Guv’s Caltrops Rebalance Mod

Caltrops is OP. Yes, I said it. Caltrops is OP. There are no mods out there attempting to do anything against Caltrops. So I figured I’d be the first. So, why nerf caltrops? So, caltrops in theory is a movement hampering utility ability, No, 40-60 kills cheese ability then charge for maximum effect. There is little to no strategical purpose with caltrops. The only skill about it is how good you are at throwing the caltrops at someone’s face and watch them die.

Ok, you could use it as a means to block out an entrance. Which it does rather fine, the problem is the AI is not clever enough to use caltrops well. So it just brings another means to the table to cheese the AI. The AI also loves to use caltrops, often destroying your chances to even test a unit out in custom battle. Because they ALWAYS throw caltrops, halting their charge and making them act weird.

Not only that, Caltrops has to be micromanaged. I hate Caltrops, and it has to stop. Time to do a Blizzard Entertainment like nerf on Caltrops.

• Rebalances the Caltrops ability into a utility ability, rather than a discount damage spell.

Caltrops does not deal damage anymore, nor leaves out a ground field of caltrops. Using caltrops to blockage an area is not happening anymore. The usage window of Caltrops has been significantly nerfed. Now you’d rather use it to slow down an incoming charge, if used precisely. Or, slow down units you intend to chase. Light units benefit from Caltrops more than heavy units.

Caltrops now has a contact phase on throw:
Effect: 10 seconds.
-33% movement speed
-33% acceleration
-33% charge speed

The Icon has been changed from Green background color to Blue. This is because I want to display it being an utility abiltly, like flashbangs.

the AI no longer has any AI usage for Caltrops anymore.
You may ask, then we as the player have an advantage, don’t we? Well guess what, you always had. The AI sucks at using Caltrops. How do you counter it? Run towards the unit that throws caltrops. You significantly reduce, or even totally negate, the damage and killing potential of Caltrops if you do. So, you as the player always had the advantage anyway.

Savegame compatible.
Be careful of using any mods that edits caltrops a lot.

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(Image: From Magic the Gathering, card named Caltrops. I am not the artist and take no credit for it.)