but I'm surprised noone has mentioned the two attacks for Swordsmasters yet.
I mentioned my concern for this in the other 'whining' thread.
I believe that all other changes are fine and justified, but this unit makes me worry.
For us, I think we can handle them. I do agree that Skaven will probably have the hardest time, and Dwarves will proably have just as easy of a time.
The Commander is the HE's combat hero. He can ride an eagle but not a Dragon (it seems).
I think that the 3 different sized dragons is foolish. Most likely the options are:
Hero level Fire-Mage rides small dragon
Lord level Mage rides middle dragon
Lord level Prince rides big dragon
To be honest, I think that a unit of 0-1 Rare Drakes would not have been out of place, and that the Fire-Mage could ride a drake. Whats more, then there would only need to be the big dragon (because a wizard lord riding a dragon is pure Hero-Hammer IMO)
What happened to the Reavers? Do HE not have Light cav anymore - is that what Silver Helms have become?
I think the Core/Special/Rare slots are relatively balanced. What I don't think is balanced is what someone already mentioned... 4 DoW choices. In this way HE players can get around some of their Restrictions, such as Duelists as missile screens, extra Heavy cav, etc.
I foresee HE's playing very similar to MSU DE's actually... maybe just a little punchier.
Anyway, thats just a few of my thoughts. I am actually excited to play them / see the new book.