Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

It's the deviation from the "prefered value" that's results in a income reduction ... .

So Abysia is at 100% at heat-3.

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

On a small, quick map Abysia can probably tolerate death more than most nations. But taking death of a large, slow map is rarely a good choice for anyone.

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's a bad move to boost Magic Scale beyond +1. Since then chanse to get Horror increases seriously. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, didn't know that either ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif
Do you have the chance/formula ?
It has to be seriously high to make Magic+2/3 not good for Abysia - they sooo desperately need RPs in early game ... For BoH it ain't a problem, they can't have positive Magic scale ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

Even with +3 magic Horror attacks are rare enough not to make any difference.

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">It's not so important on site-rich maps. By the time the income loss due to your deathrate becomes significant, your gem income should more than make up for that. Now consider that a player who chose a death scale will have more design points to magically enhance his pretender just so he can use these gems to good effect.

It's even less important for Abysia who, as a blood nation, has an extra form of income in bloodslaves, and this one isn't affected by any game setting.

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

Mmmm here one of the reasons because I often got bashed with Abysya ...

I take growth to compensate a little blood hunting ...
Well if I take death1 unless than growth1 I've 80 points more, 120 with Death2 ^^

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I always pick Death +3 religiously with Abysia. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Striking difference from my Last game my Slayer hero was attacked by horrors 4 stright turns, when he was in magic +3 province, for +1 magic provincies he wasn't touched by horrors for more then 30 turns!
I can't tell exact numbers but high magic -> much higher chanse of horror attacks.

As for growth/death i'm taking +0. It's not a wise choise to take growth with abysia obviously, but i don't like death eather. Blood hunting reduces population pretty fast and with standard richness/magic freq. settings on the mid sized maps you do have to have gold for mages and temples. (It's pretty important to have high dominion). And with diminishing population it's not as easy task as it seems.

[ June 07, 2004, 15:27: Message edited by: mnoracle ]

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

Well perhaps horrors were sent by someone else, or you gave him a magic item attracting horrors?

I never heard about magic scale attracting horrors.

Re: Abysia and Death Scale
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sure it was due to attracting item, but isn't it pitty to lose your hero with soul contact due to horror attack?
As for sent by some one else - Slayer has very high Stelth rating http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Just for comparision, Horrors loves Kugi so IIRC all my heroes with Kugi Gifts Lasts no more then 5-6 turns even in +1 magical scale. I suppose for +3 scale it'll be instant death!

[ June 07, 2004, 15:33: Message edited by: mnoracle ]