Summons: Your thoughts.....

[Edratman]

I also am not a real big fan of summons. I think most are way too expensive for what you get.

I summon basically for thugs and magic users that will fill gaps in my forging abilities.

[Humakty]

I don't think any player with a little experience will come in and shout : 'Oh my ! Summons are so much more usefull than anything else'
In facts I sometime use seasonal spirits. Those with auras (wolves and lions) can be usefull to tire up the ennemy front lines before your liners come in.Or when you have no flankers, they can play this role quite well.
My last try in low level summons was with the sea dogs (or is it lions ?) and from this summon I saved my gems for a better use.
Waiting eagerly for the next update of CBM.

PS : thanks Sombre, I play Abysia a lot, and never bothered to summon spectral infantry, now I know I missed nothing.

[Sir_Dr_D]

The CBM makes osme of those summons more interesting. Dragon master at level 3, the stats of drakes boosted slightly, and the summmon drake spells take 6 instead of 8 gems. Suddenly using drakes sounds like a viable strategy.


In general the game would be more fun if the summons all had there use. They should not be so powerfull as to replace troops, but to supplement them and fill in holes that your national troops can't handle.

[CUnknown]

Yeah, I sort of like Behemoth sometimes.. They are a tad pricey perhaps, but they aren't that bad.

[Sombre]

Behemoths aren't awful, as far as the non Tartarian 10 gem single monster summons go. But 10 death gems is still too much for a glorified elephant.

[MezMerrick]

Summons in my case are simply things to annoy the enemy with. If you have that rare moment where you have gems lying around that no-one needs I will spend a few on a unit that causes fear and is fast like those flaming lions. Great for just causing havok with a flanking mission or tying up charging cavalary. Basically, thats what I do with any summoned unit; a small distraction. They cost way too many gems to be considered an actual force on its own capable of destroying big armies. Hopefully DM4 fixes this.