Favorite nations so far?

[Horst F. JENS]

EA Pangea so far. Just looked at the early age (i am a slow player).

[Stryke11]

1st post!

I don't know how you all can play so many nations so quickly. I got the game right away and have so far only managed a 1 on 1 using middle age Ulm, which turned out to be identical to Dom2 Ulm, and I am at the halfway point in a game with early age Ermor. I really like Ermor. From what I read on this board and the Dom2 board the undead Ermor is a favorite here but I never liked it. I have been pretty thematic with the nation during this game, though. My pretender is the divine emperor, even though weak he fits. I have been trying two strategies, with a "good" army in the north with the blessable cavalry, the arch bishops, and living troops, and then an "slowly turning evil" army in the south with augur elders summoning armies of skeletons. My only beef is too many of the units are unnecessary. Why would you recruit Asscenci or Roraus (spelled wrong I know) when the Hastatus are only a little more expensive and better troops? I don't think I have hired one Leve the entire game, either. C'tis Aux troops are best bang for your buck, if not in cold climates.

I think next I'll try Sauromatia.

[KissBlade]

heh Ermor is a favorite? not since Dom II pre cb I'm afraid ...

[Tortanick]

Pangea would be my favourite nation for its story if they hadant made an unbelivible late era: New age and Carrion Woods can't mix. I don't think anyone did the rise of civiliseation in greek halfmen before.

Without Pangea I can't say, when writing this post I went through Ermor (pre death undead, wow!) Ulm (Love the idea of magic fearing people) Maragon (Christians, and none of the nice christian whitewashed revisionist history )

For gameplay I'm currently a fan of Caleum. Mammoths and Cold 3!!

[SalsaDoom]

Eh, my favorite was Pythium Serpent Cult, WHICH I SEE IS NOT HERE ANYMORE!

Perhaps a mod will show up and put them back in. There is a few units I sorely miss. I didn't like the default Pythium very much.

So far I like ME Ulm a fair amount (still, really). Early Ermor reminds me of the good old days so I play them occasionally.

My own nation which is fairly Ulm-like. It "works" but is in desperate need to "cleaning" up now that I have a bunch of new modding commands available I'll finish and release it someday.

Lets see... Agartha Ktonian Dead has neat stuff within.

[Taqwus]

On land, the only Dreamland mage available is the S1 Starspawn, and that's only on the coast, IIRC. The rest of the Illithids and Starspawn are recruited only at underwater castles.

Strong WS (and H, with free prophets), access through randoms to ED, badly needs Nature for supply items (don't want the illithids to starve with too many cultists running around for the declining pop) and perhaps Air (for anti-missile; alternate approach is death for Darkness).

[KissBlade]

right forgot about the land thing. Still, that's a minor loss considering the insanity spread.