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http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2944/subtj2.jpg
This is how I sub minor nations that have staled 4 turns in a row against one the leader nations.
/good natured bragging

If that is the best Man can do I will seriously roll over him during my subbing time, makes me wonder if I should have attacked Man instead of Midgård when I was in game myself. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

To other nations: Looking for room to expand into? Now would be the time to eye those fertile lands, except the capitol which will C'tis'reward, under Man control because the Witchking will have his hands full with tomb kings. I hear mammoths and skinshifters are especially good this time of year.

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Wow! Nice. I'm beginning to see how well smaller armies can do against big ones - just witnessed a Caelum force get its butt handed to it by a Pangaean army half its size. Those dryad hoplites are scary....

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His army wasn't smaller then mine. He had a great deal of province defense and skelly spam.

Other things to consider, I only brought one mage and one priest to bare. That priest had only 2 holy and the mages strongest path was 2 air. The opposing team had to bring their mage-prophet, their death 9 immortal god, 4 more priests and 3 more priest-mages. All mages had death 4 or higher with exception to one that had death 3.

When calculated, C'tis defended their land with almost twice as much gold, and that's before you included the province defense.

All-in-all, C'tis isn't rolling over me, they are stalemating for a while at a great cost to their mid and late game. His hope is to urge everyone else to do his work for him. Trust me, he isn't pitching in as he isn't even attacking me.

I'd roll over him if he takes away those mages for even one turn. That being the case, C'tis has a larger gapping hole in the defense of it's land then I do. I can at least tell you where his god and prophet is, he can't say the same.

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Oh ok. Still, pretty impressive for a sub who just started last turn.

Looks like Caelum really learned from his mistakes. This time he used air and water elementals to shred Pangaea's dryad hoplites, much to my dismay. It's super interesting to see the point / counterpoint play of Dominions battles. I wonder if Pangaea will be able to turn the tables on Caelum again.

How am I getting all this info?? Liberal use of astral window via a couple stone spheres I got lucky and found. Gotta love luck scales. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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That sounds very good to me, especially after the first attack was a total disaster http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I have not seen the latest turn yet, but I have to check it after I get home from work. Sounds like my mages made the needed difference against those nasty dryad hoplites. But I'm sure I haven't heard the last of them.

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Well, at least it took you 13 mages including your god and your prophet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Plus you again had twice as many real troops (of course, I had a lot of PD, but Pangea's PD are pretty weak) and the first time was touch and go as it was against just regular troops and with a reasonable number of archers in support.

Of course, I'll make you pay as much as possible, but I'd guess I'm in deep trouble now. I don't come even close to matching your resources, or magical level, so unless somebody is ready to take you in the rear (hint, hint) you'll probably roll right over me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Yes, they are probably the best infantry in the game. Now, if only Pangea had some reasonably priced and decent mages to support the dryads...

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I don't get it. Not that I'm complaining, mind but there's this battle where according to the replay my army was routed after inflicting heavy losses on the enemy (>50%) and suffering some losses too (~33%) and yet, the report says I won and I did keep the province. What happened here??

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I also had an anomaly last turn - some troops I had queued up to recruit in a province did not turn up. They are still sitting in their queue this turn http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Anyone know anything about what can cause this, or is it a bug?

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It is more likely that your unrest is well above 100. High unrest will prevent recruitment.