[st.patrik]

Originally posted by jaif:
I checked out new age pangaea like you suggested. They seem kinda borked. Well, the upgraded armor on the minos and centaurs is nice, but no harpies? The dryad hoplites don't seem worth it, and thematically why not make dryads scouts/spies and make the basic minos sacred? That way your naked minos are sacred and the others are armored.

Also, is it my imagination that the Pan is the same guy, same 350 price tag, but no free maeneds?

Yeah you definitely have less troops to play with than standard Pangaea. On the other hand, the troops you do have are pretty good - the Grove Guards are great, for example.

The dryad hoplites aren't worth it - you're right - which is a shame.

The Pan is the same as standard Pangaea, except that he doesn't summon Maeneds, and has one less Earth. So he's not as good, but that's what you pay for better satyrs, better minotaurs, and more heavily armoured cataphracts - for the same cost as regular Pangaea.

The reason I suggested New Era Pangaea is because they have tough troops, so you can play kinda like Ulm, depending on your troops to do most of the work, and at the same time they have more versatile magic than Ulm (having a 3 in nature and a random pick [also 1 in earth]), so you can more easily get some fun spells to throw in the mix later in the game

However, if it's not to your taste, that's cool.

(BTW I do agree that the theme could use tweaking)