MA T'ien Ch'i - a little of this, a little of that and BAM!

[cleveland]

I definately wouldn't go picking a fight with those spells, but they're castable by the mages you're buying per Baalz' guide, and you can dial them up in 3 turns of research. And I'll guarantee they're effective against 0prot troops.

You don't have to go chasing them, you just need one proper deployment to convince the Ermor player that the opportunity cost of rushing you is too high.

[Sombre]

Originally Posted by cleveland

You don't have to go chasing them, you just need one proper deployment to convince the Ermor player that the opportunity cost of rushing you is too high.

I don't know,... when you inflict a surprising military defeat on a rusher is it really likely to make them leave you alone and go elsewhere? They're bound to have already taken a bunch of your territory so you're probably still the weakest neighbour and now they may well feel more like they're in a war with you and thus need to put you down. Once people start wars in dom3 they don't tend to end them unless they feel forced to by a more pressing problem, like a clear leader nation attacking them or running away with the game.