by Anduin
TTM07 wrote:
The Humans and Elves have an advantage in influence over the evil races which they are supposed to leverage for dragon runes. The balance to that is the evil forces are much more powerful on the battlefield. What mechanism in the game prevents the evil races from simply waiting for the good forces to acquire dragon tiles and then taking them by force? I realize the tiles are hidden but you have to have hexes to put them in and only so many decoys.
I don't think that the good races are as defenseless as you are picturing them here... They still have strong units and can fight. It's not like they don't seek a chance when the Undead or Uthuk come.
And besides that: With more influence they can ally with some dragons or giants, too. And overall: The influence bonus is only small at the beginning of the game.