The Haven Skill Options Kind of Lame

[Metathron]

And sylvan flaming ballista is nothing compared to the one the orcs or demonlords have.

Are you referring to their high attack values? If so, who cares about the slyvan flaming ballista when they can imbue it?

[Elvin]

I do if it gets only one shot before it can imbue. Of course it all depends how early you plan to do that.

[John.Galt]

I do if it gets only one shot before it can imbue. Of course it all depends how early you plan to do that.

You have to get Swift Mind (Easy as Ranger, unlike most races) so that your hero acts before the ballista.

[KiOwA]

I hate the new skill-wheel, any race can get pretty much any skill nowadays, I prefer the 'old' one where every race has several unique skills instead of just 1 or 2

Back in HV/HOF the Haven skill tree was even more sparse. I remember thinking that every faction's skill tree should have 5 possible choice for all skills (of course subject to pre-requisites).