Board Thread:Development/@comment-26393217-20170201131119/@comment-33679161-20171123092431

@Rodmar

Here are my thoughts on the changes done so far and a few suggestions:-

Spiders and the Swarm: I think that Spiders and Spider Queens fit the insectoid theme of the Swarm very well. On top of that it adds more unit variety to a horde style race. The Queen Spider egg expansion theme also fits the swarm very well. If there are balance issues regarding the two units then the resource costs should be adjusted accordingly.

War Dog change: The War Dog is fine as it is and I don't like reducing the size of the unit as it will make it look less ferocious. Unit stats can be reduced however for balance. Barbarians are also fine as they are.

I agree with the Wood Elf solution to restrict the access to fey units.

Lizard Rider: I would suggest renaming the unit to Velociraptor, call it Basic Ssrathi Dinosaur and make it producable at the Hatchery. There is no need to create a duplicate unit when the already existing unit can be changed.

Some subsequent change suggestions to above:-

-Make Triceratops Advanced Ssrathi Dinosaur.

-Make Hatchery buildable at Level 2 for acess to Velociraptor?

-Make Temple sect buildable at Level 3?

Even more suggestions:-

-Make Elephant a Barbarian unit also? Elite Barbarian cavalry? There is a thrall on the elephant.

- Remove conversion ability from White and Red Mages and make them buildable at Library? I personally think a lot of the Empire's firepower is reduced because all three mages been built at the Palace. Make White Mage Basic Spellcaster and Red Mage Advanced Spellcaster. Black Mage is Elite Spellcaster/General.

-Give Black Mage Cold attack type?

-Remove Spiders, Queen Spiders and Spider Priestess from Dark Elves to make Spiders unique to Swarm? OR Remove Spiders and Spider Queens and let Spider Priestess be the only way to get Spiders.

- Make Swarm upgrades affect Spider and Spider Queens.

-Make Sauras Pen upgrades and Dragonmaster skill affect Velociraptors.

- Hydra Description changes:-

Hydra - Basic Plague melee unit

Cryophydra - Advanced Plague melee unit

Pyrohydra - Elite Plague melee unit

Hope this helps. :) If you want comments on anything else fell free to ask me. :)