Old Age & EA Tien Chi?

quantum_mechani · #1 January 13th, 2007, 05:07 PM

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Terrel said:
Anyone out there w/ MP experience have comments on whether TC is still a weak nation for MP use?

It is still quite decent in MP, better than in Dom2, even.

HoneyBadger · #2 January 13th, 2007, 05:40 PM

Early T'C is very nice. Their armies really work well together, and it's easy, from a strategic point of view, to figure out where to put them and how to use them on a battlefield.

Hellboy · #3 January 13th, 2007, 05:41 PM

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quantum_mechani said:

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Terrel said:
Anyone out there w/ MP experience have comments on whether TC is still a weak nation for MP use?

It is still quite decent in MP, better than in Dom2, even.

That's good to hear - I'll give it a try, then.

Actually, playing a little bit more in SP, I am seeing that the suggestions posted do work, and the old age thing can be worked around, even w/o blood magic. It does look like a nice additional bit of detail, to me.

Ygorl · #4 January 14th, 2007, 11:38 PM

I'm currently playing EATCMP and not suffering at all from old age. I am suffering from Eagle Kings, though.

FrankTrollman · #5 January 16th, 2007, 05:01 PM

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KainWeylin · #6 February 21st, 2007, 03:24 PM

Dude, that Tien Chi advice rules. Have you considered making a guide for them? I would definently be interested. I am completely new to the game and don't even know about the summoning chain you described. Thanks!

jutetrea · #7 February 21st, 2007, 06:43 PM

Def agree. Although I did take 1death for the points. Went with a rainbow pretender and through construction summons can cast build EVERYTHING.

SP though, so grain of salt.

Currently I have such a lead in everything its pretty much over, took the early magic/gem lead and never looked back. (wished my pretender up to 10 in all 8 schools with wiz ring/sorc ring/sorc robe).

Beyond the end game foolery - I had my masters casting and creating pretty much everything with summons and construction bridging the gaps. Now I send 2 or three per army, flame arrows + windguide + archers = whoopage.

Up to this point i've never used the eye of aiming - generally hate cursed items as i like to swap around. For this game I got a good chunk of air gems and just churned em out - so now single target/small aoe spells are fantastic. I also went the route of giving most of my commanders ranged weps... so while my archers are mincing theirs, my commanders (with wind guide and eye of aiming) are peppering the commanders.

New to me, but now one of my fav nations. Going to try them out in the different ages now to see how they work.

I also use worthy heroes mod and IMO they have THE best SC potential hero. Flying, immortal, good stats, 3 misc slots, and astral. I had him running around defeating whole armies no sweat. Finally got greedy and got him killed by exhaustion, but hes even better as a mummy + kurgi.

sorry for the rambling, but they are fun, diverse, and work well together.

SelfishGene · #8 February 21st, 2007, 07:19 PM

One nice thing about the very rare and occasional 2-Fire Master of Five Elements that pops out is that they are one of the most accurate artillery mages in the game. Machaka has this option with the occassional Witch Doctor Chieftan to some extent.

Although i don't know honestly, if Wind Guide works with spells. I don't think i've tried. If it does, well, your in for some fun with Eagle Eyes.

KissBlade · #9 January 16th, 2007, 05:29 PM

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quantum_mechani said:

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Terrel said:
Anyone out there w/ MP experience have comments on whether TC is still a weak nation for MP use?

It is still quite decent in MP, better than in Dom2, even.

Better than dom II pre cb wise? or cb5.4? Because pre cb, turmoil scales are horrid so it's not saying much qm. And there is no way in heck it can compete with cb5.4 S&A because cb5.4 S&A in dom II was IMO one of the top nations in the game XD.