is trader still over powered?

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. So again, HB is not the mode to judge the balance of certain tanks.

what should really be said is:
HB is not the Mode to judge the balance of ANYTHING

I cannot emphasise this enough, HB is not meant to be a balanced mode, and has never been a balanced mode. Until the day the devs want to support this as a balanced mode, then by all means startup your own bug reports. But it really, REALLY annoys me when I hear people use HB mode to prove/disprove their arguments.

Especially those who who should know better.


EDIT:

Back to the topic, I agree that the trader is a bit overpowered, it wouldn't hurt to remove it's armour so that it takes full damage from creeps and tower (so, armour =0 , a -3 penalty). The XP gains even in a normal game seem to be a bit high, a 15-25% reduction in xp gain - so 1gold :.85- .75 xp would be a reasonable place to start.