Silent Seas AAR

[Nerfix]

How many Gandharvas for how many gems the spell summons?

[st.patrik]

I would assume that summoned Yakshas/Yakshinis cost the same upkeep as recruited ones. As to upkeep costs, you still need to do math for the individual units as far as I can tell.

You get 6 Gandharvas for 18 astral pearls, so 3 pearls per Gandharva. I think this is about right - it means you can get a small elite force, but you can't flood the field with them.

Personally I think they pretty much rock, especially considering that in early era there are almost no prot 17 units - armour that thick just doesn't exist yet. So these guys stand out.

[st.patrik]

Turn 29
Took over the independant province easily, although I may need to reposition Ananda - I'm not sure he was close enough to the second group of Yavanas to bless them. Here's a shot of the action:



In other news, Caelum sent some more hawks my way (when will he learn?). I guess there's not much else he can do right now. Also, whether by accident or attack I do not know, but somehow there was an earthquake in one of my provinces, which destroyed my temple there. Frustrating setback. Arana must now go back there and build another one. It's an unlucky province, which may have something to do with it.

The Yaksha that answered Candakirana's call, Asamati, is somewhat skilled in Astral magic, which is unusual for a Yaksha. I have heard tell of a powerful spell which, when invoked, sends great meteors crashing into the ranks of one's enemy. I believe that Asamati may be uniquely gifted to exercise this arcane power. However, I have no idea of the specifics of the incantation. Maybe I will task my Yogis on researching this rather than Construction.

Divya called up more Gandharvas this turn. They can withstand frontline action, even including the arrows T'ien Ch'i is likely to use.

Ananda is pausing in his tour of Independant territories to build a temple. Now all that is needed is for these bars that restrain me to crumble and let me come in person to oversee my people.

[Nerfix]

Gift from Heaven eh? You think it's worthwhile to purse it?

And a setback, nasty.

[st.patrik]

Gifts from Heaven is a great anti SC spell, although that's more important in MP play than SP. However, I do want my Yakshas and Yakshinis to be able to be able to cast some enemy-damaging spells - blade wind, falling frost, gifts from heaven, etc.

[Nerfix]

st.patrik said:
Gifts from Heaven is a great anti SC spell, although that's more important in MP play than SP. However, I do want my Yakshas and Yakshinis to be able to be able to cast some enemy-damaging spells - blade wind, falling frost, gifts from heaven, etc.

Have they changed it's precision? I remember that it required crazyinsane Prec buffing before it hit a thing in Dom 2.

But yeah, evocation is often useful.

[Ballbarian]

Ah. Disappointed that individual unit upkeep is not displayed, and indifferent to summons vs hired upkeep.
Thank you st.patrik for satisfying my curiosity.

(btw Agrajag, I have no problem doing the math, but I knew that Illwinter has gone to great lengths to make the UI and game mechanics more accessible to new players and thought this feature might have been added.)

[Nerfix]

Yeah, showing unit upkeep cost would have been good.

Maybe something for the patch.

[st.patrik]

Turn 30
Caelum's dominion stubbornly refuses to die. Belief in his capital is stronger than ever. Still, the worst he can do is throw out some hawks now and again, so I'm not too worried.

Ananda is attacking the next independant province; Arana is building a temple to replace the one that fell down in the earthquake. Unfortunately all these temples really cost a lot, so I don't have much money for troops.

I'm sending Asamati north east to attack the indepedant provinces to the east of the great forest. He'll give the Gandharvas their first taste of combat. Candakirana summoned another Yaksha skilled enough to cast the meteor-calling incantation.

Short term plans are to take all remaining independant provinces. Medium term plans are to equip a force capable of taking out T'ien Ch'i or Vanheim, and still defend the homelands. I will need to outfit my commanders, research some damaging battlefield spells, and recruit a bunch more troops to do this. Long term: take over the world.

[Nerfix]

Sounds like good plans.

How much money you are making per turn?