Re: shovah
 

I don't think I staled.

Re: shovah
 

Ok, but it was close http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Bling
 

New turns up.

Re: Bling
 

that aught to even things out a bit.

Re: Bling
 

What?

Re: Bling
 

Ouch, that was an ugly drop is army size. A pitty that I missed to observe this battle.

Re: Bling
 

really it was just a horde of undead verses a dozen priests. pretty typical stuff. he did decay all my expensive troops though :/

Re: Bling
 

Ive always been fond of f9 guardians of the pyre (since they got fireshield) so its nice to see some-one try them in mp. And it wasnt exactly typical since the undead won.

Re: Bling
 

but with heavy losses

Re: Bling
 

i did some rough calculations and if one death gem is worth 20 gold i won that battle by around 1000 gold, despite what the actual numbers say (can you tell me exactly how many pyre guards you lost? i have the figure around 30ish atm)

Re: Bling
 

ah yes, but 1000 gold is two turns for me, and I imagine even if you have a hefty death income from searching sites, that 50 death gems is about 5 turns for you. and maybe even 12 if you haven't had luck with searching.

It is much too relative to pin it to a subjective gem value - when it comes down to it, both of us can reproduce the armies in a very short time.

Re: Bling
 

Not quite, while you might get the gold back quickly the resources arent so easy to come by, if you have good production scales id reckon it would take you 4 (or 5 if your dominion isnt high) turns just to get those pyre guards back (problem with that abysian theme is it has so many capitol onlys).

Re: Bling
 

true that, I can produce 6 per turn (i have sufficient resources with fortified cities and neighboring mountains) and could get more if i invest in temples... luckily I also have some amazons, for double the sacred troop output.

the guardians, however, weren't the decimating factor in the battle. They just served as a shield/target between the priests and the undead (next time the shield will likely be cheaper)

Re: Bling
 

Damn, banelords officially suck today, first i lose one to a single charm caster in the crazy game and now i lose one in this game due to routing into bloody enemy territory.

Re: Bling
 

Banelords don't have THAT high MR ... though losing one to routing into enemy territory is sort of your fault =).

Re: Bling
 

see shovah, thats why you give them lycanthropos charms instead of regen rings. Its not like you need them to cast spells anyway - and undead don't turn into skinshifters.

Re: Bling
 

You learn something new everyday, i never knew the skinshifter thing.

Timer switched on again
 

As the IP situation seems to have been nicely solved for me, I have allowed myself to switch the timer back on. The timer is now 48h.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

looks like shovahs going to need it back off till monday.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

what I am saying is shovah posted he wont have internet till monday...

meaning hes gonna stale in 5 hours and again on sunday.
which kind of sucks since hes in the middle of a war.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Ok, this will not happen. I will switch the timer off again. Thank you for reminding me.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Anybody knows when shovah will be back?

Re: Timer switched on again
 

hes supposed to be back sometime today. probably safe to turn back on the timer.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

I am here, unfortunately due to the crappyness of windows xp i cant get dominions working, feel free to turn me ai as i dont want to delay you any longer (and am basically dead)

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Are you sure? After we waited so long for you, I think we can wait a couple of hours more http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Timer switched on again
 

I dont expect it to be fixed that quickly and wish's hordes from hell have killed me so dont worry. Sorry.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Ok - switching you to AI if nobody objects. Was nice to have you onboard.

Bernd

Re: Timer switched on again
 

I rather object to it since we have a VP game and turning a player AI imbalances such things significantly.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

he doesn't have anymore VPs though. I think rlyeh and myself already gobbled them up.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Ok, shovah, can you please send the password to QM - he will take over.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

dang, QM?!

dang.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

XD

Re: Timer switched on again
 

QM got the password (well i sent it) although i dont see him pulling something out of my mess of an empire (though i wouldnt be too suprised)

Re: Timer switched on again
 

well he recognized my hordes as raiding parties and already reconquered all but 2 of the provinces they took out.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Ok, I will set the server back to 48h, to get a regular rythm back into the game.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

If they were anything but raiding parties you would have targetted them all at one place, i simply lack the tactical and strategic mind to produce the same results as QM (hopefully dom3 will slightly bridge the gap between the new players, the intermediate players(where i hope i can place myself) and the advanced players(QM and the gang))

Re: Timer switched on again
 

I aint met anyone whos better at this than QM. :/

Re: Timer switched on again
 

oh yeah, the other downfall to playing agains QM (other than the fact that he WILL win) is that he uses every last minute available to him, on average - thinking and rethinking - and micromanaging every little detail.

so the game will have a notably slower pace.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

I have proof that QM HAVE lost in blitzes =). Generally if every other player attacks him =D. Of course, given shovah's incredibly horrid scales, he does have his work cut out for him.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

oops, sorry about the long turn wait... forgot I was in a long term game again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Btw, wish, sorry you didn't get warning about me stepping in, your game certainly has improved a lot since the last time we played.

I think kiss has the game in hand, however. He is the most powerful player currently, not at war with anyone, has access to pretty much everywhere through the seas. Together with his astral for teleporting, I anticipate a (successful) vp grab any time now.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

You claim that EVERY game XD.

My income and troops are bare minimum so I doubt any teleporting VP grabs will be very successful. Also might I point out any teleporting solo illithid starspawn will probably be owned by pd =P.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

PD? What was that again? ^^

Re: Timer switched on again
 

dang this is a fun game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

I'm probably just amused that your mammoths got scared and tried to run over your air queen.

Re: Timer switched on again
 

Jup - errm - somewhat unfortunate ;-)

Time to switch on the AI
 

Ok, I am dead - time to switch on the AI. If there is any issue with the server, please contact me via PM, as I might not follow this forum anymore.

Was really a nice game until Marignon back-stabbed me (I though we had a NAP, I must have missed that cancelation message - all future NAPs with me must be canceled via PM). ;-)

Re: Time to switch on the AI
 

I have fallen prey to the NAP cancellation via in-game message -only ploy myself. It was the last Frechdachs game, in fact. There's no way for me to prove I sent you the message at this point (I did, I promise!), but please do not take it personally, whatever you choose to believe.

Thank you for hosting! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Re: Time to switch on the AI
 

Hey - how is the game doing? A status report would be great ... ;-)

Re: Time to switch on the AI
 

Actually a stalemate between the four powers with qm's position (unsurprisingly) gaining strength. =)

Speaking of which, I believe he was looking for a sub but I had told him, under no uncertain terms, that my peace treaty with him ends with the player not the nation. Hehe ...

Re: Time to switch on the AI
 

Yes, QM wanted to pass the game of C'tis to me, but with your statement in the back of his mind, it looks like he decided to continue playing.

Re: Time to switch on the AI
 

hehe ... yeah ,.. well if you would like to play though, I will be willing to withhold hostilities. =)