As Luthor Harkon, can I avoid building coves?

[Ragnarok]

Could I just avoid building Coves and play normally, or are coves just THAT important?

[Saint]

You don't need too at all. I mean, you are shooting yourself in the foot, but they aren't required.

[Chillum]

Id say you dont need them.


But your hero cap is tied to them for mournghouls and gunnery wights. So... imo you do need them. I wouldnt want to play without mournghouls in my melee focused armies, or gunnery wighs in my artillary focused armies.

[wrought82]

for the most part they are pretty inefficient, you are much better off expanding your empire normally. You MIGHT find yourself in a situation where you wont be able to defend a settlement then cove is better than nothing, and late game you want some of them for heroes, but you only need a few and only when you already have an empire.
You can also win with nothing but coves but as a source of income they are pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for what you put into them

[Karsh]

you don't need them you can play vampire coast like any other faction just conqour the world

but i will say if you play luthor. create a fleet captain hero and create covens in araby and build the buildings for the hero cap. ( those buildings doesn't give gold irc)

[Ragnarok]

I am playing Harkon and im currently trying to expand and such. Darn Lizard men!

[Ragnarok]

Is there any strategy to this? I can't do anything. Around turn... lets say twenty, the Lizardman above me attack. They can field twice the armies, have a better economy, and they outright demolish the Vampirates in a fight.

What is the strategy here? Im not seeing it.