--->seems like someone says this every time, though, about balance. just to be a devil's (or undead's advocate)...
I said the other maps were balanced,but this one isn't.
-->I'd have to check, but one ranger doesn't seem like a lot to me. Do the undead start with a shadow or assassin? Those are concealed as well, though not as versatile.
No they don't have a ranger NOR an assassin,bad luch eh?
--->Well, yeah, but how useful are they by themselves? Not all of the highmen can go in the mountain and so you can draw them into a fight if they are adjacent. If they're not adjacent, how good is the stack without giants going to be?
Very usefull,especially near the 4 hex which is surrounded by mountains.
-->But they regenerate, both players have 1 water (healing water), and both parties can build shammans or priests in another race's 2h city. Besides, the AI in fast combat never casts healing, you have to have priests in order to get that in combat.
The main undead melee force consists of warlord which can be build at the lvl 3 cities,or the warlord you can buy in the lvl city,you need healing to heal them...
--->undead have dark gift and stoneskin. get cursed and bless doesn't help anymore.
Fine,but I think you realized undead is THE race highmen is best vs?
High resistence (no curse ;P) and a lot of turn undead and holy/magic strikes,holy champion etc.....
--->On this I disagree. As far as races go, the undead directly aren't quite as strong as the highmen, but when you add warlords, which can stand up to just about anything and have higher defense than the titan, giant, and first borne, the undead side is as strong or stronger.
They have bless and stone skin,and you only have 1 warlord
--->Only if they manage to charm the hero, and the undead have an equal opportunity to dominate a hero.
Well in my case my hero started near the undead 4 hex ,and I had no chance to get her before the titan would kill her 1st chance he got to move.
Ok,we will see how the undead /highmen win % is after all games have been finished
I don't think anyone could beat me with the highmen,not pbem nor live mp.And I say anyone.I want to finish my game 1st,but if you want you can try your advocate skills on the battlefield