Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Per-Level requirement.

AFAIK, no.
Neither do missile hits.

Can easily get into the Hall of Fame when fighting Ermor, but not because of spell hits but because of "killed" (banished) longdead etc. - they get 100 kills or more quite fast http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Haven't see this.
AFAIK the only way to get +1 death is by coming back via "Twiceborn" spell. The mage might end up with "feebleminded" or "mute" affliction, and therefore useless, as well, though ...

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Are you sure it wasn't a starting random that you didn't notice until later?

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

No xp for killing? Doesn't sound right.

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

No more than for hurting him. If a lone Jotun Axeman killed an unconscious Dragon, he'd get in LOTS of hits, and got 1 point of exp from each.

Hitsw = exp work for melee, and I can understand why ranged units would get experience more slowly than others, but what about trampling? Does it still have attacks?

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Arralen,

Is 5 stars the most you can get beyond which you cannot advance any more in stars?

Also, I wish there were hit points increases with each star. It would help out human thugs immensely.

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Also, if the experience increase that Arralen quoted when entering the Academy of War (and when fighting a battle) correct, then it seems almost useless. That is, if the Academy of War only gives you 4 experience points, it almost always makes sense to fight a battle instead, because 4 experience points are the minimum you are guaranteed if you win.

Five stars max.
 

There's no experience level above that.

Mind you, if you're a non-pretender commander in the HoF, you benefit from maintaining enough kills, experience and/or deaths to remain there -- your heroic ability gets stronger so long as you're in the HoF. It stops improving if you no longer qualify.

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Except that usually when you fight a battle you take casualties. With the Academy you can park a commander with 120 (or more) units in the province until all 120 have 2 or 3 experience stars before ever going into battle.

Of course, I don't think that experience does enough to make worrying about it worthwhile. Increases in attack/defense are marginal at best - the only things that really seem to benefit is morale and possibly missile troops that start with at least average accuracy.

Re: Five stars max.
 

Taqwus,

Thanks for the clarification. It's been aeons since I last played Dom II, and the Demo of Dom III doesn't last long enough for me to easily catch those factors! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Academy of War -- Enter for Training ?!?!
 

Arralen,

Level 3 is 25 turns! That's a long time to park your commander and troops.

As for the casualty issue, I guess I tend to take less casualties since I tend to build prefer elite, durable units. (My favorite nation in Dom II was Jotunheim with the Niefel giants theme.) Also, I am concerned more for the experience acquisition for commanders than the regular units--who are ultimately all fodder. And commanders, esp. AoE spammers, will benefit far more from fighting battles.