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[Anglachel]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:

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Originally posted by Anglachel:
Or does shoot largest creature order go for size over overall power?

Fire largest and attack largest target the physically largest creatures.

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Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Anglachel:
Hrmmm, you're the guy with a lot of experience with Ermor's undead themes so perhaps you can confirm that using the "fire large creature" command would be a viable alternative if "fire rearmost" isn't an option? It seems that in Ashen Empire and Soul Gate themes that the largest creatures on the battlefield would be the commanders of the undead horde. Or does shoot largest creature order go for size over overall power? Thanks in advance for your reply.

Fire Largest would target the Behemoths and Bane Lords first, since they're the physically largest opponents: All of the other Ermorian hordelings are of regular human size. Commanders of Ermorian hordes are very good at blending in: Mound Kings are nearly entirely expendable and often attack en-masse with their troops, and Tribunes are also free, although they tend to hang back and may be susceptible to flier attack....if the fliers don't become confused and wind up attacking the back of the front pack instead.

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Ok thanks for the answers guys. One Last question. If the order is to fire on enemy archers and there are none on the battle field(abysia for instance), who will they shoot at? Will they rush into battle instead? Does the AI take over at that point?

[Karacan]

While no archers are present (or when the archers have run off), orders will revert to "fire none", which usually means firing at the closest. Unless that's in melee, and there's another unit running around.

[HotNifeThruButr]

In that case, I guess Soul Gate and Ashen Empire are horribly imbalanced.

Well here are a few with reasons.

C'tis beats Undead Ermor - Reason: Lizard Kings, Wither Bones
Pythium beats Undead Ermor - Reason: Theurgs + Quickness

Maybe that will start to give you an idea that nothing will absolutely beat another. There is one for almost every nation counter to each other nation/theme.

[Teraswaerto]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
In that case, I guess Soul Gate and Ashen Empire are horribly imbalanced.

Hardly. Banishment suffices, and Soul Gate is weak against anything that bypasses etherealness too.

[HotNifeThruButr]

Don't forget to factor in the fact that they kill everyone in their dominion, so once you beat them into the ground, other armies making more fruitful conquests become bigger than you. It's also hard to get into Ermor territory in the first place because your armies would starve, unless you use Vanheim.

Or Nature Magic. Which is a big *or*. It's actually more annoying to take over a C'tis Miasma domain early in the game than it is ever to invade Ermor.