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Cataph's Chorf Powercreep Slap

Quick pack attempts to put a clamp on some rampant cases of fat-fingering or powercreep in some spots of the new DLC. Other more blatant bugs will be fixed in CBFM asap.

3.1 update: CA barely touched the stuff I nerf here so this is still relevant. Incorporated some very minor mass changes to Astragoth.


Nerfed projectile shockwave from 1.5 to none, like any other missile infantry unit of their kind. Shockwave draws a radius around each bullet where the full damage is applied (kinda like an explosion), and increases the already substantial knockdown they cause. Chorf Blunderbusses can dominate too many encounters with the many advantages they have (knockdown, armour, high shield) to the point they vaporize enemy infantry units. Examples of unfavourable matches they win: 1 unit winning against 2 empire handgunners[cdn.discordapp.com], or 4 goblin archers[cdn.discordapp.com], or handily against 1 celestial xbows; meaning they overperform by around 300 gold with odds stacked against them.
Surely a mistake, but one that makes Blunderbusses, already powerful in the vacuum, decide campaign battles with a couple volleys: damage buffs are very easy-to-get and armaments are not that tight.
Notice that they are still lethal and will still win duels against Celestial Crossbowmen, but at least by a much smaller measure. They'll also still delete single entities almost just as well, that's just who they are, it's not a phase.

(one of three effects)
Nerfed bonus vs infantry given to his guy from +15 to +5. A single skill point, among other things, puts those already-amazing units ahead of anti-infantry specialists like Executioners or the Chorf Immortals ROR itself, the infantry units with the largest baseline BvInf. Surely a mistake, right? For those who don’t know, that meant +15 MA and +15 net damage (with same AP proportion), making enemy frontlines never an issue.

(one of three effects)
Halved the -10 region-wide leadership. Come on, it’s already laughably easy to rout stuff as Chorfs. It’s already bad enough that they keep spamming Perfect Vigour everywhere.

Ok, the meme of the old guy in a baby carrier slam dunking people got old quickly. He really shouldn’t be outperforming Taurox or Valkia or Grombrindal[cdn.discordapp.com] or bloody Archaon[cdn.discordapp.com]* in melee. I nerfed his HP to be equal to Belegar’s, his melee dmg to be equal to Valkia’s (no bonus), and his speed from 60 to 45 (similar to Alith Anar, the fastest high elf). I'd go further than this, but it's a compromise. He's still a powerhouse but not that absurd.
*yes I know a lot of it is fire damage vs resistance. That's also a problem where CA nerfs fire res on nigh-immune stuff like Dragon Princes but keeps LLs with a fight-determining 35%.

There is more that would require tweaks one way or the other but I'll leave that to CA. Namely, Bull Centaurs and Magma cannons overperforming, Skullcrackers being underwhelming.

These are just some of the most egregious issues I wanted to point out and correct for my own peace of mind. I know there are more bits that need tweaks (both up or down), both in this DLC and in the ones before it. I’m under no delusion or intent to single-handedly fix all of them.


Why am I doing this? Because powercreep like that of those campaign skills, whether intentional or not, makes and has made the game incredibly volatile, where a single fat buff can flip units around their heads and campaign balance basically impossible to keep control of. Paying a bit more caution while writing this stuff would take indefinitely less than having to backtrack and solve each issue when and if it’s raised.

For those who don’t want these nerfs, pretend I’ve already heard you. Just don’t use the mod. If you have constructive stuff to say, by all means find me on Discord[discord.gg].

(Author of the slappin’ chaos dwarf photoshop is unknown to me.)

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