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With the new avian body type and Reaver Culture that focuses on war spoils. You can even use the highly customizable faction creator to imbue the very spirit of a certain freedom-loving country into the game. Complete with a symbolic eagle avatar, a bloated military budget, and a passion for bringing liberty to the other factions. Assuming said factions have resources and land that you want, of course.

Jokes aside. The Reaver culture really showcases the customizable strength of Age of Wonders 4. The faction itself looks inflexible but can be made to bend into a variety of playstyle ideas through the creative tools that the game presents.

Empires & Ashes is a meaty expansion. It adds four new tomes, a brand new culture, story missions, a new optional victory condition, and plenty of other smaller additions that further expand the game.

War spoils are gained by fighting free cities and other empires. That means Reavers usually hit the ground hotter and faster than most cultures. A particularly interesting aspect of the Reavers is that they can force enemy units subdued by their Overseers to join them by spending war spoils.

I find the Reavers fascinating because they appear to be entirely one-dimensional. They obviously have a leaning towards evil and they pair well with faction traits such as Ruthless Raiders, or Chosen Destroyers. However, there are a bunch of concepts you come up with outside of evil warmongers.

Finally, we have Magelock Cannons that have the same limitations as Magelocks but can blast apart enemies in a line. They are super satisfying to use. I also like that you can outfit your Ruler and heroes with Magelock Rifles, or a Sword and Pistol combo.

Tome of the Construct unsurprisingly empowers constructs by linking their minds together with your race and providing buffs for units with linked minds. They also feature an upgrade to the Copper Golem, with Bronze Golems. Copper Golems actually evolve into bronze ones if they level high enough.

Empires & Ashes brings a new form, the avians, which gives you a nice feathered flavor for your various faction ideas. Forms are, of course purely cosmetic, but new additions are always welcome. Bears are included as a wildlife unit and basic mount, but a trait can grant your faction powerful dire bears to ride around on.

Other new units can be found within the world such as Scrap Hermit Crabs, and the larger Living Furnaces, as well as the terrifying new Progenitor Golem. A new optional victory condition can also be activated when making a realm.

Beyond that, there are two new story realms to play that directly follow the storyline from the base game, as well as some really great-sounding music tracks. Age of Wonders 4 directly benefits from pretty much any new addition that increases variety. Each new goodie introduced in Empires & Ashes is a welcome one, even if I would liked to have seen more specific additions, such as more Ancient Wonders

The body and mind traits have been overhauled. Instead of selecting a body and mind trait, you now have five points to spend on your choice of traits altogether. Additionally, new traits have been added, such as Hideous Stench, and Athletics.

You can now disenchant items and use that essence to forge new ones. Magic Materials that you control grant you new effects that you can forge onto your items, so this change has a twofold effect. You can now outfit your heroes with highly customized magic items, and magic materials are even more valuable because of what they contribute to the system.

Empires & Ashes is a great expansion that leaves me with little to directly criticize. The new Reaver culture of arcane-infused guns is a great addition that opens up even more playstyle opportunities when crafting your faction ideas. All four of the new tomes spice things up, and even the smaller additions, such as dire bear mounts feel impactful.

Ultimately, Age of Wonders 4 thrives on the options it presents the player, and Empires & Ashes, just like Dragon Dawn before it, maintains a laser focus on that core strength by amplifying and expanding those options. Thus making the game an even more wonderous strategy experience.

My curiosity got to me. After all, if I ordered it I could always return it if it did not perform up to my expectations. That is why I love buying from B&H. They have a GREAT return policy that allows for easy returns if an item does not do it for you. So there I was..I placed the M8 in my cart, then I changed my mind! I instead put in a 28 Summicron and a 50 Zeiss Planar. I wanted a fast 50 and I know first hand from previous ownership that the 50 Summilux ASPH is the best 50 in the world, but it is $3500, Zeiss is $900. I decided to splurge on the 28mm Cron instead.

Below is a series of shots all taken with this 28 Elmarit, Leicas least expensive 28mm Lens. Click on each photo for a larger version. Also, keep in mind, these shots have all been converted from RAW in Adobe Camera Raw. They have been resized, levels adjusted and in some cases have had color tweaked or have been converted to Black and White. A digital darkroom is necessary if you want to create shots with YOUR own style. I believe that NO camera today produces an out of camera shot that looks absolutely spectacular. But, that is just my opinion. When clicking on the shots they will open in the same window so just hit back on your browser to come back here. Here are the shots:

This review is not like others out there as I am showing the shots that I took with this Lens and an M8 that have been resized, had levels adjusted and colors tweaked. I believe in the final result. I really do not care what an out of camera shot looks like as long as its decently sharp, in focus and has decent white balance. I did provide the samples above so you can judge sharpness. What this test does show is that the Leica 28 Elmarit is sharp all through its range, maybe a little off at F22 but that is to be expected.

One thing Leica glass is known for is being sharp, even wide open. Leica lenses are usable at ALL apertures and the this Elmarit is no exception. As for the big gun, from what I personally seen with my own eyes, the 28 Summicron beats this Elmarit in color and rendering but not sharpness. I would prefer the F2 of the 28 Cron but at $2200 more for one stop is not justifiable to me. Plus the 28 Cron is TWICE the weight and almost twice the size. The Cron also blocks a big part of the viewfinder with its enormous hood.

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