Set has no advantages when contrasted with other 2 egypt civs.
with RA and hathor the buildings are strong and cheap .
with ra scout with pharoh and scouting is fine with a priest back at the base empowering. + relics can be picked up.
Economy is weak when looking at isis or RA.
Myth units are ok but not great.
Slingers are ok but not as great as you would think .
as soon as hades arches or posidon cavalry or norse cavalry show up in the classical they suck ass.
Set should be the one egypt god who can rush or boom or defend well against a rush..... something
He was my fav egypt god i have played hundreds of games with him . And the only bonus he has is the scouting .. but a greek scout can cover the map almost as well .
His animals are more of a penalty than a bonus .
i would be content without them truth bee known like i said i have played hundreds of games with him and never have animals done crap for me. They have however maxed my population when aging past the limit i have, and stoped my worker production till i can build a house. They have chewed up population slots . common 2 pop for a deer . What would you want 2 deer who can be killed by one villager from any civ. Or an upgraded elephant. The animals are a joke .
They should take up no pop slots at all with the current strength . ill put 40 converted deer or caribou up against 5 atlantian villagers ... bet the villagers win. that is 80 pop slots vs 15 . converted animals are a joke villagers shoot at them !!
Set needs a distinct eco boost . im surprised the lure power went to posidon smells of a set power to me.
perhaps if animals were summoned in battle for 0 pop if a priest was present like a loki myth unit .. or slingers had the offencive potential of hades archers .
I use him now when i need a change ... yes his infantry can be the strongest for egypt but whoopdee dooo upgraded anti infantry from any civ will plow them down .
Isis has economy and GP defence
RA has economy and uber midgol units. his upgraded camels will lay a beat down on most troop types.
Set has what a slightly more powerfull first age unit ...
and animals who fall down in a siff wind. perhaps His bonus should have been Elephants and not slingers . He could have Uber elephats not unlike a gold colosus . the ultimate meat shield.
I dunno its late im tired .... Set is weak all i can say about him is he was all i played for 3 months ....then i read on posts he sucked so i switched to RA ..... Now if i play vs a Set player i chew them up ...He made me a better Egypt player ....because he sucked ...
[This message has been edited by choda (edited 04-17-2004 @ 03:53 AM).]