I just purchased this game and have played a few games with all AI's on easy. Since I'm a big Lovecraft fan I chose R'lyeh as my race. Problem is I can't come even close to winning, and the Ermor opponent seems unbalanced. In my current game, Ermor has about six hundred troops and I can't seem to scrape together more than about 50. When I look at the army strength history, no one is even close to Ermor in military might.
I thought I could use my spellcasting ability to my advantage and make up for lack of numbers but the AI keeps pissing me off by casting spells such as Breath of Cold right next to my own units and, in one case, killed two of my commanders this way. No enemy units were even near the caster at the time.
In another game my Pretender was feebleminded after several attempts to summon. The first attempt resulted in a few wimpy units. WTF? Talk about too much risk for too little gain.
I would definately like to see a patch address spellcasting stupidity because it really hurts races that rely on magic like R'lyeh. I also wish there were a way to save a game before a battle so you can reload if you get screwed in cases like that.
What is a good world set up and race choice for a beginner that can't come close to victory with easy AI settings? I suppose leaving out Ermor would be wise? At this point, however, I'm on the verge of just calling it quits. There are other ways to give yourself frustration that at least you get paid for.
Starting to get frustrated with this game
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