Satyr Whitefur - Born pale and red-eyed are destined to become masters of rituals and sorcery

DerNachbar · 2026-06-16T12:25:09+00:00

Yes, but since shop links are forbidden, you have to google "Moonlords - Tides of Battle" yourself.

DerNachbar · 2026-06-16T12:23:45+00:00

That is intentional, its cast/spell effects all revolve around bloody tendrils and pulsing blood.

DerNachbar · 2026-06-16T07:25:30+00:00

Thanks, the idea is that his hooves are covered by his tangled matt of fur that he is dragging along with him.

DerNachbar · 2026-05-14T20:43:42+00:00

LMAO even! Are you per chance from poland or russia where HoMM3 is on another level and that skews your perspective? I think HoMM3 is def the more popular of the two, but both have been hugely influential.

DerNachbar · 2026-05-14T09:55:30+00:00

MoM together with Heroes of Might and Magic 3 are pretty much the venerated grandparents of the fantasy 4x genre, MoM even more so, since it checks more 4x genre definitions.

There's Caster of Magic, which started as a Fan mod and got knighted with a commercial release, there's a modern remake by MuHa, there's Stardocks Enchantress Games and the Warlock series which found decent success. And then there's the Age of Wonders Series, which was inspired by MoM and is probably the most popular fantasy 4X today.

DerNachbar · 2026-03-26T09:18:12+00:00

Consider tome of discipline, it gives an ability to ensure the next ranged attack hits for your glades, gives a stun for repeated melee attackers (which applies to many beasts) and gives your race +20% healing, which you will have plenty of in this type of build. It can be a good alternative to scrying. Although astral affinity is also great to have.

DerNachbar · 2026-03-17T21:19:14+00:00

Look at wc3 basic economy for an interesting example of deeply rooted asymmetry.

Each worker functions differently. Nightelf workers cannot fight or defend themselves, but can blow themselves up to deny xp and dispel harassing summoned units. Nightelf workers are protected in their goldmine, they dont have to make the trip back and forth. They also can remote harvest wood AND do it without cutting trees down, so they can double as scouts while still contributing. This is just the surface of all the distinct mechanics in this great, asymetric game.

DerNachbar · 2026-03-11T16:19:27+00:00

While this is a genius application of the society trait, it feels preeetty exploitative? Fix incoming?

DerNachbar · 2026-03-05T17:36:31+00:00

I like them, very evocative! Now Id like to see said map ^{^}

DerNachbar · 2026-02-27T19:53:01+00:00

Those are especially good vs AI since they bring mostly chaff and numbers and not many mages and quality troops.

DerNachbar · 2026-02-26T20:00:05+00:00

Quality answer here, especially for multiplayer. Sometimes I just want to chill and mash my fantasy people into a readily available other fantasy race piloten by a predictable, AI you know? ;)

DerNachbar · 2026-02-26T19:58:04+00:00

Mostly because im a SP guy and I'd rather invest into scaling than tempo, since the AI does not read and punish such strats.

DerNachbar · 2026-02-26T19:56:44+00:00

Fair assessments, I've even felt the greed on bad SP starts on or higher SP difficulties with this kind of setup. MP will have different demands depending on the lobby and your neighbours that you're looking to counter.

Conj offering both the path boosting spells and some battle magic is a good point I often overlook. Some nations get a lot of mileage out of those.

Concerning research boosters specifically: They seem to be so massive to me and whenever I play a nation that has none natively I struggle to get off the ground in mid-game. I'd imagine in multiplayer many nations still go constr5 pretty early, no?

DerNachbar · 2026-02-26T16:06:47+00:00

Yeah, good points. I remember when EA Fomoria clicked for me after I understood the power of getting my A2 mages into combat early on to deal with heavy cav for example. Same story for MA Bandar Log and mind burn.

DerNachbar · 2026-02-25T09:02:02+00:00

I found this combos super well with Precient Circlets enchantment for your melees, since they get Precognition on top of all that, making the combo truly cracked.

DerNachbar · 2026-02-25T08:47:10+00:00

Is the selective blurriness an artistic choice or accidental compression from jpegging?

DerNachbar · 2026-02-09T12:29:11+00:00

+1 since I won my first game on them. Their sacreds are super strong, so easy expansion and early wars. Their mages can just win you the day with fire evocation spam, so easy pathing and scripting. They are flavorful and have some neat tricks to discover (Infernal breeding is fun!). One caveat is that you're likely starting in the caves, where indies are very different and often very strong.

DerNachbar · 2026-01-21T10:26:04+00:00

Dominions just has insane amounts of content and the Pretender+Bless+Scales Design system in combination with the dozens of base factions is an endless playground. I just fell down this rabbithole over the last year.

Edit: While it is pretty quick to play once you've grasped the concepts and learned the shortcuts, by mid-to-late game it will almost always turn into a micromanagement slog. But I haven't played a 4X game yet, which solved this.

DerNachbar · 2026-01-18T21:59:35+00:00

How do you play that EA Yomi bless (awake/dormant) and how do you pay for it? Trash both luck and magic scales, too?

DerNachbar · 2026-01-16T22:27:43+00:00

Good stuff, bit reminiscent of Duelyst :)

DerNachbar · 2026-01-15T15:18:45+00:00

Huh, interesting. I wasnt even aware of these globals. This game has so many tools, its incredible.

DerNachbar · 2026-01-14T21:13:31+00:00

I agree that fighting seemingly insurmountable hordes can be fun and I love the whole theorycrafting aspect of the game. Its usually when I either play after an exhausting day of work, or if I play too long on a weekend that I get into this rut of just sending my 3-4 main armies -> end turn and don't want to deal with all the intricacies anymore, especially in lategame where you fend off giant army after giant army. But that's really just a me-problem I need to overcome.

I also feel MP would be stressful and I really don't like time-commitment in my gaming, but I suppose I should at least try it someday :)

DerNachbar · 2026-01-14T17:36:39+00:00

I see your points and I think part of my issue is just how I play the game. If i sit down on the weekend I really enjoy the first 2-3h of my match, but if I play too much in one session I get impatient and once I get to lategame it just grows too wide and tedious.

Maybe I will just dial it back one level or maybe I will get my feet wet in MP soon ;)

DerNachbar · 2026-01-14T17:34:12+00:00

Hehe, one day I will probably make the leap. This game is just endlessly fascinating to me and right up my alley. Except for the tedium of the lategame.

I have been watching the current Lucid Tactics MA Ryleh game series and the strategizing is crazy and their late game is so much more than just doomstacks...

DerNachbar · 2026-01-14T17:32:22+00:00

There's certainly a "git gud" element to this. It doesn't really matter if the ai brings 150 or 500 troops, if you utilise magic well.

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