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Well, I tend to do more tests lately. Since the basics were understood long ago and many finer details are already understood too, usually I have some ideas what to do in different situations. However it's hard to tell in advance what ideas are better or work at all and what are total crap. And even when I have some knowledge from previous games of similar situations, still there are some deviations which can be of great importance.
WL, you described how you make your turns some time ago, and I have to say you're much more dedicated to the game than, for example, me, with all those notes and such. So I think we both try to do our best, just use different tools.

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No, its because you run around town dressed as a bog beast armed with stink bombs...:D

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I don't test either, though when I heard about the high likelihood of three shura being annihilated by one guy I thought they could kill, I was very tempted to! However, the amount of work I would have to go through to accomplish it decided for me. So I just believed you and stopped using them as raiders :P If your tool existed and was user friendly, I would have probably experimented some to try to see if there was anything I could do to get around that.

The only time I've run into what seemed like extensive simming of battles was in the NvV series, particularly the second game with TheDemon. My impression from reading the vet team's boards was that he simmed probably every important battle before it happened. I don't know how common that is among members of this community though.

Sombre - Hey! I saw you on the news today. Raising soulless at your local cemetary for use in your dom game. That's what I call dedication.

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Sombre, the important question is, does it help with the girls? :cool:


Dimaz, your dedication to the game is perfectly ok, even admirable. And you're right, I was quite dedicated to the game in the past, I made more notes and gave more thought to my turns. It took me a long while to understand that I'm *too* much dedicated and when I started cutting down on the extra stuff per turn I suddenly had more free time to do other fun things. To each his own and most of us go through different stages WRT to mostly anything. So do your magic testing thing as much as you like so long as it suites you.
I could stop here but I want to extend a friendly advise, from someone who has walked the extreme dedication path in the past, don't spend too much of your precious time on the game. Not worth it. Don't stray too far from the fun factor the game's supposed to provide :)

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Hehe, Qwerty was really top of it. I play more relaxed now, too.

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OMG. QWERTY. I shudder at the memory of that game. Thanks for bringing that up! ;)

You sign up for a team game, then your partner loses interest so you end up playing two nations on a huge map against top tier players. Seriously - I spent insane amount of time on this game.

Now I try not to allow the dominions monster to devour too much of my life. Stay put dominions, you bad MM heavy (yet deliciously addictive) game!

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WL, your manifestations seem to have hidden targeting bonus. 2/3 critical mages of 15 commanders in 3 casts. I should consider using more bodyguards.

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Yes. That was really uncanny. The last mark was the cream of the pie.

Oh and if you're gonna conquer me and Jomon you better hurry up or you'd be facing them tree hugers all around you ;)

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48h extension given.

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And a 36h extension given.