Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

Lightning bolt is the ultimate damage spell.
what you want in this kind of spell?
Damage? LB has damage penetration.
Precition? LB has added precition i think +2(fire spells have not), plus if you can cast it you already have +2 prec from 2 levels of air. with prec 10 you get 14 prec casting this, so it will hit target.

It´s not balanced.
plus, if you play with caelum they get even more prec racially. These guys never miss.

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

How about AoE?
I'd like that too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

If you like a big area of effect, go for Shockwave, available at the same level of research. Shockwave and armies do not mix, however, but the spell is deadly when cast by a lone mage. I do not believe the spell can kill the caster, if memory serves (at least my non Shock Resistant casters had no trouble with their own Shockwaves).

Lightning Bolt is actually Precision +7, for a net total of 18 precision for the weakest mage able to cast the spell (via an air gem). Quite good, and still decent even in a storm. Air does seem to be lacking in summons however: besides Air Queens, I do not believe Air has any "good" summon that can be actually used in an army (the Crows will not do you much good in a fight). There will be only three Air Queens, so if you want Air summons, you'd better hurry. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif (I am, of course, not saying that Air is not a potent school)

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

Shockwave can definately rebound on the caster. My Phoenixes routinely kill themselves with it, not that I particularly care.

-Frank

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

Griffin here:

I voted for death:

Globals(!):
-Burden of time
-Utterdark <---!
-Storm
-Well of misery

Battle-Summonings:
-Raise Skelton(the ultimate way to get indies early withn 2-3 Dusk Elders)
-Raise Dead

Evocation:
-Shadow Bolt
-Shadow Blast*jeheee*

Items:
-Many many items that raise deathmagic

Soul -forgot the name-, that wich drains souls!

Imortal summonings...

I really like deathmagic.

...and many ways to link it with other pathes!

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

fire is cool!
it gives all fire commanders the abilities to have more units in thier army

Re: Poll: Most useful path of magic?
 

Poor water...
0%
....
All it has going for it is clams,quickness,and frozen heart.....