LA Atlantis - frozen death from all directions

[Ming]

Baalz,

You are greatly mistaken if you are under the impression that I think your suggestions are weak.

If you recall, my first post in this thread was "I have always struggled to make LA Atlantis work and your guide has some interesting suggestions". That was meant to be a sincere compliment. I have tried - AND FAILED - to make LA Atlantas work and your guide is the first workable solution to playing LA Atlantis that I have seen. My subsequent comments should be seen within this context.

I do have some reservations on some of the points you made (but taken as a whole I think your suggestions are valid), and I presented them more out of a wish to better understand your thinking than because I have any conviction that they are definitely wrong.

Anyway, I apologise if I gave the wrong impression. I, and I am sure many others too, appreciate your sharing your insights on La Atlantas with us.

[Twan]

As well I never said this guide was bad, just spoke about another build I had a good results with (all the spells use being about the same).

I even agree your double bless is probably better in most cases (especially with Rlyeh in the game, and if you are not lucky with indie mages sites).

[SlipperyJim]

Minor thread necromancy, but I just have to share....

When playing as LA Atlantis, build an underwater castle as soon as possible. You get a whole new range of recruitable troops and commanders. It's like playing MA Atlantis and LA Atlantis at the same time.

[thejeff]

Yes. This is new with the last patch.

Especially important if you're fighting R'lyeh. The commanders are resistant (immune?) to insanity.

[Natpy]

But they very vulnerable to magic duel

[JaghataiKhan]

The new, dream resisting priests sound exactly the medicine Atlantis needed! Great! If only Seal Hunter harpoons worked underwater and had more ammo...

[HoneyBadger]

Ok, so LA Atlantis is now fit to duke it out with Ermor and R'lyeh-so what about the rest of the LA nations that struggle against those two behemoths? How do they stack up?

[Lingchih]

LA Pan doesn't stack up too badly. They have heavy duty troops, and can recruit a lot of priests quickly and cheaply. They can fight Ermor, though against R'lyeh they would probably still have a hard time.

[HoneyBadger]

I doubt Pythium with it's sacred hydras, or Ulm with it's sacred-stoppers, or LA Gath (eats everything) have too much trouble competing, either. Ofcourse Mictlan is strong in LA, too. I'm not sure about the rest.

[Lingchih]

Actually, LA Pythium does not stack up too well vs. LA Ermor. The sacred hydras can take out a lot of undead, but they eventuallu get overwhelmed. I have played this scenario out recently in MP. Against R'lyeh though, I think the Hydras would do ok.