EA Arco - uncle moneybags

[chrispedersen]

As a note, Philosophers get +4rp in ChrisCBM1.44 and following just to make this kind of strategy viable.

[WraithLord]

Baalz. I can hardly keep pace with all your guides. Don't you ever sleep?

But you know what they say, you can't have too much of a good thing, and your guides (this one included) are top level material.

Your guides have that magical effect on me that makes me want run and play with said nations.
Thank you!

[chrispedersen]

A few things:

I think having a *pile* of priestesses is a bit of a waste- 1-2 has always been sufficient for me.

Additionally, under all flavors of CBM, seduction got a hefty boost; to the tune that it now *often* works.

Under CBM cat charm is con-4; under vanilla and ChrisCBM its Con-2. Well worth the investment.

Scout as fast as you can: Finding a blood druid site is gold for Arco - it comes with 5 fairly easily seducible blood druids.

Don't neglect charm, as a weapon. Sooner or later one of your mystics will allow you to runesmash.

Eye of aiming,shield of valor - minimal investment then considering storm/lightning spam.

On the subject of the flying troops; flyers get fatigue from flying as well as combat.
And their base encumbrance is like 10! So you will take appreciable fatigue just by flying up and whacking the opponents.

So, while I like the units, you will have appreciable attrition, especially in the early game if you use them unbuffed. Strongly consider reinvigoration - just to cut down on the number of hits bypassing armor.

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Pretender I'm doing this from memory, but I think you will find that Gaiea is available and makes a fine choice (thematic too).

[DonCorazon]

Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Under CBM cat charm is con-4; under vanilla and ChrisCBM its Con-2. Well worth the investment.

Sorry, I cannot resist comment on this, though its off topic. I think having more than one CBM / having CBMs named after players is unwise. I just imagine a new player reading this guide and going wtf - not only do I have to think about all this stuff including the classic dilemna of CB/plain vanilla, but now there is ChrisCBM, and then who knows what is next, DonCorazonCBM where Cat Charm's are Artifacts? Its like the CBM Tower of Babel. And really, how many MP games are using "ChrisCBM"? Is it really worth the added confusion to post things like this? Also, I don't know the whole history of the CB mod but it seems like QM has spent a lot of time on the mod, and he doesn't even use his name in it. To take it and make some changes and name the whole mod after yourself seems a little over the top IM Very Humble O.

[lch]

I wish the discussion starting from this:

Originally Posted by DonCorazon

Sorry, I cannot resist comment on this, though its off topic.

would have been in the respective CBM / ChrisCBM threads instead.