Guide: LA Ulm: Goths Gone Wild! or, Flying Immortal Vampire Harbingers of Dooooooooooooooom!

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To each their own.

Playing Ulm that way is not my cup of tea. I see no reason to bother with slow infantry who will only be useful in defense! The whole goal is to not have to defend, as then your castle is useless, you cannot recruit, you cannot blood hunt, ...

I agree though that if you are going to play it that way you need more castles since you will need to constantly be rebuilding your infantry at the front. The problem is that once the front moves or disappears that infantry is now nearly useless for several turns while you reposition it.

Though the issue isn't whether or not to use the infantry, the issue is how much infantry do you need, and do you need to take O3 to accomplish this goal. You also don't need O3 to afford several castles, and anyway, you reach a point where your new castles are not ones you actually have to pay to build right...

My personal experience says you don't need O3, but that isn't to say that there is not more than one way to skin a cat.