I haven't tested this mod yet but the balance issues that you mentioned are very true and take a lot of fun out of the game.
First off, I have to say that I don't play MP games as I am only interested in SP stuff.
However, even for SP games, many people complain that this game turns to a T4 fest pretty fast, which is problematic, but I'd say it's even worse :
I found a way to steamroll the AI on Impossible difficulty without any units other than heroes !
Yes you heard that right, I barely don't use any T4 ever (let alone any lower tier), except on late game but only because I can spam them (eldritch horrors with lifesteal mostly)
First I would start a huge random map crowded with AIs as an Elven Wizard with Expander and Shadowborn I & II traits. The initial armies are just here to level my 2 initial heroes and capture the surrounding sites of interests. Soon enough, I would get a hero with a mind control skill (theocrat, rogues and the like) or find an item that does so. Then I'd go mind control the nearest AI heroes. Not long after, I get a stack composed of only heroes which would all have flying mounts for mobility (thanks to eggs summoning) and vampire spiders for melee heroes (witch I would buff defense / resistance and melee dmg) alongside of some ranged heroes. By then, I'd have a forge which would only produce domination wands I'd give to all of my heroes which I would send to nearby empires mind controlling more heroes. I would often sign peace treaties just to obtain AI items that prevents mind control only to make their heroes vulnerable to it. Even at the lowest hero limit, you can achieve to get a ridiculously high amount of mind controlled heroes, fully geared and leveled, that are now yours forever. These stacks of heroes are just unbeatable by the computer and chew through T4 units all day long. The only T4 unit that gives them a little trouble is not even a T4 unit but rogues unique T3 for some reason.
I win easily like this but I just wish this wasn't an option.
I feel the whole game needs a huge balance fix so that every tier of units gets some incentive to be used. Just like in heroes 5, where lower tiers had better numbers or by giving various bonuses to them and only allow 2 heroes per stack.
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First off, I have to say that I don't play MP games as I am only interested in SP stuff.
However, even for SP games, many people complain that this game turns to a T4 fest pretty fast, which is problematic, but I'd say it's even worse :
I found a way to steamroll the AI on Impossible difficulty without any units other than heroes !
Yes you heard that right, I barely don't use any T4 ever (let alone any lower tier), except on late game but only because I can spam them (eldritch horrors with lifesteal mostly)
First I would start a huge random map crowded with AIs as an Elven Wizard with Expander and Shadowborn I & II traits.
The initial armies are just here to level my 2 initial heroes and capture the surrounding sites of interests.
Soon enough, I would get a hero with a mind control skill (theocrat, rogues and the like) or find an item that does so.
Then I'd go mind control the nearest AI heroes.
Not long after, I get a stack composed of only heroes which would all have flying mounts for mobility (thanks to eggs summoning) and vampire spiders for melee heroes (witch I would buff defense / resistance and melee dmg) alongside of some ranged heroes.
By then, I'd have a forge which would only produce domination wands I'd give to all of my heroes which I would send to nearby empires mind controlling more heroes.
I would often sign peace treaties just to obtain AI items that prevents mind control only to make their heroes vulnerable to it.
Even at the lowest hero limit, you can achieve to get a ridiculously high amount of mind controlled heroes, fully geared and leveled, that are now yours forever.
These stacks of heroes are just unbeatable by the computer and chew through T4 units all day long. The only T4 unit that gives them a little trouble is not even a T4 unit but rogues unique T3 for some reason.
I win easily like this but I just wish this wasn't an option.
I feel the whole game needs a huge balance fix so that every tier of units gets some incentive to be used. Just like in heroes 5, where lower tiers had better numbers or by giving various bonuses to them and only allow 2 heroes per stack.