The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?

[HoneyBadger]

I know they're not bad, Zeldor, compared to most of the other nations, but compared to the new nations, they're still slightly lacklustre, and underground creatures-even the real ones like the olm, let alone fictional monsters, like the ancient olm-are just terribly interesting.

By the way, if you've never been inside a real cave, I highly recommend it. The experience can be every bit as alien as the bottom of the ocean.

[Zeldor]

The new nations are mostly overpowered, hard to compare anything vanilla. Especially when we talk for example about Lords of Civilization.

And I would classify Umrals as one of the best summons in the game when it comes to price/value ratio. I wish they came as commanders though

[MaxWilson]

Why not just give a Black Servant a leper rod or something? I guess that still doesn't let you thug out Umbrals, but at least you can have stealthy Umbral armies.

-Max

[JimMorrison]

I don't think he was complaining that Agartha needs a "boost" to become more powerful. Just that there is this wealth of underground content that is begging to be unleashed on the surface world, and Agartha is currently the only vehicle that can carry it.

[chrispedersen]

Of the three new nations, Gath, Ashdod and hinnom
after playing extensively, I would argue hinnom is super strong (hell I took out vanheim in a rush! in MP) but the other nations I would argue are weak.

Way too resourse intensive.

[MaxWilson]

Ashdod weak? Wow. I'm tapering off on Ashdod play in SP because I'm starting to feel guilty using them, like I used to feel guilty about Helheim (pre-Svartalf-adjustment) because the game is too easy. Ashdod is Niefelheim-strength sacreds with EA C'tis and LA Agartha's mages, plus Pythium's national summons. Very, very solid, very flexible. Hire Obscuro to forge some Winged Boots and there is NOTHING I want in a nation that I don't have in Ashdod.

-Max

[Tifone]

Sorry for going a little OT, but as we're talking about Agarthan pretenders... Did anybody try the Drakaina as a pretender? Her theme and flavour seems a masterpiece to me ^^

[Itchykobu]

I've been railing the CPU-controlled enemy Drakaina that Atlantis has been using. Maybe the CPU is just horribly misusing her, but my Olm has been eating her for breakfast.

(do Olms eat breakfast?....)

[Itchykobu]

What I've been liking about the Olms is their 0 supply usage. I have several armies of "better" troops, that keep running out of food.

My Olm armies are steam-rolling the opposition on numbers alone and require 0 supplies on top of it all, while my others are dying of disease.