Whats the point of the Breathstealer?

[EvilE]

Why does this thing exist? It seems to me like it's a 3 negative quirk penalty for longer running games to force you to turn over staff more frequently.
I think it needs a fewer HP so you can successfully hunt it, I think I've seen 20 some of these things in 100 hours and only successfully burnt down one, I think you should have a chance to counter it.

[b...]

Seems like a skill issue? Thing needs a total of ~24 Fire to take down before reaching target. That's a single fire mage with x3 hunt relic or 2 fire mages with no relics + rest of the staff

[ganthritor42]

Yep. Just hunt 'em down, micro the targeted mage around your base, built ideally so they can travel in a 'square' shape to have them traverse and evade the breathstealer. If you have the fog pushed back far enough you can just send the targeted mage way out also. Otherwise, just turn 'em off and don't play with them, which is what I do half the time bc I just don't wanna deal with them. Make the game enjoyable to you, especially when you have all those lovely toggles at set up to work with. :) Good hunting, or not!