Noob, needs advice please

[Edratman]

DanielDrache said:
lol cheers, i suppose getting thumped is good.....

300 settings of gold/resource/supply
Wouldn't that also mean more for the AI?

Yes, the player and the AI both get the settings on normal difficulty. When you increase the difficulty the AI gets a multiple of these. The multipliers are listed in several places in the forum.

And as for getting thumped, the purpose is not to humiliate you, it is to enable you to learn that a single military strategy will not work and you have to learn how to inegrate the military, forging, magic spell and summoning components into your game. I suggested two nations to start with that you can use just a military strategy that will usually be successful on a small map. But when you move up in map size you will find that one dimensional strategies do not work and the larger map will show that the AI is a very competent and challenging opponent until you learn a lot more of the game. This is the most significent difference between this game and CIV. In CIV a strategy that works will always work. In this game you will use different strategies for different nations and even for different starting neighbor opponents.

Then you can go back to a small map, try a different nation, such as Ermor and see that the nation change requires a totally different military strategy because the troops of the Heims are very good in the early game and Ermor are of more average quality.

[MeisterSin]

Hopefully this isn't hijacking the thread or that,

I usually play the Nefelheim, with the Beholder Pretender (mod)
Assuming I'm playing a 120 land areas, with 30 ocean areas map, Early ages.


What would sum good (vulnerable/weak) opponents be?

I figure with me having a high dominion, the Abyssia would be weaker because they like heat,
Strong dominion (with cold 3pts) makes the my land & the surrounding provinces colder, weakening them

& Ermor don't look to stong.

For Ocean going I choose Oceania, becuase their magic is crippled on land, but in the ocean they are above average.


P.S the Glamor ability, does that really help during battles?
I just don't see how it would help.

[OmikronWarrior]

Big N invading Abysia is a BAD investment, usually. If we're talking early game, that means fighting them on their dominion, and your best units (neifle giants and jarls) get substantial stat penalties in hot lands. Of course, if we're talking AI, then the chances are they'll be poorly played.

As for Glamour, its a huge bonus in combat. On the field Glamour translates into "mirror image", which means for every additional immage, a soldier might hit the fake one instead of the real unit. Adds a lot to the defense and survivability of units. Though the real advantage of glamor is the stealth and (in MP) not showing up on the tactical map.

[MeisterSin]

cheers for that

any suggestions then?