[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
Well, see the topic. Im having HUGE problems to get dominion when using the Ashen Empire theme. I was using start dominion of 6 and though my prophet and god were wandering the near provinces i lost dominion very fast and thus was not able to get more units.

thanks for the help !

Well .... 6 is perhaps low for Ashen Empire, especially in a MP game where your opponents are probably going to have at least 5 or 6 themselves. Since Dominion makes your troops, I don't think I'd try Ashen Empire with less than 7 or 8, especially since you should have about a thousand points to spend once you are through with scales. (Remember, AE and SG have no use for any scales except, maybe, Magic and Luck.)

The other thing to do is build temples. Temples increase dominion; just as importantly, every 5 (or 6?) temples you build raises your maximum dominion by 1. Build some temples near your borders to aid offensively; build more back from the front lines, where they're less likely to be razed by the enemy. Again - you won't, shouldn't, be buying troops, so you don't have much to spend gold on except for temples, forts, a couple of labs, and maybe some independent mages if you find really good ones.