Wind ride

Kristoffer O · #1 August 7th, 2007, 04:22 PM

I had forgotten thet it might move units a few provinces. That might explain erratic behavior.

Meglobob · #2 August 7th, 2007, 06:47 PM

I used wind ride to kill enemy leaders/thugs/Sc's. It picked them up and deposited them unfailingly into a ocean nearby. They then drowned, was great for me LA Caelum and sad for LA Arco...

Its just a expensive assasination spell.

NickW · #3 August 8th, 2007, 06:17 PM

I absolutely love me some wind ride, it's one of the best assassination spells around because it's so hard to defend against. Most nations don't have easy access to big mages, E4 mages, or ethereal mages.

I really like to use in when playing Lanka since Lanka also has access to infernal disease. It's a one-two punch of assassination magic that can really scramble an invading army if they aren't ready for it.

Xox · #4 August 9th, 2007, 06:17 AM

Curse you meglobob!!!

you must have used about 500 gems is various assasination spells and attacks on my poor damaged LA Arco. The rain of seeking arrows was truly impressive. Actually I thought it was an inefficient use of all those gems to take out my by far weaker nation in that way at that point in the game. But perhaps you were using your main armies on another front?

Of course an attack by you is the gratitude I get for holding LA Agarhta to a standstil all that time til you decided to kill him, then me in succession.

Meglobob · #5 August 14th, 2007, 02:41 PM

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Xox said:
Curse you meglobob!!!

you must have used about 500 gems is various assasination spells and attacks on my poor damaged LA Arco. The rain of seeking arrows was truly impressive. Actually I thought it was an inefficient use of all those gems to take out my by far weaker nation in that way at that point in the game. But perhaps you were using your main armies on another front?

If you have got it flaunt it...

Well attacking you, it was on a direct opposite front to Jomon, so I could only use a portion of my army to attack you. I think I used all my chaff, plus a few SC's/thugs, supporting spellcasters. You put up such fierce resistance that I had to commit more and more force to destroying you. Was impressed at the fight you put up and 500 gems was a conservative estimate of what I used.

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Xox said:Of course an attack by you is the gratitude I get for holding LA Agarhta to a standstil all that time til you decided to kill him, then me in succession.

Lifes tough in a war of gods...

Xox · #6 August 9th, 2007, 06:21 AM

By the way, wind ride seems very broken to me also, Has not worked for me at all in DOM III as it used to in DOM II.

And, this one or two province distance limit i hear in this thread is news to me, undocumented anywhere, and was not a limitaion for wind ride in DOM II. Wind Ride, despite its high cost, used to be a favorite of mine in DOM II, now I don't use the spell. looking forward to seeing it fixed.

SelfishGene · #7 August 14th, 2007, 12:47 PM

Thanks for the insight.

Hey, NickW, close your eyes

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