Does purgatory work well?

[Thufir]

Can anyone out there with experience using purgatory in MP play comment on its effectiveness? As I read the description, it sounds pretty good, but I'd really love to hear from the sage voice of some veteran player or other, if possible.

Also, the description says this operates on enemy undead, but just to confirm, this does not affect your own undead, correct?

[Schmoe]

It's pretty good at reducing the chaff. I don't have any cold hard numbers, but I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Does it hurt your own undead? Good question, I'm not sure. I have a feeling it works like Wrath of God, which does not affect your own troops at all.

[Cohen]

Yes it hurts your own undead.
Yes it could kill a lot of small undead troops.
But is uneffective against anything good. But if you're against an Ermor or Pan Cw, or C'tis DT ... it could be very useful, even revert the war, admitted you've forces to launch a counter offensive.

[Yvelina]

Purgatory does hurt your own undead.

In my opinion, it is rather useless. It is a Thaumaturgy level seven spell, and it mostly affect wimpy undead that should not be an issue by the time you can get Purgatory up.

Look at it this way. Either you are a fire nation, you already have Evocation seven, and can use Fire Storm to get rid of the weak undead while you kill the SCs, or you are not a fire nation, and by the time you can afford to cast Purgatory, a global slot should never be wasted for such a relatively inneffective spell.

In a few, very specific cases, it may come in handy, but it would be a far-fetched scenario... and of course, the Powers that Be may be listenning, and I may have to do exactly that in 'Live and Learn'.

[Thufir]

Yvelina said:
Purgatory does hurt your own undead.

Well, that's enuf said right there, actually. I can't imagine not having at least a few undead hanging around.

In a few, very specific cases, it may come in handy, but it would be a far-fetched scenario... and of course, the Powers that Be may be listenning, and I may have to do exactly that in 'Live and Learn'.

'Live and Learn'? What's a 'Live and Learn'? Go ahead. Tell us.

[anatoli11]

It was used against me in a MP game Last week - I was AE and is killed about 600 undead the one turn it was active. I would say it did 10% to 20% including some resonable leaders.

Remember its' only active under your dominion.

[Vynd]

Thufir said:
Well, that's enuf said right there, actually. I can't imagine not having at least a few undead hanging around.

lol

[DeathDaemon]

I had some bane lords with antimagic amulet that were gaining afflictions in purgatory. I decided to move away and use non undead SCs to take them out. Plus it was Marignon.