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The following is more about the general direction rather than a simple balance. To keep it short I'll just point the main things. Reduce general movement speed: sometime with fastest units I get trouble clicking on them (even mine). Reducing the movement speed will contribute to get longer battle and have more time to react, which was one of the key point of alpha 18 rebalancing. Review pikemen: add speed, damage and reduce armor to be more threatening (and useable). The long range differenciate them from spearmen when they fight in pack with a lot of them on the same target (plus initiative), but they should still be weaker individually. I already suggested from pre alpha 18 to try to mostly stick to the counterscheme from the design documents (with softcounters) but it must be clear that it is still relevant before spending more time adjusting stats in that way (otherwise play Delenda Est). I made some changes in that direction if it interests someone.

Seems like we got ourselves a winner! I figured I could go ahead as well and draw a concept. So here is a quickly drawn and ugly concept version of the map. I thought about the following biome distribution: the river delta and the coast line mediterranean, the center of the map and the mountains tropic / savannah a-like and the area where the players start desert.

Epirus was a Greek kingdom made famous by King Pyrrhus of Epirus (Pyrrhos ton Epeiros), when he took the offer from the Italian Greek city Tarentum (Taras) for help against the Romans. Epirus itself was a newly united state, formerly divided among the 3 chief tribes Chaonians, Thesprotians, and the powerful Molossians. Pyrrhos' uncle was Alexander I the Molossian, a contemporary of Alexander the Great, who, like Pyrrhos, also warred against the Romans. A few times the king of Epirus even managed to steal the throne of Macedonia for himself, once by Pyrrhos and once by his son Alexander II of Epirus. Later, Epirus founded itself as a federal democracy, but was broken up once the Romans warred with Macedon. ---- Some possible tech: - Oracle of Zeus (Dodona)- Oracle of Hades (Nekromanteion)- War Dance (Pyrrhichios)

And what's best, it's a remake! That means that building and gathering resources + unlocking technologies will be a key part of the game. Another classic RTS coming out. Link: http://www.cossacks3.com/