Best Unit in the Game... Any thoughts?

NTJedi · #1 June 16th, 2007, 04:18 AM

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Kristoffer O said:

Of course it is not casted! People like control over things

Well it's more with the cost of the spell... 50 astral gems is a very high price for a single unit which comes from a high research level.

Evilhomer · #2 June 16th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Its actually a combination of the high cost, rather low survivability (low defense+low protection) and the fact you lose control over it.

Kristoffer O · #3 June 16th, 2007, 04:44 AM

>50 astral gems is a very high price for a single unit

Actually it's a low price for freeing the fettered one and unleash him upon the world. The fact that his physical powers are limited by time, space and the newly dead doesn't make the powers of his fetters less strong.

NTJedi · #4 June 16th, 2007, 02:38 PM

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Kristoffer O said:
>50 astral gems is a very high price for a single unit

Actually it's a low price for freeing the fettered one and unleash him upon the world. The fact that his physical powers are limited by time, space and the newly dead doesn't make the powers of his fetters less strong.

Actually it's a high price when you can alchemize the gems for 25 of another type and then use those 25 gems to summon units/commanders which can kill the beast.

HoneyBadger · #5 June 16th, 2007, 02:55 PM

What would be great is if, when the Eater of the Dead wanders off, there's a chance he decides *he* is a god, he becomes the Pretender of a nation of his own misbegotten, mutant children-by mating/raping various furry forest critters, the dead, MA Ulm, etc, and the Eaters of the Dead nation showed up on your doorstep.

Maybe-with multiple castings-even more than one.

And to whomever questions the existence of mighty Cthulhu-well, have you ever Wished for him?

well, have you?!?

I THOUGHT NOT!

Muahahahahaha!

Valandil · #6 June 16th, 2007, 04:06 PM

Yes. I have.
Unfortunately, I was running a mod which added him, hence, it worked perfectly.

In other news, bathusma (eg.) has like 90% regen, right. If you power wished, would you have like 250 hp per turn?

ologm · #7 June 16th, 2007, 06:40 AM

A eater of the dead should spawn more eaters of the dead once it grows to a certain size. Attack of the blobs

Lazy_Perfectionist · #8 June 16th, 2007, 10:24 AM

Agartha can get a 300+ hitpoint commander, by prophetizing a Marble Oracle which you must admit, is somewhat insane, considering thats more than most pretenders.

I'm hoping to figure out a working astral pretender build, so I can try a Juggernaut with the Golem Cult bonus.

Gandalf Parker · #9 June 16th, 2007, 01:01 PM

I had an eater of the dead show up on one of my chaoticised maps. I loved it. As Pangaea I would rush a couple of Pans over there to follow it around. Every time it cleared a province, my hidden pan would toss a couple of maenads and take ownership. Since the pans stayed hidden they were not in danger from the eater.

Meglobob · #10 June 16th, 2007, 02:19 PM

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Lazy_Perfectionist said:
Agartha can get a 300+ hitpoint commander, by prophetizing a Marble Oracle which you must admit, is somewhat insane, considering thats more than most pretenders

I have a 500+ hp prophet at the momement, I prophetized a tartarian! 50hp/turn regeneration...

Him and my destroyer of worlds pretender, only 200+ hps make a cool duo...