this was a bummer...

[Torin]

The "feature" you say its unintended by the devs. An accident. Besides i dont say its cheating. I say its lame. And if every nation has an aedge why those players cant play a random nation game??
Did you ever seen a player win with maenads? how those undead are superior units? Wrong examples. Acro mind hunt its too srong yes.

[Knai]

Originally Posted by Torin

The "feature" you say its unintended by the devs. An accident. Besides i dont say its cheating. I say its lame. And if every nation has an aedge why those players cant play a random nation game??
Did you ever seen a player win with maenads? how those undead are superior units? Wrong examples. Acro mind hunt its too srong yes.

So your hypothesis is that the developers accidentally put in separate playing styles for every nation? Moreover, it is still a complete accident despite, for instance, drastic differences in nation specific spells, dominion effects, and of course troops? Really?

As for the various "cheap" strategies, every one of them has counters. Take Vanheim - domes pretty much close that strategy entirely. Take Arco - mindless commanders can just ignore Mind Hunt, and it isn't like there aren't assassination spells that can target Arco. Hordes of undead can be valuable, particularly high quality undead with generally better stats (Lanka, C'tis), etc.

As for people not playing random nation games, really learning how to use a nation well takes time. Moreover, some nations fit some people, and just won't fit others. EA Mictlan is incredibly powerful, that doesn't mean that I am any good with them. Just having an edge isn't enough, one has to know how to use it.

[Kobal2]

Originally Posted by Torin

The "feature" you say its unintended by the devs. An accident.

Perhaps, but it seems it's one the devs were quite OK with - Glamour was specifically nerfed in one of the patches, without touching this aspect of it.

Besides i dont say its cheating. I say its lame. And if every nation has an aedge why those players cant play a random nation game??

I don't see how the two concepts are linked in any way, shape or form. It's not that people want to play their pet strats or even win at any cost, it's that playing nations assigned to them at random holds little interest for most people.
Blood magic is very powerful, but having played one LA Mictlan game, I'm leery of playing with it again because the micro is insane. I couldn't play Bandar well to save my life. I have zero interest in Niefelheim. And so forth.

Did you ever seen a player win with maenads? how those undead are superior units? Wrong examples. Acro mind hunt its too srong yes.

Yes. Those undead are superior to the undead other nations can reanimate (if they even have that option). Arco mind hunts are counter-able. Everything is counterable.