Re: Template for reducing late game MM hell
 

No diplomacy does reduce endgame mm in my opinion, so that's what it has to do with it.

There are disadvantages to the A part of RAND games as well as advantages. I personally don't like the A part and I don't think it would actually prevent two people from colluding if they really wanted to. It might reduce the temptation for people, but if you're playing with players you trust you don't need to worry too about that temptation anyway.

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Did anyone ever rename a commander into something like 'NAP3' and attack you with them?

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You could just send a message. If you want to cheat you'll cheat.

That is a funny idea though.

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That is one of the reasons why "renaming off" is an essential part of any good RAND game.

Re: Template for reducing late game MM hell
 

The army appears to be commanded by "Hey Bogarus lets gang on Mictlan" the Indie commander who radiates power...

Re: Template for reducing late game MM hell
 

Renaming off is such a pain in the ***. I hate not being able to see paths from the world overview while looking at commanders in a province. Or from the army setup screen while scripting mages.

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It's something of a mood breaker to run into commanders called 'F1D3E1' or 'W Access' when you're playing though. It matters to some people (me included). I prefer renaming off for this reason.

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I find it more painful to waste precious minutes looking for that specific mage with desired paths. For the sake of MM reduction I change all random path mages names.
The prohibition in RAND game hurts but I can understand why it's required.

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Well ... the big problem with renaming is that the enemy can see your names sometimes. Might just be the little extra intel your enemy needs when arming against your SC.
And might just be the thing that gave your cheating away in a RAND game when a message would never be seen.

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The F1 key is really awesome. =)