Skills & Attribute Analysis

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I like diplomacy. It is nice when you have some common units like pirates on islands. You are bound to lose some every now and then and diplomacy gets your army filled in next fight. It is also nice when you use some hard to replace units that are quite common foes like evil beholders or inquisitors. For more efficiency you can use maxed scouting, check how many of same unit enemy has and split 5% of that to reserve.

But it is fairly expensive skill so I don't see much use to take more than 1 point.

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Thanks for your detailed analysis Falconhurst, I only disagree with a couple of points. I had misunderstood what Reserve was during my first few games that I started but this time around I got it and I think it is one of the most essential skills to get for the enjoyment of the game. There is so much less running back and forth for troops when you have it, especially if you have Sacrifice.

Also as someone who is trying to make it through a Normal game without reloading, maxed Scouting is essential.

If you're a mage specializing in more than one school, alchemy is essential and I would recommend maxing it out as early as possible. I like having lots of options so I'm really burning through my crystals even with alchemy maxed.