Exhumed the thread - normal for Ermor !
Just tried Soul gate in SP on Zen's cool "MTW" Europe map, and I'm very impressed !
Disposs Spirits, Shadows and Spectral Legionnaires compliment each other perfectly : the ones swarm the enemies and paralyze them, the others kill it
Then you have quite good national summons : W ladies, Apparitions... Unholy leaders are expensive but powerful (Senators and Consuls).
In battle what's funny is that your losses are often important, but SG units are *very* effective vs big baddies often feared : Knights, Seasonal Spirits, Trolls, etc are quickly disposed of with your magic ethereal paralyzing units
The SG Mages are much better than the AE mages, with Dusk Elder D3 *1 at only 20 gems, allowing varied magic, site searches and items.
All the units are Ethereal, and many are Stealthy, you can send huge armies in enemy territory and attack/pillage them by surprise.
Lastly kick *** Heroes : a Wraith Lord with U3, and a Bane Lord
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Overall they look very good, admittedly I've only played them SP so my experience is limited, but compared to the crappy hordes of AE Soulless and Skeletons they are much more powerful - even if much less numerous.
And I like them much more, because they don't stink !