Eriu guide

[Tichy]

Baalz: As the T'ien Ch'i in question, you were usually facing PD 11-15. I just didn't have the money to put up more than that, and I didn't expect it would do much good without mage support.

There were a few instances where PD alone would take out a Sidhe Lord. Usually if he wasn't wielding the vine shield, but very occasionally in a lucky shot if he was, especially if a previous encounter had given him an affliction.

[Baalz]

All I know is it was a lot of arrows. Yeah, I'll do several things differently if I do this one again. My assertion was really about unafflicted and fully equipped Sidhe Lords, I figured out pretty quick that the lack of a vine shield greatly reduced their survivability because the hits rack up faster than the regen can balance. So much so that I stopped sending them out without them despite the fact I was sitting on a bunch of frost brands and unused Sidhe Lords (well, they were pitifully researching). As I said, I found that this build has exactly what it needs and no more. Remove vine shield, they die. Remove regen, they die. Remove frost brand (or some other AOE weapon) they'll often end up retreating. Remove mistform, they die. Remove barkskin, they die against some PDs- though this can be necessary if you need 100% FR. Put it all together though while stealthily dancing around the real defenders and you'll cause much teeth gnashing while only being out a couple hundred gold and a handful of gems when you miscalculate.

[sansanjuan]

Nice guide. I did have one issue. I attacked a province and drove off the PD as advertised with a Sidhe Lord equipped. I decided to try to hold the province by cranking up the PD and dropping another in and scripting windguide on the new paratrooper. When the prince of death moved in to attack I though ok, this will be interesting but my two Lords retreated (and died) after casting their spells. Did the routing of the PD even though they were not under their direct command cause the others to retreat?
-SSJ

[Zeldor]

Yes, retreting PD can force whole army to retreat.

[sansanjuan]

That sucks oh so tremendously. Lesson learned.

Thanks for the reply Z.
-SSJ

[Epaminondas]

Originally Posted by Zeldor

Yes, retreting PD can force whole army to retreat.

That sucks ***.

How often does this occur?

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Epaminondas

That sucks ***.

How often does this occur?

It's because of the 75% HP rule. If 3/4 of all HP worth of units are killed or routed, your "lines break", and the rest autoroute.

[Lingchih]

Originally Posted by Baalz

All I know is it was a lot of arrows. Yeah, I'll do several things differently if I do this one again. My assertion was really about unafflicted and fully equipped Sidhe Lords, I figured out pretty quick that the lack of a vine shield greatly reduced their survivability because the hits rack up faster than the regen can balance. So much so that I stopped sending them out without them despite the fact I was sitting on a bunch of frost brands and unused Sidhe Lords (well, they were pitifully researching). As I said, I found that this build has exactly what it needs and no more. Remove vine shield, they die. Remove regen, they die. Remove frost brand (or some other AOE weapon) they'll often end up retreating. Remove mistform, they die. Remove barkskin, they die against some PDs- though this can be necessary if you need 100% FR. Put it all together though while stealthily dancing around the real defenders and you'll cause much teeth gnashing while only being out a couple hundred gold and a handful of gems when you miscalculate.

So, what you are saying in effect, is, Eriu really does suck?