Legal cheating? Perhaps

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Keep in mind, that siege battles in Perisno, in particular, are far longer than they are in Native. Instead of having to kill.. I dunno, 200-300 guys tops, as the matter was in Native, you have to murder.. 1500, 2000, 3000 units in the garrison, depending on how many there are. And unless you use the arguably far more exploitative approach of attacking and retreating every time your run out of arrows, you kinda need the ability to heal yourself to compensate for the massively increased damage over the much longer time.

I mean, the ability is tied to Intelligence and First Aid, it doesn't always work, and it heals a tiny amount of health unless you have INT and FA maxed out. It's hardly a huge impact on balance for an average player. And its cooldown has already been nerfed. The menu says it's supposed to be 60 seconds, but it isn't. At least, it's not the same as the cooldown for other abilities.



As for the impact of mass-healing from the U-ability, it's hardly that great. With the huge amounts of damage that everything in Perisno can deal, being able to restore.. what, 50% or 80% of your troops health isn't really that big of a deal, because that much health can usually be taken away by a single blow from an opponent. Even if you increase your stats to the point where it restores over 100% of total health, the actual impact from battles with this ability is pretty negligible - maybe 10% less casualties, at most? Its main usage seems to be to keep companions alive, and it's hardly cheating. It's just compensation for, again, massive power creep in damage and stupid AI.



Finally, what's so 'cheaty' about Battlecry and Taunt? I feel like those are really fun and actually give the player a nice amount of control over the battlefield. Not to mention that they let you deal with the biggest issue in Warband sieges - infantry jams on ladders. And with their cooldowns, they're far from overpowered.



Yeah, yeah, I know, inb4 Tuidjy is gonna pop up and boast how he can kill an entire garrison by sniping from afar, but Tuidjy is an exception. Most players probably aren't tryhards and don't have the time and patience to solo snipe 500+, or 1000+ troops with just a bow and arrows. I know I'd simply get bored.