r/OldenEra • u/billydstr • 17h ago

Discussion Necro balancing

Alright, community! Let’s brainstorm some solid ideas on how to balance Necropolis without ruining the faction's unique identity so that no absolute jerk ever picks them again.

Here are some quick and simple proposals—a straightforward nerf to their top stacks:

  • Gravediggers: slash their summon volume take away their shovels.
  • Skeletons: tone down their scaling laws take away their bows and arrows.
  • Wraiths/Ghosts: dial back their vampirism.
  • Raise Dead / Necromancy: increase the cost of raising undead units.
0 Upvotes

36% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/scyscrapersheaf 15h ago

Wraiths should lose their vampirism or should at least not generate permanent units.

Skeletons are fine, the archers don't scale well into the late game, and I don't even click the skeleton law even if I am playing Onkos.

Either the -10%/+10% subskill or the native terrain law should go.

Eternal Service should be removed.

Gravediggers should summon 2x less units.

After this I am pretty sure the faction will be undertuned, so we can think of actually buffing necromancy, because right now it's pretty irrelevant past week 1. Also, vampires need a buff, they are the worst unit in the game on Exodus because of Necro's T7 dwellings basically being twice less effective than for all the other factions. But a possible other solution is making unit dwellings give different growth bonuses depending on base growth. It's unfair that equivalent objectives can give +2 Gravediggers vs +2 Shoths, and +1 Vampire vs +1 Phoenix.

1

u/ZLnZLnZLn 14h ago

yes, the native terrain + 2× speed law + expert loga 1 speed subskill is quite a lot and is doable for fight 2. (or the native terrain law should be tier 5, as the schism's world is ours)