Guide to playing Patala competitively

[Gregstrom]

1. They're unarmoured sacreds with only average defence and two attacks (although 1 is a kick - wow...). Probably not.
2. Yes, right down to having an upkeep cost.
3. They have about 17 prot, a buckler and a falchion or similar (and I think a kick too). Good MR and attack/defence make them able to stand up well in fights with LA troops.
4. The Rudra is a big 4-armed SC chassis, and is pretty handy. The Devala is a spellcaster who's not much good in a fight IIRC, and the side-effect of boosting magic scales makes it a good boost to researchers if you haven't gone for magic 3 in your scales.

[WraithLord]

Thank you Gregstrom.

May I ask what you mean in your comment about point #4. The one about side effect of magic scale?- Does the Devala boost magic scales or some such?

[Gregstrom]

Exactly so. I don't know what the odds of a boost are each turn, but if it's a similar effect to the domain-issuing sites then you're pretty much guaranteed a province at Magic-3 after a Devala's been there for a few turns.

[thejeff]

I didn't know that was possible.
Can it be modded?
I want scale modifying units...

[Kuritza]

AFAIK its possible when your domain is weak. Otherwise, your domain settings are stronger than some Devala's effect. In my tests, one Devala didnt change anything.
Perhaps if you mass them... but then again, is it worth massing an expensive 9-lvl summon to get +1 research for your mages in one castle?

[Gregstrom]

Well, I guess if you took the huge risk of being something like dom-6 and drain-1 then rushed conj 9 it would be +3 research.


Probably not a worthwhile strategy.

[WraithLord]

Sounds like nice flavor yet quite useless in practice. Nice touch on part of the Devs. I would have liked 2 see this idea developed more. Meaning having some high level summons, who can be viewed as lesser gods, that can exert global influence, like heat/cold, MR higer/lower etc.