Waterfall_13
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Waterfall, hello! My brother and I played 3 maps, reached the center perks, and realized that Dark Elves with "doubled initiative" are overpowered. We thought that, for example, an initiative bonus of 5-6 would be a better reward than x2. It would be more balanced (we managed to get 61 initiative with Fury units under acceleration...).
We were also surprised by the Azure Dragons. We couldn't defeat packs of 25+ dragons with any race (they also don't care about 43 initiative; they still go first, and because of fear, they can't even be attacked, let alone withstand an attack). We only figured out that with Necromancers and Ghosts, using "fight to the last," in a corner of the map, 100 Azure Dragons would simply die from plague and unholy word. But that doesn't really work... it seems like the dragons have 100-100 stats, but it feels like they have 150-150. High attack, high defense, agony, fear. It would be okay if they grew slowly, but they grow like Tier 7 units.
Hello!
It is assumed that regular single-player battles rarely reach the center perks. You can usually reach them in single-player or in Multiplayer by agreeing beforehand that you won't attack until you've maxed out your hero through a mentor.
In my opinion, in the vanilla game, the most overpowered thing was Elven Luck; now, it has a competitor in the form of the Dungeon faction's center perk. =)
Azure Dragons are Tier 8, not Tier 7.
They also have an ability that the developers created but didn't give to anyone else in the game; when you try to attack them, fear can trigger.
The Azure Dragon is the embodiment of strength, power, and might in the Armageddon's Blade expansion for Heroes 3. That's exactly how I envisioned it in the mod, which is focused on this DLC.
In the distant future, I plan to create a dwelling for them so that they can be recruited.