More thinking on S&A

[Tom_Scudder]

And jotun mages aren't sacred (except for the niefel jarls, and it's not exactly a tragedy if one of those guys charges into combat).

[Cainehill]

Hmm. Guess I got in the habit of thinking "no nature bless with sacred mages" back when I was always playing CW Pangaea, who has the sacred undead Pans. Probably also from sacred mages taking a single point of damage from spells (or because they had mistform up).

[KissBlade]

Let's not stray off topic ~_^. What're people strats and experiences with s&A?

[thejeff]

I've had mages survive being hit by arrows many times. If it's melee attacks, then yeah, they're in trouble already. Berserk won't make a difference.

It's worse with the fire demons, since they're more likely to be targeted with arrows. Tough enough to take a shot, but quite fragile once they've closed.

Are they the only sacred ranged unit? (Not counting javelins and the like)

[shovah]

well a flying cm with boosters along with maybe 40 w9 fire demons (and 4-5 water demons as a shield) does wonders for me (and costs too much) but then again i clam alot with S&A (even under cb)

[KissBlade]

I never get to a stage where I can field 40 w9 fire demons.

[shovah]

lol, for my expansion i usually get 2 nobles with horror helms+shields of valour/airshield ammy on my flanks to hit archers backed up by archers of my own, while this is out my mages clam and site search.

[Wick]

thejeff said:
Are they the only sacred ranged unit?

Hierophants, Saggitarian archers, Pegasus riders, Demons of heavenly fire,... that's all I can think of.

[Endoperez]

Vanir and Mictlan's Sun Warriors have Javelins. They benefit from the Fire 9 bless, and would fly farther with Blood bless, but aren't of much use.

[KissBlade]

for an outdated thread on S&A I thought this discussion was pretty interesting.

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