Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

Yeah, that's AI spellcasting stupidity. That's one good reason to spread out commanders. Keeps them from all getting detonated if you run into bad luck somewhere.

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

Whats even more annoying though is when your commander kills all his blood slaves... Even without casting any personal spells Abysian (and other) commanders can light up the slaves like stogies after a few rounds... now that's annoying http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If that's true (and I have no reason to doubt it), this is a major balance problem with the game. If an AI can do that much better with Ermor, then how much of an advantage would a human have using Ermor in multiplayer games?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's just too bad. At least the poor, innocent girls are finally at peace. You can always try a less-bloody approach. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

-- Arryn, the fanatic abolitionist

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not much. Ermor is relatively easy to counter with what Norfleet describes as "drive-by priestings". Several priests in a pack, casting Banishment, can wreak holy havoc (pun intended) on Ermorian armies. The game's problem is that the other national AIs don't use this tactic against Ermor. So in SP Ermor grows much stronger than it should, and leaves you a mess to deal with. It's not much fun when you play game after game and it tends to always be you vs. Ermor at the end.

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Also, Ermor requires the ability to manage ridiculously huge armies that spring up all over the place helter-skelter, gathering them up into roaming assault forces. This is what the AI is really *good* at. All other nations try the same tactic, and it's really optimized for Ermor.

Humans are not so efficient - though I imagine some people find this style to come rather naturally to them. Drives me insane, personally.

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

you need alot of cheap priests that'll be enough.

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's just too bad. At least the poor, innocent girls are finally at peace. You can always try a less-bloody approach. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

-- Arryn, the fanatic abolitionist </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ahh, but where's the fun in that? I mean in the end this game is all about blood and death and corrupting those who don't see things your way http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I just wish that my commanders would be a little more careful whom they stand next to... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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NOTE TO SPLOOGER:

Splooger, you are a newb, arrite? You will find many things very annoying and gay, etc. Once you become an expert and know the game well, you will find that many things which you thought to be unbalanaced, stupid, dumb... turn out to be nothing more than your "unkowing" of the game.

Thasss the bottom line. Continue to ask questions and you will get answers, but first you need to realise that you are a NEWB!!! (and i'm not trying to be mean here) Arrite, that's it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Err... just curious... in this context, what can be the meaning of this word??