SpellForce 3 Reforced - Big Update & New Game Modes

New Map Pool

• "Bitter Canyon" is available in custom games and has been added to the ranked map pool
• "Hard Rock" has been added to the ranked map pool
• "Old Battlegrounds" has been removed from the ranked map pool
• "The Mystic Valley" has been removed from the ranked map pool

Other Improvements

• Added Crossplay between the different steam games versions
• Added an icon at the location of knocked-down heroes
• Added allied heroes to the hero bar, just like the RPG party in campaign
• Added more control group options to match current RTS standards
• Fixed various crashes in second lobby when using the "End session" option
• Fixed creep icon disappearing for host when opponent killed their creep offscreen
• Fixed issue where creep icons would stop disappearing on a reloaded game
• Improved lobby by allowing to check the leaderboard at the same time
• Replaced default AI with the improved Spandau AI
• Spandau AI has been renamed to the default AI names
• Spectators: Added a "Rename Replay” function in the replays menu
• Spectators: Now able to see resources of all participating players while spectating games
• Humans: Added new and improved building icons for better readability
• Trolls: Improved icons for better readability
• Elves: Renamed Skirmish Hero "Druid" to "Archdruid"
• Orcs: Renamed Skirmish Hero “Goblin Shaman” to “Goblin Warlock”

Balance Changes: Multiplayer & RTS

RTS Buildings

All

• Increased costs of all forges from 5 Wood 5 Stone to 15 Wood 15 Stone
• Reduced health of all forges from 4000 to 3000

Humans

• Marketplace: Increased cost of Iron from 20 to 40
• Marketplace: Increased cost of Aria from 30 to 70
• Foundry: Reduced cost from 18 Wood 18 Stone to 10 Wood 10 Stone

Elves

• Enchanter: Reduced cost of Wood from 25 to 20
• Lenya Harvester: Reduced cost of Wood from 25 to 22
• Lenya Purifier: Reduced cost of Wood from 40 to 35

Orcs

• Outpost: Reduced cost from 12 Wood 10 Food to 10 Wood 10 Food
• Woodcutter: Reduced cost form 10 Wood to 9 Wood

Dark Elves

• Border Fortress: Increased build time from 20 to 30 seconds
• Border Fortress: Increased cost from 15 Wood 10 Food to 18 Wood 12 Food
• Citadel : Increased cost from 30 Wood 30 Stone 20 Food 20 Stone to 40 Wood 40 Stone 20 Food 20 Stone

Trolls

• Hunting Cabin / Stonecutter / Woodcutter: Reduced cost from 13 Wood to 12 Wood
• Tribe Shelter : Reduced cost of Wood from 30 to 25

RTS Units

Humans

• Infantryman: Reduced upgraded damage from 80 to 75
• Infantryman: Reduced upgraded health from 931 to 875
• Keeper: Increased cost from 5 Food 4 Iron Bars to 6 Food 4 Iron Bars
• Keeper: Reduced restiances from 25% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege to 25% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege -25% Magic
• Catapult: Reduced area of effect magic damage of the upgrade from 15 to 10
• Champion: Increased the cost from 8 Food 5 Iron to 8 Food 6 Iron

Elves

• Guardian: Increased resistances from 25% Pierce -25% Magic to 25% Pierce -10% Magic
• Protector: No longer impairs surrounding enemies. Still impairs targets hit
• Treant: Standard attacks no longer knockback enemies hit
• Treant: "Ability" apathy duration reduced from 10 to 5 seconds
• Warden: Adjusted the cost from 5 Food 2 Iron Bars to 4 Food 3 Iron Bars

Orcs

• Brute: Attacks no longer have secondary damage type Siege
• Brute: Attacks deal 30 Siege damage to buildings on top of their normal Strike damage
• Hunter: Reduced raw Pierce damage from 130 to 110
• Hunter: Now additionally cause creatures to bleed for 10/s for 2 seconds.
• Ravager: Increased attack range from 7.5 to 9 to help with attack reliability
• Ravager: Reducest cost from 10 Food 4 Iron to 9 Food 4 Iron
• War Troll: Decreased cost from 20 Food 12 Iron Bars to 18 Food 11 Iron Bars

Dark Elves

• Harvester: Reduced upgraded HP of Harvesters from 1000 to 750
• Scion: No longer drops souls on death, and is worth no souls in sacrifice
• Specter: Impair amount of "Mind Invasion" reduced from 25% to 15%
• Strider: Increased cost from 7 Food 6 Iron to 7 Food 7 Iron
• Strider: Reduced resistances from 25% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege to 0% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege
• Twisted One: Reduced attack range from 200 to 175

Dwarves

• Berserker: Increased attack range from 7 to 9 to help with attack reliability
• Combat Balloon: Reduced speed from Liquid Fire stance from 75 to 60
• Combat Balloon: Reduced area from Liquid Fire from 150 to 125
• Molerider: On-Hit impair reduced from 50% to 40%
• Sentry: "Precision Stance" replaces "Sharpshooting Stance": On-Hit impairs 40% for 2 seconds and interrupts casts.

Trolls

• Bone Hexer: Reduced resistances from 25% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege 25% Magic to 0% Strike 25% Pierce 75% Siege 25% Magic
• Bone Hexer: Adjusted balance distribution to 130 Magic, 10 Leech damage
• Bone Hxer: Reduced movement speed from 50 to 45
• Corpse Seeker: The ability now properly creates a buffing area for its allies
• Ironbeak Fighter: Reduced movement speed from 90 to 70
• Spike Flinger: Increase damage from 90 to 100
• Thrower: Reduced cleave damage from 20 to 15

Skirmish Heroes

Humans

• Royal Mage: Reduced focus cost "Incinerate" from 15 to 10
• Royal Mage: Reduced cooldown "Incinerate" from 25 to 15

Orcs

• Occultist: Reduced health cost of Demonic Pact Lv2 from 400 to 200
• Occultist: "Blood like Tar" impair reduced from 15% to 10%

Dark Elves

• Guardian of Nor: Reduced "Soul Explosion" number of targets from 9 to 8
• Guardian of Nor: Range set to Weapon Range to ensure reliability in casting
• Reaper: Reworked "Siphon" spell. Now channels for 7 seconds, leeches 40 damage per second. Channeling successfully for the full duration empowers the Reaper for 7 / 13 seconds (15%/20%)
• Reaper: “Demonic Pact” renamed to “Dark Pact”

Dwarves

• Hierophant: Increased cooldown of "Barrage" from 20 to 25
• Warrior of the Depths: Increased weapon attack range from 7 to 9 to help with attack reliability
• Warrior of the Depths: "Battle Frenzy I" now requires Hero Level 3

Trolls

• Chieftain: Slam Lv2 area of effect radius increased from 100 to 110
• Plaguebringer: Increase standard attack range from 75 to 120
• Plaguebringer: Increase chain radius from 30 to 40

MP Creeps

• Ice Wyvern: Reduced duration of freeze from 10 to 5 seconds
• Bear: Increased resistances from 50% Strike -25% Pierce 75% Siege to 50% Strike 0% Pierce 75% Siege
• Medusa: Reduced surrounding units impair from 50% to 40%