Is it just me or is Hellheim troops way to strong?

[Beorne]

FrankTrollman said:
It's not just you, lots of people have problems with Helheim. But Helheim doesn't seem to have an amazingly good record in multiplayer so I doubt that they are too strong.

Yes, I agree. In our group games Helheim and Van have a very low victory scores. Maybe it's cause they are forbidden because they are too strong?

Yes, van and Helheim are way unbalanced, lot of people is awaiting a serious nerf.

[Saxon]

Frank is right, a lot of people have raised the concern that these nations are too strong. Have a search for the topic about a month back, as it has some really good ideas on how to fight them and win. There was no consensus on the forum (not that there ever is!) but rest assured that a lot of people share your concern.

As stated, in single player, these two nations tend to hammer the other AI nations. This makes them bigger, richer and stronger, so you tend to see their power more in single player. I often turn them off in the game set up phase, as I got tired of facing them at the end of every single player game, but that is just me.

Many “fixes” were proposed and attacked, but the idea of increasing their cost a little bit did seem to get a fair bit of support.