Re: Warthog - running
 

Hollidays. I'll be away from friday 10th to wednesday 15th and then again from 22th to the 3rd. Should I get a replacement, or do dom3 games take breaks on the off season?

Re: Warthog - running
 

Good question. I'd like some more details as to Baalz power level, if he can convince me that he is at the point where a win seems the only likely outcome it would make sense to concede the game to him before christmas. If the outcome is uncertain we play on and get sub or delay whichever seems convenient.

So perhaps Baalz could PM me his thoughts on the matter.

Re: Warthog - running
 

My guess is I am barely stoppable right now if Argatha and R'lyeh play well, but would not be in a few more turns if you continued to fight and let me sit to build up power uncontested- though that's my assessment with no score graphs and spotty scouting (hurray BoT!). I've no objection if your call is that the remaining fighting would be lopsided and want to call the game. I'm in control of a bit over 1/3rd of the map with 54 temples and good scales. Pulling in around 100 blood slaves and 158 gems, though that'll jump up by 15D when I capture Ermor's capital in a turn or two. I'm summoning/GoR'ing 2 tarts per turn (under Gift of Health) along with 1 cyclops, 1/2 grendlekin, 1 Dakini and a sporadic rudra when I can scrape together the gems after outfitting all that. I've got about 8 earth attack spammers and the gems to drop that every turn when I pause cyclops summoning, and 3 guys who can drop ghost riders/manifestation when I pause on the tarts. Just got around to getting artifacts and found them mostly untouched so my SC summoning is on pause for a couple turns while I nab all the good ones. If a slot opens up I'll probably cast a very large wrath of god - those 54 temples are pushing my dominion out nicely. Might put up haunted forest too, that seems likely to be fun with the monkey PD. I've got an alteration bonus magic site - though I'll not cheese wish on it. I've been preparing for a war with R'yleh to the tune of having a whole mass of S2 Gurus to magic duel anything that crawls up on land, with rudras to drop wrathful skies and firestorm for any big masses of buffed chaff or dakinis to chain penetration boosted bloodlettings if that seems more appropriate. I've also been cranking out armor of souls, lead shields and MR amulets for my SCs in preparation for sitting on the squids. Swinging my research up for flame storm and niefel flames next. Will probably just ignore Argatha for the moment while I steamroll R'yleh and C'tis.

That's what I've got and what I'm planning, will be happy to fight it out if you guys feel it'll be a fun fight.

Re: Warthog - running
 

Ok, I'll think about it for a bit before deciding. I'm not that powerful by a long shot as I've been fighting a two front war under BoT most of the game. But I do have 20 or so kitted SC and a fairly strong vampire defence on top of mages and troops. Also a bunch of fairy queens and lamias etc. If we cooperate well and all attack now there might at least be a entertaining fight I think.

I also need to delay the game until tomorrow on my own account.

Re: Warthog - running
 

I'm just a small cog (if not a unused bolt) at this point of the game. So i think i'll just stale, because any replacement would just go AI immediately ;)

Re: Warthog - running
 

Alright, we'll play on a while still. I will attack Baalz now and I expect everyone else to join in, NAP:s should be ignored at this point. My prediction is that we will lose anyway, but it might be a fun show.

I will not have BvG or anyone else staling, because I ****ing hate to have players staling even when small. So the game will be delayed over your holidays.

Re: Warthog - running
 

chain staling is just bad, and there's no excuse for it. right now I'm only holding on to Bogarus' cap, the rest has been chewed up by Ermor, R'lyeh and Agartha. do you see me staling? not once. sure, most of the times I just click "end turn" cause I don't have anything else to do with my capital being under constant siege, but it's still better than staling and turning AI. I still have a last stand when someone will finally storm my capital, and AI sucks at scripting so I stay just for that right now.

Re: Warthog - running
 

I'm willing to take the disadvantaged position of me honoring existing NAPs one sided in case prep time is desired, so specifically I'm not going to attack R'yleh until turn 73 *or* he attacks me.

Re: Warthog - running
 

sorry for chain staling, but i really have nothing to do on my turns. Basically, BoT ended me. I don't understand why I lived so long...

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Because I pretty much immediately moved all my stuff up to attack Ermor when you crumpled and it's taken me a long time to siege/storm all your mostly empty castles with reserve forces. :) You're down to one castle but it's apparently got all your leftover strong flying demons/imps in it which takes more manpower to breakdown the walls than I have troops available for that duty with me trying now to take as many Ermorian castles as I can before I have to actively fight everybody else.