Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

My vote is also for no nerfs... let's see how it plays out.

Resok

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Looks like the no nerf vote is going to win. Let's get the game started.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

What's about commander's renaming? Will it be allowed?

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I'll vote no nerf http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

HoF will be 15 slots?

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

yeah HoF 15 slots

It looks like everyone wants no nerf mods so after doctors appointment I will check back to see if any changes in the thread then start the game up for uploading pretenders.

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SERVER IS UP FOR PRETENDER UPLOADING!!!

IP: 24.90.74.183
Port: 6999

Post if any problems connecting. I reboot the computer I am using the server for once a day so if it is down more than five minutes then there is a problem. Otherwise I am rebooting. Enjoy.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

I cannot connect. I can't ping 24.90.74.183. However, I am checking to see if its a firewall issue on my side.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Is probably your firewall. I was able to connect just fine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Stupid office firewall. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif I'll have to connect from home.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Ok. Will work on my pretender tonight.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Pretender uploaded. Nobody has to press start game until everyone has uploaded pretenders and until Aku gives the word.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Atlantis pretender is on the server

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Arco on server.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

C'tis is up!

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Can't connect to the server... "Connection Failed".

Also I can't ping the IP address... status of the server?

Resok

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

err... there it goes... uploading Pangaea pretender now.

Resok

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Hi guys
I've had trouble registering on the board, so I asked mnoracle to hold a place for me. So I will be playing Caelum instead of him. And Caelum pretender is already uploaded.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Hi Dimaz http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif. Welcome and good luck and have fun with Caelum http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

To be clear: We are not using any anti-hoarding mod whatsoever?

It says in the first post we are but I can't find the download.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Corrected it now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.
No we are not using one now since the majority voted for no additional mods (much to my dislike http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif).

Seems only you, myself, Huzurdaddi and Catquiet were voting for nerfs to hoard items while about 7 or 8 guys voted for no nerfs.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Pythium's pretender is uploaded

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Jotunheim is uploaded!

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Machaka is a go!

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Only Ryleh Aka Griffin is missing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Griffin please upload your God that we can start the game.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

I just sent him a PM. Hopefully, that will get his attention.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Seems Griffin lost interest http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif
We are seeking for a replacement now.
So Ryleh is open to the public again.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Too bad about the delay. But I hope it takes a few days to find a replacement as I'm away until early sunday (CET) and would hate to miss the first turns.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Griffin has not responded to my PM to him. Hopefully, he is ok. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

It will take until sunday most likely to find a new Ryleh anyways http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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Boron.
I'll take Ryleh. Do me a favor though. Go ahead and make the god and scales.

-Something like.... order 3, sloth 3, death 3, cold 3, magic 3.

-The underwater archmage/sage with 4 death magic and 2-3 of everything else. No astral.

-Five or six dominion is fine.

-Feel free to modify these scales and god for max. efficiency.

Upload the pretender and start the game. I'll be home tonight to play my turn. You'll have to send me the game and pretender files I think.

-Yc

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Cool that you are in YC http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Knudsen wrote he is away until early Sunday so there is plenty of time to design your god yourself http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.
Because i have unfortunately no experience at all with Ryleh (QM crushed me in 5 turns in our Atlantis-Ryleh fun Urgaia-Blitz http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif[/img]).
And not playing the god you designed yourself is crazy imo.
You will hate me then because i did another design as you had in mind and i don't want to risk that http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif.

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Okay. Looking at Dominions now.....
I've never played Ryleh either..hehe
-Yc

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Keep in mind that the mods make the sloth and death scales slightly more unpleasant. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Right right.
Well. I'm just in for the fun of it anyway. Will probably stale a few turns in any event.
-Yc

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

Don´t stale, please

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

OH, don't you worry Manuk, this will be a fun one. All my favorite Dominions players are here and will keep you entertained. If only Cainehill were playing too...
-Yc

Re: Faerun-Zens Scales/Pretenders/Spells,SCs Unit
 

THE GAME IS UP!!!!

All pretenders were uploaded finally lol so now the game is started.

It has no host timer on it since its the first turn...want to make sure everyone knows its up. After everyone does the first turn I will set it to 24 hour quickhost.

Enjoy!

Game\'s Going!
 

Cool! Arco's turn is done.

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

Looks like we are playing on a Rich settings. That was not part of the 1st post.

Wish I had known that when I was selecting nations. I suppose it's ok though.

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

Wow. After playing around with rich settings wish I was playing Atlantis, or R'lyegh, or Caelum ( although they have a "problem" that you don't see too often, they can't make leaders fast enough at the start ).

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Sorry about that, the rich world should of been part of first post but boron and i intended for the game to be rich world for more national troops.

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Sorry about forgetting the rich world.
At least it is not as bad as if i would have forgotten to state that we play with vh research.
Since the effect of rich world is for every nation the same because it is just a simple multiplier (gold+resources x1.5) it luckily doesn't do much damage imho http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif.

Now happy killing,slaughtering and murdering at all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

Except to the Ermorian utopia, where we have abandoned capitalist greed and recycle old troops instead of stripping the land of its precious resources. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

That's not correct. It screws blood nations somewhat badly, actually. Blood hunting is a method of converting gold into a type of gem ( blood ) which is then converted into ( generally ) some type of troop.

This changes the ratios.

Oh and let me add Abysia to the list of nations I wish I was playing. Yes I know that they are a blood nation and thus somewhat screwed. However SC's mod really buffs them ( a total suprize to me ) and with the Rich settings they can take total advanatge of this buffing. HC provinces are no match for them by turn 3 ( regardless of pretender, you can take a Rainbow and still be crushing HC on turn 3, yokies).

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

I always thought blood nations benefited immensely from a rich setting. Consider: you need less provinces producing gold to support the same amount of blood hunters, therefore you can field more of them. (Generally, a province used for blood hunting gives much more benefit than one used for gold, right? Maybe not under Cherry mod, though.)

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

Jurri,

In short you are wrong. As I explained blood hunting converts gold into gems. Now it costs more gold to buy a blood slave.

The only way to blood hunt efficiently in a rich world is the Mictlan way, ie: 100% taxes with heavy patrolling. However most nations are not setup, ie: do not have access to cheap patrollers, to patrol efficiently. Blood hunting with 0% taxes is much less effecient on a rich setting. The end result is that I would not have played a blood nation had I known that we were going to play a rich map.

On and one more note wrt. to Boron's note that it affects all nations equally it doesn't. The nations I noted above have a number of troops with a high gold/resource ratio. This allows them to take advanatge of the rich settings right away. There may be other nations that can do it as well I have not gone through them all.

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

Zen is releasing his new mods today, including the item mod. I don't know what's in them, but we could restart the game with these mods.

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Huz-

Just deal with it, it doesn't hurt you that badly. Besides, we're playing with all the factions anyway, so someone has to be your race.

And, sure, Rich World makes the cost of blood slaves higher, but as a percentage-wise it's exactly the same! You have %50 more money in the bank, and your slaves cost %50 more. What's the big deal? It's not something that's going to cost you the game. If you play well, you still have an equal chance of winning as does everyone else. Stop being such a wuss. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Re: Game\'s Going!
 

This game isn't perfect. There will be exploits. Personally, If I can take down CUnknown, this game will be a win for me! It's even greater the victory when betrail of the Cunknown is involved!
-Yc