As part of ongoing balancing, I'm interested to hear your opinions on the bonuses given by the choice of heraldic charge in conquest mode.

• Which ones have you tried?
• Which ones are too strong / too weak / boring?
• Ideas for new bonuses that make for an interesting change in play style?

Here's a list of all the charges currently in-game:

Anvil

Steel armour absorbs 50% more damage

Boar

+30% HP for tracked landships

Crown

Conquered cities have no pacification period

Dragon

Dragonriders (in dev 9)

Eagle

All cannons are twice as accurate

Eye

Spy actions are 50% cheaper and 50% more likely to succeed

Gear

Mech Spiders

Guillotine

Revolting cities join your empire

Lion

50% faster reload in boarding combat

Mountain

+30% lift from suspendium chambers

Ram

Grand Ram

Rat

Injured crew members move at full speed

Scales

+25% income from cities

Spider

Spider legs and arachnid boarding soldiers

Star

Aerial torpedoes

Tower

+50% stone wall HP

Tree

+20% wooden armour and module HP

Waves

Fires put out twice as quickly

Wheel

Ships ready for commands twice as fast

Wolf

Small landships require half maintenance and move faster on the map

Wrench

Repair 50% faster

[ 2016-08-02 17:57:14 CET ] [ Original post ]