What do you think about ermor in dom2

[Lord Hammer]

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" .

[Bowlingballhead]

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.

[Lord Hammer]

Throw "Well of Misery" into that equation and who needs taxes? Besides, when you don't pay taxes you get..."Summons" Get it? Now you have TONS of cannon fodder in EVERY province while your cranking out Uber-Summons every turn.If your Dominion is 9 or 10 you get much better freebie troops popping up plus...well...there are SO many strategies Carefull use of tactics and planning is needed when playing against Holy opponents but Death is always near Bruhahahahahahaha!!!

[Gandalf Parker]

Of course Ermor is superior. It wipes the board in solo play against AIs. Let them think that until they get into a multiplayer game. No, thats a rude thought. Scratch that. Hopefully your friends figure out eventually that certain races such as Marignon is perfectly made to be the balance for Ermor. A human player who learns how to play Marignon will wipe Ermor. Other nations can do pretty well also.

Of course then they are bound to tell you that Ulm is way superior. Thats usually the second one. Or sometimes a water nation.

In any case, they will probably go thru each nation one at a time and find ways that they are excellent, and ways that they balance each other.

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[SurvivalistMerc]

Gandalf,

What nation easily wipes Pythium? Pythium seems rather superior to me. But then again I'm a novice.

There is no one nation that can 'wipe' Pythium. It is well balanced so it doesn't fall into that particular Category.

And you should say "Base Pythium" as opposed to the thematic.

[apoger]

Ermor [ashen empire/soul gate] are very potent versus the computer AI as it does not recognize the threat of the population killing dominion. In play versus humans they would be much less potent, as others have pointed out.


It is my personal opinion that the Ermor [ashen empire/soul gate] should be Banned from multi-player. Not because they are potent, but becuase they are unfair to the players that start adjacent. Nations starting next to such Ermors are at a huge disadvantage since they are near a population "dead zone". They end up with much less resource in the world near them, not due to anything they did, but due to the bad luck of their starting position. It's such a glaring disadvantage that I'd rather not see these Ermor's in multiplay at all.

Ermor [broken empire] is an excellent nation that combines very good troops with some astral and death magic. It is a very capable nation that is worth exploring.