Re: A neat little platoon for Machaka mid-game
 

yeah the bog beasts are quite cheap http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

only thing which doesn't suit me very much is they are strat move 1 only . so if the front is far away you either use them for defensive purposes or get the summoners first to the front http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

but as you said gemwise it is one of the better spells you get quite much for your investment http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
there are no nations with 100% natural poison resistance units or ?
expect pythium serpent cult with masshydras .

Re: A neat little platoon for Machaka mid-game
 

Soul Gate and Ashen Empire have 100% poison-resistant units. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: A neat little platoon for Machaka mid-game
 

The only bad thing about the bog beasts is they seem to retreat quite often. You almost need a mage or two to cast a mass beserk on them.

Re: A neat little platoon for Machaka mid-game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">hm and every undead summon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

that makes them very unreliable in lategame i guess http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

a very good use for them is most likely for an atlantian king of the deep which got luckily the naturepick http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
he can summon them then on the beachead http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

A neat little platoon for Machaka mid-game
 

I hate losing the riders of my spiders much less once I hit Construction 6 (which I want anyhow for skulls of fire) for this reason:

A Sorceror with a random water and a water bracelet can cast summon bog beasts -- supplemented with a few unroutable vine ogres (sorc with a random nature or a thisle mace) -- which in my opinion are a GREAT bang for your buck, IF you have poison-immune units, and those are cheap vine ogres and....
riderless spiders! Save em all, and make a cheap poison squad! A leader or two with a snake ring can then cast decent poison spells as well with impunity -- spiders and bog beasts rock!