Encumbrance removal is by FAR the GRANDADDY of ALL Legendary NERF'S. This one change made horse's , warg's , assasin's, battle mage's and much more.USELESS! This is far worse than EXP split or Battle placement at the beginning of battle. Ref, all troops should start as in F.E. enough space to BUFF and organize strategy before battle.But back to topic...
1.Before Encumbrance removal F.E.L.H. was easily my favorite game, with it out F.E. is now my favorite.
2.By taking DODGE off wargs, assasin's and mage's do not have enough dodge to stay alive on tougher levels.
3.You can't make battle mage's any more because you added armour requirements.
4.Encumbrance allowed you to juggle how you wanted to build a hero within weight limits which was more strategy and FUN!
5.I could go on and on but I won't...I will ALWAYS LOVE STARDOCK and F.E.
6.I PRAY that if you update F.E. you only add HEROS and MAPS and NONE of these new balances or Legendary NERF'S.
I also would like to see Encumbrance back. Just change it to take -1 initiative per 10% encumbrance, and it was a good mechanism.
I suspect that we won't see it happen though, at least not until after LH.
I would love that, along with encumbrance and skill trees that aren't exclusive paths. Kind of like in FE or Skyrim. I never really liked the arbitrary "be a mage, thief or warrior" thing anyway.
It makes no sense for a spellcaster to wear chainmail or plate. Assassins have the option to wear chainmail. Warriors wear chainmail too (not sure about plate have yet to play a warrior hero), Defenders have it all - again unsure about Commanders.
The reason the trees are designed as they are, is so that you can plan ahead. Decide what type of armor you want and spec accordingly, knowing that you will have access to that type as soon as you research weaponry or magic trees.
It makes no sense to be able to wear plate from level 2 in all seriousness. It's the best defense armor in game (Even if it adds a penalty to initiative). If you want to be a behemoth or unbreakable object, you need to plan for it, not pick a random chest at start of game get a piece of plate and say geeez game sucks I can't wear it until level 5 or whatever.
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