Re: news from the wide world
 

I would say Elephants for their TRAMPLE ability. Your pretender design is not a heavy bless one, so I would not buy knights of chalice. They are very good with W9 for example, but otherwise Elephants are a lot better choice. Buy a few dozen elephants and watch your foes getting revenge. And remember, in this game agression is progression.

New game - recruiting
 

Im going to be hosting an EA random game for newish players (I use # of posts as a meterstick... this next game will require you to have less than 400 posts). Anyhow, the game will be PBEM where turns must be in every 24 hrs...im very strict on that deadline. If you're interested in getting in to the game, PM me.
thanks

Delay
 

Sorry for the delay in hosting... I should be able to host this afternoon.

Re: Delay
 

No problem. Welcome back. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Turn 32
 

Turn 32 is out.

Re: Turn 32
 

Abysia is under attack from the bloated nation of Man. The watery meatsacks think they can contend with the might of fire and blood.

Even as this message is being written they are proved wrong, yet the fools hold a large area of land, so we invite any neighbours of Man to join us in eradicating these verminous creatures.

-Baal Davar

Goodbye from Marignon
 

Most of my gems and money go to Ulm, little piece went to Man. I go computer-controlled. I failed to fight against 3 nations

PS Pangae (Sorlakind) attack was against out peace treaty. If anybody wants information on Pangae lands or armies, i am ready to send all files

PPS The more i play with men, the more i like computer

Re: Goodbye from Marignon
 

Peace treaty? What peace treaty? Below I paste the last paragraph of the last message that Marignon, led by Nastya the Evil princess, sent me:

"I don't know yet whether it will be easier for me to keep ceasefire or to capture Pangae territory. For now, i will act it accordance with yo proposal: don't take provinces distance 2 or closer to yo capital and don't harm yo provinces or troops, until u act the same way. My desire to remain neutral to u will depend on yo actions and messages."

Is that your idea of a peace treaty? Maybe Pangaea should have waited until, to quote you, you finally decided to "capture Pangae territory"? Yeah, right. And by the way, it's Pangaea, Nastya, the departed-never-to-be-seen-again Princess.

Out of character: In one thing I do agree with you: the more I play with men the more I like the computer. At least the computer doesn't make veiled threats, adopts an aggressive stance, invents peace treaties out of his imagination and then whines about being beaten. Playing MP dominions is starting to leave a sour taste in my mouth with all this OOC whining.

Re: Goodbye from Marignon
 

Let me intercede here before this gets out of hand...

Dominions, MP Dominions anyhow, is a game about two things - strategy and diplomacy. You can't win without using both of these skills (it's very hard, anyhow). So, it's very hard, Mehrunes_Dagon, for you to win because you're getting attacked by three people. I think you did an admirable job of trying to fight us all off... of course, you might not have had to fight three people at once if you hadn't
a) threatened one nation on the very first turn and then
b) offered to sell the location of the capital of yet another nation.

It was then bad luck that you ended up between those two nations (as well as a third), but you have to sleep in the bed you made.. more judicious diplomacy might have spared you so many attack.

I think its also important to make sure that diplomacy on the boards is conducted in-character... what I mean is that it would have been perfectly alright for Marignon to accuse Pangaea of violating a treaty whether that is true or not. Deception is a vital part of diplomacy. However, for Mehrunes_Dagon to say that Sorlakind is breaking treaties is another thing. Keep discussions in-character if you're going to talk to each other... and make declarations about Pangaea's strength in-character as well.

I hope that this game does not discourage people from playing multiplayer... for me, I can no longer play SP because i find it boring... MP offers a greater challenge, and the opportunity to interact with others, whether by allying or breaking their (nations) skulls.

Remember, in the end only one person wins... the game needs to be about more than that, and you should enjoy a battle well fought, regardless of if you win or lose (although this might seem hard when three people gang up on you).

Anyhow, my thoughts on the matter... I don't want to see a flamewar start over something that is, in the end, inevitable, i.e. getting knocked out of the game.

Re: Goodbye from Marignon
 

Greetings people, in the next turn I offer you the unique chance to send me NATURE gems and get 17 GOLD of each and every gem sent to me. (After that turn I can only pay 15 gold/N gem.)

In the other hand I would like to ask if someone is offended by non hostile GLOBAL spells, I cast or will be casting. If that's the case please tell me so we can settle it in peace.