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HeroScape is a game that has been out of production for over 10 years. That means that a majority of the fanbase has moved on, or is at least not very active here on the forums. The fans who have stayed active here are generally those who are both highly experienced at playing the game, and usually play in a competitive format. Those 2 things are key to the culture that currently exists on this forum.

Customs exist for a variety of reasons. If it's something you are mainly creating for yourself, that offers a lot of freedom. No one really cares if something is balanced to their tastes or not, if they are never going to see it at their own gaming table. There's a difference between something that is balanced for the casual once every few months game with friends, or the game you might play with a young kid or teenager, and the kind of balance that would be typical of a tournament. The kind of balance that you will see people talking about on these forums is almost always going to be aimed for a 1v1 500 point WoS map competitive tournament. When you post your customs here, for better or worse, your custom is inviting the perspectives that are common here, and the culture we have here on these forums. That means most of those perspectives are going to look at the design from a 1v1 500 point WoS map competitive stand point. The truth is that a "Wow factor", while desirable, isn't as big of deal for that perspective. How it performs in a tournament, when piloted by those who know how to exploit every ability in the game, is what counts the most to a large portion of the active community on these forums.

It is important to remember that when you create customs, you are primarily creating them for yourself, or those that you play with regularly. You are not making them to appease everyone here, and most of the time, you shouldn't try to do that. Make what's fun for you and your games. Sometimes that will come close to what the competitive community on here likes to see, and sometimes it won't. The best practice is to make the customs that you want to see and play with.