March 5th, 2004, 09:13 PM
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Re: Caelum questions, both themes.
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Originally posted by Liadran:
In longer games upkeep is quite important thing. Raptors have lower upkeep and it counts for quite much. Also the better aproach for no supply and no upkeep troops is an important matter. And the fact that Raptors are better at hurting enemy economy is very important.
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Raptors arn't specifically better at hurting enemy economy. Also upkeep is a factor for late game, but I feel more important is mage production/use. If upkeep is slightly higher and research slightly faster with Harab Seraphs than High Seraphs, but each of those High Seraphs as the game progresses becomes more functionally useful than Harab Seraphs, I would say the better is the High Seraph. Especially considering the variety of spells (from Water to Air) as well as manuverability to underwater (which RotR lacks) and that Harab Seraphs are much less of a factor in both raiding and 'fighting'.
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Raptors synergy with their magic comes with their troops, not only with combat spells. Air, earth and death must all be used to their full effect. Earth can alone fix some of the flaws of Caelums' troops.
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A single Earth with no chance for random does not fix this flaw. It only produces a slightly more survivable mage in terms of melee, and slower fatiguing because they lack quickness.
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About that Dominion. Raptors can't push their dominion as effectively as base Caelum, meaning that where the figth is there most propably is not a Cold +3 province (and you don't have Wolven Winter for easy use).
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And this is a detriment, since half of your units fight better in a Cold Dominion; but the other half do not. So you are trapped between being able to take advantage and being at the whim of enemy dominion. If you take a weaker dominion to save points for a pretender; you will be more easily pushed (especially since you can't preach up dominion well at all) around and your dominion countered. If you do sink the points into a high punishing dominion, your theme specific troops are at a disadvantage over base Caelum. Not to mention the economic impact of still being Cold3 Preference.
[ March 05, 2004, 19:23: Message edited by: Zen ]
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