[PvK]

Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:

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Originally posted by st.patrik:
daughters of Avalon rock - equipped with a thistle mace she can cast pretty much most battlefield nature spells out there, including the really important ones: mass protection, relief, charm, poison cloud. At the same time at 80 gold she is much more expendable than the 230 gold crone, so it's not the end of the world if you lose a few.

A few what? Mace-wielding DoAs? How much is a Thistle Mace worth? If you, like me, assume a gem is worth 10 gold, it raises the DoA + TM combo to 180 gold, only 50 gold short to a Crone who gets 3 extra magic skills for the difference. I wouldn't say this combination is so expendable.
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An important consideration, but not entirely accurate, since the "virtual gold" of gem investment in items does not have any maintenance cost, while the actual gold cost of crones does. Also, if you win but lost someone carrying an item, there's a chance worth considering that you can recover the item intact. On the other hand, you could be handing it to the enemy if they win, although the value of that depends on who they are. I once had an Ettin mercenary who took a Thistle Mace as a war trophy and wouldn't let go of it, using it in place of his giant club... another classic pricelessly comical yet believable Dom II moment.

Anyway, good points on both sides. It boils down to play style - each approach has its merits and costs.

PvK

[ June 07, 2004, 23:12: Message edited by: PvK ]