ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 10-2
- Sea Rover and Sea Wolf ranged one more strike but no accuracy bonus.
- Sea Rover NEW ATTACK: Pierce 5-4 pierce melee
- Sea Wolf NEW ATTACK: Pierce 8-4 pierce melee
They keep the spike attack from lv1 but not as main attack.
They now while being weak they're still annoying foe.
Simpler and now more consistent.
- Diver NEW ATTACK: 8-2 pierce melee
Keep a pierce melee as sceondary attack similar to lv3
So now almost all melee has a weak bonus pierce attack.


Archaic - Ukians
- Pack Seal NEW ATTACK: 8-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Lion Seal NEW ATTACK: 12-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Attack Dog pierce/blade res to 0% (+5%) , cold res to 20% (+5%) blade adjusted to 8-2 -10% parry from 7-2 , beserk only offensive variant now.
The unit is MUCH safer now but also MUCH WEAKER when zerking enemies.


Archaic - Meganerie
Some mild help at endgame stats, particularly slightly better magical resistances.
- Black Slime cold resistance to 40% (+10%)
Low base health overall
- All wind daemons cold res to 40% (+10%)
- All roswellians cold res to 30% (+10%) , Portable Tank cold res to 40% (+5%)
- All Scout robots cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Lunar bug and all advancement cold res standarize to 0% (to better)
- Blue Novice, Blue Mage, Azure Mage fire res increase by 10%
- Azure Tecnomancer HP to 63 (-3) , cold res to 20% (+20%) , ranged now has +Gaze +Skilled instead of +Enchanted
His ranged capabiltiies been increased significantly in exchange of some health. Unit was alr low at damages.
- Tower servant no longer has +First-strike
Really crazy high stats...
- Tower Ladyboy, Servant, Captain sauna rocks attacs are now impact type.
- Tower Captain
1) melee damage adusted to 14-2 (+1) and +Magic-Counter instead of +Poison +First-Strike
2) NEW ATTACK: 12-2 cold melee +Magic-Counter
3) Ranged damage adjusted to 5-4 from 8-2 and damage type is now impact
4) Fire/Cold res to 10% (+10%)
5) Price to 26g (-3g)
The idea is to make tower captain more useful againist fire beings because those are already big problems for meganerie alr
- Tower Captain , Tower Watchman both will now have +Dauntless special
The special is mid particurly with that low resistances, but that gives more use to the unit in highly modded games.


More to come for meganerie in a next update


Archaic - Kthons
After so long of skipping reviewing this faction here it comes.... a small rework
XP, price and stats taking more in consideration Thrallment at being fairer at all levels.

But thing is that correct way to balance thrallment is increasing XP to lv2 and etc, but not price.....
Because not all units are living that can be thralled.... but also the few ones that are good vs not living ones needs a severe buff

- Brown Duck and all other ducks cold ranged attack can now be used only in offensive at melee range too
- Brown Duck HP to 15 (+1)
- Giant Duck ranged damage adjusted to 6-4 from 7-3 , price to 29g (+3g)
High level Ducks are now off-fanks hybrid fighters. Bonus also allows lv0 to attack more safety with full power.
- Stympheon XP to 40 (+4) , melee is now blade
- Stymphalian ranged damage increase by 1 , accuracy/parry replaced with +Gaze, melee is now blade , blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 29g (+3g)
- Noble Beast HP to 44 (+4) , XP to 93 (+11) , price to 39g (+2g)
- Royal Beast HP to 63 (+5) , Melee damage increase by 2 , price to 70g (+7g)
- Teraxippon will now have +Nightcover(10%) , 5% parry replaced with +Gaze
- Nightmare & Ipoten will now have +Nightcover(20%) , and 20% cold res
So the units might be taking less damage at night time, this addition would fix the issue of the unit at being frail.
The special is not mid also, x0.8 damage taken the whole night makes it more worth it to use the unit more offensively.
- Nightmare HP to 57 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry, Arcane accuracy is now +10% and 1 more dmg, price to 60g (+7g)
- Ipoten HP to 70 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry , Arcane accuracy is now +10% 1 more dmg, price to 90g (+13g)
With that corrections the unit should be good now.
- Katoplebon price to 42g (+3g)
- Katoplebon-Magnum XP to 125 (+10) , price to 70g (+7g)
- Ker-Kato price to 95g (+10g)
Taxing more the high level thrallment
- Pyradalon 5% parry is replaced with +Dread.
- Timberwolf XP to 40 (+4)
It has REALLY good cost efficiency, just needs to kill ONCE a living enemy to be cost efficient
- Prokyon HP to 49 (+2) , XP to 80 (+10) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Orthrus HP to 65 (+2) , XP to 150 (+10) , price to 68g (+8g)
- Skylliaron HP to 82 (+2) , price to 95g (+10g)
- Toad NEW ATTACK: 6-2 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Giant Toad NW ATTACK:. 6-3 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Yak NEW ATTACK: 6-2 impact melee
- Ophis NEW ATTACK: 9-2 impact melee +first-strike
- ThauticornNEW ATTACK: 10-2 impact melee
Highly needed to get rid of skeletons, Machines and lots of foes at early game....
- Bone Snapper XP to 42 (+5) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rock Snapper will now have +Feeding , price to 37g (+2g)
- Land Tortoise XP to 44 (+7) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rockback XP to 77 (+12) , price to 29g (+2g)
- Adamantine arcane res to 30% (+20%)
Valuable arcane resistance in a faction where almost everything is weak to arcane.


BEEM - Wood Warriors
- Little Golem and all advancement arcane res to -10% (+10%)
- Little Golem HP to 42 (+4)
- Golem Wood Defender HP to 60 (+4)
- Destroyer Golem HP to 72 (+4) , price to 60g (+3g)
- Faun Captain & Overlord will now be 70% defense at forests
They're worse than elvish marshal and his lv3 , so trully need the 70% on forests.
- Swamp Parthfinder will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Predator Rats NEW ATTACK: 6-3 pierce melee
So the throwing star or shuriken attack is now the same for melee and ranged, unless the unit is strong trait.


EE - Outlaws
- Arsonist and Pyroniac will now have +Sabotage at fire melee
This new special when used in offensive will decrease enemy damage by x0.9
If the opponent is mechanical the damage retaliation will be x0.8 and mechanical enemy will take x1.1 damage multiplier


EFM - Dalefolks
Few things feels out of place, gonna review this faction too
It's a mid faction ngl... missing a lot of lv3's....

Miners are MASSIVE 50 XP to lv2 , which is INSANE A LOT. Small buff at impact res.
- Delver and Foremen impact res to 20% (+20%)
It's scary to think that only two units can only reach lv3, reason why this bug is big
- Mountaineer impact res to 0% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter Special , price to 27g (+1g)
- Botanist ranged damage adjusted from 7-3 to 6-4

Will review the shifters animal stats in another time, which will be a pending thing....


EFM - Freemen
Some things feels off when you really try them, some buffs
Even if they have above average mages, they're have only physical damage types attacks.
- ALL FOOT freemen mountains movement cost to 2 (-1)
With exception of Muezzin healers.

- Muezzin XP to 43 (-2)
- Howler HP to 43 (+3)
In fact lv1 mages are much better than lv2's
- Screcher HP to 59 (+3)
- Sultan blade res to 20% (+10%)
Backstab melee adds really good value to this unit, but I don't see any problem at making it even better.
- Sandwalker XP to 32 (-2)
- Ensnarer melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Roc XP to 86 (-4)
Very frail high reward high risk unit.
- Nomad XP to 74 (-3)
Not doing much to this unit because the -1 mountains movement cost buff does the most at nomad at sheiks.
Being 1 MP cost at hills, forest, sand is a realy good bonus which scales a lot with -1 MP cost at mountains.



EFM - Pygmies
Overall a good faction, but there are an issue of low base health at most of their units at endgae...
Everything not witch seem somewhat bad...
- Fly XP , price to 19g (+4g) -the unit is naturally not recruitable-
Even if not recruitable, it was hell lot underpriced LOL
- Mudfoot HP to 49 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-7 from 3-6 , price to 22g (+2g)
Clearly a worse unit than his lv1 in terms of dmg output...
- Charmer HP to 45 (+1)
- Puma XP to 31 (-3)
Promoting this to lv2 might not carry as good as an elvish hero or something default.
- Lynx XP to 68 (-4)
- Sabercat will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Spider Rider HP to 40 (+2)
It doesn't has self heal unlike the other units, so it at least has to be more sturdy.
- Great Spider melee will now have +Dread , price to 36g (+2g)
There is basically no reason to pick this over the ranged slows before this buff.


EFM - Highlanders
Minor buffs for easier endgame
- Strider and Wind walker both will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Strider ranged damage adjsuted to 5-2 from 4-2
- Wind Walker ranged damae adjusted to 5-4 from 5-3
Wind Walker has so little value at endgame where gold is no longer affordable....
- Lion Adept HP to 44 (+1)
- Lion Renegade XP to 82 (-3)
Trust me , these dudes are ANNOYING to deal with lol , they don't need much of a buff
- Hunter XP to 32 (-3)
So little gain of damage
- Spirit Welder arcane res to 30% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter



EFM - Sea States
Let's admit it, it's mid faction and nobody gets happy from getting it at random.
In contrast Freemen are much better as a faction.

- Regimenter XP to 38 (-4)
- Retainer and House Guard fire res to 10% (+10%)
- House Guard HP to 75 (+2)
- Guild Officer and Merchant Lord fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Veteran Bowman blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 30g (+1g)
- Rider, Raider and Cataphract sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
Zebras moves smooth at sand...
- Rider XP to 40 (-2)
- Horse archer, Sagiharii and Clibbanarii sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
- Horse archer XP to 42 (-3)
- Vassal and Liegeman fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Alchemist price to 16g (-1g)
- Paddleship XP to 43 (-4)
High stats, but really unpractical movement costs


EFM - Whites
Undertuned faction with good mages, might buff what is bad
- Keeper XP to 36 (-2)
let's admit it, nobody uses the archer line because storm witch looks much better.
- Bow Lady HP to 64 (+2)
- Scout price to 14g (-1g)
- Raider HP to 48 (+3) , price to 26g (-1g)
No lv3, ithas to be slightly better than it should
- Guardian movement to 6 (+1) , price to 22g (+2g)
Lv1 melee damage, this clearly needs a buff
- Vigilante movement to 6 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-3 from 3-2 , price to 25g (+1g)
- Warrior XP to 37 (-2)
- Housecarl ranged damage adjusted to 6-2 from 9-1 , XP to 70 (-2)
- Thane HP to 75 (+3) , ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 7-3
Below average fighter how needs to be at hills to be as good than most fighters....
- Bard HP to 50 (+2) , XP to 76 (-2)
- Balladier HP to 64 (+3)


FL - Blood Elves
They were pretty strong at release, but more things got either better fire resistance or cold attacks.
Time to update them to more modern times.

- Pyromancer XP to 90 (-70) and now has a new Lv3

NEW UNIT: War Pyromancer Lv3
HP: 54
Movement: 5
6-3 blade melee
5-3 fire melee
19-2 impact ranged +magical
16-3 fire ranged +magical
Fire res 65% / -20% at cold
Price: 72g / XP: 165

- Master Pyromancer
a) HP to 72 (+5)
b) fire ranged damage to 23-3 (+3)
c) Impact ranged damage to 28-2 (+2)
d) Price to 115g (+10g)

- Fire warrior melee will now have +Magic-Counter at melee
- Slayer NEW ATTACK: 6-4 fire melee (no specials) , price to 57g (+3g)
Now he gains the additional fire attack at lv3 instead of lv4
- Master Slayer will now have +Magic-Counter at melee attacks without backstab


ME - Slavers
- Abuser melees now have +Magic-Counter
Lit the 4th or something buff of this unit XD
- Overser and Slavermaster impact res to 10% (+10%)
The other two lines are THAT good that nobodygoes the one that can get to lv3
- Punisher torch now has +Sabotage special


ME - Tribalist
- Ranger stronger attack only melee attack damage increase by 1


ME - Infernai
As more things are getting extra cold attacks, infernai that are commonly weak to cold need adjustments.
Infernai has the exact opposite problems of many factions... and is at not having PHYSICAL RANGED attackers which is a somewhat big factional flaw.
To compensate such big weakness infernai race will become SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
- All infernai units are now inmune to DRAINS and PLAGUE (still poisonable except ifreets)
So infernai aren't cooked anymore if someone just uses a very strong melee drains in front of em.
So they have this limitation with the ranged damage types but instead they gain rarer factional advantages

- Hell Hound NEW ATTACK: 8-2 fire melee (no specials) , XP to 80 (+16) , price to 32g (+1g)
- Cerberus claws attack now has +Magic-Counter , NEW ATTACK: 9-3 fire melee +Dread , price to 57g (+4g)
- Gog cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Magog HP to 54 (+1) , cold res to 30% (+5%)
- Magog and Incubus fireballs now have +Magic-Dodge special
- Incubus deathgaze now has +Dread , price to 62g (+5g)
- Controlled and all advancemnet cold res to 0% (+10%)
- Possesed and Dominated fire res to 40% (+10%)
Pretty bad stats zerking unit.
- Fiend HP to 38 (+2) fire res to 55% (+5%) impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 42 (+5)
It costs massive 15g for only 55% at fire but -20% at cold and -10% on arcane, it was not worth whole 15g.
Can't increase by more because imps are costless by plague or only 6g.
- Demon ranged damage increase by 3 , impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 88 (+6)
- Devil ranged damage increase by 2 , cold res to -10% (+10%) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 70g (+3g)
- Lucifer cold res to 0% (+10%) , impact res to 20% (+20%) , fixed fire resistance to 80% (from 20%)
- Archfien HP to 54 (+2) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 34g (+4g)
It moves 6 , good health and good ressists.
- Sadist NEW ATTACK: Claws 8-3 blade melee , impact res to 30% (+10%) , price to 31g (+2g)
- Bloodbather NEW ATTACK: 11-3 blade melee
- Horned One ranged damage increase by 2
While [censored] attack, it's still one extra attack which can help the unit at low health foes.
The bones in the armor is adding him cold resistances at lv3 and lv4
- Demon dog and all advancement cold res to -10% (+10%)
- Familiar HP to 48 (+2)
Most likely the only demon that is naturally resistant to cold, rewarding more to players who considers this unit correctly.
- Troglodyte will now have +magic-dodge
- Infernal Troglodyte melee will now have +magic-dodge
- Ifreet XP to 42 (-3)
Arcane and cold attackers became more common in ageless... and it gains low base stats at promotion.
- Master Efreet temptation attack now has 5% accuracy, XP to 85 (+5)
- Ifreet Sultan HP to 42 (+2) , fire res to 70% (+10%)
- Pitlord & Pit Master blade attack has now +Magic-Dodge


I would buff further but we have to keep in mind that infernai is also a faction heavily based in plagues.
Still I feel like they have issues when dealing againist units like Dwarish Tank because no strong fire or impact attackers at all.
Yet they have slowers but still...
Also faction WILL be tested and if NEEDED then XP increases nerf will be done but not on this release.


MiE - Centaurs
- Heroic & Sharpshooter main attacks will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Oracle secret damage incrase by 1


MiE - Sylvan Keepers
Assylant line will get more extreme resistances and weakness , but considered as a small buff.
- Assylant and blade attacker path resistances
a) Blade to 0% (-6%) / (-6%) / (-6%)
b) pierce to 50% (+20%) / (+15%) / (+15%)
c) impact to 30% (+10%) / (+10%) / (+10%)
d) arcane to -20% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
e) fire to -30% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
And all levels keep this values
f) Vengeance Lv3 cold res to 20% (+10%)

Unit needs really to counter more things to be worth its vulnerabilities to blade, fire and arcane


MiE - Vampires
They seem quite weak no healers, no attack types, no that many strong specials at all. Gotta buff them.

- Shadow archer NEW ATTACK: 4-5 cold ranged (no specials) , XP to 85 (+15)
- Night Angel NEW ATTACK: 6-5 cold ranged +Marksman , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 61g (+4g)
- Shadow Fighter NEW ATTACK: 5-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 33g (+2g)
The unit is overall stronger but only worse at flat terrain.
- Night Warrior NEW ATTACK: 8-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 66g (+6g)
Strong offensive fighter that is now only worse at flat.
- Heaven Hunter will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 63g (+5g)
Bad damage, low health, but can be quite useful particularly at night time
- Count price to 66g (+4g)
- Prince will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 110g (+7g)
- Apprentice XP to 39 (-3)
- Grandmaster HP to 52 (+2) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 58g (+3g)
- Blood Hunter HP to 44 (+3)
- Soulhunter HP to 57 (+5) , will now have +Magic-Counter at melee, fire/cold/arcane resistances increased to 10/10/20% (+10% at all)

[IPS]

Posting here to let know about more changes and some plans for 4.43 release , also I'm not yet sure if Ravana will be willing to update as I'm wanting to at the first weekend of September. But whatever lets first talk about the goals of not this release but instead the next one.

For 4.43 I plan to make a full review on attack names in prior to make a better work at that lot of secondary attacks that been added recently to many units (like the extra cold melee, or ranged alike). This will also include ATTACK ICONS and Unit descriptions as well.

Second thing I want to mention is that with the addition of many secondary attacks is to help more random units at being capable to defeat some of the most terrifying enemies in all Ageless : Air God , Infernal Vortex and Air God as these 3 units counter an insane amount of units.... in that extreme way that adding +Magic-Counter +Magic-Dodge and Extra cold attacks at so many units is because YES, THESE UNITS hardcounters THIS MANY UNITS that it's not even healthy for the ingame ecosystem once someone gets any Lv3 of these mentioned units and the most in highly modded games.... like players very often winning to AI by just spamming these mentioned units and addinga lot of XP mod upgrades to make them insane strong.... also being a problem at afterlif gameplay that few of these units will decide which side will win unless the skill cap is that exagerated of making the winning player lose an already WON game. So in purpose I've been tremendously been nerfing this specific group from EOMA units that hard counters so many things in any gamemode...

I'm also thinking about in a moment making an external modifier to readjust some resistances, XP and other stats to default so if player wants to use their default units and want to face against random ageless units then this mod will help default units to perform lot better. Some ideas about values of this mod would be this:
- Drakes: Fire res to 60% , Cold to -40% , arcane to -10% , basically too risky to use with so many arcane and cold attacers around there.
- Dwarvish Steelclad XP to 84 (-4)
- Skeletons arcane res to -30% , fire res to -10%% , impact res to -10 , yes they suck at PVP
- Swordsman XP to 72 (-8) / Pikeman XP to 65 (-10)
And going on there in purpose of making default be moreviable with new ageless standards that are trying to get closer to the almost game breaking meta of strongest units from EOMA era...

WHAT'S NEW in this season of adjustments
- EE Chaos buffs
- EotF all factions buff
- BEEM all factions buff
- ELE Vikings buffs (they will become inmune to AWE auras)
- ME Blight buff at units that were weak to cold
- Imperial Era most factions buffs

At the moment this are all the listed and already programmed balance changes for this 4.42 Ageless release, with exception of dalekfolks which will be the very last thing I will do before release, as well of the shapeshifter thing....

Spoiler:

GENERAL NOTES

NEW SPECIALS
- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, decreases enemy accuracy by 15% less (can work over magic , precision, etc)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)


PENDING FROM 4.42 UPDATE
- Brungar Cyrstal master melee replace +Dread with an upcoming special with halves damage on hit but only for the atacker slow
This special will be considered in more cold attack units in 4.43 release.
- Add ELE VIKINGS the 3 traits and MUST BE FEARLESS in code


AE - Deep Elves
Minor rework at few units. So they look more interesting and affording a better role.
Night Maiden line will lose marksman melee but instead they will gain damage decrease at night time.
Lv2-Lv3 Blood Maiden will lose a bit of base damage but will gain 20% extra accuracy in offensive
Deep Elves now have more cold based attacks because they lack of so much pierce and struggling with damage types...

Now regarsd damage types with rewors deep elves might be
1) Quite HIGH blade damage output
2) Above average impact damage output
3) Average arcane damage output
4) Below average pierce and cold damage at both types.

- Vengeance damage to 7-5 , will now have +Vindicate in melee (20% better accuracy when attacking) , no loner has 5% parry
- Blood Seeker will no longer have 5% accuracy and parry, instead +Vindicate , flat defense to 50% (+5%)
This version is frailer but deadlier. Glass cannon melee.
- Night Maiden no longer has +Marksman on melee, now takes 20% less damage at night time, ranged damage increase by 1
- All night maiden advancement no longer have +Marsman on melee and main path have +Night-Cover 20%
- Vault Lurker melee damage decrease by 1 and no first-strike in any attack, now has 10% night-cover , NEW ATTACK: 6-4 cold +marksman
Oddly, vault lurker losses first strike at ranged in exchange of a new secondary attack.
- Night Stalker NEW ATTACK: 8-3 cold melee
- Baroness of Night NEW ATTACK: 11-3 cold melee, ranged damage adjusted to 9-3 from 12-2 and no parry bonus
They are pretty tanky at night time, but also have lost a lot of blade damage which been moved to bloodmaiden line
In constrast they all get a minor bonus cold attack to help them deal more consistent damage at many type of enemies and in few cases even more.
- Elthare melee damage increase by 1, +Magical replaced by +10% accuracy , now have +Day-Cover 10%, fire and arcane res increase by 10%
Retaliations were way too strong. Now it has better tankyness on daytime and is significantly tankier while facing mages, the most at day time.
- Greater Wisp XP to 60 (-20)
Well.... yes... powerful unit, but it was overpriced to lv2 for so little use at late to endgame.
- Wisp Mother now has +Protection (Lv2) aura
Some little resistance bonus for lv1 units is not even that powerful, but might be useful.


AE - Desert Elves
- The whole faction gets 10% fire resistance
All infantry that were lower than 10% fire res got to this value.
Dust Faeries fire res got increased from 10% to 20% by this change.

They used to be OLD default canonic content untis.... but they would lose to default drakes easily.

- Moon Enchantress
a) Melee attack adjusted from 9-2 blade +5% parry to 8-2 cold +Magic-Counter
b) Now has a 6-3 pierce +first-strike +Magic-Counter
c) both fire and cold resistances adjusted to 20% (from lower)
e) Health to 45 (+3)
Why do we need this unit to be BLADE damage if the faction already has a lot of blade?
Reworked version fits better at adding rarer pierce melee and also more useful secondary cold melee

- Moon Priestess
a) Blade attack is now Cold intead, parry 5% got replaced by +Magic-Counter
b) Pierce attack adjusted from 12-2 +5% parry to 9-3 +Magic-Counter
c) 10% at cold and arcane adjusted to 20% cold and fire and 10% arcane
d) Health to 56 (+3)

- Sun Enchantress ranged damage adjusted from 7-4 to 10-3 , melee damage increase by 1 , fire res to 20% (+5%)
- Sun Priestess HP to 50 (+2) , melee damage increase by 1 , price to 63g (+5g)
Nobody would mind having a stronger support in a faction nobody gets happy from rolling it.


AoA - Farengarian Kingdoms

- Roi (Lv4 B)
a) pierce and impact res to 30% (-10%) , fire and cold res to 10% (+10%)
b) Melee attack split in two: 1) parry 10% no magic , 2) 10% magical attack only
As result the unit retaliates much worse against normal enemies, but can pick between magical or non magical attack.
It's still much worse than +Very-Skilled special but its undoubtfully a good attack.
Unit still has to be fair rewarded to players who archieved it because you already spent over 300 if 100% XP modifer at this.
Idea is not making this the META but just a bonnus that in certain cicunstances can help

- Grand Master Paladin
Before this Lv4 was Unobtainable, now the lv3 can get access to this advancement. So adjustents will be done.
a) Arcane attack adjusted from 30-2 to 20-3
b) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance adjusted from 50/40/40% to 40/30/20%
c) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistance adjusted from 0/0/60% to 20/10/50%
d) Price to 117g (+17g)
Not an exceptioanlly strong lv4 as it requires less XP than EOMA lv4's but still somewhat solid

- Chevalier on foots XP to 84 (-4)
- Champion arcane res to 30% (+10%)
The Lv3 with no lv4 and better physical resistance path of paladin


AoA - Finn's Empire

- Emperor (Lv4 B)
a) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 40/30/30% to 20/20/20%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistances from 0/0/10% to 20/10/20%
c) Blade attack gets 1 more strike
d) Magical hammer attack damage adjuted from 10-4 to 13-3 and gains +Magic-Counter
e) Pierce ranged damage increase by 3
f) price to 130g (+5g)
g) AMLA XP to 225 (+25)
An overall nerf to his physical tankyness but better non magical damage and better magical resistances.
Discpline seems interesting as it works like fearless and in certain situations it can make units deal a lot more dmg than base lv4 leadership alone.
I'm increasing the AMLA value because this unit needs near as much as one AMLA to get to this Lv4 B advancement which is still a wild increase in stats.
The worst fighter of all Lv4 but the one that is most support.


AoA - Galianos Imperium
- Imperator (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 95 (+10)
b) impact res to 30% (-10%)
c) fire/cold res to 20/10% from all 0%
d) Arcane res to 30% (+20%)
d) NEW ATTACK: 21-3 blade +10% parry +Bleed +Magic-Counter
e) Magical attack damage increase by 4 but gets -10% parry
f) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
g) XP to 225 (-25) , price to 120g (+5g)
From all AoA exclusive lv4 units, this one was literally the only one who got buffed in contrast of vanilla lol
So imperator now features two modes
The physical mode which is more defensive style and adds bleed debuff and ignores magical attacks and has positive parry.
The magical mode which in contrast deals much more damage from magical but parry is negative instead.
Negative parry seems somewhat bad but Imperator has overall good physical resistances...
Considered a good idea to keep the magical attack considering how massive XP is required to get this Lv4 B variant.
His damage is somewhat low but his tankyness is quite good


AoA - Kingdoms of Rohvar
- Grand Master Templar & Temple-Captain attack renamed from "Magic Sword" to "Empowered Sword"
- Grand Master Templar (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 40/20/30%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane attack rsistances from 30/30/50% to 40/30/50%
c) Both melee attacks damage adjusted to 15-4 (arcane +2 dmg) , +Magical Replaced by +Marksman
d) NEW ATTACK: 15-4 fire +Marksman
e) Health to 82 (-3) , price to 120g (+9g)
He's a Lv4 A (but quite costy at XP) that used to be unobtainable, it's why he's way weaker than most Lv4 B.
He still has Heals+8 reason why he costs so much


- Konin (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 50/20/40%
b) Added Lv3 attacks as 21-3 in addition to Lv4 Konin and kept unchanged the 17-3 magical
c) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
Similar to Imperator but without leadership and a bit weaker.
Didn't want to make Konin that powerful because he's just a Lv4 that is gained from only 134 XP lv3
Similarities to lv3 but he has 10% more at cold/fire and a lot more health for raelly cheap XP
40% flat defense to compensate the low damage gain at this level
Oddly the unit ended being buff on this release


AoA - Mauve Islands Federation
- Lord XP to 150 (+16)
- High King (Lv4 A)
a) Movement to 5 (-1)
b) blade/impact res to 20/10% from 0%
c) fire/cold ranged resistances to 10% (+10%)
d) Blade damage lowered from 20-3 to 18-3
e) NEW RANGED ATTACk: 6-3 fire ranged +Magical
Wanted to add to this specific unit something that makes it look more similar to its own faction.
Good health, somewhat powerful melee attack but below average resistances.


AoA - Norse Jarldoms
- High King (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 100 (+10)
b) Fire/Cold to 10/30% (+10%)
c) NEW ATTACK: 13-4 blade melee +Berserker(Attack-only) -10% parry
d) NEW ATTACK: 20-3 impact melee (no specials)
e) AMLA XP to 250 (+50)
f) Price to 140g (+20g)
It keeps the magical 17-3 hammer and also has a 20-3 non magical; combination of attackks which is not as great as just 17-3 very skilled.
Crazy high value unit because of crazy 13-4 zerking attack and Lv4 leadership aura
Getting this unit from AoA lv4 B is most expensive as it's 125 for Lv4 A then full 200 for Lv4 B


AoA - Mountain Goblins
NEW UNIT: Overlord
It's the new advancement from Lv3 Warlord

Ovelord Stats
Lv4 / Leadership / Standard
66 HP
6 Movement
15-3 pierce melee +Magic-Counter
10-4 blade melee +Magic-Counter
10% fire and cold res , 10% more at flat/hills/frozen/sand than a normal mountain globin.
XP 166 / Price 88g

It doesn't even has first strike at melee lol




Archaic - South Seas
- Arsonist XP to 37 (-3)
Low gain in damage in contrast of lv1
- Lore Caster XP to 39 (-3)
- Ableseaman XP to 56 (-3)
Can't decrease lv1 XP because early berserk lv2 would roast in PVP.
- Deck-Master secondary melee impact attack adjusted from 9-3 to 8-4 , pierce slow damage increase by 1
- Demolitionist and Spitfire melee specials replaced with +Sabotage
More useful overall...
- Salvager and Wrecker impact melee damage increase by 1
- Wrecker ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 10-2
- Sea Rover and Sea Wolf ranged one more strike but no accuracy bonus.
- Sea Rover NEW ATTACK: Pierce 5-4 pierce melee
- Sea Wolf NEW ATTACK: Pierce 8-4 pierce melee
They keep the spike attack from lv1 but not as main attack.
They now while being weak they're still annoying foe.
Simpler and now more consistent.
- Diver NEW ATTACK: 8-2 pierce melee
Keep a pierce melee as sceondary attack similar to lv3
So now almost all melee has a weak bonus pierce attack.


Archaic - Ukians
- Pack Seal NEW ATTACK: 8-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Lion Seal NEW ATTACK: 12-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Attack Dog pierce/blade res to 0% (+5%) , cold res to 20% (+5%) blade adjusted to 8-2 -10% parry from 7-2 , beserk only offensive variant now.
The unit is MUCH safer now but also MUCH WEAKER when zerking enemies.


Archaic - Meganerie
Some mild help at endgame stats, particularly slightly better magical resistances.
- Black Slime cold resistance to 40% (+10%)
Low base health overall
- All wind daemons cold res to 40% (+10%)
- All roswellians cold res to 30% (+10%) , Portable Tank cold res to 40% (+5%)
- All Scout robots cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Lunar bug and all advancement cold res standarize to 0% (to better)
- Blue Novice, Blue Mage, Azure Mage fire res increase by 10%
- Azure Tecnomancer HP to 63 (-3) , cold res to 20% (+20%) , ranged now has +Gaze +Skilled instead of +Enchanted
His ranged capabiltiies been increased significantly in exchange of some health. Unit was alr low at damages.
- Tower servant no longer has +First-strike
Really crazy high stats...
- Tower Ladyboy, Servant, Captain sauna rocks attacs are now impact type.
- Tower Captain
1) melee damage adusted to 14-2 (+1) and +Magic-Counter instead of +Poison +First-Strike
2) NEW ATTACK: 12-2 cold melee +Magic-Counter
3) Ranged damage adjusted to 5-4 from 8-2 and damage type is now impact
4) Fire/Cold res to 10% (+10%)
5) Price to 26g (-3g)
The idea is to make tower captain more useful againist fire beings because those are already big problems for meganerie alr
- Tower Captain , Tower Watchman both will now have +Dauntless special
The special is mid particurly with that low resistances, but that gives more use to the unit in highly modded games.


More to come for meganerie in a next update


Archaic - Kthons
After so long of skipping reviewing this faction here it comes.... a small rework
XP, price and stats taking more in consideration Thrallment at being fairer at all levels.

But thing is that correct way to balance thrallment is increasing XP to lv2 and etc, but not price.....
Because not all units are living that can be thralled.... but also the few ones that are good vs not living ones needs a severe buff

- Brown Duck and all other ducks cold ranged attack can now be used only in offensive at melee range too
- Brown Duck HP to 15 (+1)
- Giant Duck ranged damage adjusted to 6-4 from 7-3 , price to 29g (+3g)
High level Ducks are now off-fanks hybrid fighters. Bonus also allows lv0 to attack more safety with full power.
- Stympheon XP to 40 (+4) , melee is now blade
- Stymphalian ranged damage increase by 1 , accuracy/parry replaced with +Gaze, melee is now blade , blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 29g (+3g)
- Noble Beast HP to 44 (+4) , XP to 93 (+11) , price to 39g (+2g)
- Royal Beast HP to 63 (+5) , Melee damage increase by 2 , price to 70g (+7g)
- Teraxippon will now have +Nightcover(10%) , 5% parry replaced with +Gaze
- Nightmare & Ipoten will now have +Nightcover(20%) , and 20% cold res
So the units might be taking less damage at night time, this addition would fix the issue of the unit at being frail.
The special is not mid also, x0.8 damage taken the whole night makes it more worth it to use the unit more offensively.
- Nightmare HP to 57 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry, Arcane accuracy is now +10% and 1 more dmg, price to 60g (+7g)
- Ipoten HP to 70 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry , Arcane accuracy is now +10% 1 more dmg, price to 90g (+13g)
With that corrections the unit should be good now.
- Katoplebon price to 42g (+3g)
- Katoplebon-Magnum XP to 125 (+10) , price to 70g (+7g)
- Ker-Kato price to 95g (+10g)
Taxing more the high level thrallment
- Pyradalon 5% parry is replaced with +Dread.
- Timberwolf XP to 40 (+4)
It has REALLY good cost efficiency, just needs to kill ONCE a living enemy to be cost efficient
- Prokyon HP to 49 (+2) , XP to 80 (+10) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Orthrus HP to 65 (+2) , XP to 150 (+10) , price to 68g (+8g)
- Skylliaron HP to 82 (+2) , price to 95g (+10g)
- Toad NEW ATTACK: 6-2 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Giant Toad NW ATTACK:. 6-3 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Yak NEW ATTACK: 6-2 impact melee
- Ophis NEW ATTACK: 9-2 impact melee +first-strike
- ThauticornNEW ATTACK: 10-2 impact melee
Highly needed to get rid of skeletons, Machines and lots of foes at early game....
- Bone Snapper XP to 42 (+5) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rock Snapper will now have +Feeding , price to 37g (+2g)
- Land Tortoise XP to 44 (+7) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rockback XP to 77 (+12) , price to 29g (+2g)
- Adamantine arcane res to 30% (+20%)
Valuable arcane resistance in a faction where almost everything is weak to arcane.


BEEM - Anakes
- Heterox , Heretic and Apostle will now have +Dauntless special , ranged now has +Dread
Ranged buff is very small
Considering the distribution of resistances of this unit has.... it's very VERY VERY small buff
- Slaughterer and Masacrer now have +Dauntless special
- Slaugeterer price to 32g (+2g)
- Massacrer price to 63g (+5g)
This one uses much better the +dauntless special and Daemon line with plague/leadrship is a strong rival of this
- Hierophant HP to 43 (+1) , XP to 83 (+6)
- Dark Prophet HP to 58 (+3) , Melee now has +Hex price to 60g (+9g)
Debuff being at the melee attack which only works in offensive is not that big buff, but might help
- Alastor both attacks have now +Magic-Dodge
- Fiend melee now has +Magic-Dodge



BEEM - Calydonians
They have no mages, no healers, no slowers. They need more specials or just more resistances overall.
They precise of buffs.
- Dionian swordsmand and all advancements will now have +Magic-Dodge at the rage(3) attack
This will help them to not suicide too fast when dealing with fire melee like fire gods or infernal vortex.
- Polemarch and Diarch spear melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Polemarch ranged damage adjusted to 10-1 (-2) and now has 10% parry , XP to 88 (+7) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Diarch ranged damage adjusted to 12-1 (-4) and now has 10% parry , price to 66g (+12g)
He hasn't double slows or 50% flat defense as Lavignian Legion Legionaries so it's rasonable to think this won't make them broken.
- Tassiarch replaced +Leadership with +Protection, price to 31g (-3g)
- Strategos HP to 61 (+3) , melee will now have +Magic-Dodge , replaced +Leadership with +Protection , price to 62g (+6g)
Two units at the faction had leadership, but having it at the horse is way more offensive and powerful synergy.
While Strategos focuses in defense.
- Hipparch fire/pierce weakness lowered by 10% (+10%) , price to 38g (+2g)
- Epihipparch pierce weakness to 10% (+10%) , price to 72g (+8g)
The huge price is because Lv3 leadership with NINE movement is wild. While AI would not use it well it's still underpriced in good hands.
- Veteran Peltast and Thracian Peltast will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Dardarian Warrior XP to 38 (-4)
- Dardarian Pillager impact res to 20% (+10%) , XP to 82 (+10) , price to 27g (+2g)
- Dardanian Ravager HP to 69 (-5), impact res to 30% (+20%) , blade res to 10% (+10%) , both melee will now have +Sabotage , price to 63g (+11g)
This unit is key for countering machines and all things that are often resistant to blade and impact (Heavy Infantry, Machines, etc)
So it's required the unit to be really good at countering a larger group of units as the faction has no mages or healers.
- Gymnet ranged damage adjusted to 7-4 (from 10-3) and now has +magic-counter at ranged , XP to 77 (+8)
- Rhodian Slinger ranged damage adjusted to 8-5 (from 11-4) , now has +magic-counter at ranged , price to 60g (+4g)
They have to be good, still the unit has really high movement and health ratio, so damage been decreased by a bit
- Toxotes blade/fire res to 10% (+10%) , pierce res to 20% (+20%) , XP to 85 (+13) , price to 30g (+2g)
- Cretan Toxotes HP to 59 (-3) , blade res to 10% (+10%) , fire res to 15% (+15%) , pierce res to 20% (+20%) , price to 64g (+9g)

With the changes they have solid good hills movement cost, better resistances now and less countered by magical factions.


BEEM - Wood Warriors
- Little Golem and all advancement arcane res to -10% (+10%)
- Little Golem HP to 42 (+4)
- Golem Wood Defender HP to 60 (+4)
- Destroyer Golem HP to 72 (+4) , price to 60g (+3g)
- Faun Captain & Overlord will now be 70% defense at forests
They're worse than elvish marshal and his lv3 , so trully need the 70% on forests.
- Swamp Parthfinder will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Predator Rats NEW ATTACK: 6-3 pierce melee
So the throwing star or shuriken attack is now the same for melee and ranged, unless the unit is strong trait.
- Legendary Sorcerer arcanedamage to 19-2 (+2)
- All bigfoot arcane res to 0% (+10%)
While there is no change for lv3 , but lv1 and lv2 are better now
- Terrible bigfoot NEW ATTACK: 25-1 impact melee +Dread
It's basically the same tree throw but at being at close range the tree travels less distance so it hits harder.


EE - Outlaws
- Arsonist and Pyroniac will now have +Sabotage at fire melee
This new special when used in offensive will decrease enemy damage by x0.875


EE - Chaos
- Magus HP to 40 (+3) , cold resistance to 20% (+10%)
- Demologist HP to 54 (+2) , fire/cold res increased by 10% and melee now has +Magic-Counter
- Headhunter XP to 36 (-2)
- Marauder HP to 40 (+2)
- Soulhunter blade damage increase by 1 , ranged now has +Magic-dodge
- All mutants impact res increase by 20%
They can now counter impact melee more correctly
- Rabid Hound XP to 60 (-5)
- Warp hound HP to 51 (+2) , melee will now have +Magic-Dodge


EE - Dwarves
NEW UNIT: Cavernei Monitor's
Idea is to add that unit to EE dwarves but remove Cavernei faction...


EFM - Dalefolks
Few things feels out of place, gonna review this faction too
It's a mid faction ngl... missing a lot of lv3's....

Miners are MASSIVE 50 XP to lv2 , which is INSANE A LOT. Small buff at impact res.
- Delver and Foremen impact res to 20% (+20%)
It's scary to think that only two units can only reach lv3, reason why this bug is big
- Mountaineer impact res to 0% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter Special , price to 27g (+1g)
- Botanist ranged damage adjusted from 7-3 to 6-4

Will review the shifters animal stats in another time, which will be a pending thing....


EFM - Freemen
Some things feels off when you really try them, some buffs
Even if they have above average mages, they're have only physical damage types attacks.
- ALL FOOT freemen mountains movement cost to 2 (-1)
With exception of Muezzin healers.

- Muezzin XP to 43 (-2)
- Howler HP to 43 (+3)
In fact lv1 mages are much better than lv2's
- Screcher HP to 59 (+3)
- Sultan blade res to 20% (+10%)
Backstab melee adds really good value to this unit, but I don't see any problem at making it even better.
- Sandwalker XP to 32 (-2)
- Ensnarer melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Roc XP to 86 (-4)
Very frail high reward high risk unit.
- Nomad XP to 74 (-3)
Not doing much to this unit because the -1 mountains movement cost buff does the most at nomad at sheiks.
Being 1 MP cost at hills, forest, sand is a realy good bonus which scales a lot with -1 MP cost at mountains.



EFM - Pygmies
Overall a good faction, but there are an issue of low base health at most of their units at endgae...
Everything not witch seem somewhat bad...
- Fly XP , price to 19g (+4g) -the unit is naturally not recruitable-
Even if not recruitable, it was hell lot underpriced LOL
- Mudfoot HP to 49 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-7 from 3-6 , price to 22g (+2g)
Clearly a worse unit than his lv1 in terms of dmg output...
- Charmer HP to 45 (+1)
- Puma XP to 31 (-3)
Promoting this to lv2 might not carry as good as an elvish hero or something default.
- Lynx XP to 68 (-4)
- Sabercat will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Spider Rider HP to 40 (+2)
It doesn't has self heal unlike the other units, so it at least has to be more sturdy.
- Great Spider melee will now have +Dread , price to 36g (+2g)
There is basically no reason to pick this over the ranged slows before this buff.


EFM - Highlanders
Minor buffs for easier endgame
- Strider and Wind walker both will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Strider ranged damage adjsuted to 5-2 from 4-2
- Wind Walker ranged damae adjusted to 5-4 from 5-3
Wind Walker has so little value at endgame where gold is no longer affordable....
- Lion Adept HP to 44 (+1)
- Lion Renegade XP to 82 (-3)
Trust me , these dudes are ANNOYING to deal with lol , they don't need much of a buff
- Hunter XP to 32 (-3)
So little gain of damage
- Spirit Welder arcane res to 30% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter



EFM - Sea States
Let's admit it, it's mid faction and nobody gets happy from getting it at random.
In contrast Freemen are much better as a faction.

- Regimenter XP to 38 (-4)
- Retainer and House Guard fire res to 10% (+10%)
- House Guard HP to 75 (+2)
- Guild Officer and Merchant Lord fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Veteran Bowman blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 30g (+1g)
- Rider, Raider and Cataphract sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
Zebras moves smooth at sand...
- Rider XP to 40 (-2)
- Horse archer, Sagiharii and Clibbanarii sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
- Horse archer XP to 42 (-3)
- Vassal and Liegeman fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Alchemist price to 16g (-1g)
- Paddleship XP to 43 (-4)
High stats, but really unpractical movement costs


EFM - Whites
Undertuned faction with good mages, might buff what is bad
- Keeper XP to 36 (-2)
let's admit it, nobody uses the archer line because storm witch looks much better.
- Bow Lady HP to 64 (+2)
- Scout price to 14g (-1g)
- Raider HP to 48 (+3) , price to 26g (-1g)
No lv3, ithas to be slightly better than it should
- Guardian movement to 6 (+1) , price to 22g (+2g)
Lv1 melee damage, this clearly needs a buff
- Vigilante movement to 6 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-3 from 3-2 , price to 25g (+1g)
- Warrior XP to 37 (-2)
- Housecarl ranged damage adjusted to 6-2 from 9-1 , XP to 70 (-2)
- Thane HP to 75 (+3) , ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 7-3
Below average fighter how needs to be at hills to be as good than most fighters....
- Bard HP to 50 (+2) , XP to 76 (-2)
- Balladier HP to 64 (+3)


ELE - Vikings
- All viking units will now have 3 traits and MUST-HAVE fearless
While all their units are neutral, this makes the units inmune to AWE auras.
- Snikskytter fire damage increase by 1
- Skarpskytter fire damage increase by 2


EOC - Wild Humans
- Ambusher will now have +Magic-Dodge


EotF - Brungars
- All tamers will now have +Magic-counter at melee
- Ocean Apprentice XP to 42 (-3)
- Crystal Master NEW ATTACK: 5-4 cold melee , both melees will now have +Dread
It's temporal dread, I plan to replace with a new special which slows the enemy but only in combat and no slows after fight.
- Wave Raider NEW ATTACK: 8-3 impact melee +Magical +offensive only
- Wave Master NEW ATTACK: 11-3 impact melee +Magical +offensive only
The unit did not have much to offer at all and the faction needs more impact damage. Low damage at ranged so he can afford this extra melee.


EotF - Nordhiris
Let's add some more specials to nordhiris as they're very physical damage
- Dire reaver melee will now have +Magic-Dodge and +Dauntless special
Low base resistances, special will not do much often unless modded games.
- Wild Heart , Feral Heart & Wolf Heart will now have +Magic-counter at melee
- Feral Heart , Wolf Heart , Northern Warlord , North Guard & Oathstorm will now have 3 traits and FEARLESS MUST HAVE
So they are inmune to damage decreasesby AWE. And not any increase of damage at being neutral... unless they change their aligment.
- Slaughterer will now have +Magic-Dodge at sword attack and +Dauntless special
Considering his low base resistances that's a very minor buff, so why not.
- Farseer now has +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Frostdasher and Icebounder now have a secondary cold melee attack with -2 dmg
I dislike these scout units that adds no value at endgame once gold becomes unobtainable.


FL - Blood Elves
They were pretty strong at release, but more things got either better fire resistance or cold attacks.
Time to update them to more modern times.

- Pyromancer XP to 90 (-70) and now has a new Lv3

NEW UNIT: War Pyromancer Lv3
HP: 54
Movement: 5
6-3 blade melee
5-3 fire melee
19-2 impact ranged +magical
16-3 fire ranged +magical
Fire res 65% / -20% at cold
Price: 72g / XP: 165

- Master Pyromancer
a) HP to 72 (+5)
b) fire ranged damage to 23-3 (+3)
c) Impact ranged damage to 28-2 (+2)
d) Price to 115g (+10g)

- Fire warrior melee will now have +Magic-Counter at melee
- Slayer NEW ATTACK: 6-4 fire melee (no specials) , price to 57g (+3g)
Now he gains the additional fire attack at lv3 instead of lv4
- Master Slayer will now have +Magic-Counter at melee attacks without backstab


ME - Bight
A little help to all blight units with cold weaness because a shift in the meta with more cold attackers.

- Acid NEW ATTAC: 4-4 pierce ranged +Drain +Absorb , fire res to 60% (+10%)
Lv1 is its max, and it has drains so it's hell costy to upgrade from XP MOD, so for that pair of reasons fair to buff it like this
- Microbefoot cold res to -10% (+15%)
The unit is A LOT WORSE now because a lot of untis got secondar cold attack. So It's a must to decrease cold weakness
- Bacterium HP to 25 (+1) , price to 11g (+1g)
- Parasite and Virus cold res to -10% (+15%)
- Leech cold res to 0% (+25%)
While it has drains and etc, it has so much worse pierce res of only 30% while the others are 70% pierce res. Reasons why leech gets cold weakness removed.
- Slime cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Ooze cold res to 20% (+5%)
- Amoeba cold res to -20% (+10%)
Blobs even with buffs are worse than two Ageless versions ago because of more units having new cold attacks.



ME - Slavers
- Abuser melees now have +Magic-Counter
Lit the 4th or something buff of this unit XD
- Overser and Slavermaster impact res to 10% (+10%)
The other two lines are THAT good that nobodygoes the one that can get to lv3
- Punisher torch now has +Sabotage special


ME - Tribalist
- Ranger stronger attack only melee attack damage increase by 1


ME - Infernai
As more things are getting extra cold attacks, infernai that are commonly weak to cold need adjustments.
Infernai has the exact opposite problems of many factions... and is at not having PHYSICAL RANGED attackers which is a somewhat big factional flaw.
To compensate such big weakness infernai race will become SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
- All infernai units are now inmune to DRAINS and PLAGUE (still poisonable except ifreets)
So infernai aren't cooked anymore if someone just uses a very strong melee drains in front of em.
So they have this limitation with the ranged damage types but instead they gain rarer factional advantages

- Hell Hound NEW ATTACK: 8-2 fire melee (no specials) , XP to 80 (+16) , price to 32g (+1g)
- Cerberus claws attack now has +Magic-Counter , NEW ATTACK: 9-3 fire melee +Dread , price to 57g (+4g)
- Gog cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Magog HP to 54 (+1) , cold res to 30% (+5%)
- Magog and Incubus fireballs now have +Magic-Dodge special
- Incubus deathgaze now has +Dread , price to 62g (+5g)
- Controlled and all advancemnet cold res to 0% (+10%)
- Possesed and Dominated fire res to 40% (+10%)
Pretty bad stats zerking unit.
- Fiend HP to 38 (+2) fire res to 55% (+5%) impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 42 (+5)
It costs massive 15g for only 55% at fire but -20% at cold and -10% on arcane, it was not worth whole 15g.
Can't increase by more because imps are costless by plague or only 6g.
- Demon ranged damage increase by 3 , impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 88 (+6)
- Devil ranged damage increase by 2 , cold res to -10% (+10%) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 70g (+3g)
- Lucifer cold res to 0% (+10%) , impact res to 20% (+20%) , fixed fire resistance to 80% (from 20%)
- Archfien HP to 54 (+2) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 34g (+4g)
It moves 6 , good health and good ressists.
- Sadist NEW ATTACK: Claws 8-3 blade melee , impact res to 30% (+10%) , price to 31g (+2g)
- Bloodbather NEW ATTACK: 11-3 blade melee
- Horned One ranged damage increase by 2
While [censored] attack, it's still one extra attack which can help the unit at low health foes.
The bones in the armor is adding him cold resistances at lv3 and lv4
- Demon dog and all advancement cold res to -10% (+10%)
- Familiar HP to 48 (+2)
Most likely the only demon that is naturally resistant to cold, rewarding more to players who considers this unit correctly.
- Troglodyte will now have +magic-dodge
- Infernal Troglodyte melee will now have +magic-dodge
- Ifreet XP to 42 (-3)
Arcane and cold attackers became more common in ageless... and it gains low base stats at promotion.
- Master Efreet temptation attack now has 5% accuracy, XP to 85 (+5)
- Ifreet Sultan HP to 42 (+2) , fire res to 70% (+10%)
- Pitlord & Pit Master blade attack has now +Magic-Dodge


I would buff further but we have to keep in mind that infernai is also a faction heavily based in plagues.
Still I feel like they have issues when dealing againist units like Dwarish Tank because no strong fire or impact attackers at all.
Yet they have slowers but still...
Also faction WILL be tested and if NEEDED then XP increases nerf will be done but not on this release.


MiE - Centaurs
- Heroic & Sharpshooter main attacks will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Oracle secret damage incrase by 1


MiE - Sylvan Keepers
Assylant line will get more extreme resistances and weakness , but considered as a small buff.
- Assylant and blade attacker path resistances
a) Blade to 0% (-6%) / (-6%) / (-6%)
b) pierce to 50% (+20%) / (+15%) / (+15%)
c) impact to 30% (+10%) / (+10%) / (+10%)
d) arcane to -20% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
e) fire to -30% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
And all levels keep this values
f) Vengeance Lv3 cold res to 20% (+10%)

Unit needs really to counter more things to be worth its vulnerabilities to blade, fire and arcane


MiE - Vampires
They seem quite weak no healers, no attack types, no that many strong specials at all. Gotta buff them.

- Shadow archer NEW ATTACK: 4-5 cold ranged (no specials) , XP to 85 (+15)
- Night Angel NEW ATTACK: 6-5 cold ranged +Marksman , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 61g (+4g)
- Shadow Fighter NEW ATTACK: 5-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 33g (+2g)
The unit is overall stronger but only worse at flat terrain.
- Night Warrior NEW ATTACK: 8-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 66g (+6g)
Strong offensive fighter that is now only worse at flat.
- Heaven Hunter will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 63g (+5g)
Bad damage, low health, but can be quite useful particularly at night time
- Count price to 66g (+4g)
- Prince will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 110g (+7g)
- Apprentice XP to 39 (-3)
- Grandmaster HP to 52 (+2) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 58g (+3g)
- Blood Hunter HP to 44 (+3)
- Soulhunter HP to 57 (+5) , will now have +Magic-Counter at melee, fire/cold/arcane resistances increased to 10/10/20% (+10% at all)


Imperial - Orcei Gladiatore
Basically you could just hard counter them with magic melee and healers, so Orcei Gladiator side has so much disadventage...
By only having physical damage types and fire arrows and no healers they have some issues at certain circunstances at late game.

- Thraex and Thraex Peratus will now have +Magic-Dodge in melee
- Bestarius and Feral Bestarius will now have +Magic-Dodge in the whip attack
- Paegniarius and Brutal Paegniarius will have +Magic-Counter at the whip attack
- Hoplomachus Fortis and Hoplomachus Fortis will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee
- Fleet Retarius will now have +Magic-Dodge at the dagger attack


Imperial - Marauders
- Mauler and Raider will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee


Imperial - Lavignian Legion
Similar problems like Orcei Gladiatores, no healers, no magic, similar advantages like slows, so similar fixes
- Velite will now have +Magic-Counter at melee and +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Funditor will now have +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Siege Archer and Saggitarius will now have +Magic-Dodge at both ranged , NEW ATTACK: 0-0 impact melee +Harmless +Magic-Counter
In short, the melee attack decreases magical chance to hit to magic melee and no damage.
The unit was being bad mostly because mages were hard countering it so badly, and melee magic the most.
They still can be hard countered by berserkers, which if the problem is too big you can advance to ballista option instead.
- Archuballistarius HP to 60 (+2)
Forgot to mention that both ballista and siege archers are only four movement...

In contrast propugnator can slow melee and ranged alike... tell me if that isn't massively better...

- Signifier and Aqualifier will now +Magic-Counter at melee


Imperial - Issaelfr
- Ice Roamer and Ice Dancer will now have a secondary cold melee attack with one less damage
- Ice Roamer XP to 74 (+4)

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[BTIsaac]

Speaking of Desert Elves, Whatever happened to the original sprite for the Sun Priestess?

[IPS]

Speaking of Desert Elves, Whatever happened to the original sprite for the Sun Priestess?

Can you help me finding the original sprite you're talking about? I've been searching for Era of Chaos in 1.18 server and I found the same sprite that its been used in AE - Desert Elves. As actually AE desert elves is a merge of original desert elves from very old times (1.14 or older) with EoC units and some few that I invented by myself as the factions individually were way too bad to be one whole faction pic at random.

Original desert elves had only blade and pierce damage types, and only the shamans.... EOC Elves were almost the same with exception of few thigns so I decided it was a better idea to merge the two factions so each other will have less limitations. And I invented the dust fairies so desert elves have one more footype and also another ranged damage type.

Also about that, I have no real idea if there been another sprite for Sun Priestess and if there was, where to find it.

Another thing that happens often is that when one unit has the same sprite than its advancement, Ravana adds a colored orb at its head to differ more at sight from its previous level.

[BTIsaac]

Also about that, I have no real idea if there been another sprite for Sun Priestess and if there was, where to find it.

War of Legends Era 1.14 and older had it
https://units.wesnoth.org/1.14/War_of_L ... stess.html
https://units.wesnoth.org/1.14/War_of_L ... eress.html
but they got completely replaced by the Quenoth Elves in more recent versions.

[Ravana]

These have never been in ageless.

[BTIsaac]

These have never been in ageless.

Okay but the current one looks like a placeholder, because, unless I'm missing something, it's identical to the Desert Shyde.

[IPS]

Also about that, I have no real idea if there been another sprite for Sun Priestess and if there was, where to find it.

War of Legends Era 1.14 and older had it
https://units.wesnoth.org/1.14/War_of_L ... stess.html
https://units.wesnoth.org/1.14/War_of_L ... eress.html
but they got completely replaced by the Quenoth Elves in more recent versions.

I do not see any reason to keep using actual 1.18 sun sorceress sprite at ageless instead of War of Legends sprite in 1.14 , clearly WoL is much better sprite.

As well that link solves my unfixed issues about plans to add more new units to AE desert elves but didn't do earlier because of missing sprites on some warrior line I wanted to add.

Like Lv2 at War of Legends could be a 3rd advancement of Ageless Desert fighter. So Desert fighter could promote to Desert Captain, Desert Hero and Desert Warrior. Warrior would have no ranged attack but in prior of some extra physical resistances.

Then Warrior promoting to Champion which is the more well rounded melee only fighter that AE desert elves would have or to Protector which has less damage less HP and worse terrain defense but having more solid physical resistances more similarly to an hybrid of loyalist loyalist swordsman to an Heavy Infantry.

This additions would help at AE desert elves to be better and differ even more to default rebels and also making Sun Sorceress to look much better. And I don't mind using the actual 1.14 WoL sun priestess for the lv2 because copying desert druid sprite which is already the same than other ageless unit is kinda silly. I would mind to add this for most likely 4.43 (NOT THIS, but THE NEXT RELEASE) , as I'm still thining about what balance to do with someseveral more factions.

Probably having motivation to work at the AE desert elves adds for something like october or november so they would be there before end of 2026.

Actually thinking what changes to do at ME - Equestrians, ME - Mercenaries and ME - Cult , which is not even coded or detailed what about to happen but still letting myself get some ideas for these,

[IPS]

Posting the last forum post about the balance changes that is about to come, only thing I have to mention is that tomorrow I will code the lv3 dalefol shifter units stats of all his transformations... and only doing that tomorrow.

New changes:
- ME Avians buffs, helping them as they have no mages. 70% at mountains, mothers and advancement 40% arcane resistance etc
- ME Emperors guard buffs, again some more buffs to the faction as they have no mages no healers.
- ME Cult buffs, no longer units weak to cold/fire , freak significant buffs but more costy, more things
Not finished for now, but in 4.43 will review them with more calm and free time but I'm sure I want to do this changes for now.
- ME mercenary buffs, helping cost ineficient units, more utility at late endgame, pirte foot rework.
- ME Equestrians buffs, black-knight rework, miscelanous extra changes.

I don't remember if there are more changes than these from previous post but whatever, only few more units pending to be ready to be done. Wondering if Ravana will have interest in updating the changes this weeend or any time soon but as I planned from end of august all is almost done.

Spoiler:

GENERAL NOTES

NEW SPECIALS
- Sabotage: In offensive the opponent retaliates with x0.9 damage, if mechanical then opponent retaliates with x0.8 damage and also takes x1.1 more damage.
- Gaze: In offensive, decreases enemy accuracy by 15% less (can work over magic , precision, etc)
- Vindicate: In offensive, accuracy increase by 20%
- Night Cover: In night time, this unit takes % damage decrease depending the multiplier (10, 20, 30, etc %)C


PENDING FROM 4.42 UPDATE
- Brungar Cyrstal master melee replace +Dread with an upcoming special with halves damage on hit but only for the atacker slow
This special will be considered in more cold attack units in 4.43 release.


AE - Deep Elves
Minor rework at few units. So they look more interesting and affording a better role.
Night Maiden line will lose marksman melee but instead they will gain damage decrease at night time.
Lv2-Lv3 Blood Maiden will lose a bit of base damage but will gain 20% extra accuracy in offensive
Deep Elves now have more cold based attacks because they lack of so much pierce and struggling with damage types...

Now regarsd damage types with rewors deep elves might be
1) Quite HIGH blade damage output
2) Above average impact damage output
3) Average arcane damage output
4) Below average pierce and cold damage at both types.

- Vengeance damage to 7-5 , will now have +Vindicate in melee (20% better accuracy when attacking) , no loner has 5% parry
- Blood Seeker will no longer have 5% accuracy and parry, instead +Vindicate , flat defense to 50% (+5%)
This version is frailer but deadlier. Glass cannon melee.
- Night Maiden no longer has +Marksman on melee, now takes 20% less damage at night time, ranged damage increase by 1
- All night maiden advancement no longer have +Marsman on melee and main path have +Night-Cover 20%
- Vault Lurker melee damage decrease by 1 and no first-strike in any attack, now has 10% night-cover , NEW ATTACK: 6-4 cold +marksman
Oddly, vault lurker losses first strike at ranged in exchange of a new secondary attack.
- Night Stalker NEW ATTACK: 8-3 cold melee
- Baroness of Night NEW ATTACK: 11-3 cold melee, ranged damage adjusted to 9-3 from 12-2 and no parry bonus
They are pretty tanky at night time, but also have lost a lot of blade damage which been moved to bloodmaiden line
In constrast they all get a minor bonus cold attack to help them deal more consistent damage at many type of enemies and in few cases even more.
- Elthare melee damage increase by 1, +Magical replaced by +10% accuracy , now have +Day-Cover 10%, fire and arcane res increase by 10%
Retaliations were way too strong. Now it has better tankyness on daytime and is significantly tankier while facing mages, the most at day time.
- Greater Wisp XP to 60 (-20)
Well.... yes... powerful unit, but it was overpriced to lv2 for so little use at late to endgame.
- Wisp Mother now has +Protection (Lv2) aura
Some little resistance bonus for lv1 units is not even that powerful, but might be useful.


AE - Desert Elves
- The whole faction gets 10% fire resistance
All infantry that were lower than 10% fire res got to this value.
Dust Faeries fire res got increased from 10% to 20% by this change.

They used to be OLD default canonic content untis.... but they would lose to default drakes easily.

- Moon Enchantress
a) Melee attack adjusted from 9-2 blade +5% parry to 8-2 cold +Magic-Counter
b) Now has a 6-3 pierce +first-strike +Magic-Counter
c) both fire and cold resistances adjusted to 20% (from lower)
e) Health to 45 (+3)
Why do we need this unit to be BLADE damage if the faction already has a lot of blade?
Reworked version fits better at adding rarer pierce melee and also more useful secondary cold melee

- Moon Priestess
a) Blade attack is now Cold intead, parry 5% got replaced by +Magic-Counter
b) Pierce attack adjusted from 12-2 +5% parry to 9-3 +Magic-Counter
c) 10% at cold and arcane adjusted to 20% cold and fire and 10% arcane
d) Health to 56 (+3)

- Sun Enchantress ranged damage adjusted from 7-4 to 10-3 , melee damage increase by 1 , fire res to 20% (+5%)
- Sun Priestess HP to 50 (+2) , melee damage increase by 1 , price to 63g (+5g)
Nobody would mind having a stronger support in a faction nobody gets happy from rolling it.


AoA - Farengarian Kingdoms

- Roi (Lv4 B)
a) pierce and impact res to 30% (-10%) , fire and cold res to 10% (+10%)
b) Melee attack split in two: 1) parry 10% no magic , 2) 10% magical attack only
As result the unit retaliates much worse against normal enemies, but can pick between magical or non magical attack.
It's still much worse than +Very-Skilled special but its undoubtfully a good attack.
Unit still has to be fair rewarded to players who archieved it because you already spent over 300 if 100% XP modifer at this.
Idea is not making this the META but just a bonnus that in certain cicunstances can help

- Grand Master Paladin
Before this Lv4 was Unobtainable, now the lv3 can get access to this advancement. So adjustents will be done.
a) Arcane attack adjusted from 30-2 to 20-3
b) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistance adjusted from 50/40/40% to 40/30/20%
c) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistance adjusted from 0/0/60% to 20/10/50%
d) Price to 117g (+17g)
Not an exceptioanlly strong lv4 as it requires less XP than EOMA lv4's but still somewhat solid

- Chevalier on foots XP to 84 (-4)
- Champion arcane res to 30% (+10%)
The Lv3 with no lv4 and better physical resistance path of paladin


AoA - Finn's Empire

- Emperor (Lv4 B)
a) Blade/Pierce/Impact resistances from 40/30/30% to 20/20/20%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane resistances from 0/0/10% to 20/10/20%
c) Blade attack gets 1 more strike
d) Magical hammer attack damage adjuted from 10-4 to 13-3 and gains +Magic-Counter
e) Pierce ranged damage increase by 3
f) price to 130g (+5g)
g) AMLA XP to 225 (+25)
An overall nerf to his physical tankyness but better non magical damage and better magical resistances.
Discpline seems interesting as it works like fearless and in certain situations it can make units deal a lot more dmg than base lv4 leadership alone.
I'm increasing the AMLA value because this unit needs near as much as one AMLA to get to this Lv4 B advancement which is still a wild increase in stats.
The worst fighter of all Lv4 but the one that is most support.


AoA - Galianos Imperium
- Imperator (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 95 (+10)
b) impact res to 30% (-10%)
c) fire/cold res to 20/10% from all 0%
d) Arcane res to 30% (+20%)
d) NEW ATTACK: 21-3 blade +10% parry +Bleed +Magic-Counter
e) Magical attack damage increase by 4 but gets -10% parry
f) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
g) XP to 225 (-25) , price to 120g (+5g)
From all AoA exclusive lv4 units, this one was literally the only one who got buffed in contrast of vanilla lol
So imperator now features two modes
The physical mode which is more defensive style and adds bleed debuff and ignores magical attacks and has positive parry.
The magical mode which in contrast deals much more damage from magical but parry is negative instead.
Negative parry seems somewhat bad but Imperator has overall good physical resistances...
Considered a good idea to keep the magical attack considering how massive XP is required to get this Lv4 B variant.
His damage is somewhat low but his tankyness is quite good


AoA - Kingdoms of Rohvar
- Grand Master Templar & Temple-Captain attack renamed from "Magic Sword" to "Empowered Sword"
- Grand Master Templar (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 40/20/30%
b) Fire/Cold/Arcane attack rsistances from 30/30/50% to 40/30/50%
c) Both melee attacks damage adjusted to 15-4 (arcane +2 dmg) , +Magical Replaced by +Marksman
d) NEW ATTACK: 15-4 fire +Marksman
e) Health to 82 (-3) , price to 120g (+9g)
He's a Lv4 A (but quite costy at XP) that used to be unobtainable, it's why he's way weaker than most Lv4 B.
He still has Heals+8 reason why he costs so much


- Konin (Lv4 A)
a) Blade/Impact/Pierce resistances from 40/40/40% to 50/20/40%
b) Added Lv3 attacks as 21-3 in addition to Lv4 Konin and kept unchanged the 17-3 magical
c) Flat defense to 40% (+10%)
Similar to Imperator but without leadership and a bit weaker.
Didn't want to make Konin that powerful because he's just a Lv4 that is gained from only 134 XP lv3
Similarities to lv3 but he has 10% more at cold/fire and a lot more health for raelly cheap XP
40% flat defense to compensate the low damage gain at this level
Oddly the unit ended being buff on this release


AoA - Mauve Islands Federation
- Lord XP to 150 (+16)
- High King (Lv4 A)
a) Movement to 5 (-1)
b) blade/impact res to 20/10% from 0%
c) fire/cold ranged resistances to 10% (+10%)
d) Blade damage lowered from 20-3 to 18-3
e) NEW RANGED ATTACk: 6-3 fire ranged +Magical
Wanted to add to this specific unit something that makes it look more similar to its own faction.
Good health, somewhat powerful melee attack but below average resistances.


AoA - Norse Jarldoms
- High King (Lv4 B)
a) HP to 100 (+10)
b) Fire/Cold to 10/30% (+10%)
c) NEW ATTACK: 13-4 blade melee +Berserker(Attack-only) -10% parry
d) NEW ATTACK: 20-3 impact melee (no specials)
e) AMLA XP to 250 (+50)
f) Price to 140g (+20g)
It keeps the magical 17-3 hammer and also has a 20-3 non magical; combination of attackks which is not as great as just 17-3 very skilled.
Crazy high value unit because of crazy 13-4 zerking attack and Lv4 leadership aura
Getting this unit from AoA lv4 B is most expensive as it's 125 for Lv4 A then full 200 for Lv4 B


AoA - Mountain Goblins
NEW UNIT: Overlord
It's the new advancement from Lv3 Warlord

Ovelord Stats
Lv4 / Leadership / Standard
66 HP
6 Movement
15-3 pierce melee +Magic-Counter
10-4 blade melee +Magic-Counter
10% fire and cold res , 10% more at flat/hills/frozen/sand than a normal mountain globin.
XP 166 / Price 88g

It doesn't even has first strike at melee lol




Archaic - South Seas
- Arsonist XP to 37 (-3)
Low gain in damage in contrast of lv1
- Lore Caster XP to 39 (-3)
- Ableseaman XP to 56 (-3)
Can't decrease lv1 XP because early berserk lv2 would roast in PVP.
- Deck-Master secondary melee impact attack adjusted from 9-3 to 8-4 , pierce slow damage increase by 1
- Demolitionist and Spitfire melee specials replaced with +Sabotage
More useful overall...
- Salvager and Wrecker impact melee damage increase by 1
- Wrecker ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 10-2
- Sea Rover and Sea Wolf ranged one more strike but no accuracy bonus.
- Sea Rover NEW ATTACK: Pierce 5-4 pierce melee
- Sea Wolf NEW ATTACK: Pierce 8-4 pierce melee
They keep the spike attack from lv1 but not as main attack.
They now while being weak they're still annoying foe.
Simpler and now more consistent.
- Diver NEW ATTACK: 8-2 pierce melee
Keep a pierce melee as sceondary attack similar to lv3
So now almost all melee has a weak bonus pierce attack.


Archaic - Ukians
- Pack Seal NEW ATTACK: 8-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Lion Seal NEW ATTACK: 12-2 impact melee -5% accuracy
- Attack Dog pierce/blade res to 0% (+5%) , cold res to 20% (+5%) blade adjusted to 8-2 -10% parry from 7-2 , beserk only offensive variant now.
The unit is MUCH safer now but also MUCH WEAKER when zerking enemies.


Archaic - Meganerie
Some mild help at endgame stats, particularly slightly better magical resistances.
- Black Slime cold resistance to 40% (+10%)
Low base health overall
- All wind daemons cold res to 40% (+10%)
- All roswellians cold res to 30% (+10%) , Portable Tank cold res to 40% (+5%)
- All Scout robots cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Lunar bug and all advancement cold res standarize to 0% (to better)
- Blue Novice, Blue Mage, Azure Mage fire res increase by 10%
- Azure Tecnomancer HP to 63 (-3) , cold res to 20% (+20%) , ranged now has +Gaze +Skilled instead of +Enchanted
His ranged capabiltiies been increased significantly in exchange of some health. Unit was alr low at damages.
- Tower servant no longer has +First-strike
Really crazy high stats...
- Tower Ladyboy, Servant, Captain sauna rocks attacs are now impact type.
- Tower Captain
1) melee damage adusted to 14-2 (+1) and +Magic-Counter instead of +Poison +First-Strike
2) NEW ATTACK: 12-2 cold melee +Magic-Counter
3) Ranged damage adjusted to 5-4 from 8-2 and damage type is now impact
4) Fire/Cold res to 10% (+10%)
5) Price to 26g (-3g)
The idea is to make tower captain more useful againist fire beings because those are already big problems for meganerie alr
- Tower Captain , Tower Watchman both will now have +Dauntless special
The special is mid particurly with that low resistances, but that gives more use to the unit in highly modded games.


More to come for meganerie in a next update


Archaic - Kthons
After so long of skipping reviewing this faction here it comes.... a small rework
XP, price and stats taking more in consideration Thrallment at being fairer at all levels.

But thing is that correct way to balance thrallment is increasing XP to lv2 and etc, but not price.....
Because not all units are living that can be thralled.... but also the few ones that are good vs not living ones needs a severe buff

- Brown Duck and all other ducks cold ranged attack can now be used only in offensive at melee range too
- Brown Duck HP to 15 (+1)
- Giant Duck ranged damage adjusted to 6-4 from 7-3 , price to 29g (+3g)
High level Ducks are now off-fanks hybrid fighters. Bonus also allows lv0 to attack more safety with full power.
- Stympheon XP to 40 (+4) , melee is now blade
- Stymphalian ranged damage increase by 1 , accuracy/parry replaced with +Gaze, melee is now blade , blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 29g (+3g)
- Noble Beast HP to 44 (+4) , XP to 93 (+11) , price to 39g (+2g)
- Royal Beast HP to 63 (+5) , Melee damage increase by 2 , price to 70g (+7g)
- Teraxippon will now have +Nightcover(10%) , 5% parry replaced with +Gaze
- Nightmare & Ipoten will now have +Nightcover(20%) , and 20% cold res
So the units might be taking less damage at night time, this addition would fix the issue of the unit at being frail.
The special is not mid also, x0.8 damage taken the whole night makes it more worth it to use the unit more offensively.
- Nightmare HP to 57 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry, Arcane accuracy is now +10% and 1 more dmg, price to 60g (+7g)
- Ipoten HP to 70 (+3) blade melee will now have +Gaze +Dread instead of 5% parry , Arcane accuracy is now +10% 1 more dmg, price to 90g (+13g)
With that corrections the unit should be good now.
- Katoplebon price to 42g (+3g)
- Katoplebon-Magnum XP to 125 (+10) , price to 70g (+7g)
- Ker-Kato price to 95g (+10g)
Taxing more the high level thrallment
- Pyradalon 5% parry is replaced with +Dread.
- Timberwolf XP to 40 (+4)
It has REALLY good cost efficiency, just needs to kill ONCE a living enemy to be cost efficient
- Prokyon HP to 49 (+2) , XP to 80 (+10) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Orthrus HP to 65 (+2) , XP to 150 (+10) , price to 68g (+8g)
- Skylliaron HP to 82 (+2) , price to 95g (+10g)
- Toad NEW ATTACK: 6-2 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Giant Toad NW ATTACK:. 6-3 fire melee +Corrode +Attack-Only
- Yak NEW ATTACK: 6-2 impact melee
- Ophis NEW ATTACK: 9-2 impact melee +first-strike
- ThauticornNEW ATTACK: 10-2 impact melee
Highly needed to get rid of skeletons, Machines and lots of foes at early game....
- Bone Snapper XP to 42 (+5) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rock Snapper will now have +Feeding , price to 37g (+2g)
- Land Tortoise XP to 44 (+7) , price to 19g (+2g)
- Rockback XP to 77 (+12) , price to 29g (+2g)
- Adamantine arcane res to 30% (+20%)
Valuable arcane resistance in a faction where almost everything is weak to arcane.


BEEM - Anakes
- Heterox , Heretic and Apostle will now have +Dauntless special , ranged now has +Dread
Ranged buff is very small
Considering the distribution of resistances of this unit has.... it's very VERY VERY small buff
- Slaughterer and Masacrer now have +Dauntless special
- Slaugeterer price to 32g (+2g)
- Massacrer price to 63g (+5g)
This one uses much better the +dauntless special and Daemon line with plague/leadrship is a strong rival of this
- Hierophant HP to 43 (+1) , XP to 83 (+6)
- Dark Prophet HP to 58 (+3) , Melee now has +Hex price to 60g (+9g)
Debuff being at the melee attack which only works in offensive is not that big buff, but might help
- Alastor both attacks have now +Magic-Dodge
- Fiend melee now has +Magic-Dodge



BEEM - Calydonians
They have no mages, no healers, no slowers. They need more specials or just more resistances overall.
They precise of buffs.
- Dionian swordsmand and all advancements will now have +Magic-Dodge at the rage(3) attack
This will help them to not suicide too fast when dealing with fire melee like fire gods or infernal vortex.
- Polemarch and Diarch spear melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Polemarch ranged damage adjusted to 10-1 (-2) and now has 10% parry , XP to 88 (+7) , price to 32g (+3g)
- Diarch ranged damage adjusted to 12-1 (-4) and now has 10% parry , price to 66g (+12g)
He hasn't double slows or 50% flat defense as Lavignian Legion Legionaries so it's rasonable to think this won't make them broken.
- Tassiarch replaced +Leadership with +Protection, price to 31g (-3g)
- Strategos HP to 61 (+3) , melee will now have +Magic-Dodge , replaced +Leadership with +Protection , price to 62g (+6g)
Two units at the faction had leadership, but having it at the horse is way more offensive and powerful synergy.
While Strategos focuses in defense.
- Hipparch fire/pierce weakness lowered by 10% (+10%) , price to 38g (+2g)
- Epihipparch pierce weakness to 10% (+10%) , price to 72g (+8g)
The huge price is because Lv3 leadership with NINE movement is wild. While AI would not use it well it's still underpriced in good hands.
- Veteran Peltast and Thracian Peltast will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Dardarian Warrior XP to 38 (-4)
- Dardarian Pillager impact res to 20% (+10%) , XP to 82 (+10) , price to 27g (+2g)
- Dardanian Ravager HP to 69 (-5), impact res to 30% (+20%) , blade res to 10% (+10%) , both melee will now have +Sabotage , price to 63g (+11g)
This unit is key for countering machines and all things that are often resistant to blade and impact (Heavy Infantry, Machines, etc)
So it's required the unit to be really good at countering a larger group of units as the faction has no mages or healers.
- Gymnet ranged damage adjusted to 7-4 (from 10-3) and now has +magic-counter at ranged , XP to 77 (+8)
- Rhodian Slinger ranged damage adjusted to 8-5 (from 11-4) , now has +magic-counter at ranged , price to 60g (+4g)
They have to be good, still the unit has really high movement and health ratio, so damage been decreased by a bit
- Toxotes blade/fire res to 10% (+10%) , pierce res to 20% (+20%) , XP to 85 (+13) , price to 30g (+2g)
- Cretan Toxotes HP to 59 (-3) , blade res to 10% (+10%) , fire res to 15% (+15%) , pierce res to 20% (+20%) , price to 64g (+9g)

With the changes they have solid good hills movement cost, better resistances now and less countered by magical factions.


BEEM - Wood Warriors
- Little Golem and all advancement arcane res to -10% (+10%)
- Little Golem HP to 42 (+4)
- Golem Wood Defender HP to 60 (+4)
- Destroyer Golem HP to 72 (+4) , price to 60g (+3g)
- Faun Captain & Overlord will now be 70% defense at forests
They're worse than elvish marshal and his lv3 , so trully need the 70% on forests.
- Swamp Parthfinder will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Predator Rats NEW ATTACK: 6-3 pierce melee
So the throwing star or shuriken attack is now the same for melee and ranged, unless the unit is strong trait.
- Legendary Sorcerer arcanedamage to 19-2 (+2)
- All bigfoot arcane res to 0% (+10%)
While there is no change for lv3 , but lv1 and lv2 are better now
- Terrible bigfoot NEW ATTACK: 25-1 impact melee +Dread
It's basically the same tree throw but at being at close range the tree travels less distance so it hits harder.


EE - Outlaws
- Arsonist and Pyroniac will now have +Sabotage at fire melee
This new special when used in offensive will decrease enemy damage by x0.875


EE - Chaos
- Magus HP to 40 (+3) , cold resistance to 20% (+10%)
- Demologist HP to 54 (+2) , fire/cold res increased by 10% and melee now has +Magic-Counter
- Headhunter XP to 36 (-2)
- Marauder HP to 40 (+2)
- Soulhunter blade damage increase by 1 , ranged now has +Magic-dodge
- All mutants impact res increase by 20%
They can now counter impact melee more correctly
- Rabid Hound XP to 60 (-5)
- Warp hound HP to 51 (+2) , melee will now have +Magic-Dodge


EE - Dwarves
NEW UNIT: Cavernei Monitor's
Idea is to add that unit to EE dwarves but remove Cavernei faction...


EFM - Dalefolks
Few things feels out of place, gonna review this faction too
It's a mid faction ngl... missing a lot of lv3's....

Miners are MASSIVE 50 XP to lv2 , which is INSANE A LOT. Small buff at impact res.
- Delver and Foremen impact res to 20% (+20%)
It's scary to think that only two units can only reach lv3, reason why this bug is big
- Mountaineer impact res to 0% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter Special , price to 27g (+1g)
- Botanist ranged damage adjusted from 7-3 to 6-4

Will review the shifters animal stats in another time, which will be a pending thing....


EFM - Freemen
Some things feels off when you really try them, some buffs
Even if they have above average mages, they're have only physical damage types attacks.
- ALL FOOT freemen mountains movement cost to 2 (-1)
With exception of Muezzin healers.

- Muezzin XP to 43 (-2)
- Howler HP to 43 (+3)
In fact lv1 mages are much better than lv2's
- Screcher HP to 59 (+3)
- Sultan blade res to 20% (+10%)
Backstab melee adds really good value to this unit, but I don't see any problem at making it even better.
- Sandwalker XP to 32 (-2)
- Ensnarer melee will now have +Magic-Counter
- Roc XP to 86 (-4)
Very frail high reward high risk unit.
- Nomad XP to 74 (-3)
Not doing much to this unit because the -1 mountains movement cost buff does the most at nomad at sheiks.
Being 1 MP cost at hills, forest, sand is a realy good bonus which scales a lot with -1 MP cost at mountains.



EFM - Pygmies
Overall a good faction, but there are an issue of low base health at most of their units at endgae...
Everything not witch seem somewhat bad...
- Fly XP , price to 19g (+4g) -the unit is naturally not recruitable-
Even if not recruitable, it was hell lot underpriced LOL
- Mudfoot HP to 49 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-7 from 3-6 , price to 22g (+2g)
Clearly a worse unit than his lv1 in terms of dmg output...
- Charmer HP to 45 (+1)
- Puma XP to 31 (-3)
Promoting this to lv2 might not carry as good as an elvish hero or something default.
- Lynx XP to 68 (-4)
- Sabercat will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Spider Rider HP to 40 (+2)
It doesn't has self heal unlike the other units, so it at least has to be more sturdy.
- Great Spider melee will now have +Dread , price to 36g (+2g)
There is basically no reason to pick this over the ranged slows before this buff.


EFM - Highlanders
Minor buffs for easier endgame
- Strider and Wind walker both will now have +Magic-Counter in melee
- Strider ranged damage adjsuted to 5-2 from 4-2
- Wind Walker ranged damae adjusted to 5-4 from 5-3
Wind Walker has so little value at endgame where gold is no longer affordable....
- Lion Adept HP to 44 (+1)
- Lion Renegade XP to 82 (-3)
Trust me , these dudes are ANNOYING to deal with lol , they don't need much of a buff
- Hunter XP to 32 (-3)
So little gain of damage
- Spirit Welder arcane res to 30% (+10%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter



EFM - Sea States
Let's admit it, it's mid faction and nobody gets happy from getting it at random.
In contrast Freemen are much better as a faction.

- Regimenter XP to 38 (-4)
- Retainer and House Guard fire res to 10% (+10%)
- House Guard HP to 75 (+2)
- Guild Officer and Merchant Lord fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Veteran Bowman blade res to 10% (+10%) , price to 30g (+1g)
- Rider, Raider and Cataphract sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
Zebras moves smooth at sand...
- Rider XP to 40 (-2)
- Horse archer, Sagiharii and Clibbanarii sand movement cost to 1 (-1) , sand defense to 40% (+10%)
- Horse archer XP to 42 (-3)
- Vassal and Liegeman fire res to 10% (+10%)
- Alchemist price to 16g (-1g)
- Paddleship XP to 43 (-4)
High stats, but really unpractical movement costs


EFM - Whites
Undertuned faction with good mages, might buff what is bad
- Keeper XP to 36 (-2)
let's admit it, nobody uses the archer line because storm witch looks much better.
- Bow Lady HP to 64 (+2)
- Scout price to 14g (-1g)
- Raider HP to 48 (+3) , price to 26g (-1g)
No lv3, ithas to be slightly better than it should
- Guardian movement to 6 (+1) , price to 22g (+2g)
Lv1 melee damage, this clearly needs a buff
- Vigilante movement to 6 (+1) , ranged adjusted to 3-3 from 3-2 , price to 25g (+1g)
- Warrior XP to 37 (-2)
- Housecarl ranged damage adjusted to 6-2 from 9-1 , XP to 70 (-2)
- Thane HP to 75 (+3) , ranged adjusted from 9-2 to 7-3
Below average fighter how needs to be at hills to be as good than most fighters....
- Bard HP to 50 (+2) , XP to 76 (-2)
- Balladier HP to 64 (+3)


ELE - Vikings
- All viking units will now have 3 traits and MUST-HAVE fearless
While all their units are neutral, this makes the units inmune to AWE auras.
- Snikskytter fire damage increase by 1
- Skarpskytter fire damage increase by 2


EOC - Wild Humans
- Ambusher will now have +Magic-Dodge


EotF - Brungars
- All tamers will now have +Magic-counter at melee
- Ocean Apprentice XP to 42 (-3)
- Crystal Master NEW ATTACK: 5-4 cold melee , both melees will now have +Dread
It's temporal dread, I plan to replace with a new special which slows the enemy but only in combat and no slows after fight.
- Wave Raider NEW ATTACK: 8-3 impact melee +Magical +offensive only
- Wave Master NEW ATTACK: 11-3 impact melee +Magical +offensive only
The unit did not have much to offer at all and the faction needs more impact damage. Low damage at ranged so he can afford this extra melee.


EotF - Nordhiris
Let's add some more specials to nordhiris as they're very physical damage
- Dire reaver melee will now have +Magic-Dodge and +Dauntless special
Low base resistances, special will not do much often unless modded games.
- Wild Heart , Feral Heart & Wolf Heart will now have +Magic-counter at melee
- Feral Heart , Wolf Heart , Northern Warlord , North Guard & Oathstorm will now have 3 traits and FEARLESS MUST HAVE
So they are inmune to damage decreasesby AWE. And not any increase of damage at being neutral... unless they change their aligment.
- Slaughterer will now have +Magic-Dodge at sword attack and +Dauntless special
Considering his low base resistances that's a very minor buff, so why not.
- Farseer now has +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Frostdasher and Icebounder now have a secondary cold melee attack with -2 dmg
I dislike these scout units that adds no value at endgame once gold becomes unobtainable.


FL - Blood Elves
They were pretty strong at release, but more things got either better fire resistance or cold attacks.
Time to update them to more modern times.

- Pyromancer XP to 90 (-70) and now has a new Lv3

NEW UNIT: War Pyromancer Lv3
HP: 54
Movement: 5
6-3 blade melee
5-3 fire melee
19-2 impact ranged +magical
16-3 fire ranged +magical
Fire res 65% / -20% at cold
Price: 72g / XP: 165

- Master Pyromancer
a) HP to 72 (+5)
b) fire ranged damage to 23-3 (+3)
c) Impact ranged damage to 28-2 (+2)
d) Price to 115g (+10g)

- Fire warrior melee will now have +Magic-Counter at melee
- Slayer NEW ATTACK: 6-4 fire melee (no specials) , price to 57g (+3g)
Now he gains the additional fire attack at lv3 instead of lv4
- Master Slayer will now have +Magic-Counter at melee attacks without backstab



ME - Avians
They have no mages, and overall not so good resistance. Let's help them a bit.
They will be buffed in being a faction having 70% mountains defense but 50% at hills
Mountains are still a rare type of terrain in most maps.
- Avian medium wing mountain defense to 70%
- Avian small wing cold res to 10% (+5%)

- Jackdaw and all backstab advancement cold res to 10% (+5%)
- Crow will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee
- Raven will now have +Magic-Counter at melee
- Jackdaw XP to 39 (-5)
- Owl and Raven cold res to 15% (+5%) & +Magic-Dodge
- Pigeon XP to 38 (-4)
- Sparrow melee will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee , Cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Falcon both attacks will now have +Magic-Dodge , Cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Hummingbird both ranged will now have +Magic-Dodge , cold attack adjusted to 4-6 (from 3-7) , cold res to 30% (+15%)
- Dove cold res to 10% (+5%) , arcane res to 50% (+15%) , NEW ATTACK: 6-3 arcane ranged +Magical
It will help the unit getting rid of pests
- Egglayer arcane res to 40% (+20%) , both ranged attacks now have +Magic-Dodge
- Mother & Sitter arcane res to 40% (+20%)
Mother is an expensive archer with heals , now with the 40% on arcane is highly resistant to one whole magical damage type
- Watchman XP to 42 (-2)
- Bladewing cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Razorwing fire & cold res increase by 10%
Lv3 razorwing was previously lossing cold resiistance on advancement lol
- Broadwing , Sky Terror and Dreadnough cold res to 10% (+20%)
- Skylord and Winged Baron cold res to 20% (+20%)
- Sky terror ranged attacks will now have +Dread , impact damage adjusted from 7-3 to 10-3 , price to 34g (+2g)
- Dreadnough ranged attacks will now have +Dread
The unit has to be good as this is really the best ranged attacker in all the faction and it has to compete with mages.
It is also the only real thing that can do something against like dwarven tanks.



ME - Bight
A little help to all blight units with cold weaness because a shift in the meta with more cold attackers.

- Acid NEW ATTAC: 4-4 pierce ranged +Drain +Absorb , fire res to 60% (+10%)
Lv1 is its max, and it has drains so it's hell costy to upgrade from XP MOD, so for that pair of reasons fair to buff it like this
- Microbefoot cold res to -10% (+15%)
The unit is A LOT WORSE now because a lot of untis got secondar cold attack. So It's a must to decrease cold weakness
- Bacterium HP to 25 (+1) , price to 11g (+1g)
- Parasite and Virus cold res to -10% (+15%)
- Leech cold res to 0% (+25%)
While it has drains and etc, it has so much worse pierce res of only 30% while the others are 70% pierce res. Reasons why leech gets cold weakness removed.
- Slime cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Ooze cold res to 20% (+5%)
- Amoeba cold res to -20% (+10%)
Blobs even with buffs are worse than two Ageless versions ago because of more units having new cold attacks.


ME Cult
Will remove the cold/fire weakness over their units, and do few more things.
Will make freak a decent counter of impact attacers but more expensive.
- Mutant Heavy fire/cold res to 0%/10% (+15%/10%) , impact res to 40% (+40%
All consistent still lv3 where it gets 50% to impact
- Mutantfoot fire res to 0% (+20%) , cold res to 10% (+10%)

- Freak price to 19g (+2g)
- Miscreation XP to 85 (+15) , price to 31g (+5g)
- Monstrosity impact res to 50% (+30%) , price to 62g (+5g)
- Transformation price to 30g (+3g) , XP to 85 (+5)
- Inhuman fire res to 10% (+20%) , cold res to 20% (+10%)
- Rebel XP to 75 (+15)
- Subverter cold res to 10% (+10%) , meleee now has +Magic-Counter
- Sentry XP to 72 (+6)
- Beacon cold res to 10% (+10%) , fire ranged damage increase by 1 , price to 55g (+3g)
- Lonewolf claws now has +Magic-dodge

Will later think better what buffs to do to cult, but for now this fixes so they can handle better the no mage in faction situation.

ME - Emperors Guard
- Starshower 4-3 and ranged attacks now both have +Magic-Dodge
- Ninja Assassin XP to 77 (-3)
- Mounted Samira XP to 42 (-2)
- Shogun and Daimyo now have +Magic-Dodge
- Blacbelt pressure and kick attacks now also has +Stun and First attack now will have +Magic-Counter
- Ozutsu XP to 36 (-2)
- Yumi XP to 40 (-2)
- Shinonbi and Shadow Ninja will now have +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Ryu XP to 38 (-1)
- Tatsu HP to 52 (+1) , XP to 77 (-3)
- Ryong HP to 70 (+1)


ME - Equestrians
Some things seem outdated. All explained at each individual change.

- Troubadour blade/pierce res to 10%/-20% (-10%/-20%) , fire/cold/arcane res to 20%/20%/50% (+10%/+10%/+20%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter , price to 34g (-4g)
- Mage Knight impact res to 20% (+10%) , fire res to 30% (+20%)
- Templar fire res to 40% (+25%) , melee now has +Magic-Counter , ranged now has +Very-Skilled instead of Magical , price to 69g (+4g)
They can now be more aggresive against enemy mages becuase of better magical resistances and max levels of each have magic counter at melee.

- Black Knight REWORK as LV2 TERROR CAP is HORRIIBLY BAD
a) blade damage adjusted from 18-2 to 8-4
b) lance damage adjusted from 28-1 to 15-2
c) NEW ATTACK: 9-3 cold melee +Dread
c) Black Knights will now have 3 traits with MUST HAVE FEARLESS
d) Terror removed in exchange of better resistances instead
e) Fire/Cold/arcane resistances to 20%/30%/-10% (+10/+30%/-30%)
With all these changes black knight is now more useful at late game, sadly not a power house with MODDED XP or OROCIAN UPGRADES.
But it been the main reason why I added the cold attack to make it much better in mid game or in games with not so many mods.

- Equetrian and Jackey will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Nomad and Roamer will now have +Magic-Dodge



ME - Fanatics
Some things seem outdated. All explained at each individual change.

- Troubadour blade/pierce res to 10%/-20% (-10%/-20%) , fire/cold/arcane res to 20%/20%/50% (+10%/+10%/+20%) , melee will now have +Magic-Counter , price to 34g (-4g)
- Mage Knight impact res to 20% (+10%) , fire res to 30% (+20%)
- Templar fire res to 40% (+25%) , melee now has +Magic-Counter , ranged now has +Very-Skilled instead of Magical , price to 69g (+4g)
They can now be more aggresive against enemy mages becuase of better magical resistances and max levels of each have magic counter at melee.

- Black Knight REWORK as LV2 TERROR CAP is HORRIIBLY BAD
a) blade damage adjusted from 18-2 to 8-4
b) lance damage adjusted from 28-1 to 15-2
c) NEW ATTACK: 9-3 cold melee +Dread
c) Black Knights will now have 3 traits with MUST HAVE FEARLESS
d) Terror removed in exchange of better resistances instead
e) Fire/Cold/arcane resistances to 20%/30%/-10% (+10/+30%/-30%)
With all these changes black knight is now more useful at late game, sadly not a power house with MODDED XP or OROCIAN UPGRADES.
But it been the main reason why I added the cold attack to make it much better in mid game or in games with not so many mods.

- Equetrian and Jackey will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Vagabound and Roamer will now have +Magic-Dodge- Gossiper and all advancement ranged will now have +Dread
- Warrior and Zealblade will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee
- Mindless melee will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Sandbow XP to 36 (-3)
- Terrorist XP to 80 (-5)
- Terrorist and Fearmonger will now have +Dread at ranged
This help a lot at the unit at having some utility at opponents of same level...
- Sand Bandit will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee
- Master Genie melee is now Magical
It doesn't even has a lv3 why not.


ME - Highlanders
They are a really good faction considering they have solid fighters and healers.
Still no mages, so a buff.
- Bagplayer and Warpipe will now have +Dread at ranged
- Valkyrie XP to 38 (+4)
- Valyrie Warrior NEW ATTACK: 12-2 arcane melee
- Valkyire Princess NEW ATTACK: 12-3 arcane melee +Magic-Counter, blade attack also has +Magic-Counter
- Thor and Odin will now have +Magic-Counter
- Pilferer XP to 85 (+5)
Faction has healers, he doesn't need this low XP
- Plunderer blade melee will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Stonethrower and Rocklauncher one strike impact attack now have +Stun, their price raised by 2g


ME - Mercenaries
- ME Sailor foot now has 2 (-1) MP cost at sand/frozen/cave , sand defense to 40% (+10%) , cold res to 10% (+10%)
- ME Pirate foot now has 2 (-1) MP cost at sand/frozen , hills defense to 40% (-20%) , cold res to 20% (+20%)

- Sniper NEW ATTACK: 13-2 pierce artillery
No specials, but now can attack with no retaliations and retaliate to other units with artillery attacks
- Hessian blade/impact res to 20% (+10%)
They have insane high XP to lv3 , as much as dwarvish steelclad.
- Soldier of fortune HP to 78 (-4) , fire/cold/blade/impact resistances increased by 10% , all melees now have +Magic-Dodge , price to 69g (+3g)
The other advancement used to be much better, it's why Soldiers of Fortune are getting buff
- Man-At-Arms pierce res to 30% (+10%)
Now man at arms have more HP and 10% better physical resistances than fortune soldier, which means he's tanier against physical
- Mankiller attacks now have +Dread , XP to 88 (+6) , price to 31g (+2g)
- Slayer attacks now have +Dread +Magic-Dodge
- Corsair will now have +Bleed , NEW ATTACK: 19-2 blade meleee +Bleed +Dread , fire res to 20% (+10%) price to 66g (+3g)
- Marineer melee will have +Magic-Dodge , NEW ATTACK: 5-3 impact melee +slows +attack-only



ME - Slavers
- Abuser melees now have +Magic-Counter
Lit the 4th or something buff of this unit XD
- Overser and Slavermaster impact res to 10% (+10%)
The other two lines are THAT good that nobodygoes the one that can get to lv3
- Punisher torch now has +Sabotage special



ME - Tribalist
- Ranger stronger attack only melee attack damage increase by 1


ME - Infernai
As more things are getting extra cold attacks, infernai that are commonly weak to cold need adjustments.
Infernai has the exact opposite problems of many factions... and is at not having PHYSICAL RANGED attackers which is a somewhat big factional flaw.
To compensate such big weakness infernai race will become SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER.
- All infernai units are now inmune to DRAINS and PLAGUE (still poisonable except ifreets)
So infernai aren't cooked anymore if someone just uses a very strong melee drains in front of em.
So they have this limitation with the ranged damage types but instead they gain rarer factional advantages

- Hell Hound NEW ATTACK: 8-2 fire melee (no specials) , XP to 80 (+16) , price to 32g (+1g)
- Cerberus claws attack now has +Magic-Counter , NEW ATTACK: 9-3 fire melee +Dread , price to 57g (+4g)
- Gog cold res to 30% (+10%)
- Magog HP to 54 (+1) , cold res to 30% (+5%)
- Magog and Incubus fireballs now have +Magic-Dodge special
- Incubus deathgaze now has +Dread , price to 62g (+5g)
- Controlled and all advancemnet cold res to 0% (+10%)
- Possesed and Dominated fire res to 40% (+10%)
Pretty bad stats zerking unit.
- Fiend HP to 38 (+2) fire res to 55% (+5%) impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 42 (+5)
It costs massive 15g for only 55% at fire but -20% at cold and -10% on arcane, it was not worth whole 15g.
Can't increase by more because imps are costless by plague or only 6g.
- Demon ranged damage increase by 3 , impact res to 10% (+10%) , XP to 88 (+6)
- Devil ranged damage increase by 2 , cold res to -10% (+10%) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 70g (+3g)
- Lucifer cold res to 0% (+10%) , impact res to 20% (+20%) , fixed fire resistance to 80% (from 20%)
- Archfien HP to 54 (+2) , impact res to 10% (+10%) , price to 34g (+4g)
It moves 6 , good health and good ressists.
- Sadist NEW ATTACK: Claws 8-3 blade melee , impact res to 30% (+10%) , price to 31g (+2g)
- Bloodbather NEW ATTACK: 11-3 blade melee
- Horned One ranged damage increase by 2
While [censored] attack, it's still one extra attack which can help the unit at low health foes.
The bones in the armor is adding him cold resistances at lv3 and lv4
- Demon dog and all advancement cold res to -10% (+10%)
- Familiar HP to 48 (+2)
Most likely the only demon that is naturally resistant to cold, rewarding more to players who considers this unit correctly.
- Troglodyte will now have +magic-dodge
- Infernal Troglodyte melee will now have +magic-dodge
- Ifreet XP to 42 (-3)
Arcane and cold attackers became more common in ageless... and it gains low base stats at promotion.
- Master Efreet temptation attack now has 5% accuracy, XP to 85 (+5)
- Ifreet Sultan HP to 42 (+2) , fire res to 70% (+10%)
- Pitlord & Pit Master blade attack has now +Magic-Dodge


I would buff further but we have to keep in mind that infernai is also a faction heavily based in plagues.
Still I feel like they have issues when dealing againist units like Dwarish Tank because no strong fire or impact attackers at all.
Yet they have slowers but still...
Also faction WILL be tested and if NEEDED then XP increases nerf will be done but not on this release.


MiE - Centaurs
- Heroic & Sharpshooter main attacks will now have +Magic-Dodge
- Oracle secret damage incrase by 1


MiE - Sylvan Keepers
Assylant line will get more extreme resistances and weakness , but considered as a small buff.
- Assylant and blade attacker path resistances
a) Blade to 0% (-6%) / (-6%) / (-6%)
b) pierce to 50% (+20%) / (+15%) / (+15%)
c) impact to 30% (+10%) / (+10%) / (+10%)
d) arcane to -20% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
e) fire to -30% (0%) / (0%) / (-5%)
And all levels keep this values
f) Vengeance Lv3 cold res to 20% (+10%)

Unit needs really to counter more things to be worth its vulnerabilities to blade, fire and arcane


MiE - Vampires
They seem quite weak no healers, no attack types, no that many strong specials at all. Gotta buff them.

- Shadow archer NEW ATTACK: 4-5 cold ranged (no specials) , XP to 85 (+15)
- Night Angel NEW ATTACK: 6-5 cold ranged +Marksman , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 61g (+4g)
- Shadow Fighter NEW ATTACK: 5-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 33g (+2g)
The unit is overall stronger but only worse at flat terrain.
- Night Warrior NEW ATTACK: 8-4 cold melee +Marksman , flat defense to 40% (-10%) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 66g (+6g)
Strong offensive fighter that is now only worse at flat.
- Heaven Hunter will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 63g (+5g)
Bad damage, low health, but can be quite useful particularly at night time
- Count price to 66g (+4g)
- Prince will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 110g (+7g)
- Apprentice XP to 39 (-3)
- Grandmaster HP to 52 (+2) , will now have +Nightcover 10% , price to 58g (+3g)
- Blood Hunter HP to 44 (+3)
- Soulhunter HP to 57 (+5) , will now have +Magic-Counter at melee, fire/cold/arcane resistances increased to 10/10/20% (+10% at all)


Imperial - Orcei Gladiatore
Basically you could just hard counter them with magic melee and healers, so Orcei Gladiator side has so much disadventage...
By only having physical damage types and fire arrows and no healers they have some issues at certain circunstances at late game.

- Thraex and Thraex Peratus will now have +Magic-Dodge in melee
- Bestarius and Feral Bestarius will now have +Magic-Dodge in the whip attack
- Paegniarius and Brutal Paegniarius will have +Magic-Counter at the whip attack
- Hoplomachus Fortis and Hoplomachus Fortis will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee
- Fleet Retarius will now have +Magic-Dodge at the dagger attack


Imperial - Marauders
- Mauler and Raider will now have +Magic-Dodge at melee


Imperial - Lavignian Legion
Similar problems like Orcei Gladiatores, no healers, no magic, similar advantages like slows, so similar fixes
- Velite will now have +Magic-Counter at melee and +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Funditor will now have +Magic-Dodge at ranged
- Siege Archer and Saggitarius will now have +Magic-Dodge at both ranged , NEW ATTACK: 0-0 impact melee +Harmless +Magic-Counter
In short, the melee attack decreases magical chance to hit to magic melee and no damage.
The unit was being bad mostly because mages were hard countering it so badly, and melee magic the most.
They still can be hard countered by berserkers, which if the problem is too big you can advance to ballista option instead.
- Archuballistarius HP to 60 (+2)
Forgot to mention that both ballista and siege archers are only four movement...

In contrast propugnator can slow melee and ranged alike... tell me if that isn't massively better...

- Signifier and Aqualifier will now +Magic-Counter at melee


Imperial - Issaelfr
- Ice Roamer and Ice Dancer will now have a secondary cold melee attack with one less damage
- Ice Roamer XP to 74 (+4)

[Ravana]

Probably middle of november.

[IPS]

Ok, then we're now talking about of probably the biggest ageless update in all history.