MP questions

Omnirizon · #1 July 10th, 2008, 04:59 PM

you need to give your Wyrm Dominion strength 9 or 10 so it will have Awe, then it will obliterate most armies with ease.

Flavor text such as "...dragons fear..." is just flavor text. Underneath it all this is still a numbers game, so you need to learn them and know how to min/max.

On a side note, has anyone ever pitted a Wyrm and a Dragon to see who would really win?

llamabeast · #2 July 10th, 2008, 05:19 PM

Surely a wyrm would win. I always find dragons quite weak.

JimMorrison · #3 July 10th, 2008, 05:44 PM

But if it's a green dragon.....

Renojustin · #4 July 10th, 2008, 08:15 PM

Carrion Dragons are extremely powerful.

Skirmisher · #5 July 10th, 2008, 08:17 PM

What do people prefer for pretender status?

Awake,Dormant,Imprisoned ?

I have always used Awake, but Dormant is tempting because of the extra build points.

Does anybody actually use Imprisoned?

Skirmisher · #6 July 10th, 2008, 08:19 PM

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Omnirizon said:
you need to give your Wyrm Dominion strength 9 or 10 so it will have Awe, then it will obliterate most armies with ease.

Now that's what I was looking for. Time to rework that pretender god.

Tichy · #7 July 10th, 2008, 08:28 PM

The decision about dormant or imprisoned depends on the nation and the strategy. If your initial army and recruitable troops are effective for expanding, and you believe that your recruitables can stave off a rush, dormant or imprisoned might be useful. How you use the extra design points is also dependent on your nation and strategy.

For example, you might use them to improve your scales if your recruitable troops are expensive in gold or resources, you might use them to get more paths on your pretender to make up for some that your recruitables lack, or you might use them to get a good bless for your sacred troops.

Whether to go dormant or imprisoned depends on when you expect your pretender to be most useful. If s/he has paths you will need for summons, searching, or forging relatively early on, go dormant. If the pretender itself is just a vehicle for a bless, or only needed for heavy end-game spellcasting, go imprisoned.

Disclaimer: I stink of newb, so take my thoughts with grains of salt.

Renojustin · #8 July 10th, 2008, 08:34 PM

Smells like chicken.

MaxWilson · #9 July 10th, 2008, 09:39 PM

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Omnirizon said:
Flavor text such as "...dragons fear..." is just flavor text. Underneath it all this is still a numbers game, so you need to learn them and know how to min/max.

Except that frequently, flavor text has an effect. Not always, but if it says that Naiads weaken and die away from their native lands it means they lose HP, and if it says the enemies a Mandaha is fighting will soon succumb to sleep it means he has a Sleep cloud around him. Not all unit abilities show up in the number/icons, although more of them do now that icons for Healer, Coldpower, etc. have been added.

-Max