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Old November 18th, 2003, 10:11 PM

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Default Who do you usually promote to prophet?

I only promote priests to prophet if I am playing Pythium or Marignon (to get level 5 priests--though this may not be necessary for Marignon if you get Carmont the level 5 cardinal later on). Otherwise I always promote melee heroes to prophet & turn them into a super combatant. What about you guys?
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Old November 18th, 2003, 10:13 PM

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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

Oh, by the way, I also promote a priest or magic-user to prophet when I play Arco. Arco doesn't have a melee commander strong enough to worth promoting.
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Old November 18th, 2003, 10:17 PM
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

You might want to consider that your prophet suffers badly in enemy dominion, and one of the major attractions of supercombatants is to go out and conquer.
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Old November 18th, 2003, 10:22 PM
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

I like to promote a fairly rainbow mage. That way I can do priest and magic searchs with one guy (for nations that dont already have this). Also he can build any building I need. I tend to keep him inside the dominion but near the edge so that he and his army can quickly support if needed plus he pushes the dominion that direction to give me a look ahead
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

If I have level 4 priests I'll usually promote a scout or assassin. With Marignon, if I have a low dominion I'll promote a high inquisitor to level 5 (for better preaching rather than Smite).

If I have level 3 priests I'll promote one of them to get Fanaticism and Mass Blessing.

With Ulm and Man I'll use a foot commander or Warden.
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

I usually forget to promote a prophet and don't have one till turn 30. I usually like to pump up assassins and make them a prophet.
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Old November 18th, 2003, 11:32 PM
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

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You might want to consider that your prophet suffers badly in enemy dominion, and one of the major attractions of supercombatants is to go out and conquer.
It could be a reasonable tradeoff. If you had 5 candles in a province, your prophet will have double the hitpoints. For monsters with 40 to 50 hitpoints, that will be a major boost - not to mention the new bless effects in dom 2. You just need to make sure the dominions effect work for you.

Moreover, the hitpoint of your prophet in a battle is determined by the Last province he's in. You can recharges his hitpoints in friendly dominion before attacking - the ability to fly will be very helpful in this case.
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

I've found that the new bless effects make a difference when I choose, keeping in mind that your prophet seems automatically/permanently blessed. That is, assuming that the units in contention aren't all sacred anyway (which is sometimes the case). I am not big on combat prophets, but with certain bless effects this becomes a much more interesting possibility.

Unless there's a compelling reason to wait (like an uberpriest available for boosting a turn later) I will often put it on one of my starting commanders on the first turn - no matter how bad they are - to increase my dominion faster in the early game.

With Ermor I try to wait until I have the most powerful base unholy priest available, just to be able to reanimate more powerful undead.
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

Has anyone ever made a level 5 priest a prophet? Is there such a thing as a level 6 priest?
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Default Re: Who do you usually promote to prophet?

The Doms I Abyssian AI just made an Anathemant Dragon its pretender, and attacked me on the same turn with his pretender and a bunch of blood summons leading the way.

I don't think I've even seen an Anathemant Dragon before. Don't tell me; I'm enjoying the suspense!

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