.com.unity Forums
  The Official e-Store of Shrapnel Games

This Month's Specials

BCT Commander- Save $8.00
winSPWW2- Save $5.00

   







Go Back   .com.unity Forums > Illwinter Game Design > Dominions 3: The Awakening

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old May 11th, 2007, 06:24 PM

CelestialGoblyn CelestialGoblyn is offline
Corporal
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 167
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
CelestialGoblyn is on a distinguished road
Default Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

I am soon playing LA Ulm - The Black Forest in an epically large multiplayer game. I'd ask for as much advice possible about what strategies are worth pursuing and what pretender and SC builds I should consider.

I'd also post my own observations from single-player, which might or might not be accurate. Feel free to correct them.

1)There's little purpose for battlefield mages with LA Ulm. They're too weak to do anything useful accept if you use them in communion. If you use communion then skeleton spamming can be good.

2)Rangers+Pikemen are a good combination, knights are too expensive.

3)Commanders come with different types of weapons but none of that matters since they're just humans.

4)First thing to be researched should be construction for Sanguine Rods to start using blood summons.

5)Vampire Counts aren't all that good for their cost in slaves. (but what do I use them for, then?)

6)Vampires can be set to 'attack rear' and act as kamikaze of sorts. (but is that cost effective?)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old May 11th, 2007, 06:29 PM

Shovah32 Shovah32 is offline
Brigadier General
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 1,923
Thanks: 2
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
Shovah32 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

Do a search for LA ulm on the forums. Myself and someone else(may have been meglobob but im not sure) came up with a bunch of ways to use LA Ulm or more specifically vampire counts(lammashtas probably being my personal favourite).
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old May 11th, 2007, 06:33 PM

CelestialGoblyn CelestialGoblyn is offline
Corporal
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 167
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
CelestialGoblyn is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

Thank you, and sorry for not doing this earlier.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old May 11th, 2007, 06:34 PM

Shovah32 Shovah32 is offline
Brigadier General
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 1,923
Thanks: 2
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
Shovah32 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

Its ok, i tend to ask for things before searching too.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old May 11th, 2007, 06:57 PM
PvK's Avatar

PvK PvK is offline
National Security Advisor
 
Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 8,806
Thanks: 54
Thanked 33 Times in 31 Posts
PvK is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

I'm having great fun using the Templars and Hochmeisters in an SP game, but then, I get great fun from using humans, which seems to not be your play style at all, so you probably will prefer the blood vampire thing. Interestingly, you also like the look of rangers and pikemen, while I tend to prefer the shielded infantry for my main body, with some support from the other types.

IIRC, Vampire counts give stronger blood magic, free units, and flying immortals.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old May 11th, 2007, 07:05 PM

MaxWilson MaxWilson is offline
Major General
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Seattle
Posts: 2,497
Thanks: 165
Thanked 105 Times in 73 Posts
MaxWilson is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

Of course, Vampire Counts are upkeep-free and can blood-hunt so you can get more Vampire Counts. Once you get one, they snowball in almost the same fashion as clams. They have D2, so they can spam skeletons and/or cast Shadow Blast/Disintegrate, plus they're immortal and fly, so they're a real nightmare inside your dominion.

-Max
__________________
Bauchelain - "Qwik Ben iz uzin wallhax! HAX!"
Quick Ben - "lol pwned"

["Memories of Ice", by Steven Erikson. Retranslated into l33t.]
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old May 11th, 2007, 07:22 PM

Shovah32 Shovah32 is offline
Brigadier General
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 1,923
Thanks: 2
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
Shovah32 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Getting the most of LA Ulm in multiplayer.

Immortal skelespam, lammashta calling ect is always fun so with a high dominion pretender they are very nasty and mobile(stealthy, flying, cheap immortals who have the perfect magic for summoning armies in battle)
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:18 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©1999 - 2024, Shrapnel Games, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.