I send out scouts as soon as possible to find the trouble spots that will be spinning those stacks off and I try to take them out before they get too tough. I think it is a way to make the game more difficult to cover the fact that the AI isn't very smart at all. Quite frankly I think it is BS and I believe started with the undead DLC, which ever that is called. That this occurs, and that they all beeline for you, none of your competitors. It is one of my biggest gripes about the game. You have to be strong enough by turn 30, and/or destroy them by turn 20-30. It takes a bit longer for them to create the really nasty ones. that probably ends with you sliding downwards to doom.Ĭoncretely: Undead Boneyards start spawning armies around turn 20-30. You can't afford to hole up in a few cities and wait for research in this game. Your best bet would be to restart and do more scouting and clear all the spawning sites early on. Well, sorry to say, but may well be doomed. So if you have low level heroes and no strong units and are surrounded by tough enemies. With some high level necromancers (and you should have at least two) you can in fact use those undead spawners to create a huge army FOR you.īut if you're not that experienced with the combat system and the levelling system, chances are you won't have managed to GET those high level heroes you need. Necromancers are in fact best suited to do well at these game settings, because once you get skills like Inflict Ghoul Curse and Greater Animate Undead, you can take control of those powerful units for yourself. You need strong ghouled units and summoned creatures and better troops.

And you have to take out those spawn points before they can become such a big threat.įact is, when you're up against bone dragons and titans, tier 1 units and cadavers are not going to cut it.

You have to clear as many sites as possible to gain treasure and experience and units and research. You have to send out plenty of scouts to identify spots for expansion and risky monster lairs and other spawning sites. Obviously, if you start with a weak army and slow research/build speed, it's much harder to explore early on than if you start with a big army.īut you have to be pro-active anyway. Now, game settings make a huge difference. If you're fighting enemies who expand quickly, you will simply be outmatched at a certain point. Firstly: If you expand slowly, you make things more difficult for yourself.

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