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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker
For lurking newbies:
Dont downplay the priests. They are easy to overlook but the name of the game is Dominions for a reason.
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Somewhat OT (blood sacrificing is not your normal priests preaching), but I saw in a 4-player blitz game played last week (I was eliminated first through "normal" methods though :P) an awesome dominion kill from Abysia. From practical zero (after the two first of us were killed off) to full dominion kill in 6 turns. He made an excellent AAR on our private forum with pictures and all, I hope he'd post it here too, quite educational
Even "regular" priests together with Dominion 10 can be a suprising killer in a game. This does not include LA R'lyeh or Ermor, as they have other huge bonuses with a dominion spread and Dominion kill is what they will attempt by default.
The following strategy is something I love with Pangaea (cheap temples and stealthy preachers), the sad point is of course that when people realise what you are attempting, they will forget all their internal quarrels and try to bring you down fast (you effectively become an Ermor or R'lyeh in their eyes)
It works better in single-play though, but nobody prevents one from occasionally trying it in MP
Send in the H1 (or higher, if you just have access to them
) priests in bunches to provinces without your dominion, build a temple and convert the province by preaching. Move on to the next to do the same. If you have stealthy preachers, send them in to hostile lands to preach the words of wisdom. With areas around your capital getting to Dominion 10, your dominion will start to roll until it reaches the avalanche point and nothing can stop it anymore (with dominion 10 provinces and plentiful temple checks the dominion has nowhere else to spread except to hostile dominion). If you also can blood-sacrifice (like EA Pan or Sauromatia for an example), just before the avalance effect becomes apparent, start blood-sacrificing like mad.