Originally Posted by ano (Post 700746)

If all events are prohibited in the first year it will make misfortune even more attractive and luck will be nearly never taken.
But plaguelike events are just too crippling.

Originally Posted by Squirrelloid (Post 700736)

Oh dear god, someone just put me out of my misery.

There isn't a water province I can see with less than ~70 inhabitants (except for the sea trolls, kraken, and hydromancer one...). While my pretender could have taken the 70 triton province, or the *120* triton province, my regular armies are not up to the task and won't be for a *long* time...

And of course half my freespawn are tritons so I'd even have a hard time gobbling up the easy land provinces I can see (trust me, all the land provinces I can see look easy by comparison).

I don't think i've ever seen a start with so many defenders, much less for such crappy provinces. (Seriously, 120 tritons for a 15 gold province? What the hell is that?) Where's the 20-40 tritons/merfolk/atlantian militia defenses?

Still in, really not doing much.

Originally Posted by Hoplosternum (Post 700772)

My starts the same. We are on indies 6 I believe but the number of defenders is huge in the water. So expansion is really tough. If it makes you feel any better I suspect our province counts are pretty close and I am guessing your army is already bigger with your free spawn.

I am still suprised your tests showed a Ghost King could take on many indies on these settings. I mean he has no spells for buffs (apart from Twist Fate maybe) and no equipment. His standard weapon is 'no strength' so isn't going to kill anything with protection. I have used a Ghost king plenty of times. It was pretty much the only choice for pre patch Jomon if you ever wanted to use your summons. I always found them pretty fragile as they can't deal out any damage apart from a bit of chill (which takes time).