So it seems that the new 'bless' effects in Dom II can be pretty powerful, which raises a concern (which involves a question) about sacred troops.
The concern is that nations which do not have regular units (i.e. non-commanders) which are sacred are at a bit of a disadvantage, and similarly, nations that have powerful sacred troops are better off than nations which have weaker sacred troops. So for example, it seems like Marignon has a pretty good deal with the new 'bless' effects - they have the Knights of the Chalice (which are already pretty good only with Dom I 'bless' effects), as well as the flagellants, which are very cheap and mass-produceable. In the middle seems to be a nation like Pythium, whose only sacred troops are the battle vestals, or C'Tis, with their sacred serpents. Finally nations like Pangaea, Ulm, R'lyeh, Abysia, and Arco seem to have the worst deal, because they don't have any sacred troops (aside from commanders).
So the question then is: Are all these nations the same as in Dom I specifically with regard to having/not-having sacred troops? or has the 'vanilla' theme of some nations been changed to include some sacred troops if they didn't have them in Dom I? Do some of the other themes of these latter nations have sacred troops, if so, could you tell us a little about them?
By the way, I do realize that 'blessing' works on commanders too, but there are a lot fewer commanders on the battlefield than there are regular troops, so that's why I'm asking about regular troops.
Right now (Dom I) Marignon has a pretty good deal with sacred troops; Vanheim is also doing pretty good with their valkyries and van being blessable. Caelum, Jotunheim, Man and Atlantis each have a single elite troop type which is sacred (Man of course being hampered by only being able to build the wardens in his home province
). C'Tis & Pythium have slightly less elite sacred troops. Finally the five I mentioned above (Pan, Ulm, Abysia, R'lyeh, and Arco) have no regular sacred troops. Ermor I don't play - and it's a little strange anyways, so I don't know about it.
[ October 09, 2003, 04:21: Message edited by: st.patrik ]
Sacred Troops
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