[quantum_mechani]

National Troops

1. Anything blessable
2. Jotun troops
3. Pythium troops
4. Elephants & Mammoths
5. Longbows

*Note that I don't consider useful non-magic commanders troops

Summons

1. Lamias
2. Fiends of Darkness
3. Sea trolls (with court)
4. Trolls (with court)
5. Vine Ogres

SCs

1. A pretender with quickness, ironskin, fire shield, ect.
2. Niefel Jarls
3. Air Queens
4. Van/Tuatha mages
5. Wraith Centurions

Mages

1. Sages
2. Sauromancer/Marshmaster
3. Caeleum Mages
4. The enchantresses with 2A2S and a sorcery random
5. Daughters of Avalon

*Note that this is not including SC mages like Vans and Niefel Jarls

Playstyle

I usually play much like Gandalf's 'waters of the dam'. If I don't get into a war by turn 20 (common on my usual map, urgaia), I will probably do some hoarding. Hoarding much riskier and more interesting on tight maps. Sometimes I will try to create an alliance against a player that is getting very powerful, but normally I let them come to me.


Settings

Usually default except higher indies. Though I like to play around with other setting to make each game a little different.

I also usually play with Zen's mods, though for the purpose of the ranking I assumed without.

What I like about DomII

The variety and flavor of all the nations, summons and spells. The fun to watch battle system. All of the little details, unique magic sites, artifacts with interesting properties, unique independents, national heroes.

What I dislike

That some options don't have much of any use. I would put the number at more like 25-40% though. The AI could use a some help too, but I don'treally play SP anymore (and it would be an unimaginable amount of work to bring the AI to a level where I would find it interesting to play against).