Victorious Nations/Hall of Honor

[Morkilus]

Having not played Dominions 1 I couldn't tell you. I've been mashed by Caelum MANY times in both Dom2 and Dom3, however. Fast air queens and thunder-blasting mage armies are pretty hard to deal with. Now they have mammoths as well.

[Sensori]

Well, they had mammoths in Dominions 1, too. Thing is, Pythium, Vanheim and the sorts could stop Caelum's air force in its tracks due to their usage of air as well innately. People used rainbow mages because blesses weren't anything special (because there was one generic bless, and it was the same always) too, so everyone could theoretically cast practically everything with some effort. And back then, since everyone could have their fill of Elemental Queens and Kings (they were infinite), it didn't matter who got "first dibs" on them. I guess countering certain types of attacks, as a result, was easier back in Dominions 1. Fact that rainbow mages were made less viable thanks to the blessing system, too, had a rather major effect - everyone can't counter everything anymore, since they can't summon everything.