Posts from ASW – Alternative hero leveling. Auto-translated

For example, I never liked the skills of magic, speed, and stone skin – let spells be in magic. If you want acceleration (stone skin) as a general skill, remove a slot for light magic and upgrade Wrath or Guardian. Besides, if there's stone skin in defense, there should be punishing strike in attack. I'm for removing these skills or replacing them with others.

And why give enchanted arrows to others? Let's give stunning strike and banshee scream to everyone – this could reduce the choice of a game race to the choice of how the creatures we lead into battle will be designed. This is about the need for individuality (the more, the better).

I also suggest adding a mod that changes the starting skills of heroes (without changing specializations or the hero's composition).

Why was what was written repeated?

Previously, any aesthetic connection was rejected, but now it's "yes."

But when I see the same ranged attacks in Haven or Chaos, you can come up with a connection, but this situation is not determined by the gameplay in any way, on the contrary - it harms.

My opinion has changed again...
By the way, siege engines deal additional fire damage. Chaos has a Fire Lord ;)

It seems your opinion hasn't changed, and perhaps you initially misunderstood. I'm not against aligning things based on aesthetics if it's dictated by gameplay, not just aesthetics. And I'm against trying to force everything to fit a certain aesthetic, ignoring all other factors.

I call it "mechanics," you, for example, call it "gameplay."
It's a pointless argument...

1) Engineers without Chaos (or non-engineers) will complain that the ballista is too weak, or engineers with Chaos will have an overpowered ballista (depending on the base ballista stats). It's impossible to find a "golden mean" because of the two variables and the huge range.
2) In Chaos, this perk will only clutter the build if there's no machinery and, especially, if there's no ballista itself.

As I understand it, "mechanics" refers to fire damage in both cases (needs to be checked if they combine), and the synergy of the two perks in terms of gameplay. And gameplay refers to more global considerations, such as:
And that's a huge difference.

I am still a proponent of alternative builds. For example, when there is a choice, whether to upgrade attack or rate of fire, and not both at the same time. Enchanted ballista or rate of fire, etc. But this concept completely harms single-player games, while it is more interesting for multiplayer. It depends on the perspective. There are pros and cons everywhere.
Why be an antagonist to any idea?

We have different understandings of the mechanics of skills and abilities (darkness is a debuff on parameters and similar characteristics, machines are what enhance machines, etc.). I repeat, this argument is pointless.

I fully support the multiplayer aspect. I doubt it will harm single-player fans; it depends on the type of player (whether they like variety or complete progression).

I have schemes for both Machine-based and Chaos-based upgrades, as well as Attack-based upgrades.
We need to understand the purpose of the mod.
Chaos-based upgrades give an advantage to those with a high chance of Machine and Chaos creatures appearing (demons).
Attack-based upgrades are the standard option for most players.
Machine-based upgrades are for single-player (enhancement) or multiplayer (alternative).

Also, keep in mind that the general public doesn't react well to changes in the "skill tree" progression. But a small circle of Heroes enthusiasts will love it. So, the target audience also matters.