First off, this is a games forum not a school class. i post in whatever grammar i can, another reasion is, english is not my 1st language. Critizing my grammar or other things that do not have to do anything with the subject is rather arrogant and short sighted when its happening here on a game forum, another reason why i will ignore such posts in the future. And i usually type quickly from mp games or at work so i have no time to check for spelling and other stuff, just cause you have the time, does not mean all other guys have it.
I talk in many other tbs related english forums for years and all people do understand what i post, so edi and graeme dice: don't bother and stay to the subject, more friendliness would be welcome too your do you treat all newcomers to this board like this? I played since dom1 and just lurked this board for years, i know which people have which attidude, meaning the arrogant and unfriendly posters are allready well known, i can only say do not bother me, thank you.
If you do not understand what i write or if its too hard to read for you feel free to ignore my posts, it would make us both more happy and this thread could finally stay on topic again and Gandalf or other moderators are not forced to close this thread. Anyways, it would be nice if some guys here would be more friendly when posting, no matter who is right, stay friendly and you are treated friendly as well.
Btw, i know the elitist behaviour well, in aow sm i leaded the ladder and all mp games, its tbs as well, i do not intend to repeat stupid wrongs in the past and no one should either. Dom community sure do not need arrogant elitist destroying the game with unfriendly behaviour.
Dust to Dust
slightly off topic but gorgon could use it too): In my test i used 5 mages with 3 in death magic path scripted casting "dust to dust" several times. Ghost king was scripted to cast mistform, astral image and other buffs. dust to dust did no damage at all and this after 10 castings directly on the ghost king. It might eventually hit the ghost king, but it did deal never damage, all it did was to kill mirror image. After that mistform protected ghost king against exactly 1 hit, dealing 1damage. So Mistform was gone too. And finally Ghost king was hit big time by dust to dust for full damage. This is what is saw in the combat screen. I did not run 10 battles like this, but the results speak for itself. Or can a unit be so lucky to survive 10 dust to dust from close range? The mages just stood in front of him and its area damage too. So please consider this. The ghosts that travels with the ghost king come in handy too. Gorgon seems very vulnerable to Life Drain. So with ghosts he can certainly kill her if she is not stuffed with the best items in the game.
Other Pretenders that can deal with Gorgon:
Lord of the Night, good hp, humanoid so can use lots of items, assassin and BLIND.
Void Lord, better hp as gorgon, Life drain tentacle that she is vulnerable against and BLIND.
So, while i agree she is powerful against most armies i am not convinced she is the best SC, not in a direct combat with other SC. magic res items or anti magic spell is not need in friendly domain, its needed in hostile domain only or if Gorgon is using special penetration items. So Gorgon is limited to her own domain, when fighting other SC in any case. Additonally panagea has very weak priests, in LA(prefere to play in that era) their priests have just lvl1 preachers. They depend on better independent priests. I do not see these things as much as advantage. And while white/black bull do trample much its very good vs small armored troops, helping expanding early on what kinda is the same purpose of the gorgon as well why risk her in battle with other SC? To get her back is a long way with just lvl1 preachers.