Q: How many Forts do you build? How many Temples?

[Jourdelune]

In my SP game with Pangaea, I tend to put temple (200 cost) a lot. Mainly because haunted forest is so nice, that it's always worth it to spread my dominion has fast has possible.

I tend to find choke point around my starting position, rush to them... consolidate with forts and lab (to recruit Pan), always recruiting pan and pandomium (sp? the blood pan at capitol only) at each of those choke point. Manead help a lot to defend castle.

After that my territory are protected with forts, manead and pan in research. It is costly but really worth my mid and late game. After that, if I got more money, I either recruit more unit to renew strength of my expansions team... and I tend to have 1 expansion team by fort constructed.

Then, I start recruiting Dryad for temple construction and sneak/preach around border.

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With Ermor, I tend to do more forts for the freespawn. I try to have positive dominion on all my buffer province (those that border my wall of defense of my territory). That way I can abuse my death/cold dominion to kill supply in those provinces... and in that time, those bordering province tend to be less appealing because less population are there.

Jourdelune

[SlipperyJim]

Disclaimer: SP only.

I'm a hardcore temple spammer. Every province gets a temple if I can afford it. If I can't afford it, then I'll save up my gold and buy it.

I enjoy playing races that really depend on their dominion. My current game is Niefelheim, for example. Sure, I can always cast Wolven Winter to pave the way for my giants ... but it's more convenient to have a Cold-3 dominion waiting for me.

Also, lots of other effects are tied to dominion strength. Gift of Health is one example. Fight in my own dominion, get a HP bonus. What's not to like?

Finally, I suck at fighting water nations from the land. So my preferred strategy is to seize all of the land around the target water nation, then load up with temples and cheap indy priests. Preach the buggers to death.

"My name is Jim, and I'm addicted to temple-spamming."

[darkchampion3d]

I'm still a newb but I just build a fortress as soon as I have the surplus to fund its construction. Saving for it means I have less mages and units, which slows expansion.