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Old January 25th, 2005, 10:15 PM

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I think the Last of Tuatha Daoine Sidhe are top-notch troops, especially with a blessing. They're really good fighters -- they're an excellent target for power-ups from friendly wizards -- and the ultra-stealth is a significant strategic benefit.

I'm not so keen on the Cu Sidhe, though. In theory their high move would allow for useful flanking, but in practice they seem to die too much (even with Nature-9 blessing). I kind of think that when playing Last of Tuatha I would save all my gold (and all my precious sacred troop building points) for Daoine Sidhe.

By the way, Legacyspy, is that message you just posted effectively an outline of your strategy in the 2v2 game that is about to start? }:-)

I played against arc once and he had a single bard causing unrest in one of my provinces, and I stubbornly insisted that a high enough provincial defense would eventually oust the bard. I ended up spending thousands of gold on provincial defense, spending time patrolling, I never did catch the damn bard, and I soon lost the game.

In fact, I'm not sure *what* the proper response to bard-unrest is. Lower taxes and just suffer the income loss? Launch an all out attack on Man's capitol?

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Old January 25th, 2005, 10:24 PM

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Question: Bards

Answer: Call of the Wild, Call of the Wind, Horde from Hell, Slingers, Harpies anything that has decent AP that you can get enmasse.

4 or 5 Call of the Wind's on your troubled province set to patrol do pretty well at discovering those high stealth units and either A.) Chasing them out by Retreating or B.) Killing them.

This type of tactic also works for Wardens/Vans/Valks Bane Venom Spies, etc, though for the actual troops you might want to put a SC/SummonSpammers on Patrol to deal with them when they are revealed.
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Old January 26th, 2005, 01:10 PM

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Zooko, in our 2v2 game I am marignon
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Question: Bards

Answer: Call of the Wild, Call of the Wind, Horde from Hell, Slingers, Harpies anything that has decent AP that you can get enmasse.

4 or 5 Call of the Wind's on your troubled province set to patrol do pretty well at discovering those high stealth units and either A.) Chasing them out by Retreating or B.) Killing them.


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