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June 9th, 2004, 05:12 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
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The majority of the army should not be undead because otherwise all the mind bLasts will go straight to your commander of the undead.
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This is not true. If you place your commanders at the very back, Illithids will usually Mind BLast mindless units up front. Also, Spirit Mastery is a great summons - the units are throw-away (10 for 4 death gems), but are not mindless and will soal up Illithids bLasts.
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June 9th, 2004, 06:32 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
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This is not true. If you place your commanders at the very back, Illithids will usually Mind BLast mindless units up front.
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Do the Illithid's actually target mindless units? That's definetly a bug.
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June 9th, 2004, 06:48 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
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quote: The majority of the army should not be undead because otherwise all the mind bLasts will go straight to your commander of the undead.
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This is not true. If you place your commanders at the very back, Illithids will usually Mind BLast mindless units up front. Also, Spirit Mastery is a great summons - the units are throw-away (10 for 4 death gems), but are not mindless and will soal up Illithids bLasts. What I listed is one of the tips the developers provide which appears between turns. You can go argue with them.
[ June 09, 2004, 17:59: Message edited by: NTJedi ]
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June 9th, 2004, 08:52 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
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Do the Illithid's actually target mindless units? That's definetly a bug.
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My experience is that Illithids target nearby Mindless units over non-Mindless commanders at the very back of the map.
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What I listed is one of the tips the developers provide which appears between turns. You can go argue with them.
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I realize it is one of the tips. And if you leave your non-mindless commanders in the default position (middle of your portion of the map), they will definitely get Mind BLasted. However, I have found that if you park them at the very back, the Illithids do not bLast them unless there is nothing else left on the battle. My experience is that Illithids target nearby Mindless units over non-Mindless commanders at the very back of the map.
Try it against Rlyeh AI sometime.
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June 10th, 2004, 06:24 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
Some more general advice for invading the sea:
Any water mage can enter the sea. He can take along a few units as well. I think it is 1 for every level of water magic he possesses.
On most maps you can find a fair number of land (and sea) provinces where you can build icthyids, which are amphibious.
A land nation cannot build its forts in sea provinces. So be prepared for this.
As for your specific situation, cpbeller, my advice would be to leave R'lyeh alone so long as they leave you alone. It will be much more difficult for you to get a good army of amphibious troops together than it will be for him. You'll be fighting at a definite disadvantage, and even if you win the territory will be difficult for you to defend and just generally not as useful to you as land provinces.
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June 10th, 2004, 06:32 PM
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
yeah....i have been rolling it around in my head all night....i think you are right.
Hopefully, they will leave me alone long enough to secure my southern borders from any possible incursion.
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Re: getting ready for an ocean invasion
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yeah....i have been rolling it around in my head all night....i think you are right.
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LOL! And I thought it just me, who sometimes keep thinking about Last turn in MP Dom2 game and turning it this way and that in my head before falling to sleep. Obviously it only happnes if I've been playing Dom2 late before hiting the bed.
Thanks for sharing it Cpbeller, now I know that I am not alone. Dom2 MP is addicting! 
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