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Master Shake

February 27th, 2004 06:54 PM

Re: Great minds think alike?

Everything has it's advantages and disadvantages.

I like my Rainbow mages with 1 in every path, plus 4 in one or two key paths (Nature and Earth for Pangea for example). Someone posted a breakdown of magic sites, and most magic sites can be found with 1 magic skill. You can go higher, but it ends up costing a lot of setup points. Combat pretenders are great as well. So are research pretenders. That's the beauty of the game - there is no one best strategy.

Pangea is a great nation. A couple hundred beserk Maneads (free and little or no upkeep), mass protected, with 15 HP due to Gift-of-Health can beat down most armies. And if they die? So what, you got another 200 in the next province.

The bottom line is that you can find a winning strategy for nearly any nation. The fun part is exploring what works and what doesn't!

Catquiet

February 27th, 2004 11:08 PM

Re: Great minds think alike?

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Originally posted by The_Duke:

For my pretender, I usually go for a rainbow. I usually go with Arch Mage or Great Enchantress pretender. They have cheap magic paths. I give them one of each magic paths, and then concentrate on my scales, boosting almost everything. Hoping that a good empire foundation should give me the needed resources to have large armies. I them search every new province, usually keeping my pretender out of major conflicts, till well in the game once I have empowered him a little more.

I have no idea how to do a melee pretender, very risky.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Try a phoenix with 3/4 Air, 3/4 Fire. It is a good combat mage to help with early expansion and later in the game you can upset your opponents with Wind Ride and Flames from the Sky.

Gandalf Parker

February 27th, 2004 11:26 PM

Re: Great minds think alike?

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Originally posted by Master Shake:
Pangea is a great nation. A couple hundred beserk Maneads (free and little or no upkeep), mass protected, with 15 HP due to Gift-of-Health can beat down most armies. And if they die? So what, you got another 200 in the next province.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Heehee I love Lord of the Wild. Gives maenads back to the carrion theme. Or multiplys them for standard theme. And he sneaks. Sneak him thru other peoples lands and he drops maenads as he goes. They better have defense on every province or he captures them automatically without even fighting. For more fun give him the Black Heart and have a godly assassin. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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