Help with Vanheim

[Teraswaerto]

On a big map you can't rely on just your blessed troops, so taking good scales instead of blessings might be worth trying out. Take Oracle or some other low cost high dominion pretender, max out scales, build lots of castles and just get bigger armies than the AIs (or just big enough, since you can out-maneuver the AI).

Also, figure out what magics to research since that's what will win or lose the end game (less so in SP, but it's something to learn if you ever plan to play MP) .

[Daynarr]

Teraswaerto said:
On a big map you can't rely on just your blessed troops, so taking good scales instead of blessings might be worth trying out. Take Oracle or some other low cost high dominion pretender, max out scales, build lots of castles and just get bigger armies than the AIs (or just big enough, since you can out-maneuver the AI).

Actually, on large maps it has biggest impact. With small number of sacred troops you will be able to take out indies without any losses and get lots of provinces fast as a result. Also, imprisoned pretenders can take W9F9 without getting too large hit to scales. You can still have decent income.

[thejeff]

On big maps you can rely on sacred troops until you start building SCs and mage squads that can annihilate AI armies at will.

[Teraswaerto]

Sure, it can help speed up expansion a lot. But biggest impact on big maps? I don't see it.

On a small map the deciding wars will probably be fought while the blessed troops are still relevant. Not so on a big map (assuming, of course, you survive that far).

[Shovah32]

If your trying a f9/w9 bless go with an imprisoned *insert name of pretender who can easy get f9w9* with 1 or 2 sloth, or 2 misfortune and as much order and dominion as you can afford.