According to scientists, the only downside is that it shows the presence of magic. You can use a hero with high wisdom to gain control. Maybe show whether it's a skill or not?
Today it's this, and tomorrow it's 3 stacks at the start, then a dozen new objects, and so on. Is one caricature of the third heroes not enough? Do we need another one?
1. Balancing/improving existing changes without affecting the gameplay.
2. Testing changes in different skills.
This is not the "eat what you're given" idea from HotA, but rather the opposite, it's an alternative.
And there are 3 options: pure HW rules (which probably won't be further developed), improved HW rules, or Fresh mod.
In my opinion, the middle option is the best, so I don't understand the outrage. I think that if SoD doesn't die, then Fresh Mod with no gameplay changes will become mandatory for tournaments. And you can play fun seasons however you want and with whatever you want. Personally, I would also add to the "no gameplay changes" that mobs guard Pandora artifacts near them, but probably there will be a backlash: "how, you have to lose movement points if you use control!!!11".
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