Kash
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Say, just to argue and discuss :).
I'd like to clarify a certain situation:
We are currently considering 2 hypotheses:
1 These mages are definitely imbalanced.
2 These mages are definitely not imbalanced.
The failure to confirm one hypothesis does not automatically imply the truth of the second...
I cannot recreate the situation Oelm wrote about: Solmyr captures any grassland castle, and that's imbalanced. But you already have Solmyr and a normal army from the start, so capture any grassland castle and develop it, since that's the case! Besides, Tower is a strong castle in capable hands. I appeal to the Mages team: if there are situations where these mages become imbalanced, then they should manifest themselves at least a couple of times throughout the entire tournament!
As for Solmyr at level 10 on the first week — well, imho any Malekith in his place would look decent, there's no point in considering such random situations. And who's stopping you from leveling Solmyr to level 10 and rushing in this tournament?
Say, just to argue and discuss :).
As I understand it, the GOALS of the tournament — to bring greater clarity to the question of the imbalancedness (or non-imbalancedness) of these mages — playing Solmyr only against weak castles is less aligned with these goals...
Let's be honest: here is the hierarchy of castles in SoD imho and in the opinion of many:
Necropolis
Conflux
Dungeon-Rampart
Castle-Fortress
Tower-Barbarian
Inferno
Striking out 4 castles is proposed so that the Swords team does not have a significant racial advantage. They are left with a choice of five castles (more than under the current rules), I don't think they are "only weak". Playing Castle against Tower is a sweet thing. Besides, it's a matter of taste: for example, I know that my opponent consistently plays ranged castles, so I might leave him Dungeon instead, maybe he won't get 3 stacks and a Griffin Conservatory at his doorstep. Or Razor, for instance, is almost certain to choose Gurney at the start, etc.
I want the games to be decided not by race, but with a greater emphasis on battle magic. Have none of you read reports like "gave red Gosha, nothing to write about, thanks for the game"? Is it interesting to read/write them? Even though I won
Another matter is that these very "imbalanced" mages themselves might gain a racial advantage (Aislin). Mages from Dungeon — unlikely, Dungeon without Shakti isn't that strong anyway. So I propose another option, and I think it would be fair (I also included all level 4 specialists in the list, since you want it):
Point 3. Color and Castle Selection
The player of the "Magic" team selects one of the following starting heroes: Aislin, Deemer, Solmyr, Loins, Coronius, Xyron, Alamar, Jeddite, and the corresponding castle. They also strike out 2 castles for the opponent if choosing Aislin, and 4 if choosing another hero.
The player of the "Sword" team selects a castle from the remaining seven and a starting hero. Exceptions — the Conflux castle (random hero) and heroes specializing in level 4 magic, as well as Tante (they cannot be chosen). If the player of the "Magic" team chose Aislin, then the player of the "Sword" team chooses the color. When choosing other heroes, the color is chosen by the player of the "Magic" team.
As an exception, player Dirty_Player is allowed to choose Luna as a starting hero. Their opponent chooses the color, but - note - the color changes after a restart (111 or 113).
It can. With a probability of 1.