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Balance update

Gameplay

  • Overall difficulty of campaign missions reduced
  • Results of healing phase now all displayed at same time rather than one at a time

Bug Fixes

  • First Strike no longer ignores Cheat Death
  • Replays which have mid game dialog no longer return control to the player
  • Turn start color band should now expand across the whole screen on all wide screen resolutions

Balance Changes

  • Banners now have Resist
  • Empire
    • Squire: Move reduced from 12 to 10, Attack reduced from 4 to 3, Health increased from 10 to 12, Gains Intimidate instead of Skirmish
    • Knight: Health increased from 12 to 14
    • War Engine: Atk reduced from 2 to 1, Defense increased from 2 to 3
    • Seraph: Health increased from 14 to 18, Move increased from 5 to 6, level up bonuses swapped (Gains +1 range on Silver, Remorse on Gold)
    • General Thraxian: Mana cost of Valor reduced from 8 to 7
    • Lady Alera: Mercy now grants 5 gold per combo point, up from 3
    • Lady Alera's identity crisis has been solved, her aspirations to become a priestess have been lost and her abilities renamed appropriately

  • Undead

    • Skeleton: Health reduced from 6 to 4, Cost increased from 10 to 15
    • Mummy: Health increased from 18 to 22, gains +1 attack and 2 Health at Gold level instead of -1 move and 4 Health
    • Jezebelle the Torn: Restitch cost increased from 4 to 6, Infiltrate cost reduced from 7 to 5

  • Fae

    • Glade Rider: Cost increased from 35 to 40
    • Treant: Decrease Health from 8 to 6
    • Gryphon: only loses movement upon obtaining Gold level, First Strike moved to Silver level up trait, gains Siege, Cost increased from 70 to 75
    • Enchantress Anastra: Harrow mana cost reduced from 7 to 6
    • Stormlord Gantree: Passive no longer fully heals leveled up units, only refreshes them

Just a reminder that unit and leader power changes do not affect games in progress, only newly started games.

Let me know what you think of the changes and if there are any other further issues or balance concerns.