Advice for Bandar Log in Dawn of Dominions map

[Mr_Dark]

You're right that I haven't tried any magic-oriented offenses. Most of the races I've won with have been pretty conventional armies.

The other problem I've observed is that on that map, at least, there is no reasonable PD for Kailasa that has a chance of fending off the low-level probes (20-40 combatants) that the computer likes to send across the border. By the end of the second year you have to have one army just to defend the border and chase raiders. By then, a PD of 25 or so doesn't stop C'tis or Hel, and you don't have the numbers to fight off a real army when it shows up.

Thanks for the direction - I'll give it a go. If there's interest I'll post my results too-

Cheers-

[lch]

High PD is a playstyle sin that's favored in games against the AI. Try to make without it.
If your troops have problems, try an awake or dormant pretender which makes a good thug/SC. E2,A1,S1,W1 are good for self-buffing.

[Shovah32]

Just give up now. Even against the ai, your PD will make you lose.

'nuff said.

[Endoperez]

I still don't understand what's the fuss about monkey PD. On one hand, "don't use PD, ever, except to see what enemy is throwing at you, and level 1 is enough for that", and on the other " Even against the ai, your PD will make you lose." Is it a joke or something?

[vfb]

Yes, it's a joke. There was an extremely long and heated discussion about Monkeys will NEVER WIN BECAUSE OF THE PD (caps not mine). And about 3 or 4 threads were actually started on the topic (at the same time by the same person). There was a slight communications breakdown. All about monkey PD and how monkeys will never win BECAUSE OF THE PD.

So, if you see a reference to Monkey PD now, you can pretty much assume it's a joke. Especially if it's in a poem. Or if there are a few extra '!' or '!!!!!' or even a '!!11!!!!!111!!ELEVEN!'.

[Endoperez]

I knew about the threads, but I didn't bother reading them. I didn't have enough free time then.

[lch]

My reply was no reference to that thread (this time). It is a common misconception from players who purely play SP games to rely on PD to do the fighting for them. This might be due to the problems of enemy armies, which seem to always be one step ahead, plowing a wake of devastation through the player's provinces while getting away from fighting a decisive battle against the players forces that are chasing them. Using PD to "prevent" this leads to a bad playing style. My advice was not to fall for this.