Dominions 2 Demo Review

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
For some units, yes. But there are several Machaka and Jotunheim (the two nations I tried) units that increase in cost too drastically for what you get compared to the next weaker troop they have.

Between Machaka hoplites and Spider warriors/knights? Or between hoplites and normal warriors? For the spiders, it's because that spider comes with a ranged web attack, is fast, has two normal attacks, one of which has death poison. Then when the rider gets killed the spider hangs around for the rest of the fight. For the black hunters you get a spider that is blessable and hangs around even riderless for many turns. Spider knights are also almost twice as fast as infantry, which lets them outflank their enemies.

Machaka hoplites on the other hand are excellent heavy infantry, with both good morale, excellent protection, a defense of 14 against arrows, a hgih damage weapon, and escellent attack and defense skills. Remember that a single point difference can have a very large effect with the rolls as seen on the charts in this thread.
Die roll charts