An intial try at a Pythium strategy guide

tinkthank · #1 May 2nd, 2004, 02:35 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on sacred commanders, me stupid.

That blood spell you are referring to is currently broken. It does not even restore fatigue to the caster himself. I believe this is a known bug for quite some time.

Graeme Dice · #2 May 2nd, 2004, 05:40 PM

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That blood spell you are referring to is currently broken. It does not even restore fatigue to the caster himself. I believe this is a known bug for quite some time.

The reinvigoration spell was fixed in patch 2.11

Huzurdaddi · #3 May 2nd, 2004, 08:52 PM

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Ethereal Elephants aren'that good, their ever-crappy morale makes them rout pretty easily even if Ethereal

Yeah that's pretty much what I found. And boy did it suck when they trampled those expensive mages!

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Hoplites are a better choice.

Ahh fond memories. They used to be my favorite infantry until my current infatuitation with Principe! Actually I also liked the Hypaspist. I think that on cost basis I actually liked the Hypaspist better. But they are both good.

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a good Ethereal candidate is Abysia, with their strong, human-sized infantry.

Ohh that is a good one. Their infantry would be quite nice etherial. (hehe I still like the principe better!).

The thing is that this does require quite a number of casters to make it work. So you really need ( IMO ) really cheap casters that are sacred that leaves you with:

1) Pythium has these in mass.
2) Ctis ( yay Shaman ).
3) Marignon has the Witch Hunter ( same as the theurg ).
4) R'lyeh has the starspawn ( but really don't they have better things to do! ).
5) Ulm's Illuminated One ( ok they are not sacred but they are CHEAP ).

Most of these races are usually considered real "contenders." Well all of them except for Ulm Black Forest.

HotNifeThruButr · #4 May 2nd, 2004, 09:45 PM

Hoplites were always a big no-no for me. Hypaspists are easier to build with a closer gold to resources ratio and they have two strat move while still being able to mop the floor with almost all other heavy infants

olaf73 · #5 June 27th, 2004, 10:50 PM

So body ethereal isnt a self spell? The description sure sounds like it is. 'The caster's body becomes hazy and transparent...'

Huzurdaddi · #6 June 27th, 2004, 11:27 PM

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So body ethereal isnt a self spell? The description sure sounds like it is. 'The caster's body becomes hazy and transparent...'

Nope it seems to target a square. You can easily make etherial armies.

olaf73 · #7 June 29th, 2004, 04:17 AM

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So body ethereal isnt a self spell? The description sure sounds like it is. 'The caster's body becomes hazy and transparent...'

Nope it seems to target a square. You can easily make etherial armies.

Cool. Of course since I am playing Pythium in an MP game right now I wouldnt actually TRY this strat immediately...err

olaf