Recommended turn order based on play times:

Speaking about the ED - it's similar in properties with the Inflict Stun. (sorccerer heroes can farm exp in the same way, btw).
ED can be simply allowed to be obtained at lvl 7 or 8

Turn 1 restart - IF we go on we'll implement all the rules from HoMM3  which is fine, because those are the best rules coming from the best MP community and game (;

Can we also make tournament rule that each game a reroll of game on turn 1 is allowed. This is 1 per team per game. This prevents very bad start

That's why the 2 effects have been separated. Despair is still stackable and will still work for Exploit Despair. But the -30% spirit resistance is not stackable any more.

So... mauve, Dagoth, rickiroo looking for team mates + probably other I don't know of.

I agree Energy drain is little OP. But we need to be careful in modifying otherwise it might become useless i.e. for example it shouldn't be less useful than a throw net which is ranged ability which can stun or lose 50% energy.

Regarding removing stackable of inflict despair, I would like to remind of Exploit despair which works based on stack. Some good units in Necro class use Exploit despair

Since Energy Drain is an inflict attack. If you make it stackable, you can not only immobilize a unit, but do damage and gain xp at the same time. With two necromancers being able to freeze two units while gaining xp, it really aides in being able to control the flow of the battle to not only minimize damage but direct XP back to your heroes. If you wanted to switch it to a ranged ability that froze a unit while producing 0 XP and doing 0 damage, I would agree with you that that ability would not be over powered.

Regarding the PBEM 2v2 tournament, I am willing to participate if you need another body, but I hesitate to join because I know I'm a liability to a potential team member. I generally play random leaders, and I don't have the time to practice, so there are few combinations that I'll actually be able to do well with.

For what it is worth though, I would be in favour of a no-repeat rule for class and race if I was participating. It wouldn't affect me much at all in my choices, but it is more interesting to play against a greater variety of enemy leaders.

@Hiliadan
I understand that, but charm, seduce , convert works only if it doesn't have mind control immunity. Ghoul curse is no more OP (Only one chance per lvl 9 necro hero per battle). Most of good units  (tier 3 and tier 4) has mind control immunity.

I agree energy drain stacks with inflict despair, we should consider energy drain as check against physical strength rather than spirit if that is possible. Energy drain is used by leader/hero which means hero/leader didn't perform any other valuable action we should also consider that.

@jabst: Inflict Despair still allow to get 100% spirit weakness and 100% chance of Convert, Charm, Inflict Fear, Energy Drain, etc. That should not be allowed.
Energy Drain gives very high chances to immobilize a unit every turn, that's why it should not be stackable.
I noted your opinion in the summary table: https://docs.google.com/docum... />
@SeeR: ok we'll investigate that!

@all: people without team (as far as I know): Dagoth, rickiroo, mauvebutterfly and probably Fistandantilus

Dagoth_Ur joined !!

Necro is already nerfed so much and got balanced. regarding inflict despair the current mod causes 10% weakness and -200 morale with lower spirit check is decent. Regarding Energy drain stackable should be present but if needed lower the strength check.

Hiliadan , that does not seem to work , when I try to click the join button

I get a red error message saying I am already registered.

also I do not see a way to leave this "pool" and then rejoin with the registration button.

To join: http://www.the-battlefield.co... then "Join Event" then you can register your team.

Senyu quitted!

ohlordybigordy quitted!

JabSt will play as my partner in this tournament. I did not see a way to register onto the list of tournament teams. Controlled by and admin I assume.

We already have such a table for the duel tournament. Checking the combinations for all the rounds would take time for the judges. Not checking them would be a mistake because we saw already twice in the duel tournament players who selected a forbidden race/class and started their match unspotted by the judges and then the matches had to be replayed.

I am personally not in favour of making it mandatory to change class and race each turn. I like the fact that you need to master several combos but mastering 4 or more seem too difficult to me and it's not very fun to play a race/class you have never played before in a tournament match.

The issue with AD and Necro is not an unintended consequence of the balance mod, it's something that was overlooked in the balance mod because we focused first on the most pressing issues. And several topics were not dealt with properly because of a lack of feedback from the community, which prevented changes from being refused or accepted.
(REMINDER: still need feedback from the majority of players who did not express an opinion on - for those who already have, no need to repeat it -
Ne04a
Inflict Despair causes "Holy Weakness" (non-stackable) and "Despair" (stackable) on the target and is strength 9 (non-stackable). Holy Weakness gives 30% Spirit weakness. Despair gives -200 morale. (was Inflict Despair is strength 10, causes "Despair": 20% Spirit weakness, -200 morale and stackable)
Ne09
Energy Drain has a spirit strength 10 chance of draining 75% of the target’s MP and is non-stackable (was 50% and stackable)
GC14
Amok the Beastfriend starts with Awaken Spirit (was Befriend Animal)
Velvet the Assassin’s Hero Slayer ability is correctly shown in Unit Panel (his skill only works against HERO units, not LEADER units)
Yarati the Spellstealer starts with Steal Enchantment)
I suggest we aim for the release of a v1.16 after the 1st round of the tournament, fixing remaining issues with AD and Necro.

@gladis

That looks much easier.  It would save me lots of time
going back through the finished game list.   :}

Every player could note his combinations by himself.
Or the judges fill in an Excel-sheet or something like that. Documentation would be better than looking up 
Or make a document available for every player so we can fill in our Race/Class at the end of each match or whenever we want. Look at my little example. The numbers indicate the rounds of the tournament, so it could be checked.

Once the table is set up, it would be no effort for the judges to keep it up to date. It is clearly marked, whether and when a race/class was selected. Or am I missing a point?
It would be great to post it after each round, so the players don´t need to check the former combinations of their opponent  This would be way too much effort for me xD

@Olop, Cbower

For one player/team to check opponents history, takes 5-10min max.
For judges to do the same takes 32*5-10.

So, my suggestion would be the host check opponents, and states "please be aware that you are not eligble for the following..." The opponents can then do the same/verify hosts comments.

So before the game is underway, this should/could be done.

Obviously, the final decision on whether this will be of any use have not been declared.

Just my opinion