Summon Allies Question

[SciencePro]

How does a vampire lord's summon allies command work? is it a constant stream or does it depend on population or corpses or something?

[Trumanator]

Its a constant stream, as are all summon allies commands.

[vfb]

You'll get more vampires by blood hunting and then casting Blood Rite, than you do by Summon Allies.

[Quitti]

But you lose income that way, whereas you don't lose any by "summon allies" command. It's a double edged sword

[Sombre]

You're losing utility/wasting time by using summon allies, is the point. I think the edging of the sword weighs heavily against ever using the command.

[Dimaz]

I think when all reasearch is done and all good hunting provs are occupied and all the blood is already spent and you still have free vamp lords - summon allies is the way to go.

[Sombre]

Or you could, you know, use them to actually do stuff. Like fight/cast.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Dimaz

I think when all reasearch is done and all good hunting provs are occupied and all the blood is already spent and you still have free vamp lords - summon allies is the way to go.

But how often would that happen in an MP game?
In MP actions are often debated down to a difference of one. Such as 1 gem, or 1 slave, or 1 turn. In that case summon allies would probably be considered a waste.

But in large games or solo games its thematic and cuts down on micromanagement. Everything has its pros and cons.

[Sombre]

Yeah, he was joking.