Couple of quick observation on 5.4 release.  3 partial games, small map, priest,   2 on N dif, N- doomsday; 1- N dif, S-doomday

Scouts being monster magnets - much improved.  Not immune but everything in sight no longer converges, mostly skeletons.  I think you got it about right.

In all three games the Sk settled ALL habitable spots before i anywhere close  to being able to my first,  Even when i knew where the closest one was.

On N dif, N- doomsday,  DD count still rose v fast (shard attack driven i think).  Were it not for R DD spell i would have been screwed.

On N dif, S-doomday-  DD rose VERY slow,  It was really no threat

Still see some enchanted item icons going blank

Arctic terrain , both strategic and battle maps, is still WAY too bright, please tone it down some