[Chris]

Yeah I need to realize how many lives that Staff can save. In a later game I played against Orc, I did do that, but I had only one staff. At one point the BM tried to kill DH. At last second, I gave the staff to KOTG and got DH out with 12 HP left. He didn't really kill anything except liek 2 hunts (which were stuck and he had used dust before the battle started). I like staffs like that, especially the Sanctuary one. But I often forget I have them and don't end up using them properly.

In one custom campaign I play, Wanderers of Sorceria. I often use Sanctuary during the Jin levels, especially in Book 5 when the AI gets buffed and the hero/units get whacked. Especially during this one base. It does what you do, casters, breakers, elven footmen (575 HP, medium armor do about 40 damage). And it becomes essential to get stuff like my knights and hawk riders out when necessary, especially the Archmage at this base (has all spells, except a Stampede of shockwaves instead of Mass Teleport).

The funny thing about allmighty is, he was level 26 solo and 410:400. Yet he lost to a person who rarely does Solo, but has some potential for it. Also he accuses me of hacking with like zero proof, except his own sore loserness. If I find him again, I will show him no mercy once more and piss him off.

I hit a slump with NE recently, so now I am 10-9 (rats). The problem lies vs Hu and NE, ironically the two races you have almost zero trouble with. I don't really know how to deal with those well as Elf. I know from experimentation some pros in mirror go DH or Beast, archers, then tech for Naga and Dryads. I lost 3 times to that. One game I tried it myself but he kept pinning me down and I eventually did a bad tp that cost me the game (one of the 3). And later, I lose more to humans because I just can't handle some of the T1 units. However, it is not the foots that bother me vs hu, its the rifles, and breakers depending on my unit setup. Everything else about HU is pretty simple to defeat, even knights and casters. However, I only lost once as Orc (in a mirror, which is something I need to improve on) and besides that, I have won just about every game as Orc. Both races I am undefeated vs UD.

Then again MS, you don't play Orc at all. If you were as interested in it as I am, then you would see it from a different light.