Do people underuse mages?

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by SlipperyJim

[*]Fire! Fireball, Flare, and Holy Pyre can all be good choices for immolating your enemies before they reach you. These spells work especially well when your troops are fire-resistant or fire-immune, so that you'll suffer less from friendly fire.

Also, the battle AI is aware of friendly fire (tries to avoid it), so if your troops are resistant or immune there's a better chance of targetting the dense formations of enemy troops battling your own troops close by instead of scattered formations that are still moving further away. Precision depends partly on distance to target. Thus, immunity to friendly fire helps maximize effective precision, target density, and kill rate.

-Max