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Kristoffer O said:
I would probably place Yomi 2 early game, since they are a bit unflexible at start. They have the dai oni, but everyone knows that and they can be countered by clever players. Troops etc are also inferior vs human players. Banishment is not used by indeps to the same extent.
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Agreed. I'm far from being an experienced player and I did'nt play even half the EA nations, not speaking of the other eras. But I've been playing now Dom3 for a year and I tested Yomi 2 times in MP and 2-3 times in SP games. Compared to the other EA nations I tried, I would rate Yomi something like 2 - 1 - ? - 3 - 2 (never played late game here...).
Why is that ? Dai Oni are good thugs and Hannyas are good battle mages.
But Dai oni are really expensive. They have to be equiped. They are capitol only. As thugs, they suffer from encumberance and a not so high MR. To equip them with the goos stuff is not absolutely straightforward, at least for a non expert player like my humble self.
But Hannyas lack 1 level in nature magic (for Haruspex and nature gems gathering at least).
Moreover, the standard troops (bandits & archers) are OK vs. indies but do not match a human player army at all. They sneak but do not hurt so much.
I think playing Yomi is an interesting challenge.
But difficult
But interesting
