Posts from Harmony - Troop Symmetry

As an alternative, "Adventurer."

The logic behind the name is that adventurers get involved in everything and come out unscathed (supposedly), and they know how to quickly find and loot treasure. This aligns well with the ability to gather resources without spending a turn.

Final polishing
"Bestower of Blessings" is not a good name for the perk.

For now, I'm thinking of renaming Bestower of Blessings to "Hand of Light."

Tomorrow I will try to fix all the issues with the skill wheel and move on to revising the heroes. For now, there are 16 per faction, and later there will be 24.
Overall: the test battles are promising - 95% is implemented and working as intended.

In general, if the game progresses into the late game, Earth and Water will be the most advantageous, while with normal game durations (up to 2 months), the balance is maintained. Also, keep in mind that offensive magic should be weakened, as all ranged attacks need to be weakened due to the overall reduction in unit speeds.

Super Abilities (Perks)
Now, each faction has 2 of these, with the first being more effective but harder to obtain, and the second being weaker but easier to acquire.

Knights
1. Holy Host. The hero's army cannot be cursed by the "Weakness" spell and is always under the effect of the "Divine Power" spell; the hero also receives the "Haste" (General) spell.
2. Dawn's Radiance. At the beginning of each turn, the last fallen unit in each squad is resurrected; the hero also receives the "Spiritual Armor" (General) spell.

Demons
1. Call of Urgash.
2. Legion of Ruin. The initiative of units under the hero's command increases by 20%; the hero's army cannot be cursed by the "Slow" spell; if the hero wins a battle, they receive a certain amount of resources proportional to the defeated army.

Necromancers
1. Scream of Terror.
2. Undying Legion. All units under the hero's command turn into undead and gain the ability to absorb life force from enemy squads upon attack (20% of the damage dealt); when excavating, the chance of finding the Tears of Asch increases.

Rangers
1. True Luck.
2. Power of Nature. During battle, the hero's army is always under the effect of the "Spiritual Armor" spell; the hero receives the "Earthquake" spell, which deals damage and stuns all units behind the city wall.

Warlocks
1. Coordination. All squads under the hero's command can attack twice; the second attack occurs after a counterattack. (RedHeavenHero's idea, implemented in his "Haven_SA_AbsoluteCharge" mod)
2. Fury of the Elements.

Mages
1. Arcane Omniscience.
2. Great Engineer. The initiative of combat machines under the hero's command increases by 10 units. (needs to be tested - may be too strong)

Rune Priests.
1. Absolute Protection.
2. Fiery Determination. The hero's army is always under the effect of the "Wrath" spell and cannot be cursed by the "Weakness" spell; spells of the magic of destruction cast by the hero deal double damage to summoned troops (including those summoned by opening a gate).

Barbarians.
1. Wrath of the Father-Sky (Pure Rage).
2. Will of the Mother-Earth. All enemy ranged attacks are weakened (all offensive spells and ranged attacks); their effectiveness is reduced by 50%, forcing the enemy to fight the Horde army in melee combat.

Earth - Warlocks (they live in dungeons; before becoming dark elves, they worshipped the goddess of Earth, hence their natural affinity for this element);
Under certain conditions, this element will be preferable for Necromancers, Dwarves, Demons, Elves, and Mages. It is less suitable for Humans.

Water (Ice) - Necromancers (cold, lifeless corpses, whose bodies are vulnerable to fire magic);
Under certain conditions, this element will be preferable for Warlocks, Mages, Elves, and Dwarves. It is less suitable for Humans and Demons.

Fire - Demons (they live in hell - that says it all), as well as Goblins (they worship the god of Fire);
Under certain conditions, this element will be preferable for Humans (hello, Inquisition), Warlocks (when using the chain of elements), and less often for Elves and Mages. It is less suitable for Necromancers.

Air - Humans (they worshipped the god of Air before becoming the Holy Empire and coming under the protection of the god of Light), as well as Elves - as the wind, they are fast and elusive.
Under certain conditions, this element will be preferable for Demons, Mages, Dwarves, and less often for Necromancers. It is less suitable for Warlocks (unless using elemental chains).

Is this the final version of the AI?
Will the balance of racial preferences be maintained?

So, it turns out that dwarves, elves, and mages can use all 4 elements, while humans can only use 2.

Final adjustments
"Bestower of Blessings" is not a good name for the perk (in my opinion), and here's why:
Blessings (buffs) are essentially the majority of Light magic spells (and not just Light, for example, "Vampirism" is also a buff). In the case of "Righteous Wrath" and "Bestower of Protection," everything is logical - "Righteous Wrath" is aimed at swift and more powerful attacks (which corresponds to the behavior in wrath), "Bestower of Protection" is related to defensive buffs. "Bestower of Blessings," on the other hand, gives only one buff out of many, and removing enchantments doesn't add anything to the allied unit, and it also affects the enemy.
I'm currently thinking of renaming "Bestower of Blessings" to "Hand of Light."
P.S. The same applies to "Lord of Curses" - it is related only to two curses (debuffs) out of many.
P.P.S. regarding the original magic:
Master of Earth -> Master of Creation
Lord of Enchantments -> Spirit Caller

I would like to somehow connect it with dexterity, speed, possibly with thievery (very remotely)
this perk will be in the scouting branch:
"scouting"->"silent stalker"->"Snatch"
besides, this branch will be completely or partially (up to "silent stalker") one of the combat skill branches for the Elf faction "Coordination" (like in Heroes 7, it gives a second strike)

Yes, a stream about the mod was actually planned for today, but an unscheduled work call changed things.

Did you manage to find the optimal solution?

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Which option did you settle on?

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And when do you plan to do a stream about the mod?

Due to their low magic stat and the ability to have units with the "channel" skill in their army, Elves can meet all four combinations of magic dependency and skill level, and therefore can use everything – it will depend on your build.

Does this mean that Elves have an advantage in this regard?