Apparently light cav in 3k have 50% missile resistance and archers are squishy. I still think the best way to address doomstacks is simply to introduce harder counters to ranged and monsters. Or just lumping them in with similar units. I actually find myself ignoring regiments of renown for that reason. It just feels like a micromanagement nightmare. If I'm fielding a balanced force of missile troops, cavalry, artillery, monsters, regular infantry and anti-large infantry, I don't want to have to make even further distinctions between cheap and elite units. But it's needed from a gameplay perspective. Fielding armies purely made of samurai or knights is unrealistic too. It's the same way with the historical games. They should be the pinacle of your forces, not your bread and butter frontline regulars. Lore wise having frontline of Ironbreakers or Phoenix guards makes no sense either. And it gets monotonous too if every stack needs to have every category of unit.įrankly the game is soooo much more satisfying when this phoenix guard unit is reaaally special, or when chosing to include this sundragon means you will have to pass on those sweet sisters of averlorn. That's just too many different types of units in a single stack. I find it tedious to have to field multiple types of units in the same category. It's only when those doomstacks are comprised of only 1-2 type of units that it becomes a problem. I don't have a problem with lategame doomstacks comprised of multiple categories of expensive units. That incentivizes players to use melee as nothing more than meat shields and rely on ranged/artillery/magic to actually do damage. And the bonuses the AI gets in melee combat are too large as well. The supply line cost penalties in higher difficulties is just too large. Both the supply line problem and the archer problem are exacerbated by the penalties the player gets and the bonuses the AI gets in higher difficulties. I think the issue is more related to balancing higher difficulties.
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