Joys of EA Abysia

[Xietor]

"Vine shield was probably not a good choice, since they are very strong. Gold shield would have done the trick."

Absians have good morale too. And the Burning Ones go berserk, making the gold shield useless. See I have to plan the shields for more than one fight. I had already tried the eye shield(without success). With the flails getting 2 attacks and so many of them, they hit anyway.

Besides ask Admiralzhao about gold shields. He had one on his harbinger(who already has awe), as well as a fear helm, and attacked a handful of my elephants. The theory being, i guess, that the low morale elephants would rout because of the awe/fear combo.

Unfortunately things do not always work out in game play as they do on the chalk board. And none(as in zero) of my elephants routed and they trampled that harbinger to death.

[Psycho]

Originally Posted by Xietor

Absians have good morale too. And the Burning Ones go berserk, making the gold shield useless. See I have to plan the shields for more than one fight. I had already tried the eye shield(without success). With the flails getting 2 attacks and so many of them, they hit anyway.

Gold shield would have done the trick against pd. You can always send a scout squire with your bane carrying a change of equipment (i.e. vine shield).

I do things like that sometimes. It can also give you an element of surprise. Your opponent has seen your thug in action, he's got it figured out how to take him down. But, next turn your thug appears in a different outfit and you mess up his plan.