by Smaschge
Well, sounds nice, but it also sounds as if u play a 8 seasons year ;)i mean, movements, influence, fortress and harvest cost u all 4 seasons. and u even havent recruited. so meybe u need to be more specific. nmoreover it is interesting, that u use the fortress expansion. I dont u them anymore. Maybe i need wood (with the other raceS) and Uthuk doesnt tha tmuch. but i only use the defensive add-ons because it is to unsure, if u can use harvest every year usefully AND with the additional rules. To my exprerience, i could only use it about 1 or 2 times a game. I dont play harves that often and when the borders are clear and reinforced the realms dont change that much in our game. so harvest is obsolete.
moreover you wont have all 3 offices if your opponents dont suck.
I like the flesh rippers. they are perfect meat shields. Depending on your enemy it is really good, to have them, i think. if u have alot of troops beserks are nice because of your 8-limit ofc.
It sounds to me, that your strategy is lacking some decisive parts.
1. you cant be sure to start near alot of ore or giants/Dragons in every game.
2. If u get 2 cities they are muche powerful than most other order cards, so why u dont use it. it is so versitile. i think u have to adapt mor eto the landscape. most often this is the decisive part for victory. if u cant get enough food, your mass berserker strat needs more order cards for movements, i guess.
btw. i saw uthuk players win with masses of influence and dragon runes through influence and i saw them winning with massive of tactic cards and i saw them losing with all of that.
so far my experience.
gg