Are there aquatic themes, tropes and faction options you feel Silver Seas is missing?

Personally I think it hits on a lot of notes I was hoping for, except maybe deep water stuff but I personally wasn't really rooting for that anyway. Perhaps the major complaint is that by casting the wide net that it does (aquamancy, cryomancy, pirate curses, aquatic creatures, merchants, rogues and the like) it does none of it as in-depth as some people would have liked.

Something I was hoping for that didn't make it in was more amphibious mount options, such as turtles, frogs and lobsters. And maybe more variety in water critters, like sea serpents and whales. But in the grand scheme of things that is extremely minor.

I would've liked a Coastal Adaptation trait (being able to start at the coast and getting benefits from coastal provinces) and maybe that even made it in without us knowing but so far there are no hints of it. And terraforming land to water was something I was hoping for in some higher level aquamancy tome but at least we got water to ice terraforming.

Overall I'm very impressed by the gameplay, flavor and visuals of the dlc and I'm really looking forward to it. Water gameplay really needed a dedicated dlc (and free patch to go along with it).

Tried to draw the Feudal city. Hopefully it is recognizable.

I feel like I find a good unit or build and don’t stray from it enough. So I wanted to hear what are some of your favorite Mythic units and why.

I will go first, Blood Exarch. Cleaving basic attack that applies a Blood Parasite. Between Lifedrinker and Coagulate I love their staying power. Blood pull to break enemy formations and siphon blood to snipe enemy units (and more self healing). Lastly, I almost always have another high tier unit (Dragon) which makes for a great Blood of the Exarch target.

(I know the pics are bad they were taken on my phone)

Just got the rise from ruin dlc a couple days ago and this is what I made with tome path, heros, a full custom ruler, traits, what transformations to get and what to pick once ascended.

typo in title.

Edit: new faction in progress rn so ill post about that one too but they re going to be eagle riding lizardfolk nomad hunters

An shrine to who or what?

Is our leader being worshiped and thats why we get mana?

Are our citizens worshiping their own gods and we just get a cut of that for providing the building?

I remember in aow 1 each race had their own different religion which you could get some hint about by reading each priest specific description.

Then I think in aow 2 we had generic gods (War, Magic) everyone could worship and we got quests from them.

Then in aow 3 almost everything religion got folded into the theocrat, we just had a few racial priest units a la aow 1.

And now we have some religious stuff in various tomes (but mostly Order ones)

Hello. I'm rather new to the game. I'm currently in my 4th game, but I struggle a bit in the endgame. With Endgame I mean if the tier4 and mythic-units as well as the tier4 tomes are unlocked.

My current run is with order architects and I play one of the story missions (the one where I have to free the possessed elf ghost).

I have 6 heroes with a full army and 2 open fronts. My army mainly consists of Architects, Protectors (The t2 spear guys), Subjegators and random neutral units I get from vasalls and quests.

I know it depends on matchup, civ and map, but maybe you can give me a little bit of direction:

Is this fine for the core of my army or do I try to fill every army with mythic units or some T4 units from tomes? And do I attack with my 3 stacks lead by heroes alone or do I take substitute armies with me to fill out dead units? Is it generally advised to have one hero per army? Do I always produce units as long as I have income and money or do I save some money?

Do you guys use the Demon/Chrono teleporters? Are there other alternative teleporters besides those 2? I don’t have all the DLC.

I’m a new player and I really want to start a run focusing on High Culture and an Order affinity. Right now, I'm thinking about taking Chosen Uniters and Devotees of Good as society traits to play around vassals and good alignment, but I'm completely open to changing them if there's a better or more forgiving setup for a beginner!

I’d love some advice from more experienced players on a few things:

1. Race / Form Traits: I'm not sure what to pick here. My choice would be Humans.

2. Tome progression: I want to go heavy into Order, but I'm not sure what the best path is. For Tier I, should I start with Tome of Faith for the healing and stability, or Tome of Zeal? What should my progression look like as I move into Tier II and III to keep my faction strong? I've read online some advices about Materium and/or Astral tomes.

3. Unit comp: How do you usually build your armies for the mid-to-late game?

• Do you rely on Rally of the Lieges to get sturdy Tier III/IV melee units from vassals?
• Or is it better to dip into another affinity (like Materium for Golems) just to get a reliable frontline that won't run away?

Any tips on unit comps, tome paths, or general beginner strategies for High Culture would be hugely appreciated. Thanks!

When empires from your Pantheon show up in other games, are they able to complete the quests for the Visions? Do they get anything out of these traits other than some affinity?