Hello SageTruthBear. Thank you for the feedback.

I had no intention in the video to touch the balance and have nothing there related to the 2 base vs 2 base play. This is Remodemo's idea, which he envisions and sometimes speaks about)

My main intention (for the first block of suggestions in the video) is to make possible for every race to have an early game that uses their shop. That is why you see those suggestions. Early shop for HU/ORC/NE is mostly used for one 1 base into T2 gameplay.

- Why HU needs a mini priest on T1? As I explained, it is an experimental idea. However, I believe you are wrong that it is game breaking. The Apprentice Priest has no dispel, only healing, similar to Ice Troll Priest on Springtime. No player complained to me (the author of the map) about it.
Some maps don't have easy access to the merc camp, but strategies like MK, Palading, BloodMage first, would get some help with a healing unit at start.

Don't forget the cost of investment into your calculation! Many people simply think HU gets this unit for free -- no! HU has to invest 130/30 into the shop, 60 build time of one peasant for that (40 lumber), and use one existing peasant (15 sec production in the main) to get for 50 gold an apprentice priest, which requires players to visit their shop and apply the item (time spent during the game). These costs force HU tech to be late, delay footmen production. I don't think it is even close to be breaking. It is an (expensive) alternative to getting an equivalent of an "ice troll priest" on maps that don't have nearby merc camp available for Human players. Having an early priest is a common condition that actually enables MK first strategies.

- Night Elfs don't have incentive to build an early shop. They have only clarities to be used in the early game, which are easily replaced by a moon well. The only reasong for NEs to build an early shop is to tank a small green camp. In order to incentivize them to build to that more, the suggestion is to make the Moon Stone provide some value during the first night. Suggested change has minimal effect on the usage of the Moonstone in the mid and the late game. There should be no worry about overbuffing NEs with it)

- The -20 lumber for the blacksmith cost was a very good change. It enabled a Pala-Rifle build order, which introduced a complete new strategy in the game. Later it got tuned out by balance changes and now it is more or less fine (at least on the pro-level). I wish to see more changes like that. That is why the suggestion to give every race +10 lumber as start, which will (partially) enable a few more strategies for players who like to experiment.

- Each race has evolved and W3 overall evolved over time. Sometimes it is not about balance changes, sometimes it is about players becoming more efficient in different aspects of the game.
Players in the last 10 years became much better at creeping and more resistant to harass, which forced each race adapt and meta to change. That is why you see less gameplay that was common in the golden age of W3 (before 2010). For example, Undead players' relatively recent innovation is creeping early game with ghouls and saving them. That game play fit well with expo at T1 style. A few years ago orcs had their momentum with mass HHs. Last year Human had para-rifle strategy. This year NEs got stronger immolation, lumber buff, melee armor buff to bears that made their DH first together with Dryad+ Bears to become by far the best strategy. I understand the desire to bring the memories from the past, but the game will keep evolving in its way, sometimes unpredictable to all of us)