Taqwus
an Iron Dragon means you place one or more of your commanders in danger just for going into battle.
Now if you cast Ghost Riders 5 times (same cost as your Iron Dragon) it will EASILY do more damage than your one Iron Dragon and no commanders are in danger. (except for the rare case where the player has a lab and fire/frost dome casted)
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15 Trolls and 10 Archers?
That's not an army. By the time 9th level spells are in play that's a nuisance raiding force.
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This was an example as for a strong back province defense... of course it's not front line.
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The Wraith Lord fight on and finally scared away the others but most units escaped alive.
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THANK_YOU ! The point is the province is no longer protected and any enemy which owned the province is no longer collecting incoming/resources... your troops if they were set to attack now take the place without conflict unless another army was also moving to the location. Now cast the spell 5 times... your enemy just lost 5 provinces... same cost as one iron dragon. That's a good chunk of incoming and men lost... more damage then one iron dragon can do.
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I've equipped a Vampire Lord to the point that...
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Different spell requiring 4 death and 4 blood to cast plus 44 blood slaves. Lots more difficult and expensive to cast... thus in a completely different Category.
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any troops there either (making the attack a temporary loss of a province).
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The loss of a province could mean 50 gold or more for that turn... even if the spell is casted only once every turn... that adds up fast.
plus a possible loss of gem income from mg sites.
plus the player has to spend a turn for a commander and maybe an army to recover the location. Men which could/should be supporting/patrolling the front line or castle.
[ January 07, 2004, 23:56: Message edited by: NTJedi ]