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[Boron]

Jurri said:

Isn't the Carrion lady a tad more cost-effective? 3 of them costs 48 gems and yields 6 per turn, whereas 2 lords costs 50 gems for the same yield.

Yeah they are slightly cheaper but have low hp and worse magic skills.
So i always buy the Lords exclusively.
The Ladies die easily with flames and stuff like that while the Lords can survive a few with their 53 hp

[Jurri]

Sure, sure, I just wanted to comment on the reanimation-effectivity. The ladies also research a bit better but are otherwise inferior, all too true. Having many commanders shields the important ones from assassinations and allows for a bit more flexibility in troop-movements, though.

That said, I wouldn't make anything else than lords as they stand now (yes, that's aimed at you Cherry! ).

[Arralen]

quantum_mechani said:
Luck does not help carrion growth, AFAK. While taking added growth does indeed add slightly to your carrion growth rate, it also kills pop faster and you pay points for it, so I would not recommend it. One thing that I forgot to mention that does help a a lot: high dominion. There is a massive difference in carrion growth rate between a dom 3 province and a dom 10 one.

Why should higher growth kill pop faster?
It's quite the contrary: higher growth makes pop last longer, as pop kill is dependant on dominion.
So with DOM10, you'll have no pop in no time ...