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KissBlade said:
Should probably not cast flame arrows against Abysia...
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yeah, that's the part that interests me -- what should he do against Abyssia??
I'm a hopeless Agartha/Jotun fan at this point, so monkey strats are utterly beyond me -- i tried them once in the demo and failed HORRIBLY -- markatas somehow just don't handle melee quite like my triple-blessed Ancient Ones do...
Antpile's strat looked really good in general, but it's primary weakness is the specific nation that the OP was having trouble with.
For Abyssia specifically, you'll probably want to look to your mages -- Yakshas Earth paths should be good for spamming some nice anti-armor spells (is Destruction available in demo? mmmm destruction
) which will make all your arrows MUCH more effective against the heavily armored abyssians. Yakshinis should be able to deal out some frosty hurtness with all their water power. Rain and Frostfall come to mind, but again i dunno if they are available in the demo. Chill effects will also slow down advancing troops a bit, which is good for you.
Position your guys way at the back, to keep the baddies at range as long as possible. I don't have any idea at all what your best strat to delay the incoming infantry would be... if noone with a clue chimes in, I'd try experimenting with various levels of province defense, and/or defensively equipped thugs. Check out some of the supercombatant threads for ideas here -- you will want staying power over offence, as your prime goal is just to keep the infantry off your archers as long as possible. Fire resist+etherial+shield(does it help to equip 2 shields??)+luck+reinvig+??? equipped commander types might be just the thing...
I imagine there's a bit of a balancing act on provice defense -- too much and you'll rout your "real" army when the chaff routs -- too little and the poor lil buggers won't even be a speed bump to the incoming baddies.
anyhoo, hopefully there's something in there you'll find useful. I'm pretty much a complete noob as well, so don't be too suprised if my advice turns out to be worth exactly what you paid for it
g/l with them wee monkie kritters!
danm