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Old April 12th, 2004, 06:03 PM
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I tend to agree that the main focus should be to get all neighbouring provinces first and build temples later. Unless the map is crowded with player ai's, you have a bit of time before enemy dominion becomes a factor. But it is of course a matter of style... and dependend on the nation you choose.

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no more temple in every province for me, then
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Lots of players hire Mercs first turn to get a jump on early expansion. If you don't hire them, then your enemy probably will, so it's a strategy to get the mercs first turn no matter what. Otherwise, use all your gold the first 5-10 turns in building armies and cheap research units. Keep bolstering your main conquering force until you have enough to take provinces while taking very light casualties and form up a second army.

By turn 20 or so you should have 2-3 full armies conquering lots of land. At that point you can build masses of priests to drop temples all over and searching up all your sites.

I wouldn't build temples sooner than that unless you see lots of little red candles coming closer and closer to your capital.

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no more temple in every province for me, then
I like to build as many temples at possible, even more so if my pretender is supposed to clear provinces alone. High Dominion means High Hps, and more Hps mean lesser chance of getting afflictions.
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Lots of players hire Mercs first turn to get a jump on early expansion. If you don't hire them, then your enemy probably will, so it's a strategy to get the mercs first turn no matter what. Otherwise, use all your gold the first 5-10 turns in building armies and cheap research units.
All the gold for army troops and research units? With many races I've tended to try and buy the most powerful commander on turn 1, in order to make my Prophet. Priest-3 and, better, Priest-4 (such as High Inquisitor, Anathemant Warlock) are ideal, since going to Priest-4 gives Holy Bless and Fanaticism, while P-5 gives Smite - a great way to win early battles with no casualties, while getting the Prophet into the Hall of Fame where he'll no doubt get something useful like Heroic Attack skill.

Alternatively, I want a topnotch combat commander for the Prophet - Niefel Jarls become decent mini-SCs. Or (less often) a super-expensive mage, in order to drop the upkeep by 15 or so.

Of course - I wind up getting my butt kicked, so maybe I should try buying the cheap commanders.
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no more temple in every province for me, then
Why not? Just don't start building them too early. As soon as you get enough gold income, go for it. High dominion has lots of benefits and is worthwhile strategy.
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High Dominion means High Hps, and more Hps mean lesser chance of getting afflictions.
It doesn't actually, since your chance of getting afflictions is based on your base hitpoints.
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