What do you think about ermor in dom2

Black One · #1 January 6th, 2004, 01:08 AM

My friends are giving me hard time and saying that ermor is suprerior compared to other races. Is this just BullS**t or is it true?

NTJedi · #2 January 6th, 2004, 01:31 AM

ERMOR is not superior... it's death magic that is superior.

Death spells like Spirit Mastery, Ghost Riders, Tartarian Gate, Pale Riders, Burden of Time and more.

Lots of death magic sites allow you to recruit units as well just for having a death mage visit the site... lots more than the other magics.

During Arena matches Ermor wins 95% of the time because he has some powerful necromancer.

The artifacts for death magic are great too... Wraith Sword anyone !

Hana · #3 January 6th, 2004, 01:36 AM

I'm assuming you mean Ashen Empire Ermor. They play differently than other races, but as for them being superior... just see how quickly their large armies come apart when there are a few good priests around, or even fire mages. Just like (almost) everything else there's a counter for it. You just have to find it.

NTJedi · #4 January 6th, 2004, 01:41 AM

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Originally posted by Hana:
I'm assuming you mean Ashen Empire Ermor. They play differently than other races, but as for them being superior... just see how quickly their large armies come apart when there are a few good priests around, or even fire mages. Just like (almost) everything else there's a counter for it. You just have to find it.

Hana is correct... priests and archers will destroy most undead armies.

It's not Ermor that is powerful... it's death magic.

Lord Hammer · #5 January 6th, 2004, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by Black One:
My friends are giving me hard time and saying that ermor is suprerior compared to other races. Is this just BullS**t or is it true?

Personally, i think Ermor is far superior but heh, i'm dead

. I have had almost all my experience with DOM2 playing variations of Ermor and have learned enough to conquer all opposition. That said, enough experience with "any" race could give you the same opinion

."Death Magic" rocks, for sure...I can only say i had a HARD time against certain AI races when i was Ermor and could only imagine the punishment a "human" opponent could dish out making me feel..."not so superior"

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Bowlingballhead · #6 January 6th, 2004, 02:01 AM

I don't know I want to weigh in on whether death magic is strongest. I'll grant this - Burden of Time against an enemy that's not prepared to dispell it can be a game ender.

Ashen empire is definitely not unbeatable. Frankly, I think C'tis's Tomb Kings setting may be stronger. Sure, Ashen Empire has an almost unlimited number of undead, but they're so very, very, very weak - and it's a tremendous pain in the butt for Ashen Empire to branch out into any other form of magic, or even to research much.

Then too, your borders are weak. At least other races can buy up provincial defense and know it'll weed out spies, slow down invasions, and weaken incoming armies. Ashen Empire doesn't have the cash flow. When everybody's dead, they're not paying taxes.