Ermor LA Start

TirAsleen · #1 March 20th, 2007, 04:54 PM

Should have dusk elder to start with....or else other pretenders with different path as 2-3+ death and "awake" are most useless. i think it would help out ashen empire a lot in some of its shortcomings too...

calmon · #2 March 20th, 2007, 05:09 PM

Yes you are forced to take an awake pretender with some death magic.

On the other side you get massive points from the scales. Which is a very good compensation.

TirAsleen · #3 March 20th, 2007, 05:21 PM

but you could have more points if you could have a dormant or imprisoned pretender. and other paths than death with a dusk elder to start with. you get massive point fromt he scales to just investin 1 unit, not that good as it sounds

thejeff · #4 March 20th, 2007, 05:41 PM

Actually, in SP, it's an interesting challenge to start with an imprisoned pretender and rely on freespawns and your starting commanders...

You'd get rolled over in MP, of course, but the AI handles undead hordes so badly it's doable in SP.

TirAsleen · #5 March 20th, 2007, 07:54 PM

while i play mostly mp, i thought about taking an imprisoned pretender like sphinx with good astral path and other paths but no death. adding death magic is easy enough due to the huge gem income. and its possible to spread wide without any magics too you pillage own home province and wait some turns to get more commanders and undead then attack. usually play with indie strenght8 so only with mercenarys its a good idea to attack turn2. anyways, since i saw some guys posting ermor in la is a lot nerfed compared to dom2 and their national summons are so expansive either its fair to start with a dusk elder, it would beef up ermor a lot. and no other changes are needed, it would make this nation more diverse. never really played ermor with SC only rainbow mage with very high death and astral magic, as i think their econeomy is gems in the first place.

plus, not really an advantage to start later with your god as ashen empire, as he is better of to research or search for magic sites early on or they have some problems. so starting with dusk elder first is just for the good of it.

Taqwus · #6 March 20th, 2007, 08:38 PM

Considering that Turmoil-3, Cold-3, Sloth-3, Death-3 and Luck-3 are essentially "normal" for a net 360-point bonus, and that you don't really benefit much from uberblesses, what else would you spend the points on from dormant/imprisoned? You can already easily afford high dominion and plenty of low-level magic on an immortal Master Lich.