EA Agartha - the game's red-headed stepchild (CBM)

[Squirrelloid]

See, I found that I wasn't using national troops after ~year 2. Were your opponents not casting Wolven Winter on you regularly just before an engagement? Its hard to win an endurance war when you're cold-blooded and your opponent has water magic.

[AdmiralZhao]

No, besides some water nations I don't think I ever fought anyone with national access to water. You're right though, Wolven Winter (or fighting in cold provinces in general) is going to really hurt you. I'd claim that if you can get out Grip of Winter, Darkness, or some Curse of Stones, you can at least have an even fight in cold weather, but it won't be nearly so painless if you were fighting in heat-1. I actually did use one more super-secret strategy in the late game; I'll elaborate on that during my lunch break.