What is the best pretender for Ulm?

PvK · #1 January 1st, 2007, 02:54 AM

Dormant or imprisoned pretenders can work fine, but that doesn't mean the nation shouldn't expand. EA Ulm doesn't need a pretender to expand quickly, because they have good units which can be recruited quickly enough. MA Ulm can expand steadily once it acquires a body of heavy infantry of sufficient size that it won't rout. LA Ulm is sort of like MA Ulm in that regard, except it can also mass produce some missile units to get started faster, but they're less durable and heavy inf.

PvK

HoneyBadger · #2 January 2nd, 2007, 02:47 AM

I'm not talking about no expansion whatsoever, I'm talking about not taking a province every single turn, which is what I usually am doing by the time I have my Pretender, unless I'm playing R'lyeh, in which case it's usually atleast 1 every 2 turns or better until I've got Wish researched and a pearl-factory set up and can start spamming demon contracts on land.

Shovah32 · #3 January 2nd, 2007, 01:15 PM

Only 1 every 2 turns with rlyeh? What era are you playing?

HoneyBadger · #4 January 3rd, 2007, 06:09 AM

Early era, and I don't really have much use for provinces except as defensive bulwarks, or to take them away from an opponent, because I play ea R'lyeh with all scales except magic and luck at -3. I can usually do a lot more damage to an opponent without leaving my lands than I can for the same amount of effort/cost with an army, via globals, summons, etc.