Well CBM1.9 is nice, but why no buff for Fomoria??

[cux47]

Baalz, my GOD!! Could you write a guide for Fomoria, that is the buffing which i needed most!

[Foodstamp]

Originally Posted by Baalz

While I don't think the HoF is relevant, personally I find Fomoria on the high end of the power scale and have done very well with them in mp. If you ignore the abysmal junk in their roster they still have some very good choices. All your cap only guys are very good (though I prefer the unmarked to the Fomorian giants most of the time). Probably not gonna recruit too many troops out of your secondary castles, but in a pinch mixed size 4 Fomorian warriors and size 2 Firbolgs are quite resilient. What they lack on the offense is more than made up by the real reason you want secondary castles - unmarked champions and druids. Pass out some frost brands and bows of war/thunder to the champions and boosters for your druids and your ouch layout rises considerably while your troops take forever to chop through.

Having 3-4 booster boosted druids summoning Morrigans is more than enough to give you a very considerable force. Every time you mass up 10 recruit a Nemedian champion (use the money you save on kings to put up more castles for unmarked champions), stick some winged boots on him and you've got an awe inspiring raiding force with the stealth + flying to easily combine with other raiding parties for bigger fights. If you've got the gems to kit the champion as an anti-sc they're virtually impossible to stop raiding without an enormous effort and 30 Morrigans showing up to help with the big fight is a serious tide turner. In my mp game my slowly massed morrigans were one of my more terrifying assets as they just really didn't die so I massed up quite a few over a couple game years.

Add in great recruitable SCs with cloud trapeze, thunderstrike, strong D, the best battlefield enchantment in the game, strong amphibians with sailing and virtually everything blessable - a very scary nation in the right hands.

Baalz, you have a knack for playing bad nations well. It is well known that Fomoria is worst nation to be stuck with in MP, even worse than MA Man. .

P.S. Morrigans roxor your boxers and the idea that Fomoria is underpowered is absurd.

[Colonial]

I would greatly appreciate a new baalz guide.

Not trying to be a nudge or anything...

What about a 600-pound gorilla-style diplomacy? 'Hello, I'm a 600-pound gorilla, and I wanna be your friend while I kick the hell out of your neighbours'.
These who play just for the sake of it will probably agree, I am sure.

The problem with this diplomacy, Noobliss, is this: when one nation gets too big, especially in the early or mid game when there are still a ]lot of people on the map, is that you are libel to get gangbanged.

once someone has become lunch, you don't really want to be the only guy not digging in, and even if he threatens to retaliate disproportionately against you, that threat generally isn't credible enough to keep you from your meal.

so basically a 400 pound gorilla is in a much better diplomatic position than a 600 pound gorilla.

[NooBliss]

Originally Posted by Colonial

The problem with this diplomacy, Noobliss, is this: when one nation gets too big, especially in the early or mid game when there are still a ]lot of people on the map, is that you are libel to get gangbanged.

Sigh... In an ideal world, yes. Or amongst them top players, maybe.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by Colonial

... is that you are libel to get gangbanged.

Only if it happens in print!