Question: Defense Dilemma

[HJ]

Originally posted by PDF:
There's one simple solution : play the Cradle map, it has lifelike bottlenecks and access routes, it makes the game more enjoyable than the usual "runner wars" where you chase the crappy IA armies invading from everywhere

I wholeheartedly agree.

[Vynd]

If you really hate raiders, you could try playing one of the death based nations like Ermor, whose dominion kills off all of their population. No population equals no supplies, so its much more difficult to raid these nation's territory. That's not to say it can't be done. Just that it is more difficult and costly, especially if the raiders want to head deep into your territory instead of staying along the fringes where their forts might provide them with some food.

Obviously this doesn't address the problem when it comes to normal nations. But if you find raiding really frustrating then maybe the death nations would make for a more enjoyable experience for you.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Vynd:
If you really hate raiders, you could try playing one of the death based nations like Ermor, whose dominion kills off all of their population. No population equals no supplies, so its much more difficult to raid these nation's territory. That's not to say it can't be done. Just that it is more difficult and costly, especially if the raiders want to head deep into your territory instead of staying along the fringes where their forts might provide them with some food.

This doesn't really address the underlying problem of random parties sacking and burning down unprotected temples, or the fact that provinces now instantly switch to enemy control and you have to send a clean-up crew to deal with this nonsense. Ermor, of course, has fewer problems with this than other nations, having troops everywhere usually sitting around gathering dust, but the loss of the site income and temple is aggravating....and it really IS necessary to build temples everywhere.

I have a game going where I'm a sizeable power on the map, and have temples in every province...yet for some reason, enemy dominion continues to get in. Clearly, this is unacceptable. I must build more temples until this goes away.