Quote Originally Posted by AlphaWaveCascade View Post
I think Ud got slightly worse this age compared to last. Aside from the fact that leet conversion is less space efficient than leet credits (by requiring you to run specs) the drop in spec and leet values make Ud stack up worse in comparison next age.

This age a Ud with 1/2 leets and 1/2 specs has an average off vlaue of 7 (5+9 / 2), which is as good as Av or Dw. Next age it would be 5.5 (4+7 / 2), worse than Av or Dw. At 3/4 leets it's also less strong than this age by comparison; where the average off is 8 this age (circa 15% stronger than Av or Dw) but only 6.25 next age (circa 4% stronger than Av or Dw).

So if you want to be competitive you have to pay to train a significant portion of leets anyway with current numbers.
I can see exactly where you get this from, however, if you increase the attack value of avian/dwarf to 8 (relative strength based on next age/-1 from orc/UD) you would find that the UD have not been weakened, avian/dwarf have been strengthened in comparison. I would concede that the UD/orc nerfs should be weakened a little in response to the other races getting stronger though, or weaken the buffs on avian/dwarf thievery/magic respectively.