Thoughts about Pythium...?

[Endoperez]

Depends. Do you want to keep the magics? Do you want to try somehting new? Would any bless effects boost your mages enough to consider that? Extra reinvigoration from Earth 4 might be, but you wouldn't be able to use that for anything else... And some people would warn you about Magic Duel: one lucky Shaman can kill your pretender... Luckily, you have more astral mages than most other nations, so that shouldn't be that big danger.

If you want a site-searcher, remember that one Arch Theurg has air-2 water-1 astral-3, so you shouldn't take those magics if you are not going higher than what any AT can do... Instead, buy one AT to go with your pretender. Or behind him, as you see what provinces you have already searched. With this, you could drop out astral, maybe air and/or water too, and go for better scales.
Oh, you had a Great Enchantress... Well, if you don't need astral gems that much you might want to try a druid. Bog beasts might be good to go with your hydras and vinemen, although you would have to be lucky to get good mages...
Or maybe you would like to try Serpent cult, for greatest success you should have some kind of a bless effect though.

Generally, do anything you like. Maybe you can pick one of these things and go with it. Maybe you would like to try other race for a change. Or maybe you should try going for a harder game. Damn, I started it againg...

EDIT: I think you got it now. Two summer swords and one commander = supply one sword would give you.
two swords and two commanders, both holding one = supplies of both swords
also edited some grammar

[ December 29, 2003, 10:14: Message edited by: Endoperez ]

[Fearun]

Thanks for your tips those really freshened my thinking. Maybe the serpent cult and the other things you mentioned are worth of trying. When get I learned about Pythium enough I´ll move to Pangaea. Because I like Nature magic at the moment.

[SurvivalistMerc]

Pythium is absolutely amazing, and they seem to have a much easier time getting an early start that some of the other nations like ulm.

I set one of the AIs to ulm, so I will see how well I do against them.

[apoger]

Pythium rocks both magically and militarily.

Principe and Emerald Guard are both superb troops, and the others are pretty good as well.

Hydra rock.

Arch Theurgs casting quickness-orb lighning are great. Make a bunch of communicants, and 'super size' those orb lightnings!

For a bit of early game abuse... make 8 communicants and stack them with some therug acolytes. Have the acolytes cast communion master and then Smite X4. Not bad considering it takes zero research! However in a long fight you will kill the communicants via communion fatigue.

Theurgs can cast quickness-aim-star fire, for a bit of low cost/low research magic shooting.

As the game goes long the communicants can super charge the Arch Theurgs for an enormus number of battlefield spells. Storm Warriors/Wrathful Skies will put the hurt on most enemies.

Always remember that the Arch Theurgs can move anywhere using Cloud Trapeze.

Theurgs can cast Paralyze, Arch Theurgs can cast Soul Slay. With communion or Light/Banner or the North Star, upgrade to Enslave Mind. Astral magic pretty much rocks!


Pythium has one of the biggest boxes of toys in the game. Enjoy it!

[ywl]

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
Pythium is absolutely amazing, and they seem to have a much easier time getting an early start that some of the other nations like ulm.

I set one of the AIs to ulm, so I will see how well I do against them.

Ulm can have a reasonable start - you just don't know how .

[SurvivalistMerc]

I actually do get a reasonable start with Ulm. But since they are resource-dependent I like to take surrounding provinces, and that is not always easy.

I find that I need mercenaries to help me get a good start as Ulm. Because I can't (it's not possible) to buy very many troops at first until you get some more territories.

It would be great if you'd share your wisdom as to how you do it, ywl.

I imagine you are using a supercombatant pretender. I like RBs better with Ulm, but that is a matter of personal taste.

[apoger]

One of the easiest way to quickstart Ulm is to take a pretender with earth-3. Such a pretender can cast legions of steel on the troops, making the starting force much more potent.