Thanks for the reply.
About the MOM faq in general: a lot of stuff in there are just opinions, and can be controversial. I'm not surprised some of them may be wrong. And the only guide to Master of Magic heroes seems obsessed with damage dealing, never taking into account things like pathfinding or passive healing. Shuri the huntress is one of my favourite heroes, and most of my games end before high-end heroes start to show up.
About bad concepts in general: MoM certainly has its share of
BAD concepts, there's no denying that. And fixing them is beyond the scope of this patch, right ? You need to draw the line somewhere. While some changes could be easy (like bumping all bowmen to strength 2 missile attack by default), others would require reworking some aspects of the game and could prove controversial. I know I don't like many of the changes in so-called MoM 2.0 . I heard there are some "MoM editors" and simple things like stats or mana costs can be changed by a person who doesn't know assembly.
Flying Fortress:
I think they mean it should prevent non-flying creatures from attacking your fortress, but doesn't. I admit I haven't tested it. MoM is surprisingly rich game, and a very rare spell like this can not show up unless you're specifically hunting for it with 11 books.
Chaos Channels:
The change was requested by all MoM players on Dragonsword forums. I was against it and I dislike the change, Chaos magic should bring chaotic results that sometimes don't help.
One way to "fix" it would be something like this: strength 2 fire breath if none, +1 if fire breath is already present. But yes, I agree a chaotic spell like this can totally be expected to produce unwanted, bad changes. There are other things Chaos Channels could do, like strength 3 poison attack (poison is fairly rare on normal units), but that wouldn't be a bugfix. If I were to have my wish granted, I would switch the costs of Chaos Channels and Black Channels. Chaos Channels is a good spell, especially with the changes (and preserving experience gain). Meanwhile Death Channels produces disposable units which don't have much utility beyond fighting Rjak (pure death wizards; decent counter to wraiths). I would've liked to use Death Channels on first strikers, but first strike is relatively rare ability, appears on some cavalry and griffins. Too bad there's no chaos spell granting first strike. There's some redundancy in Eldritch Weapon and Flame Blade, I would prefer Flame Blade to give first strike.
Wind mastery:
I understand it's a weak spell and has unjustified, high mana upkeep - but next to useless ? Does everyone else play MoM with paladins and heroes only ? Is Wind Mastery overshadowed by other transport tools in Sorcery magic ? What am I missing ?
Starting "freezes"
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually waited for a couple of minutes in another room, but apparently not enough. I certainly
am impatient.
It's too bad the source code for Master of Magic was never released. Someone would fix these issues a long time ago. There's a certain kind of "MoM Curse" which causes all MoM remake projects to die from lack of motivation. In my opinion it's because they keep the code closed, so if one group loses motivation no one can pick it up. Reinventing the wheel over and over.
The patches the game has made improvements, but not enough. As such, progress on both patches have stopped already.
