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Old February 6th, 2010, 05:44 PM
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How does a vampire lord's summon allies command work? is it a constant stream or does it depend on population or corpses or something?
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Its a constant stream, as are all summon allies commands.
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Old February 6th, 2010, 08:18 PM
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You'll get more vampires by blood hunting and then casting Blood Rite, than you do by Summon Allies.
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But you lose income that way, whereas you don't lose any by "summon allies" command. It's a double edged sword
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Old February 7th, 2010, 07:44 AM

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You're losing utility/wasting time by using summon allies, is the point. I think the edging of the sword weighs heavily against ever using the command.
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I think when all reasearch is done and all good hunting provs are occupied and all the blood is already spent and you still have free vamp lords - summon allies is the way to go.
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I think when all reasearch is done and all good hunting provs are occupied and all the blood is already spent and you still have free vamp lords - summon allies is the way to go.
But how often would that happen in an MP game?
In MP actions are often debated down to a difference of one. Such as 1 gem, or 1 slave, or 1 turn. In that case summon allies would probably be considered a waste.

But in large games or solo games its thematic and cuts down on micromanagement. Everything has its pros and cons.
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Or you could, you know, use them to actually do stuff. Like fight/cast.
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Yeah, he was joking.
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