After hitting Lvl. 20, I've been extensively using priests all the way up to level 30. I must say, there are some impressive results (only regarding PvE though, haven't tried Golden Age PvP, though Set priest villie sniping still continues to be of use).
I've made a new discovery between the Bros of the Egypt: Set and Ptah. I've mentioned in another place that the Insanity! mechanic is the same as the Convert mechanic, except it changes your enemies to a "Treasure Guardian" type of unit. The power isn't that your opponent lost a unit, but that the computer, unlike us players, does NOT have any equipment! Therefore, you've made an enemy significantly weaker than before, being an easier target!
However, the importance of Insanity! is best exploited with one guy, the Priest of Ptah. I don't know whether this is a bug or not, but it is worth sharing: Insanity units converted to your side, are fully healed. Otherwise, usually converted units are so damaged that they don't make a difference at all. Converting an elephant or hippikon from 5% to 100% hp is significant. As much as I like priests, I don't think that this was intended, and may need fixing. Otherwise, it creates another function to making sure you infect as many melee units with Insanity!. Note: I've usually had 10 Ptah priests when combat begins, usually losing 1 or 2 to ranged units. Using converting priests is an all or nothing tactic until you have enough priests there.
A little strategy I've placed together for Age 4:
I've used this ratio in making an attack squad: 5 Ptah, 3 Set, 1 Ra. So far, it has been very effective. On the first Cyprus quest, I lost twice trying to spam Camels and Spearman. Finally, I resorted to my usual strategy, and it worked amazingly well. Whatever ground I gained with my priests, I kept. However, I'm highly envious of the Greeks since they get the Staff of the Horse for their priests. Would've made this level incredibly easy spamming them in Age 3.
|||Aren't 'insane' troops a threat to your own soldiers too, not just the enemy? If so, I wouldn't want to go restoring an elephant to full health that turns on you lol. xD|||This is very interesting...
And especially with proper micro the neutral units can be almost alwayscoercedinto doing what you want...
|||@BFJoshua2: He is saying to inflict insanity to an elephant, than converting it with a Priest of Ptah...|||
might actually be a use for insanity. So far, i've been very unimpressed.
Yay, i just turned a unit neutral who was on the front line so that he could... uhh.. keep attacking me like he was before. yay.
The fact that they lose all gear advantages is something i had missed. So maybe i'll bring some Sets along in the future. I'm still not convinced they are worth it though.
Oh, and I know Ptah has an area effect convert. But has anyone ever actually seen him convert more than one guy?
|||I think the general consensus is that it's more like splash effect
than area effect. Using one Ptah, I find that as soon as you convert
one, a few will follow a little bit afterwards. But most of the time, I'll have more than 10 priests, so it's really hard to know. With a group of them, I've seen up to 5 guys convert at the same time.
I agree...Set priests are still iffy, but I'm trying to work out all of the utility possibilities with them. They can't save the day the same way a Ptah priest can. My Ptah priest has 1k HP...literally a brick wall.
How many of you guys actually make it to Age 4 in PvP or PvE?
Random Thought: PvE...Protoss vs. Egypt? o.O
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