Vanilla Summon Costs

[quantum_mechani]

Dedas said:
The CBM is a way to solve the issues of course, but I rather have an explanation by Kristoffer how he justifies the high costs. I mean doesn't he like animals?

I'm not KO, but I believe most spells in the games remain pretty much exactly at the rough estimate cost levels of when they were first added, before anyone had used them much beyond testing them for bugs. Which is of course the only way to start, but the reason they were not changed I believe has more to do with the fact KO would much rather add new content than balance what is already there, especially since mods can address many of those issues.

Also, I'd note that Dom2 to Dom3 changed remarkably little in terms of troop summons being worthwhile, almost all of the useless ones in Dom3 were already that way.

Oh, and on alchemy, I still use it a fair amount, but it's obviously rarely a good choice when you in a strong position and have lots of other options.

[Aezeal]

maybe he should just use the say 10% most obvious and undisputed changes from the CBM in a new patch?

I''m thinking summon spells would be amongst them, I also found the pretenders nice and the scales too (though the last 2 are not undisputed I think)

[Tuidjy]

I will alchemize a fire gem or two when I want to start a castle and am missing
a few golds to also recruit my capital only wizard. But I have not actually
used it as a real strategy since Dominions II.

[Dedas]

Yes, yes, yes!
Just one patch addressing the most obvious balance issues in CBM ("the 10%") and I would pass by Kristoffers on my way to school with a case of beer and some snacks.

Snälla?

[Agrajag]

Shouldn't the order on that be reversed?
That is, you would first sacrifice a case of beer and some snacks to Kristoffer and then he will answer your prayers in the form of addressing the most obvious balance issues.