Pangaea advice

[Saxon]

If you are using swarms of maenads, I suggest leaving the archers out of the mix. It is not just that the sound effect of a dying maenad will drive you to hate friendly fire, it is that you should spend your cash on the heavy cav. Once the swarm hits, you can often race down the edges and smash the rear units. If they don’t go all the way, they join in the general melee which is positive.

The archers, on the other hand, rarely damage the rear echelon of the enemy and they almost always severely damage your maenads. In my opinion, the heavies are far better value than the archers when you have lots of light troops.

And yes, the undead are rather annoying to fight with this race, especially when I have gone down the panic route. Had some problems over the weekend. As has been said a hundred times before, Ermor is not that tough, especially if you have lots of priests. I found summon Lasmantas (sorry for the spelling) was nice, as my nature gems created spell casters who could send out streams of undead to fight the undead. However, when Ulm chooses to hit you from the left and Ermor is gnawing on your right, even the AI can beat you…

[st.patrik]

I haven't tried it, because I tend to prefer NE Pangaea, but the whole idea of a maened army sounds very appealing to me, especially with a few choice buff spells, such as Mass Protection and that spell that makes everyone go berserk (of course maeneds usually go berserk anyways). If you have a pretender with air magic casting Fog Warriors is a great way to make maeneds even better, and if you have earth, spells like Weapons of Sharpness and such can help out a lot.

Of course the one thing you won't want to face with a horde of maeneds is a SC with some kind of life-stealing weapon...

[Vynd]

Responding to your battle plan, izaqyos, I would not use Minotaurs as flankers. As you pointed out, they're rather slow for that sort of duty. I also think you'd be better off in splitting up your Maenads a bit more, and I would definitely put some in front of your Pretender. Otherwise he could get beat up by your opponent's fast flankers before he finishes casting his spells.

[HJ]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
3 gold more is a lot for light infantry. An ordinary satyr costs 9-10, right (I haven't been paying much attention since I never use 'em)? Well, add 3 gold per man and you pay a third more.

The new revelers are worth the 3 more gold, I think.