Chaos Dwarfs and the resistance problem

Foromar#5519

With the launch of WH3 CA decided to limit magic resistance to spells so that the chaos factions aren't hard countered by dwarfs and certain units.

Fast forward to today and we are looking at a CD roster with fire resist on all important units, basically recreating that same problem, just on a smaller scale.
Right now it really looks like Khorne and HE are going to be countered pretty hard by the CD with quite a few of their important ap units being hit by that 25%(?) dmg reduction.

HE basically loose all of their big monsters + Sisters of Avelorn, while Khorne can't bring any of its own RoRs + most of the high tier units.

Anyone got a clue of why CA decided to opt into that balancing nightmare?

ASyrian#2378

Foromar#5519 said:

With the launch of WH3 CA decided to limit magic resistance to spells so that the chaos factions aren't hard countered by dwarfs and certain units.

Fast forward to today and we are looking at a CD roster with fire resist on all important units, basically recreating that same problem, just on a smaller scale.
Right now it really looks like Khorne and HE are going to be countered pretty hard by the CD with quite a few of their important ap units being hit by that 25%(?) dmg reduction.

HE basically loose all of their big monsters + Sisters of Avelorn, while Khorne can't bring any of its own RoRs + most of the high tier units.

Anyone got a clue of why CA decided to opt into that balancing nightmare?

Dont bring khorne to fight chads Id say

Pede#6322

Well Khorne has a lot of non-fire units as well. It's a non-issue really.

Passthechips#4366

Yeah this isn’t anywhere near the same problem. All rosters have non-fire damage units, and a good amount of them at that.

Magic damage was going to impact all of the demons, which was almost the entirety of a player’s roster for the Monogods prior to the CoC DLC.

It’s not like fire damage isn’t good against the Chaos Dwarfs either. A well placed Burning Head will burn through their mass of chaff and allow your infantry to access their more valuable assets much faster.

mecanojavi99#6562

Both Khorne and HE have plenty of tools to deal with Chorfs even with the fire resist, I find the exaggeration completely unnecessary.

Bayes#3307

I am also annoyed by fire resistence, it should just straight up be removed imo. If there was a more involved system with many different damage types then I am all for it, but it just feels odd that fire gets this special statues and it barely ever matters except when it does and then it really does. Seems like a nightmare to balance.

afverrall#1754

Foromar#5519 said:

With the launch of WH3 CA decided to limit magic resistance to spells so that the chaos factions aren't hard countered by dwarfs and certain units.

Fast forward to today and we are looking at a CD roster with fire resist on all important units, basically recreating that same problem, just on a smaller scale.
Right now it really looks like Khorne and HE are going to be countered pretty hard by the CD with quite a few of their important ap units being hit by that 25%(?) dmg reduction.

HE basically loose all of their big monsters + Sisters of Avelorn, while Khorne can't bring any of its own RoRs + most of the high tier units.

Anyone got a clue of why CA decided to opt into that balancing nightmare?

They don't lose them they just arn't quite as effective against them don't be overdramatic

Bobsyourankle#7897

Do dragons' regular attacks inflict fire damage? I assumed it was just the breath attacks.

Sisters might have to pick their targets carefully but only the AI (from game 2) that used to spam Sisters only stacks are likely to have a problem. Most ranged in the HE roster should be totally unaffected.

And for Khorne, some enemy units will be a bit tankier - aim to scatter the chaff quickly and then flank charge them.

I am not sure why this is going to be much worse than encountering an enemy army with a specific make up, whether that is mass monsters (those LM ritual spawns), a heavy gun line etc.