0011280: Commandment much too strong, needs nerf

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0011280	Skyward Collapse	Balance Issue		May 5, 2013 9:05 am	May 5, 2013 11:14 am

Reporter	Misery	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	.802
Fixed in Version	.803

Summary	0011280: Commandment much too strong, needs nerf
Description	It's occurred to me that the Commandment action is very, very abuseable in it's current state. Let's say that the current situation is that the red side had taken heavy losses, and is currently much weaker than the blue side, and is in danger of being overrun completely. Particularly depending on the current size of the map, it's easy to simply pull the blue army into a far corner and just hold them there until the red guys have had time to build back up. Combined with using Smite to knock out military buildings to halt the blue side's construction of units, this would make it basically impossible to lose at this point. I dont think Smite needs any altering, but I do think Commandment does. Either it needs some sort of heavy cost associated with it, or it needs some sort of big cooldown or limit on uses, like only useable 3 times per round, perhaps, something like that. It's really the only exploit I can think up so far with the current balance, but it's a pretty nasty one that's easy to do.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
May 5, 2013 9:05 am	Misery	New Issue
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Internal Weight	=> New
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0031818
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> .803
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
May 5, 2013 11:14 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Apr 14, 2014 9:29 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Gameplay - Balance Issue => Balance Issue

Chris_McElligottPark May 5, 2013 11:14 am administrator ~0031818	Thanks! * Military commandments can now only be placed on enemy buildings and enemy gods, which was their original design. This prevents some of the abuses that otherwise were possible.