Joys of EA Abysia

[Xietor]

I defer to the guys that have played mp games with EA Abysia.

That said, 100 percent fr does not mean you win. I lost a banelord with 100 fr, boot quickness and ring regen(also had firebrand and vine shield and dragon helm) in Kingmaker to EA Abysia pd. It was about 40 pd, but those flails add up.

My thoughts(flawed perhaps) was go evoc 2 conj 3 then const 6.

You get a fast start with your blessed troops. hopefully you can buy about 5 per turn after you take all the provinces around your capital. You have decent evoc, phoenix fire, and summon lesser fire ele., you also have summon fire drake.

That may tide you over to constr 6. at constr 4 the annoited ones become a force to be reckoned with properly outfitted. But without ever having played a large mp game with them, it is all speculation on my part.

The most comparable race i have played successfully in large mp games with 2 drain is ma pangaea, and as someone pointed out, the fit may not be perfect. You do have communion capability and mind burn/solar rays for some anti thug capability at the lower level.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by Xietor

I defer to the guys that have played mp games with EA Abysia.

That said, 100 percent fr does not mean you win.

Datum: in my current game, F9 Burning Ones killed many of my E10N6 Ahimans and Adonim, even ones with Body Ethereal. I'm not sure about the gcost efficiency offhand, but with Ashdod's 50 FR I'm pretty sure that it was not the weak "Fire Weapons" effect nor the Heat aura (it was over too quickly for fatigue to rise). Morningstars are painful, moreso when dual-wielded by high-Strength units like Burning Ones with attack 18+. Thunkthunkthunkthunkthunk, I still hear it in my nightmares.

Anyway, just wanted to agree with Xietor that Abysia's conventional arms demand respect.

-Max

[Xietor]

In one of my mp games on the old New Orleans forum I played on prior to katrina, I had my Cyclops lose his only eye. Here is a question for you dominion experts.

What good melee options are there for a Cyclops that has lost his only eye?

There are actually several.

I will give one. Boots of the behemoth.

[Amhazair]

[quote=MaxWilson;659062]

Originally Posted by Xietor

Thunkthunkthunkthunkthunk, I still hear it in my nightmares.

Hah! That's right. I had forgotten the thunkthunkthunk noise. I played MA Abysia in one of my first ever MP games, and I fondly remember the fire&blood atmosphere, and especially the 'smoked battlefield' look at the end of battles, but the thunkthunkthunk had faded from my memory. MA sacreds are of course not quite of the same level as the burning ones, but they still mowed through the opposition (admittedly no heavily blessed giant sacreds. ) with enjoyable speed. And noise. Thanks for reminding me.

[Xietor]

"Vine shield was probably not a good choice, since they are very strong. Gold shield would have done the trick."

Absians have good morale too. And the Burning Ones go berserk, making the gold shield useless. See I have to plan the shields for more than one fight. I had already tried the eye shield(without success). With the flails getting 2 attacks and so many of them, they hit anyway.

Besides ask Admiralzhao about gold shields. He had one on his harbinger(who already has awe), as well as a fear helm, and attacked a handful of my elephants. The theory being, i guess, that the low morale elephants would rout because of the awe/fear combo.

Unfortunately things do not always work out in game play as they do on the chalk board. And none(as in zero) of my elephants routed and they trampled that harbinger to death.

[Psycho]

Originally Posted by Xietor

Absians have good morale too. And the Burning Ones go berserk, making the gold shield useless. See I have to plan the shields for more than one fight. I had already tried the eye shield(without success). With the flails getting 2 attacks and so many of them, they hit anyway.

Gold shield would have done the trick against pd. You can always send a scout squire with your bane carrying a change of equipment (i.e. vine shield).

I do things like that sometimes. It can also give you an element of surprise. Your opponent has seen your thug in action, he's got it figured out how to take him down. But, next turn your thug appears in a different outfit and you mess up his plan.