Impart Wisdom on this Newb Please

[Ironhawk]

Most items effect only the single commander that you give them to. Some will effect the troops around them, like the morale standard one. And others can have a battlefield-wide effect, like the staff of storms.

In the early game you are not likely to be sending your commanders into battle on the front lines, no. They are more useful for moving troops about and whatnot. But as the game progresses you will be able to equip commanders (usually higher level summons) with kits of magic equipment that will turn them into SCs (SuperCombatants). And then you will most certainly want them in the front lines.

Of course you could also just pick a SC Pretender right off the shelf, too...

Additionally, during early expansion you are unlikely to have encountered any enemy empires. So you might as well just expand as fast as possible. Once you bump into some enemies just convert that indy-killer force into a temporary defense force until you get a fort built or bring up a reserve army.

[ June 29, 2004, 23:42: Message edited by: Ironhawk ]