MA Pangaea-best starting troops?

Xietor · #1 March 11th, 2007, 04:29 PM

I do not carry harpies in my army, as they die too quick. Enemy archers are dealt with by my centaur longbows and my armored cavalry units.

You got me on the 11 morale. It is above average, but not good. But they rarely retreat. Why? because they get a divine boost to 13, and with recuperation and armor, they live a long time resulting in a star or 2 experience which also boosts heir morale.

I am not bashing your warriors or your play style. Just giving my preference.

Shovah32 · #2 March 11th, 2007, 04:39 PM

If you want to keep your harpies for when you need to use them set them to guard a commander who is placed at the back of the battlefield then, if your going to fight alot of archers, take some of them off guard duty.

Xietor · #3 March 11th, 2007, 04:46 PM

In the game i am presently playing, in the winter of 1st year, with 3 order, 2 prod, 1 growth, 2 heat, as the scales, i have great income, 246 resources, and i can buy 10.5 hoplites a turn, or 7.5 cataphracts, or 8 war minotaurs. That is quite a bit of armor to throw at my nearest neighbor, who happens to be Ulm.

And my get out of jail card(gorgon with5 e 4 n 3 a)will be available soon. The air magic will insure no untimely demise to arbalests.

Xietor · #4 March 11th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Though it is rare, if you get the harpy hero, she generates harpies, so that is sweet! She travels with my main army, but i take no luck so she does not appear often.

Shovah32 · #5 March 11th, 2007, 05:00 PM

If your playing against MA Ulm you might like to consider making a big group of regular minotaurs using all 246 of your resources for 1 or 2 turns, if you can shield them from missile weapons like arbalests you will destroy ulm-they have no real counter to tramplers that early in the game other than SC pretenders (and you should probably just swarm them with chaff), while troglodytes would probably be preferable minotaurs should do the job just fine(with the added bonus of being able to put the hurt on any large pretenders with a defence under 20)

jeffr · #6 March 11th, 2007, 09:19 PM

I also think the White Centaur is the best Pan unit. Heavily blessed, of course. I have to yet to win in MP, though, so I'm not exactly sure I'm correct here

At the moment several large Mictlan devil armies are wiping the floor with me.

Beorne · #7 March 12th, 2007, 06:17 AM

great, I've found a thread of expert Pangea players.

Someone experienced using of tune spells? Someone has been able to use the tunes in some way with some good effect?

Thanks

Teraswaerto · #8 March 12th, 2007, 06:34 AM

Nope. Found no use for the tunes.

*disclaimer* Not an expert Pangaea player! Never claimed that.

mivayan · #9 March 13th, 2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Beorne said:
great, I've found a thread of expert Pangea players.

Someone experienced using of tune spells? Someone has been able to use the tunes in some way with some good effect?

Thanks

Once!

When enemy fliers attacked my hold-and-attack army, a dryad in the middle used tune of growth to entangle three frost fiends and two vampires. The defence penalty from that helped my army destroy them fast.

Aleph · #10 March 12th, 2007, 10:05 AM

Nobody taking death on their pretender for Lamias and the Carrion summons?