undead question

[thejeff]

I think what you're missing is that you need a lot of priests, because you can get a lot of undead chaff very quickly. Either with Raise Dead spam or with reanimators.
Sure, if you're not fighting undead it's useful to have a couple priests in the army to bless and Sermonize, but it isn't useful to have 20. And you're not likely to have 20 H2 priests unless they're mage-priests, in which case they're more expensive.

Also, while undead are vulnerable to banishment and some other spells that normal troops aren't, they also are immune to some things regular troops are vulnerable to. Most of the chaff undead are cold resistant, fear and awe don't work against them, mind attacks fail, life drains don't work. Plenty of thugs that could slaughter regular troops will die to unexpected undead.

[iRFNA]

Originally Posted by Soyweiser

And in large enough groups they will eventually hit normal other troops (who get fat, another bonus of undead, they don't get fat from combat)

This makes me imagine troops killing and eating the undead until they are too bloated to defend themselves. Then the undead kill them and do not feast because they are dead.

[Soyweiser]

Ps, Johnbrave, care to put your ideas to the test? you vs me as MA/LA Ermor or LA c'tis?

[brxbrx]

Originally Posted by Soyweiser

Ps, Johnbrave, care to put your ideas to the test? you vs me as MA/LA Ermor or LA c'tis?

lol, you really want mp. sorry that I wasn't interested. should have replied I suppose

[JonBrave]

Wow, you're all threatening me with MP! Nooooo, I'm green, I was asking you experts, who I'm sure are correct, to enlighten me.

Your responses all make good sense to me, thank you.

[iRFNA]

Psst, johnbrave, pick a nation that can recruit a ton of W2 mages and spam cleansing water.