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There’s a thread in the main forum that got me thinking about Govannon. Obviously you eventually want Gov. to have Level I of every spell sphere (well, unless you’re taking him out to fight with him like a normal archmage, in which case you’re a fool). And because the Amurites start with...

I've been waffling for a while over the best way to promote my (non-Arcane) heroes. Ideally they will eventually get all of the important promotions, but the way to spend the first 9 or so free promotions is the real question. Here are the issues I've been struggling with: Should I start...

I've never before understood what the big deal was with Duin, or why he was so strong that there would need to be a game option to remove him from the game. As far as I saw it, he was a somewhat strong unit (just like a mithril-equipped Stygian guard) who occasionally spawned weak units that...

In my recent Sheaim game, I hooked up ~6 death nodes and started steamrolling everyone with spectres and wraiths. I was worried when I only had Hyborem left to kill, because I know that the Demon promotions gives immunity to death, and suddenly my absurd Str 15 wraiths would be Str 6. But to...

Which of these units do you think is most effective for conquest? Immortals—great city-breakers because you don’t really care if they die Keelyn’s Archmages—out of control powerful, if you can keep them alive against assassins Balseraph Druids—upgraded from Harlequins, they can Dominate...

Kael stated in a recent post (can't find it now) that the Barb AI has been changed so that all the barbs in the world try to swarm a single AI, until that AI is dead, and then they move on to the next one. I'm wondering what people think of this change? In my experience, the AI cannot handle...

I would love to be able to see combat odds for my unit on defense--that is, the combat odds for the other civs if they attack me in my current position. For instance, if Orthus is approaching my Combat 3, Shock warrior fortified on a forested hill, I want to know if I should stay and chance a...

I thought I read somewhere that when you create the "exalted" (next to last) Altar of the Luonnotar, all the Evil civs in the world automatically declare war on you and stay at war with you forever. I built up my army expecting this to happen, but neither AV-following Jonas nor Hyborem(!)...

I just finished my first Calabim game, and I just loved vampires. Aside from the high xp, their death I and body I promotions make them fast and well-supported on the battlefield. At the same time, using vampires bugged me to no end because at times they required so much micromanagement for...

So I'd really like to give Blitz to my Combat 5, Drill 4, City Raider 2, March, Mobility, Sheut stone-equipped, Commando Vampire Eidolon (I LOVE vampires by the way). He probably can't be slowed down by anything short of the Meshabber, so he might as well kill two units per turn. The 'pedia...