Pangaea advice

[Gandalf Parker]

Pangaea is one of my favorite nations. And of course everyone can come up with their own methods of play. But Im always amazed at how many people want to play Pangaea as though it was Ulm.

Im sorry but to me the built-in advantage of Pangaea is its sneak ability. All of my strategys are built around the sneak ability. I might be playing them offensively, defensively, magic push, items push, assassination push, or strong alliance; but it will still be making major use of the sneak ability.
Just my opinion.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Bayushi Tasogare:
While probably not a MP-viable strategy, I have considered two strategies for Pangaea, one that I've tested.

The flavor text mentions that Maenads are crummy patrollers. Whether or not this is actually true is subject to interpretation. They are, however, certainly MP-viable: A tendency to produce Pans bolsters your research, and Maenads can actually inflict some serious damage in large numbers, and are entirely expendable. A horde of Maenads, with enough Pans around, can grow to a size that rivals an Ermorian horde, and there ain't nothing better than something free, especially since Pan's other troops are either crummy or overly expensive and difficult to produce. When it comes to regular troops, I find that quantity outweighs quality, as the quality regular troops can achieve is limited by their lack of serious hardware.

Originally posted by Vynd:
Just watch out for those evil undead.

Heh, the dryads are P3s and don't really fear the rank and file of the undead all that much either.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
The flavor text mentions that Maenads are crummy patrollers. Whether or not this is actually true is subject to interpretation.

That should be true since Dominions PPP. The huge income you could gather when setting taxes to 200% and patrolling with free & upkeep-free Maenads was insane. Maenad were nerfed in this respect in an early patch.

They are, however, certainly MP-viable: A tendency to produce Pans bolsters your research, and Maenads can actually inflict some serious damage in large numbers, and are entirely expendable.

Even more so when they can raise again as Manikins ;-)

[Vynd]

Besides, its not thematic for Maenads to be good patrolers. They like Turmoil! Send them out to patrol, they'll probably start breaking stuff and setting it on fire. Furthermore, they're naked. How, I ask you, can a bunch of naked women prowling around make things calmer? Especially when they start running into their families, ex-boyfriends, etc.

Oh, and regarding my comment about watching out for the undead... I was thinking in terms of how none of this fear stuff will do anything to units that know no fear. But of course Norfleet is perfectly right, the Dryads are powerful priests. So all the more reason to throw them into the mix.

[WraithLord]

Please tell me what you think the following early game troop deployment:


PanX2__________________________________MaeX10



__________________MaeX100




___________Mino(X10)____________________Pret

Pans are scripted for panic, Maenads at front on hold and attack close(arrow fodder), Maenads in middle on default, minos on hold and attack rear and pretender (lord of nature) on enhance spells and attack rear.

I am not sure about the Mino position, they are too slow for a flank attack. maybe I should replace them with centaur warriors.
Also I'm not sure about the possible addition of centaur archers.

Oh and another question If I may.
How best to turn my LON(lord of nature) into a SC.
Best artifacts, spells etc.

[ June 06, 2004, 12:54: Message edited by: izaqyos ]

[Vynd]

Is the right side the front and the left side the back in your diagram, like in the troop deployment screen?

[WraithLord]

Is the right side the front and the left side the back in your diagram, like in the troop deployment screen?

yes.