Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

That's because when you play against the AI you probably usually have at least 3 of the 5 global slots. ;)

I frequently see the AIs fight over global slots, sometimes for the same spell, sometimes a rivalry between Eyes of God/Dark Skies/Maelstrom/etc.

-Max

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

But it's happened too often to be chance. If all 5 slots are full I have *NEVER* knocked out a random AI spell if one of my own is up. At this point I no longer even try.

Yeah, the AI's do take out each other's spells at times.

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

Hmmm. Does it always happen with the same nation? Especially if that nation is at the very top or bottom of the nation list? I'm wracking my brains trying to think of why you could have a different experience than everyone else; although my guess is still that it's just chance.

-Max

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

It's been long enough since I experimented with it that I don't recall details. I'm in a position I can do some tests, though...

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

Loren, was this under Dom III, or a previous version?

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

Just this last week in an SP game, the AI had filled most global slots with low cost crap globals before I got one up. When I was ready to cast my second global, I grit my teeth as the turn processed, and then smiled when it was cast successfully, without bringing down my other spell.

<3

This was under 3.21~

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

3. I never heard of Dominions until 3.

At this point I've taken a dozen shots at his Eyes of God, 20 gems over, no extra caster levels. (+20 gems is not going to take out any of my spells). Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing what power his spell is cast at other than by trying to dispel it. My experience is the AI usually doesn't put extra gems into it's spells, though.

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

Well, not generally, but 20 gems over is pretty weak. Try like 50 gems over. That should do it.

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

AIs frequently create Pretenders with high path, thus their GEs are expected to have extra strength.

Re: Casting Globals when 5 are up
 

That could endanger the globals I have up--they're all at +50 but a couple of them used all but one caster level to cast.

I guess I could run the game a bit and recast those globals way over so I don't risk taking them out. It's one I've decided is won but there is still a lot going on and the turn generation is long even if I do nothing.