People should realise that gift bag is NOT A MOD. Mod is something that modifies the game in one aspect or another, usually adding extra content to affect and bias the game towards certain hero or heroes, unit or units, or aspect(s) of the game. Gift Bag is official and simply balances the game a little by adding a number items to cover the areas that were not previously covered and affect units that were... humm... "unpopular":
- astral damage resistance items (promotes the armageddon tactic, which was previously unapplicable)
- additional poison resistance items (there was only the healer's jacket before this and it wasn't a certain spawn)
- various items that reduce leadership for units that are rarely used (for example, the alchemist's kit: -25% Leadership and +1 speed will make you use them!)
- various items that boost attack against undead, there is now an item that improves critical damage (taking it over 150%)
That's what I would call re-balancing. Nothing is changed, nothing is modded in a way to bias the game. Usually, player-made mods do just that. The official one doesn't.
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Last edited by DGDobrev; 02-04-2010 at 02:53 PM.
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