Of course we have introduced extra premium expansions available from the start a few weeks ago and you could interpret that as trying to get players to buy expansions for diamonds now because they're limited on the World Map, but as I said: That's not the way it works and is also not the reason behind these changes.
Well, as a regular player here's what I see:
- On one hand you guys keep adding more and more buildings we need to build: First were just the Barracks and the Trader, now we also have the Magicless Academy, the Training Grounds and the Mercenary Camp, plus we're expected to build at least a few of the Ancient Wonders. Those buildings take a lot of extra space but no additional City Expansions were added to the tech tree.
- On the other hand we have:
-- the same number of tech tree expansions as before
-- an increased number of Premium Expansions (because apparently 21 Premium Expansions were too few)
-- a decreased number of World Map expansions we can get (due to all the “balancing” that has been done)
In short, we have more demand for space in our cities, an increased number of premium expansions available and a decreased number of free expansions available. Gee, I wonder why people might think that your “balancing” is just a veiled attempt to get them to buy more expansions?
Supposedly some units were overpowered. I'd say some units (such as Light Ranged) were UNDERpowered. Decreasing the power of the “overpowered” units only made all of our units weaker and changed which units are useless. For example Treants: Slow and act last due to low initiative. Supposedly good against Heavy Ranged, but:
- Heavy Ranged units act before Treants, so they can hit and weaken the Treants before the poor trees even reach their targets
- Enchantresses can weaken the defense of Treants, significantly reducing any advantage they might have against Heavy Ranged
- Obstacles are a HUGE problem for Treants, as the poor trees take forever to get around any but the smallest obstacles
Previously Treants were useful only in Crystal Provinces, some Marble provinces, and occasionally in Tournaments. Now they are even less useful. Great, right?