If I remember correctly, the defensive spells on the seal will always attack your units, whether you're assaulting or defending the seal. Then rush a sufficient army back once the avenging elementals appear and retake the seal. In that case you might defend the seals with a more threadbare force, OR you can hold the seal with just one sacrificial unit and still collect the victory points. However, you might need that army to conquer other seals and fight off the other empires once they declare war on you. The elementals that try to retake the seals are about the same as the the ones who guarded it in the first place, so if you easily beat them the same army should have no trouble beating the newcomers. It CAN be abused to make the game easier (few charges to win, snipe a seal and hold it) but it can also make the game harder.
Fewer sieges is a big advantage for me, since all city maps are pretty much the same.Īll in all it's my favourite victory condition. The Seals victory also means that the most important battles happen in the field, instead of around cities. (Then all AIs will attack you at once, except of course for your allies.) They will mount strong assaults on your seals and can pose a credible threat, especially if you're running up score. The AI is also much better at dealing with the player's seals. With beacons, they just max out their primary race and take absolute ages to start on their second race.
The AI is much more pro-active about taking them, for one. That makes it much more of a challenge to win just by defending, and also makes it hard for anyone to win by accident.Īgainst the AI, I think the seals victory works much better than the Beacon victory. However, especially on larger maps, the number of charges should be increased to the maximum. Of course, I rarely play Extra Large maps. Usually more in the centre of the map, but that's fine. I've always found the Seals to be well enough distributed.
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