standard ulm in multiplayer....

[archaeolept]

Achaeolept would have you hurl yourself into a giant war AGAINST me

well, it was what he wanted to know...

and you have won the prior games, and these settings do seem to fit your strategy...

I'm sure you'll do just fine...

[Tricon]

Do you play vanilla ermor? Sounds more like ashen empire...

anyway,

so if he goes on to harrass you, you have nothing to worry about.

(On a side note: and please feel free to pm the answer- I'm just curious- do you harvest your undead or do you wait for the mound king?)

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Tricon:
(On a side note: and please feel free to pm the answer- I'm just curious- do you harvest your undead or do you wait for the mound king?)

I do a little from column A, a little from column B. If a mound king appears, he gathers what he has and heads for front line, collecting what he passes on the way. Otherwise, an outbound army will perform the same task. Some rather outlying, backwater provinces don't ever get any traffic passing through: Those generally wait for the mound king.

[Truper]

Ermor may have no gold ecomomy, but its gem economy is important. A valid target for raiding.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Truper:
Ermor may have no gold ecomomy, but its gem economy is important. A valid target for raiding.

Yes, but unlike gold economy, a gem economy is not disrupted by putting the fort under siege. Raiding a gold economy forces your opponent to expend more gold defending his gold economy, by having to rally forces to retake the lost land, then suppress the unrest created by the raiding. Ermor, however, does not really need to "rally" forces. I'll just redirect the next blob heading for the front line to take a drive-by into the province and reflag it easily. Raiding is not nearly the inconvenience and nuisance it is to Ermor as it is to a living opponent. The undead always pay their bills in full.

[mivayan]

Condors - the main advice I have for you after the marathon we both played in a few weeks ago is to expend much more than you did then. Much much more. Send out armies in all directions to get lots of provinces => gold => armies and mages. It is often more profitable to capture indies than fighting other players.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by mivayan:
It is often more profitable to capture indies than fighting other players.

Yes, I adhere to this as well: On a map where you're not claustrophobically packed together, Indies are often easier, and more profitable, than trying to attack another player to expand your territory. Attacking another player also has the unpleasant side effect of provoking a war, which may not necessarily be to your advantage.