Balance Issues & Exploits in 0 A.D. (A27+) – Suggestions for Fixes

[king reza the great]

Hi everyone,

I’ve been playing 0 A.D. for years, and I’ve noticed that some bugs, exploits, and design weaknesses are still present. Many players use these in competitive games, which makes matches unfair and less enjoyable. I want to highlight the most important issues I’ve seen, along with possible solutions.

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1. Champion Cavalry (A27) – Overpowered

• Problem: Champ cavs are extremely strong in A27. In most serious games we even ban them.

• Solution: Nerf them significantly.

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2. Fanatic Units (Fanas) 

• Problem: Fanatics are overpowered and often spammed (for example, by Aslan). Watch attached replays as a example.

• Solutions:

  • Add a metal cost (e.g., 50).

  • Or restrict them to Phase 3 instead of Phase 2.

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3. Formation Bug – Pathfinding Exploit

• Problem: If a player switches to formation during a battle, the enemy army runs into the center of the formation and suicides.

• Players Abusing: Atric, Sniper (SaiDrz used to but stopped after explanation).

• Solution: Needs dev fix so that units don’t get forced into the middle of enemy formations.

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4. Hero Dance – Unrealistic Exploit

• Problem: “Hero dancing” makes heroes very hard to kill by abusing flee/micro tricks.

• Players Abusing: jc, 0ad_Boss (i_am_groot), Sniper, Atric (sometimes myself too when facing them).

• Solution: Disable flee mode for heroes. Heroes shouldn’t act cowardly.

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5. Walls Outside Territory – Abusive Tactic

• Problem: Players suddenly build walls behind or around enemy soldiers in battle. Soldiers auto-attack walls and die easily.

• Players Abusing: Dakara (rarely).

• Solution: Restrict wall construction to player territory only.

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6. ProGUI (Cheat Mod)

• Problem: Provides unfair advantages beyond simple UI changes.

• Players Using: Atric, Stockfish, Noobdude, Duck, IjavadDev, Mark (sometimes), Carthage (others stopped after being informed).

• Solution:

  • Don’t allow ProGUI to be published on the official forum.

  • Remove it from the in-game mod selection list.

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7. Auto-Snipe Script

• Problem: Automates targeting (like instantly killing heroes), which is unfair.

• Players Using: Atric.

• Solution: Same as ProGUI – ban and prevent distribution of auto-snipe scripts.

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Conclusion

These issues damage competitive balance in 0 A.D. Fixing them would make the game much more fair and enjoyable for everyone. I hope the devs and community can take these points into account for future patches.

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Edited 1 hour ago by king reza the great