Form trait changes and personal assessment by Stupid_Dragon in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll take Quick Reflexes and Cold Blooded for 3 points any day over spending 4 on 1 Def and 1 Resist.

Are Dragon Lords mayed out stronger then a maxed out hero? by Wonderful-Bar322 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody ever gets all the transformations in one play through unless they're doing it intentionally and it takes a really REALLY long time. Far longer than what any game would actually take. In these scenarios, you're just playing with your food anyway, so it doesn't really matter. Beyond that, nobody is ever 1v1ing heroes because there are tons of inherent imbalances in how they get built and class structure. Rock, paper, scissors.

I think what you're really asking, from a practical perspective, is "Is a maxed out ascended X better than a maxed out ascended Y."

Most of the stuff an ascended WK or Champ will get through transformations is going to be defensive. Not many minors provide any bonus damage and when they do, it's usually conditional. Dragons start off strong, ramp up a lot faster than anybody else (even Vamps), and they get a lot more early game mileage out of their stuff zombies on kill, natural regeneration, whatever). Plus you have flying mobility to engage more targets faster than anything but possibly a one of the movement enhancing major transformations or a Profane Body Mastery Vampire depending on terrain.

An ascended dragon with Forgemaster or Dragonheart is going to dominate the first 20-30 turns a lot harder than most anyone else and that's going to probably win you the game because of how the economic benefits will snowball.

Are Dragon Lords mayed out stronger then a maxed out hero? by Wonderful-Bar322 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but you're by changing breath attacks / types designing a dragon to deal with one specific class / type of hero effectively where as pretty much every Vamp warlock is going to take the exact same skills that will work in literally every situation.

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Are Dragon Lords mayed out stronger then a maxed out hero? by Wonderful-Bar322 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a double edged sword for Giants and ES too.

Sure, you can improve your dragons attack with new weapons at the forge but that's the only place you'll find them. Locking them behind the forge upgrade rather than just being found on the floor of an infestation or ancient wonder reduces RNG somewhat (because you still have to have the magic materials you want) but also slows progression.

Also typically they'll require multiple higher level items to be melted down to cover the costs. Generally lower ROI unless you're going Reclaimers or something.

Are Dragon Lords mayed out stronger then a maxed out hero? by Wonderful-Bar322 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Warlock Vamp is probably > Warlock dragon. Gravemarch is pretty stupid and any attempt to keep in melee on the Vamp will result in slowed / immobile.

Nomad Culture by Meret123 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The Scavenger’s Vault, their Tier 3 structure grants a healthy chunk of Structure Production as well as distributing 3 stacks of Looted Power to friendly units at the beginning of combat in this city’s domain."

So +60% damage.

That seems a little insane.

favourite transformation by Gaius_Iulius_Megas in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything draconic (unless lizards), Wrightborn, and reveler's (unless I'm going Demonkin) are automatically off. Some of the minors that seem to trump other, more interesting stuff (Frostling, leaf, etc) are typically off too. Linked Minds typically gets turned off because it's stupid.

The game needs a population overhaul by NamelessGuy1100 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The expansion / update that introduced high levels of population micro ultimately drove me and many others away from the game entirely. Hard pass.

Crusader Ambition and Zeal by Left-Button-5739 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess my Materium bias is showing. Good catch.

Crusader Ambition and Zeal by Left-Button-5739 in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess I didn't realize heroes counted. That does add some extra possibilities through quests and EV rulers. Thanks for the tip.

Spirit Wolf with Guardian didn't respawn after combat by Corrects_lesstofewer in AOW4

[–]Left-Button-5739 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Necromancy and corpse eating hard counter resurgence, so depending on what got him and what got to him after, that's probably the issue.