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I've been enjoying the latest update; well done.

I do have a few suggestions for future updates:

1. More weapons for trained units; specifically bows, crossbows and staffs. Staffs in particular need more variety.
2. More unit traits; I was thinking of things like Marksman, Wizard etc. representing training in their weaponry.
3. Maybe eliminate inherent racial traits from races of custom factions and make them traits; give players more points. I think this will make custom factions more interesting. Choosing race means choosing which physical models you are using for your faction.
4. More faction traits like, for example: Frail (-10% HP) Resolute (+10% defense). Change Warrior to 10% attack, put Barracks with Warrior Caste.

Anytime.

1. Thanks for the staff upgrades; trained Magicians need love. The staff selections as is limits mage units.
2. OK. I mentioned things like Marksman and Wizard since they are already coded; they can represent specialized training for units (with a suitable labor cost).
3. Fair enough. It just seems from my experience at creating factions that the races as is limits creation possibilities. (BTW I never created Tarth factions because their racial abilities seem so....limiting; I edited the Xml to increase the unit limit to 5 to make them more viable in my games.*)
4. Yeah that LH XML can be a real pain; I tried to understand and work with it and it can be tricky to work with. Anyway, maybe a simpler approach would be to add extras to existing traits: Two examples I had in mind are the tech traits Warriors (+10% Attack) and Civics (+1 Growth bonus, though this can be altered)**. I might do a mod of that myself.

* AN alternate idea I had was to have it where Tarth Units and champs do not get Swarm bonuses to reflect their individualistic fighting style.

** The problem with these traits is that the techs can be easily acquired early on; this IMHO makes these traits rather useless. I felt these two should give faction bonuses like Adepts (extra mana) and Scholars (boosted research).

Just out of curiosity, will all of the tower shields give a better bonus to defenders than (say) attackers?

For the warriors trait, I'd probably split it between Accuracy and Attack, since they'd be more familiar (accuracy) and also probably stronger. I imagine a lot of practice would make you stronger as well.

Just a thought.

As for attack, I was thinking of a new trait: Might (+10% Attack); this would be for factions whose people are physically stronger.

Was referring to the class.

Also, out of curiosity, why hammers for the commanders? I would imagine spears (since you could attach banners to them, maybe) as a better option. Maybe hammers for the defender class?

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I see your point, highwayhoss, about the traits. (I haven't really looked into them recently either).

Hmm...good point. 

Suppose one could say that an administrator/commander might need to be someone who can hold a hammer? 

Although, thinking on it now, most of the commander heroes use hammers anyways, iirc.