Balthasar gelt new mechanics, can't pick traits

[Sloul Des Tucs]

Yeah, just noticed that and it bothers me a tight bit, when you get some wizards through the new College of Magic mechanic, it summons one without having the chance to select traits like you would through normal hiring.

Am I the only one bothered by that?

[cernodan]

Not picking a trait will always bother me.
It's similar to when you evolve a lesser deamon into a greater one, or you evolve a chaos character.
They always generate a new trait and it pissed me off immensely.

[CrUsHeR]

No, because

1. The summoned wizard has full movement points

2. You could just disband him and hire a new one, as the action gives +1 hero limit

[Sloul Des Tucs]

I'd pick traits over movement any day.
Best, I'd get both and call it a day.

[SpeaksTooFast]

If you care about traits the new system is super easy to save scum. Save the game, get the wizard, if you don't like the trait load the game once and try again for a fresh trait. If you still don't get the one you want then try again after the next turn or after you take another action to reset the random seed.

The moment points are super nice IMO because you can get them in your army right away and don't need to stay still for a turn.

[Sloul Des Tucs]

Sure, movement points are always good.
But hum. Yeah... traits.

Also the point is to avoid save scumming (although I wouldn't even bother, mostly because load times take quite some time).

[Atari 2600]

It would be cool to at least have a choice between 2-3 candidates.