pretender magic paths advice/midgard strat talk

[PashaDawg]

Aezeal:

If you are getting ready for the Epotara game, be sure to take advantage of sailing. The ocean on the map is built for sailing, and I placed 3 sailing nations (Midgard, Marignon, and Atlantis) all near each other in the late era scenario.

Pasha

[Aezeal]

hehe first chance I get I'll take the water provinces themselves though

[Aezeal]

Ok is there anything usefull midgard can summon.. When I'm looking I can't really find any reason to go into conjuration but I would love to know if I'm mistaken

I'd also like new advice on which 5-10 research points you'd make first and why...

[OmikronWarrior]

Well, Air Queens obviously, and earth troll kings. Also, summon storm power is incredibly useful for spamming thunder strike.

As for research priorities, one of my tricks for Midgard is to rush to research const-2 first, which let you build a bunch of research quills to get a boost in the early turns. Next in line is either evocation (for thunderstrike, mists, and storm). Of course, thau-2 will help you get an early jump on your air income with Auspex.

[Aezeal]

Thanks that is good advice.
Summon storm power + storm seems a bit.. expensive .. wouldn't getting the staffs be the better way? (const-6 woudl have to wait a bit for me though)

For my astral mages I'm thinking Thau -2 woudl be nice anyway though

[OmikronWarrior]

If you're up against tramplers definitely rush Thau-4 for paralyze. As for the expense of casting storm, you are partially correct. Not only do you need the gems every battle, but it pretty much removes a mage from being able to cast thunderstrike multiple times. However Storm staffs are 25 air gems (though you can certainly use hammers to reduce that) and const-6. Spending the one or two air gems per battle won't be a biggie, especially if you started to site search early. If you're willing to spend just a few more air gems you can effectively quadruple your artillery (as only 1 in 4 of your air mages will have A3 off the bat).

Also, I forget what path Aim is under, but its very useful, especially if you're trying to neutralize somebodies archers with storm and mists.

[Aezeal]

Are the lower level thau spells not effective enough for mammoths and the like?