EA Ulm advice wanted

[Wrana]

No. I was partly successful with E9F6 bless and killed one neighbor in MP, but then got attacked by 2 others who had much better research... I was able to hold until game ended, but not to counter-attack in any force.
What I've found is that there are good diplomatic possibilities with EA Ulm forging bonus - you can sell items with discount and still gather gems... I'm still thinking about it and plan to test the results in MP one day, but this probably has to wait for some time...
Bless may be good enough strategy in SP, by the way, but not in MP due to the fact that their sacreds are capital-only and Move 1.

[SlipperyJim]

Bless may be good enough strategy in SP, by the way, but not in MP due to the fact that their sacreds are capital-only and Move 1.

I didn't even try a big bless in SP. EA Ulm's sacreds are nothing special. Heavy infantry with two-handed swords. They're tough, and they hit hard. Those points are good. They're also slow, and their lack of shields makes them very vulnerable to massed missile fire. Those points are bad.

Honestly, I thought EA Ulm was a bit dull, so I only played one game with them. In that game, I chose a Great Enchantress (free pearls!) with E4N4S4 and good scales. It worked alright ... but nearly anything can work in SP.

I saw two strengths for EA Ulm:

• Sacred Mages - Maybe a Death-blessed Blade Wind (the killer spell of EA) would be good?
• Lots of Stealth - Raiding, raiding, and more raiding.

I'm not an EA Ulm expert. Heck, I'm not even a dabbler. But those are the points that seemed interesting to me....