Is it hopeless to continue this game ?

[Shovah32]

As i said Ice strike(evo8) is also quite nice and not cold damage afaik.

[David3]

With what spell do I telleport the Monolith ?

"4 attack per turn kings" - you mean melee attack only or that they can cast 4 spells each turn ?

and .. by the time I do all you say, ulm will have 4000 - 5000 troops ... do you think I really have a chance if I do what you said ?



and thanks for your answer , I thought it was over and I didn't know what to do .. but I see that there allways a way out ..

it's like a chess game - a though chess game ...

ps. the setting for the computer is normal .

[David3]

What do you think about the idea for posting saved games ?
It's like a puzzle that you are been given and need to solve (for you) and something to learn from (for me - when I see your 1000 armies with your 30 greater mages and your 50 greater Items .. - that I only will be able to do in easy settings or in 6 months when I become more skilled player ..).
And just for fun to see what other players stratgies and so ..

[Shovah32]

You dont have to do everything i said, with a combination of your pretender, shamans and mages, with a little bit of alchemy you could be making one of the thug/SCs i mentioned per turn, if you could research magma eruption it would be a double bonus, with a script of invunerability, summon earthpower, quicken self, magma eruption, magma eruption, attack X. A group of 2 or 3 of those magma equption casters i can see killing a good bit over 200 men per battle (6 magma equptions and then 12 attacks per turn from a group of 3) and with support from an army... they could do wonderful things for you.

[Shovah32]

Posting saved games is good, it happens occasionally but what i would really like to see is the host of a MP game saving the turns and presenting them afterwards.

edit: to teleport the monolith use the spell teleport(2 astral pearls) and attached (hopefully) is a picture of a buffed, equiped king that i would like you to make(made in a single turn in your game)

[David3]

Thank you very much for your the help.

What is Attack X ?

[Shovah32]

By attack X i mean set him to attack whatever you want(closest, rearmost, archers ect) and check my last post for a(hopefully) attached picture of the king.

[David3]

Ok. Thanks

Very Much

[Shovah32]

Now, as i see it, 1 of these for every 60-80 ulmish troops(without mage or army support) should, hopefully(with magma eruption) get you consistant victories with minimal losses. Something you could do to greatly increase their survival is research phoenix pyre(you have alt 5, its 6 or 7) because, if they buff with it, whenever they die they will explode and be reborn with extra fatigue(they have 11 reinvig when buffed and blessed so no worries) and kill(usually) everything nearby. If you use maybe 2 or 3 of these guys(non phoenix pyred to protect troops) along with a conventional army+artillery mages casting ice strikes and magma eruptions you could have a good chance of beating ulm(and if you get the maelstrum up you will have extra gems to make these kings)

[Valandil]

Note: pheonix pyre, not power.
Although I'm pretty sure your average basalt king (Average??) needs pheonix power for pyre.

Also, you could just retreat into the sea, put up a global or two (Maelstrom...), and wait.