If Giants existed in BC times...

[Kristoffer O]

I always thought Ashdod was more powerful than HInnom, even before the Hinnom nerf. But the complaints were more focused on H at the time. Ashdod will probably receive some kind of nerf, but I haven't given it too much thoughts lately. Suggestions are welcome. Many H-nerf suggestions were much in line with what I was thinking, and some gave me new input and new ideas.

So don't be afraid to suggest possible changes.

I will try to think a bit about SP people as well, since they have expressed concerns that their most interesting adversaries being nerfed. Hmm, perhaps a start army bonus on diff-lvl would help, since start army is one thing that was nerfed with Hinnom, andf it is an easy way of giving a powerful nation a slower start. I hope it would not be too hard for JK to add.

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by Kristoffer O

I will try to think a bit about SP people as well, since they have expressed concerns that their most interesting adversaries being nerfed. Hmm, perhaps a start army bonus on diff-lvl would help, since start army is one thing that was nerfed with Hinnom, andf it is an easy way of giving a powerful nation a slower start. I hope it would not be too hard for JK to add.

Was there actually any consensus that the giant nations are challenging to SP players? I play SP and I've never seen Hinnom (pre nerf) or Ashdod have any more success than the average AI nation. In fact they have done worse in basically every single game.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Kristoffer O

I will try to think a bit about SP people as well, since they have expressed concerns that their most interesting adversaries being nerfed. Hmm, perhaps a start army bonus on diff-lvl would help, since start army is one thing that was nerfed with Hinnom, andf it is an easy way of giving a powerful nation a slower start. I hope it would not be too hard for JK to add.

That would be awesome! Especially because then you could also crank up the indy difficulty level, slowing down the human player's expansion without much hurting the AI.

-Max

P.S. Nerf Ashdod all you want, except *please* don't make Zamzummites cap-only. It radically changes the feel of a nation when its best recruitable-anywhere mages suddenly become cap-only.