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Originally posted by Peter Ebbesen:

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Im not so much for maxing an single field as in doing combos. There is a playable strategy for maxing all the bad scales and taking more blessings. Not a total ultimate strategy and not easy to play but a fun one to consider. You can get all 4's and one or two 9's from it.

Catastrophic scales, minimal dominion (1-3), expand in front of your dominion, and just keep rolling while your ultra-powerful Pretender goes on a conquest spree and your sacred mass-blessed troops carve out a realm of glory for you?

Then you will probably want the ability to rapidly build a fortress near your ever expanding frontlines, which means the 40 point Mausoleum.

That should leave you enough points for THREE level 9 blessings and a single 4 on a Naga Chassis, or two level 9 blessings and 4 on the rest. Could be brutal.

I have got to try that one out one day - sounds fun.

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It could be fun, but I don't see how you will mass sacred troops with such a low dominion...

A dominion of 3 would let you recruit only 3 per turn (assuming they are capitol only...) until you get enough temples built, and that's not so cheap now is it with your massively negative scales.

I dunno, it's cute, but effective? Well I'd have to see it to believe it

It would seem as though death9 (or 10) is perhaps a useful investment of points, but 3 9s... well outside of certain nations (Ermor) I can't see it as a competitive alternative to a less focused blessing strat.

I do understand the 'fun factor' though, but I'm not concerned about the 'fun factor' right now, I'm more interested in successful high bless strats for competative MP games. Or failing that, just how many people would actually want to try a high bless strat for reasons other than surprise.