I ALWAYS loose.... I need advice and have MANY questions heh!

[Lach]

How does getting the free undead work? Is your population replaced by undead or you get free undead units? What about gold/production?

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Lach:
How does getting the free undead work? Is your population replaced by undead or you get free undead units? What about gold/production?

The two themes of Ermor have no recruitable units. Every unit is either automatically raised from the dead by your dominion in your provinces, with more undead rising in provinces with castles and temples. You can also summon unholy priests that can further increase the number of undead that you have available. You will also very quickly kill off your entire population base, and have no more gold income or resources.

[Boron]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Lach:
How does getting the free undead work? Is your population replaced by undead or you get free undead units? What about gold/production?

The two themes of Ermor have no recruitable units. Every unit is either automatically raised from the dead by your dominion in your provinces, with more undead rising in provinces with castles and temples. You can also summon unholy priests that can further increase the number of undead that you have available. You will also very quickly kill off your entire population base, and have no more gold income or resources.

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yep . only one thing to add :
if ´there are gold producing buildings in a province like arena , gold mine ... you still get the gold so with some luck ermor still gets a small but steady gold income
because ermor only needs to build castles / temples / labs it is most likely enough .
if you need some further gold alchemizing fire / earth gems should always be enough

i prefer the free summons of AE ermor a bit more than the SG ermor free summons . you even get weak leaders summoned from time to time .
so you can use legions of free crap undeads to "scout/ oppurtunity kill" enemies and unleash your core troops which you summoned after that first costless test wave
the longdead horseriders / knights of the sepulchre you get are weak too but quite quick

in sp ae / sg ermor is real nice and for the pc's almost undefeatable .
so really the ideal race to test things

[Lach]

Sounds good but I wont be able to build castles besides pillaging....

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Lach:
Sounds good but I wont be able to build castles besides pillaging....

Heheheh....how little you yet understand....

No, really, what ELSE would you do with all the money you'll get from pillaging and alchemy OTHER than build castles, temples, and labs? It's not as if your units require any upkeep, or that you have any to recruit. With the exception of a few indy mages, what else would you buy? Castles! LOTS OF CASTLES! I WILL BURY YOU IN MILES AND MILES OF CASTLES IN THE DESOLATE WASTELAND! YAAAR!

[Lach]

Most of my earlier questions turned out to be from lack of understanding game mechanics..... the problem still persists however. IF I can live long enough to get high level magic and a big gem income I can win...... or get close enough that I am satisfied.

The problem is that the computer just SWARMS over me with ENORMEOUS troops numbers.... how the hell can I counter that?

[NTJedi]

Originally posted by Lach:

The problem is that the computer just SWARMS over me with ENORMEOUS troops numbers.... how the hell can I counter that?

You might be playing the game with lots of computer opponents on small maps... which would cause this scenario.

or

You might not be expanding to independent neighboring provinces fast enough. You should be planning to conquer a province every other turn. Mercenaries help big time with this.

Also when you first meet your enemies don't go attacking multiple computer opponents unless you feel confident about keeping them under your thumb.