These changes are interesting.
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The 50% targeting reminds me of Mogor the Ogre from Hearthstone. I’d say it’s probably a buff over the completely random targeting we got previously.
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Hatred is a fun and interesting trait idea. Can’t wait to see more of it.
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Like how Tauros and Minotor are now mini Ketras the Bulls!
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Skeleros will be fun! A Troll for Skulls…
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Mongo changes
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Soothsayer was already an excellent troop for new players before! Cool buff.
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Ketras wasn’t touched. I think that’s for the best, he’s pretty great as-is.
Overall, looking at these changes, they’re definitely centered on lower-level players. Besides Skeleros and maybe Mongo, I don’t see anything that will affect end-gamers in any significant way.
EDIT: Mongo has
a 1/6 equal random chance to do one of the following:
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Devour a random enemy.
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Transform myself into a random Fey (LOL).
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Apply a random status effect to all enemies.
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Explode 10 random Gems
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Increase all stats on a random ally by (Magic + 10)
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Deal (Magic + 2) Heavy splash damage to a random enemy.
Overall, it’s become a lot more random, and funny (I was hoping he’d someday get Devour!)