I have never won a sp game...

[Wyatt Hebert]

Having played Ulm quite a bit, I have a few remarks to give you.

1) Jotunheim is a really bad matchup for you. High Cold adds to your fatigue problem, and they have the Strength to blow right through your armor, and you can't kill them nearly as fast.

2) My recommendation for troops is fairly simple. Go with the 10G 24R Morningstar troop (NOT the Black Plate guy). Produce 5 or so a turn, and a set of like 30 of these guys can typically eat through most provinces... 60 can chew through lots of stuff.

3) Watch out for any kind of magic issue. Your resistance is pathetic.

4) Master Smiths are immune to the Drain Scale, so get 120 extra points by maxing that out. I would recommend Order 1/2, Production 2/3, and Drain 3, at the very least. If you can get Order 2, Prod 3, you can pump out troops rather quickly.

5) Mercenaries are excellent for early expansion, and a few of them can be excellent even late game. Use them.

6) Use good summons, and keep looking for sites. For Ulm, I would recommend researching Thaumaturgy 2 immediately (to be able to use Gnome Lore), and then working on Conjuration or Enchantment (depending on your Pretender).

Those are my first thoughts on how to build a game that is stacked in your favor. I personally avoid ever taking Turmoil or Unlucky, and only like taking Death as Ermor. And, yes, I agree that Soul Gate Ermor will typically cream the computers barring early mistakes or problems.

Wyatt

[High_Priest_Naresh]

1.mercs. are good but you need the right ones
2.I do use summons! have you seen my thread tarraques?
3. I use mages quite alot and I do not play ulm that often usally its rley(something like this?) mictlan and tien ci
4.I know how to use these perfectly well but the comp. just smegs me!

[shovah]

if your playing as ryleh go for maelstrom and arcane nexus if playing witheasy research and lots of sites and when you have around 20 or so mages crank out priests.

with that maestrom running if your worried about getting crushed, summon loads of krakens/sea trolls or something like that.

if you like ryleh (which i do) then try playing as atlantisatlantis, their mages are very cheap for what they can do(try clamming with atlantis) and with maelstrom you can pump out troops like nobodys buisness (try getting the 3 water queens and then start kraken spamming, if i did my maths right with maelstrom and your main province you can really crank out underwater nastys(for atlantis i suggest a pretender with 6 water 5 nature and some earth and atleast 3 astral for dispel)

atlantis are really underestimated and with those big preiests spread around and focused in your capitol its hard to get dominion drained. and yes i do have an obsession with gem making globals(hugs gem making globals)

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shovah said:
if your playing as ryleh go for maelstrom and arcane nexus if playing witheasy research and lots of sites andhwne you have around 20 or so mages crank out priests. with that maestrom running if your worried about getting crushed summon **** loads of krakens/sea trolls or something like that and if you like ryleh (which i do) then try atlantis, their mages are very cheap for what they can do(try clamming with atlantis) and with maelstrom you can pump out troops like nobodys buisness (try getting the 3 water queens and then start kraken spamming, if i did my maths right with maelstrom and your main province you can really crank out underwater nastys(for atlantis i suggest a pretender with 6 water 5 nature and some earth and atleast 3 astral for dispel)atlantis are really underestimated and with those big preiests spread around and focused in your capitol its hard to get dominion drained. and yes i do have an obsession with gem making globals(hugs gem making globals)

Whooh, I'm totally out of breath after reading that !

[shovah]

probly my longest and most messy post yet (hugs self then stops and trows up, i feel sick 2day)

[High_Priest_Naresh]

thnaks I 'll read it if I have the time!
note:this is not ment to be rude it is just that tou ut alot of detail in such a short space!

[Wyatt Hebert]

Most mercs can be very useful if you know what to use them for... as an example, the 30gp Mutant merc group is perfect for Man... Use them as the expendable meat shield to keep the enemies off of your Longbowmen and rip the guys to shreds...

Tarrasques are, by any normal thought process, a late-game summon. Better investments are the unbreakable wall of Vine Ogres (which you can start getting _very_ early if you have good Nature Magic) and the Elemental Kings/Queens.

Another strategy that is almost fool-proof, imo, is to play any country with good Nature gems and Nature mages and play a N9 or N10 Naga, get Haruspex, then blitz for Summon Lamia. The Naga will get something on the order of 10-12 Lamia per summoning, and they are very solid wall troops against most enemies. An army of 50 of those (4-5 turn investment) will kill most enemy armies up to twice their size (conservatively).

If I have time tonight, I'll spend more time on other strategies. Enjoy,

Wyatt

[shovah]

Wyatt Hebert said:
Most mercs can be very useful if you know what to use them for... as an example, the 30gp Mutant merc group is perfect for Man... Use them as the expendable meat shield to keep the enemies off of your Longbowmen and rip the guys to shreds...

Tarrasques are, by any normal thought process, a late-game summon. Better investments are the unbreakable wall of Vine Ogres (which you can start getting _very_ early if you have good Nature Magic) and the Elemental Kings/Queens.

Another strategy that is almost fool-proof, imo, is to play any country with good Nature gems and Nature mages and play a N9 or N10 Naga, get Haruspex, then blitz for Summon Lamia. The Naga will get something on the order of 10-12 Lamia per summoning, and they are very solid wall troops against most enemies. An army of 50 of those (4-5 turn investment) will kill most enemy armies up to twice their size (conservatively).

If I have time tonight, I'll spend more time on other strategies. Enjoy,

Wyatt

that would work pretty good with a carrion woods pangea and then some little manakins could join in as well

[kruzader]

hi there
i bought the game a week ago and haven't won a sp game either.today i thought i would win, but got stomped by t'ien ch'i armies (i had marignon and my pretender was a blood fountain). their abominations blasted their way through my men. maybe some of you could tell me how to stop them ?

[shovah]

well you could try hordes of cheap things( cross breeding) or if you could summon some nature mages with charm thats how i deal with big beasties, could you tell me more about this game in a PM? dont wana make this too off topic