question about the "factions"

[whitewolf1081]

So I can see how they are all improtant but it doesn't seem like you can max everything for each faction in a normal skirmish game (i.e demon horde and undead) in terms of research and building. my question "is it better to mix all three equally, commit to one or what I've been doing, prioritizing one and slowly working at the other two" I'm not asking for advice just opinions. just want to know what other's think.

[Honorable_D]

You can max them all, you just need lots of time and Evilness resource.

[Vavalur]

Originally posted by whitewolf1081:

So I can see how they are all improtant but it doesn't seem like you can max everything for each faction in a normal skirmish game (i.e demon horde and undead) in terms of research and building. my question "is it better to mix all three equally, commit to one or what I've been doing, prioritizing one and slowly working at the other two" I'm not asking for advice just opinions. just want to know what other's think.

Just experiment and see what you find the funnest.

[whitewolf1081]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

You can max them all, you just need lots of time and Evilness resource.

I know you can but in terms of what to begin with and focus on until you get around to it. If i'm not making much sense I apoligize, also I'm just curious about other playstyles. for example I start about halfway down the horde tech tree before going to demons then undead. so my army tends to be mostly orcs with a couple goblins and nagas then after a while i start getting imps then so on.

[Vavalur]

Originally posted by whitewolf1081:

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

You can max them all, you just need lots of time and Evilness resource.

I know you can but in terms of what to begin with and focus on until you get around to it. If i'm not making much sense I apoligize, also I'm just curious about other playstyles. for example I start about halfway down the horde tech tree before going to demons then undead. so my army tends to be mostly orcs with a couple goblins and nagas then after a while i start getting imps then so on.

Use 1k gold at the start to get 2 additional snots, focus on the undead first as they have the cheapest revive. Get magic traps as soon as possible.

[Skybreaker]

Hi whitewolf1081,
in our release livestream, we played a total of three coop skirmish games, the last one (so you might skip the first ~2 hours) will be a long run, just smooth and chillout game, where we actually researched most, if not almost all things from the tech-tree. You might have a look, to do the same:
https://go.twitch.tv/videos/181911058

@Vega

-cheers

[Vavalur]

Originally posted by Unerde:

Hi whitewolf1081,
in our release livestream, we played a total of three coop skirmish games, the last one (so you might skip the first ~2 hours) will be a long run, just smooth and chillout game, where we actually researched most, if not almost all things from the tech-tree. You might have a look, to do the same:
https://go.twitch.tv/videos/181911058

@Vega
:rulez:
-cheers

I watched the first game and got tired of them losing , came back later and saw them finally slap each other which was great.

[shde2e]

Depends on the situation and preference.

If you get invaded a lot, the undead are useful because they turn those heroes into free units/evilness.
Demons are more of a mid-game faction since they require some buildup, but with more powerful units and spellcasting.
Horde are generally better sluggers, but you risk losing them unless you have crypts and stuff. They also give you traps, which let you weaken/kill invaders in the mid to late game.

Personally I use a mixture of all three, always with the basic spells and sometimes traps. Then I just pick whatever I want or happen to have invested in at the time.

[Honorable_D]

I rush "Crusher" traps, as 3-4 of them make hero invasions a problem of the past. But, to get that I need to tech up both Horde and Demon trees—Demons cause you need the scroll research room to unlock the Crusher.

[tdb]

I like horde the most, but the others have some cool creatures too. The spider demons are ugly though. Zombies and skeletons have their own population limits which makes them very useful. Same for converted heroes.

On normal difficulty you can start with pretty much whatever. I usually get the two population points that don't require evilness, unblock nagas and have two goblins, three orcs and two nagas.

On hellish it's best to start with demons and undead, since it's much harder to avoid deaths early on. Even if you do get a crypt in the start, reviving horde creatures takes a significant amount of time so you can easily end up in a situation where you haven't recovered from the previous wave of heroes when the next one comes in.