The Chosen Ones - Intermediate EA Game

[vargr]

Even better: 80 hp damage from a single volley of indie archers, right through personal luck and 22 prot..

[Saros]

I saw the god turn up on the slain list. Bad luck there but good for the rest of us!

[llamabeast]

Even better: 80 hp damage from a single volley of indie archers, right through personal luck and 22 prot.

That's extraordinary. Was he badly fatigued?

[vargr]

2nd or 3rd round of combat after personal luck + 2 x breath attack. Fatigue couldn't have been extremely high, at 20-30 max. Nevertheless it ate all the arrows and must have critted several times, the dmg floaters were all blurry.. And to ad to the insult, this province, scouted as safe w/ militias and light infantries had several A3 mages waiting, finishing my poor wyrm with lighting bolts.

I know the dragons are not the most efficient combat pretenders, but this build was fun and reliable in SP-testings.
I guess even the DRN is crueler in MP

[tratorix]

How are some of you expanding so fast? Jeez, my poor jaguars are wearing their legs out trying to keep up.

[Saros]

Sauro has those hydras who basically walk right over indies as if they're not there.
Tir has ridiculously good ponyman thugs right out of the box. I think CBM gave them some magic items for free as well so a single commander can take nearly any indie prov.

[Nightfall]

Originally Posted by Saros

Sauro has those hydras who basically walk right over indies as if they're not there.

Yeah Sauro has had crazy fast expansion, but I know that if I had decent early game troops I'd probably be attacking him next turn, so there has to be others considering it.

As it is though, early game aggression just isn't an option for me.

Originally Posted by Saros

Tir has ridiculously good ponyman thugs right out of the box. I think CBM gave them some magic items for free as well so a single commander can take nearly any indie prov.

Giving Awe to Ri's was not a good call, out of the box Awe + Glamour + 23 Def + sacred self buff + Air magic for 330 gold is a trainwreck, if you think Eagle Kings are good, CBM Ri's are now tons stronger and cheaper.

[Stretch]

Make sure you get the CBM 1.84 from this thread: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47550

Otherwise, your game will be out of sync and you'll see battles play out one way, then look at your armies and see different results.

[tratorix]

Ouch. Looks like C'tis is in pretty bad shape. Ossa, I don't think anyone would blame you if you want to go AI. Or you can stick it out and try to make whoever killed you bleed. Your choice.

[Bullock]

First stall at turn 20
Doesn t sound good.