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HoneyBadger July 9th, 2008 03:55 AM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Agartha, by the way, isn't just a name the Devs made up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agartha

Pretty interesting stuff.

Agema July 9th, 2008 01:15 PM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Quote:

HoneyBadger said:
(there's 3 ocean nations plus all the amphibians, and only one cave nation? gnomes anyone?)

Just for pedantry's sake, there are 2 cave nations: Abysia is the other.

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Agartha isn't a bad nation in any age. In EA and MA you can easily get into the water which gives a useful extra dimension, and in EA Agartha wouldn't be too horribly outclassed by the water specialists in a fight. Agartha also has unique summons in all ages, all of which are useful and effective. (Umbrals particularly make great thugs if gift of reasoned.)

I don't rate the Olm pretender highly: it's not a particularly good SC, Dom chassis, or powerful mage. It's not bad at any of them either, but that means it's just okay.

HoneyBadger July 9th, 2008 02:47 PM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Abysia is the volcano nation, they don't really have much to do with caves. Magma tubes you could argue, I suppose.

Tifone July 9th, 2008 02:52 PM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Hey, the Wiki voice about Agartha doesn't say anything about it being a nation in Dom3, while talking about it in other games http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif ... maybe someone can put it on?

Itchykobu July 9th, 2008 10:51 PM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Quote:

MaxWilson said:
I didn't think Olms were recruitable or summonable--I thought you only got them as multiheroes. How do you get enough Olms for supply to be an issue?

-Max

My bad. I meant the pale folk of all sorts. Pale Ones, Wet Ones, Cave Guard .....

JimMorrison July 10th, 2008 05:36 AM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
You're right Tifone, but it DOES say that Patala is IN Agartha. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif

Tifone July 10th, 2008 08:08 AM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Yah, along with Ulm, Lanka, Marignon and Caelum, didn't you know u n00b?????????? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

HoneyBadger July 10th, 2008 07:00 PM

Re: The Ancient Olm, a viable strategy?
 
Some people have a real gift for incomprehensibility.

The Ancient Olm would be a great Pretender candidate for allowing it to have access to it's own set of spells. Weird summons, strange underground magicks, claustrophobia induced fear-effects, etc. Still determined, ofcourse, by the paths you chose for it, as a player.


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