It is known that Thor dwarves are working well, but the Dwarven Foundry is basically useless.
Saving 50~100 gold and food per technology in Classical or Heroic does not help Thor economy or military a lot --that equals to the cost of only 1~3 units, and we are not getting them before medium/ heavy/ champion upgrades by all means. And if we go technology we have And the 3 extra armory techs are virtually uesless: I have never seen an online Thor player got any one of these techs! There are two main reasons: The first one can be solved by either The problem of Solution a) is that it is making the original Iron techs cheap, not proving Thor's 3 Dwarven Foundry techs useful. But isolating the Dwarven Foundry techs alone is good but not enough. Problem 2) is not solved yet, they are expensive. I suggest to change the prices to 3 * 400 = 1200 gold doesn't come easily, so Thor will not have an unbalanced advantage. But it is affordable with Thor's dwarves since Classical or Heroic. Replacing the food and wood costs of these techs by favor makes them an alternative to original bronze techs. Although the 90 Fv cost is free for the Norse, it stops the Thor from getting them all before the big battles in Heroic, and takes out the (rare) option of using MUs as assists in early time. Please comment.
1. The 3 Iron techs (weapon/ mail/ shield) are still expensive, and we can't research the Dwarven Foundry techs before them.
2. The 3 Dwarven Foundry techs themselves (Hammer of the Gods/ Meteoric Iron Mail/ Dragonscale Shields) are EXPENSIVE!
a. Make the Iron techs really cheap, so Thor players can get them in early Heroic; or
b. Isolate the 3 Dwarven Foundry techs out as
Mountain Giants are much handier than Colossi, IMO.