Hello guys, after checking offline, recorded games, after i casted all series live, and after has a big debate with @T-West we came to the conclusion that Demos are really strong but that they are also done like this for a reason, they can be nerfed as much as we want but the truth is that i really feel that we are doing already changes to the game, and who we are to make those changes, i do not feel comfortable to change what the developers did, said that is also truth that this is a special tournament, done in special terrains, so with the purpose to try to get the game as much balance as posible and try to be able to at least has time to react to the demos strength, there we go with some changes that will be implemented tonight.
- Reduce speed from 1.5/1.6/1.6 to 1.35/1.4/1.45 (that mean demos in feudal, castle and imperial)
- Further reduce attack from 70/90/110 to 60/75/90 (remember the original was 90, 110, 140)
To give you an idea:
- fast fire ships and galleys has 1.43 speed
- Knights (no husbandry) have 1.35
- Hussar (no husbandry) have 1.5
- Archers have 0.96
- Habls (no squires) have 1
That mean with the reduce we do we make posible that cavalry can run from them, and also people has more time to try to micro against them.
About the attack, since demos raft has now 60 attack, if players pay attention and split vills, they should kill 1 vill and damge to others 2, ofc if they get surprised with 60 attack (never use 100%, they use around 80%, which mean 48 attack), the demos can still kill 2-3 vills if they are together since they are 40+loom.
Remember this is super hard for us, but we trying the best for the players, viewers and also to keep the game identity as close as the original.
Hope this help to everyone to enjoy more and more with the event.
We love this game.