[rabelais]

Been playing with various setups. I agree that the w9 bless is nice, but to take advantage of the MoR (who has been nerfed from 6 gems to 4 in cbm1.71) you have to take her awake which means her total cost is 75+224+dominion assuming 4 bumps for 70 that means you are looking at 369 points minimum. given you only have 350 to work with that puts you at -1 or -2 scales depending on how you want to push the dom. So I guess it depends what you mean by good scales. also the only shield you can make out of the box is a enc 2 black steel tower. (no nature income to start). did enchanted shield get buffed to con 2? it didnt seem to be there.

I suppose one could take her dormant and assume you can still reap some expansive benefit when she arrives, but it seems unlikely in a crowded game.

an imprisoned lady of fortune w9s9 isnt that much worse scales-wise and gives you significantly better sacreds.

Given score graphs are on I wonder what the optimal play is? a huge expansion huge gem income no research start is likely to get piled on....

same problem with lord of plenty if I wanted the earth bless for the sacred mages although 9-->13 protection on the Wot5E is unlikely to help survivability much. also I assume the LoP and LoR now only give 1 of each gem a turn.

If I had access to the sphinx s9e4 would be a no brainer as you get that with +8 scales. But I dont.

Does anyone know HOW MUCH better the size six pretender chasses spread dominion? If it's 10+ extra temple check it might be worth it, but that seems unlikely.

Also given my scales are probably going to bite should I not be afraid of turmoil? both t3 and o3(L3) have the big gold event right?

Too many choices. also I'm not sure what unique in the hammer change means. does it mean they are now con 8 and can only have one in the entire game? Is that the case for all the gemgens as well?

Thanks for all replies. Been enjoying reimmersing in Dom3, even if I'm a quick kill in the game.