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DrPraetorious said:
Actually, it's the *action point* bonus that really hurt him that battle. My giants practically teleported across the battlefield - in a hot province they're much slower.
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I'm not sure the action points are that important - if both sides have melee armies, when they meet each other doesn't really matter.
The big problem as I see it is the cold aura. Most armies have about two hits at the giants - enough to injure them significantly if you have good men - then the army falls asleep in the cold, and the giants mop up with no casualties. Of course their extra armour and defence make a big difference too.
In my test games, Abysia beats Niefelheim trivially in a hot province, and almost can't win in the cold. But I think it's likely Niefelheim will have Wolven Winter (trying to estimate from the score graphs) and given that he'll probably be able to guess where any important battles are, how can I possibly beat him? I wish there was some kind of counter to wolven winter, but there isn't as far as I can tell, and so no matter how good my dominion is, for only 10 water gems he can turn the heat-3 province where a battle will occur to cold-3, dooming my poor soldiers.
If he hasn't got Wolven Winter he's stuffed.
