HINNOM EATS EVERYTHING

[konming]

A group of 8 W4E9N4 blessed oriopata easily dispatched 26 Hinnom PD with no problem or casaulty.

[MaxWilson]

E9 is probably the key there. I bet the W9 Palankashas fatigued out.

-Max

[Loren]

The Lords of Civilization have a corrupt order. I tried it for no visible result but when I later attacked the province the defenders instantly routed and I couldn't find a commander amongst them.

Did it make the commander leave? Did it send the commander to my capital like seduction would have? (Had that happened it would have died.)

[Baalz]

Corruption is a gender neutral seduction. It doesn't do anything if there are no commanders in the province. Haven't done too much testing, but seems to work much more effectively than seduction, I think it worked like 6/6 times against crap commanders when I tested it out.

[Ming]

Baalz,

Hinnom PD only have one 11 attack each vs 16 def for W9 blessed Lanka elite with no experience star (15% hit rate), which should give Lanka enough kills to rout the PD before fatigue becomes a significant factor. You must have been unlucky or greatly outnumbered (2:1 or more) to fail in your raid ... or was it the great bows and banishment that caused the damage?

Oriopata is definitely much more efficient in this match-up due to its higher defense and E9 makes it even more so.

Personally I would rank Sauromatia as Hinnom's #1 threat, followed by Niefel (this is largely based on other people's opinion and my analysis of its troops only as I have not played Niefel myself), then Helheim (also based on analysis only), followed by Kalissa, Formoria, and Lanka. Everybody else (that I know - have only played about half of the EA nations so far) will have major problems facing Hinnom.

[chrispedersen]

A water blessed (only) Lanka is insufficient against hinnom. You need to boost D/T. F/W bless, F/D Bless should be sufficient.

Also, many nations stop in the 20~ range with pd. With Hinnom, even with the expense, I believe its cost effective it even up to 30~ish.

I've played hinnom vs each of the races as myself.
Sauromatia *easily* takes hinnom. After that theres a big drop off.

[SlipperyJim]

Ming said:
Personally I would rank Sauromatia as Hinnom's #1 threat....

chrispedersen said:
Sauromatia *easily* takes hinnom.

Despite having played Dom3 for years now, all of my experience is SP, and I still consider myself a relative n00b. With that in mind, would anyone care to explain how Sauromatia is such a deadly threat to Hinnom?

I've played Sauromatia once. If I recall correctly, their two main strengths are excellent archery and deadly cavalry. Sauromatia's priests stink, and their magic is limited (but nice). Hydras are powerful, but hard to use. When I played Sauromatia, they seemed like a powerful -- but not overwhelming -- nation.

What makes Sauromatia the ideal Hinnom-killer?

[Renojustin]

I was about to say, there's nothing Sauromatia can do against Hinnom that other nations can't do about twice as well. Good call, Jim.

[MaxWilson]

Maybe it's the poison archers? That's what came to mind for me, although it seems to me that giants have less, not more, of a problem with poison arrows because of high HP.

-Max