Follow up patch on recent balance changes as well as a few revamps to the cavalry, flying and haunt trees ive been meaning to do for a while. Ive developed a new strategy to approach balance so hopefully, this should be even more fun to play now.
SPecial note to Reinforcement positions. I have reduced reinforcement positions from heroes to a max of +1 - but the the era 4 tech Signal Corps now gives +1 Reinforcement positions empire wide.
Hope is that having a support/infantry hero is not nearly as mandatory as before due to that - although, having 4 instead of 3 Reinforcement positions is still quite strong.
Every hero class should bring something "special". Infantry is tanky and has +1 reinforcement. Support also has +reinforcement and a wide array of buffs to your army. Cavalry now has +reinforcement, too and offers a good mix of offence and defence - perfectly for leading fast&frail melee units. Ranged has Long Range and Flying offers battle movement for fliers as well as strong buffing&debuffing from the hero.


But anyway, here's the changelog:

Technology: Era 4 Signal Corps now additionally gives +1 reinforcement slot empire wide

Circular Strike: Damage: 50%->75%

Support:

Astral Projection
Remove Level 2
Init on Hero: +5->+10

Future Sight:
lvl 1: Init: 7->10

Infantry

Rallying Call
Reinforcement Positions: 2->1
Additionally grants +1 Battle Movement on Hero

Iron Taskmaster
lvl 1 health: 30->35

Cavalry

Practiced Strike
Renamed: Jousting
2 levels
lvl 1: +5 Damage, +25 Health
lvl 2: +5% Damage; +10% Health

Battlefield Vantage
Reworked
Swap places with Agile Mover skill
1 Level
+1 Reinforcement Slot

Dragoon:
Siege Damage changed to +4 per level

Overlord:
Remove lvl 2

New skill: Silver Chariot
2 Levels
Level 1: Grants Acrobat capacity to the Hero; +60 Health on Hero
Level 2: Grants the Circular Attack capacity to the Hero; +15% Damage on Hero

Flying

Aerial View: Level 2 siege damage: 10->7

Agility Training
Swapped with Battle Perspective
Level 1: +5 Initiative&Defense
Level 2: +8% Defense, +8% Initiative

Battle Perspective
Swapped with Agility Training
Level 1: +7 Attack
Level 2: +15% Attack

Aerial Superiority
Rename: Strike from Above
Initiative on Hero: +10%->+10

Behind Enemy Lines
Rename: Superiority
No longer grants intimidation Aura
Grants a new custom Capacity: Terrify
Whenever attacking or being hit, enemies surrounding the hero lose 2 morale for 1 turn(Non-stacking)
Still grants Shared Wisdom

Haunts

Ghostly Visage
Level 1: Capacity: Shock 1->Intimidation Aura
Level 2: Capacity: Shock 2->Unsteady 3; +10% Attack->Defense

Perfect Timing
lvl 1: Remove +1 Battle Movement on Hero
Army atk buff: 5->10

Sisters
Discipline:
lvl 1: Battle Movement from this skill only affects infantry

Tend to the Flock
Remove Level 2

Drakken:

Awestriker: No longer grants +8 Def to army

Dragon Aspect: Def on Hero: 20%->15%

Vaulter

Alchemical Genius
Lvl 1 science: 4->3

Allayi
Winter Winds: XP on Hero: 3->2

Necrophage

Necrotic Agriculture:
Level 1: Food: +15->+18
Level 2: Food: +20->+25

Hive Architect:
Industry per level: 6->5

Feeding Frenzy:
New: +5 Damage&Initiative

Mykara

Life from Loam
Remove level 3
Food on tile: 1->2

Cultist

Will of Isiver/Cilginka: Boosts: 13%->12%

A swathe of balance changes. I am pretty sure most of these are the right call.

Kapaku
Rename: Fuel to the Flames->Volcanic Forge
Level 1
Removed Retaliation Damage reduction
Now gives the heroes army the ability to traverse lava flows unharmed
Army Damage: +5->+10
Level 2
Now gives the heroes army the ability to regenerate health in volcanic terrain
Army Attack: +15%->+10%

Drakken:
Rename: Draconic Scales->Dragon Aspect
Gives the whole heroes army the ability to breathe in volcanic terrain and traverse lava flows unharmed.
Defence boost on Hero: 10%->20%

Inherited Power
Additionally +10% Damage on Hero

Raptor's Eye
Initiative: Additionally gain 10% Initiative on Hero

Battlesaur
lvl1 Damage on Hero: 10->15
lvl2 Atk on Hero: 10-15
Army Boosts: 15%->10%
Army boost now properly does not buff the hero

Cultural Ambassador:
Food per Approval above 100 per Level: 0.25->0.2

Ranged
Farsighted
Additionally grants the hero +5 Init

Infantry
Indomitable Will
Remove Level 2

Wild Walkers
Regenerative Materials:
Food on City: 20->30

Living Walls:
Food on Center/District: 3->4

Vaulter
Alchemical Genius:
Science on Center/District: 3->4

Allayi
Chosen of Auriga
Init on Army: 7->5

Broken Lords
Mining Authority
Remove +5% Ind per level

Roving Clans
Exotic Goods reworked
2 Levels
+1 Luxury per Level

Game Theory
lvl 2 Reduction: 15%->10%

Ardent Mages

Seething Fire
Initiative Boost: 5->7

Deadly Anatomy:
Lvl 1 damage: 15->18
lvl 2 attack: 15->18
lvl 3 %boosts: 10%->12%

Cultist
Cilginka/Isiver %boost: 12%->13%
Defensive Servo:
Additionally grants +10 Attack

Broken Lords
Dust Diviner
Level 2 Dust: 1->2

Dust Trickery
lvl 3: 15%->20%

Necrophages
Cadaverous Pesticides
lvl 3: 15%->20%

Sisters
Merciless Wrath
Army Damage Boost: 5->8

Forgotten:
Theory of Combat
Level 1: +10 Atk/Def->Def/Init
Level 2: +10 Atk/Def->Atk/Init

Flying
Battle Perspective
Removed +atk to flying units
lvl 1&2: +7 atk&defense on army

Haunts
Dustbound
Dust on District/City Center: 3->4

Perfect Timing
Level 1 init on Hero: 5->10
Reinforcement Patch

Energized Lightning
Removed lvl 2
lvl 1 now grants Chain Lightning level 3

Reverted Bark Skin buff, as it was too powerful.

A patch to buff the supportive capabilities of support-heroes.
Drakken are fine&good - Heal is great.
However, with the others, it is very rare that you should prioritize their buffs over simply attacking the enemy.
Morgawr buff, Hecatomb, is a very odd one. It can be difficult to use. This is complicated even further by the Morgawr heroes having very low initiative.
The mages Increased Fire is a decent buff - but if you can attack with your Ardent Mage Hero, that's almost always better. They have VERY good offensive stats.
To that end, I buffed both Ardent Fire and Hecatomb. I also buffed the Bark Skin capacity, which you can get in the support skill-tree.
Hecatomb will still be a bit of an oddity you wont use often - but if you can use it well, the payoff is appropriately big.
Going full support-tree on an ardent mage hero and buffing up strong offensive units with them should now be a legitimate option - they wont be a full-time support still like Drakken oftentimes are, but it should be beneficial to use their buff now.
Note that, due to buffing Bark Skin, the WWs Agache Shamans have received a small buff. I dont think that'll be an issue, though.
Lastly, I removed the second level of the new Shock! skill in the support tree. The capacity was too powerful period and also discouraged using your support-capacities over attacking the enemy for damage&debuffs. It's still a powerful skill regardless, in my opinion.


Support Tree
Shock!
Removed level 2

Iron Skin
Bark Skin now lasts 3 instead of 2 turns

Morgawr
Hecatomb: Damage increased to 45% from 30%

Ardent Mages
Increased fire now lasts 3 instead of 2 turns
Increased fire additionally increases Damage by 25%

Hallucinogens:
Industry per approval above 100: 0.05->0.3
On District->On City Center

Never got this skill into a good state, due to the multiplicative nature of it. Now it only scales with approval and not also the number of districts you have. Should still be strong, but not as ludicrous as before.

Small Buffs to Chain Lightning and Auriga Affinity.
THis will affect any units with those capacities. However, I dont believe that'll be a problem.


Chain Lightning:
Splash Damage: 20/30/50%->30/40/50%

Auriga Affinity:
XP: 2/4/6->3/4/5
Pearls: +10/20/30%->+20/30/40%

Fixed a major AI bug. AI is now able to properly use newly added skills.
Fixed a small bug with sisters' and Morgawr unit-production skills.