Re: Early Age Commentary
 

afaik when you cast utterdark, the next turn its already working --> that means -90% income = not enough money to pay for the upkeep = mass desertations = everyone who has not lots of troops that dont cost upkeep will be very death.

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

I have only seen 1 other water nation so far, and it's not LA R'Lyeh. I really don't know where my younger, crazier cousin is.

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

The mass desertion is not "all at once" but drags out over many turns.. If it was dispelled the next turn or the turn after it was cast the end effect would be a very minimal. Leaders are exempted from desertion.

Again I have no intention of even trying to cast Utterdark or BoT. To many people here to bring it down. LA R'yleh would love for me to cast it - it would take some of the heat off of him.

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

If you were to make a firm commitment that you will NOT cast BoT or Utterdark for the entire game, even at the cost of complete Victory or utter Annihalation, then I think the pressure would certainly shift towards LA R'lyeh. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

Sounds like a political barter.
I will sign a world-pact that I will NOT cast forth the dreadful magics of.......... in return for a united nations sanction against the dreadful nation of .........

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

Can we get the blood nations to commit not to cast Astral Corruption?

Actually, the way things are developing, R'lyeh will probably branch into blood magic and cast it himself.

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

Me, casting astral corruption? That must be the stupidest thing I can ever do. LA R'leyh is the second hardest nation to branch into blood, after LA Ermor. I do not have many provinces over water and my dominion is killing off my population. Without my astral magic I have nothing to come with.

As far as I know there is just whining in this thread. I'm far, very very far from wining the game. I'm not expanding closly as much as EA Oceania or LA Atlantis. My dominion is killing my income.

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Yeah people have an irrational amount of fear about LA Rlyeh, LA ermor is the real threat people need to work against for sure. Look what he did to poor niefelheim and that guy was using a killer bless, people need to unite or he will kill all one by one !

Re: Early Age Commentary
 

Naturally it would make alliance-forging much easier if people won't try to twist reality to match their current short-term (near-sighted) goals. What good to anti-R'lyeh alliance does using it to attack the reputation of a nation that has been valiantly defending itself from Man's lapdog?

Unless, of course, we should all capitulate to Man's rule lest R'lyeh win? Right. Makes, um, "sense". We thank again for the insight of Knight Bright Insight (61+).

Naturally, an agreement to bring the leader down is a good thing. However, needless smear-campaigns are less so.

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I for one seem possessed by a degree of irrational fear http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif

EA Ermor has bitten the dust after being overrun by the starved, disease ridden barrel-scrapings of LA R'yleh (I assume their first class troops are being used elsewhere).

EA Ermor has been set to AI and I wish all those who aim to curb LA R'yleh well. I am not bitter .... but in every game I play where there is LA R'yleh represented, it is located next door and ain't friendly.