By expanding slowly, you prolong the amount of time that a single army (or two, eventually) is all you need.Īnother thing in WH2 that seems REALLY useful for both elf factions is to send out a secondary lord with a small to moderate sized army to both meet everyone (if you're high elf) and grab the ocean 'treasure chests' which can seriously fuel early economic growth. So if you expand too early, you seriously bog down your economy, which slows down both your development of higher tier units and your total army size. With WH2, one of the catches is that each additional army significantly increases your upkeep.
Going out to fight thick and fast right away without knowing what's going on often leads to being spread too thin. What difficulty are you running? Also my best advice for your first time is take it slow and build up your starting province.
