Pretender, awake, dormant or imprisoned?

Archonsod · #1 October 6th, 2006, 04:29 PM

Use imprisoned, max out the beneficial scales (with possibly a decent bless, depending on nation) and conquer the world with your national troops.

Works quite well as a 'rush' strategy. Twice with EA Ulm I've managed to win the game before my Pretender broke free.

Nerfix · #2 October 6th, 2006, 04:33 PM

Depends on the situation and what I am trying to achieve.

I'm sort of partial to Dormant.

st.patrik · #3 October 6th, 2006, 04:39 PM

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Nerfix said:
I'm sort of partial to Dormant.

Me too - imprisoned takes so much longer, yet that for 100 points more vs. dormant's 150 points (over awake that is). I just started a Late Man game with a dormant pretender with decent (but not awe-inspiring) magic, plus mostly maxed out scales - thought about going imprisoned, but I got enough with dormant so it didn't seem necessary.

tibbs · #4 October 6th, 2006, 04:41 PM

Im playing eary era jomon and they have poor research so I chose that god that gives a bonus to research and gave him a rainbow setup. Seems to work pretty well.

Gandalf Parker · #5 October 6th, 2006, 05:00 PM

I think you have it down pat. Awake for a god that is useful early on. Dormant for blessings. And imprisoned for gods that you dont plan to ever really use.

Dormant also saves me from myself. I tend to kill my god by using him too early. Making him dormant insures that I have a nice elite force ready to accompany him.

Tortanick · #6 October 6th, 2006, 05:08 PM

Am I the only one who likes gods with both good scales & good magic (normally high in air for precission and maby one other) even if I have to wait 3 years for it.

Endoperez · #7 October 6th, 2006, 06:16 PM

Yep, many strategies. Dormant pretender, any of them, really helps research. On the other hand, good scales helps everything whole time.

For the scale-heavy pretender, something with high starting dominion is a must. Oracle and the Fountain of Blood, and the more expensive immobiles, are all good chassises for scales bless.

DominionsFan · #8 October 6th, 2006, 05:13 PM

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Archonsod said:
Use imprisoned, max out the beneficial scales (with possibly a decent bless, depending on nation) and conquer the world with your national troops.

Works quite well as a 'rush' strategy. Twice with EA Ulm I've managed to win the game before my Pretender broke free.

I doubt that it would work too well. I prefer Dormant. Worked like a charm in my MP game today.

Archonsod · #9 October 6th, 2006, 07:00 PM

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DominionsFan said:
I doubt that it would work too well. I prefer Dormant. Worked like a charm in my MP game today.

You'd be surprised. The exta boost to resources and income help you crank out troops at a high rate. Combine that with a decent blessing, and you can be on the attack with an elite army by turn 4. Simply head straight for the enemy capital

It does depend on the nation though. EA Ulm have great troops already. Combine it with a good blessing strategy and you've got a force that's difficult to overcome so early into the game.

Mortibus · #10 October 6th, 2006, 07:04 PM

What's an "SC" pretender?