New patch??

MaxWilson · #1 July 20th, 2007, 12:10 PM

And it's also a minor bonus, when you're invading an empire with a Death-3 dominion, to not suffer from supply penalties. That doesn't mean you'd want a Death-3 on your *own* dominion.

Edit: yeah, Ulmish troops should definitely have their MR raised at the very least. Combined with their drain dominion, they should be quite magic-resistant, as opposed to requiring drain dominion to make them merely average.

-Max

Kristoffer O · #2 July 20th, 2007, 01:19 PM

The whole point of Ulm is that they are suceptible and afraid of magic. They might get other bonuses, but low MR stays.

Gandalf Parker · #3 July 20th, 2007, 01:56 PM

Thematic? Too bad. I would have liked for Ulm to be the rock-paper-scissors "answer" to magic nations.

MaxWilson · #4 July 20th, 2007, 02:07 PM

Okay, then. I guess I thought they had a different theme, but "susceptible to and afraid of magic" works too. Hmmm.

-Max

Xietor · #5 July 20th, 2007, 02:51 PM

Allowing a Lord Guardian to enter the Forges Of Ulm and train an elite warrior, at a rate of 1 per turn would help. He could have decent mr gear, so he would not be 1 smited, and perhaps wield a 2hed sword of sharpness.

Given the slow rate of fire of arbalests, allowing smiths to start with the ability to cast earth meld would help a bit also.

Since Ulm is a thematic race of forgers, perhaps taking their capital should be really painful. Of course if your capital is being sieged, your income is lost and you are likely just delaying the inevitable.

Many good players take astral races, and MA Ulm has few answers to many of the potent spells that "magic resistance negates."

Kristoffer O · #6 July 20th, 2007, 03:05 PM

> Okay, then. I guess I thought they had a different theme, but "susceptible to and afraid of magic" works too. Hmmm.

Why else ban magic and kill magic users?

Fear is a strong incentive to do stupid stuff

MaxWilson · #7 July 20th, 2007, 03:13 PM

Large numbers of cheap (but effective) troops are a form of answer to many of the MR-negates spells. Soul Slay hurts relatively less if it only kills a 10-gp warrior.

-Max

jaif · #8 July 20th, 2007, 03:15 PM

I would love to see MA ulm get a bonus to dominion spread. Make people struggle to keep the commoner's fear of magic out of their territories.

-Jeff