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You too?

Man, I thought I just got the absolute worst starting position in history!! I may have to wait a few turns to take any of the provinces. They ALL have 60 or more heavy Cav, light inf and milita.

A little tough for starting army.

As long as we all have it ...its no problem with me:eek:

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I didn't change the indy strength setting from the llamaserver default (5) but you guys got me worried I had accidentally changed it so I checked the settings in the game and they are on normal. I think you just had bad luck. The indy provinces neighboring me don't seem too bad (my starting position on the other hand...).

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(sigh) NP, Its just my usual luck...why would I expect anything else but being behind everyone by 4 turns:re:

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GB--

If it's any consolation, you'll have a little bit of company. It's possible that I could have taken an action, but...better safe than loosing the entire starting army.

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Lanka also started next to lots of cavalry, thankfully they do not interfere with our preferred way of expansion..

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well, I lost my first battle I tried (with the smallest force to go agianst. Luckily I didn't lose my commander but lost everything else.

AND I now see another nation on my doorstep.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, looks like a short game for me:(

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Gentlemen,

I have a small problem.

I have on 3 sides of me provinces that have 1. 70 Ghouls and Soulless 2. 50 Heavy Inf, Archers, Militia 3.60 Light and Heavy Inf. And 1 that I am going to attack has 20Heavy inf and Archers.

I tried to get Mercs and bid VERY high on good 'ol'Rexor but Vanhiem must have spent his whole fortune on them as it looks like he has the same problem I do. (grrrrrrrrrrr)

My problem is that with my race and resources I can only get about 3 units a turn (although GOOD ones).

I am taking my brave Prophet and my 6 stalwart men and attacking this turn. If my Prophet goes down I will be done for without a doubt.

Not whining (although it sounds like it) I have just never had this bad of luck in the draw in a MP game.:doh:

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GrudgeBringer, I assume you have some type of bless for your sacreds and are having trouble getting enough of them together. It might be worth recruiting some Nemedian Warriors. They are very similar to Tir's troops and should do fine against infantry. The Fir Bolg Warriors you can recruit are also not bad and have a low resource cost. Mixing them (they have good defense) in with your larger units will prevent your giants from being swarmed.

I've never played Fomoria but I'm familiar with Tir na n'Og's units and Fomoria has many similar troops so I thought I'd suggest it. Hope it's somewhat helpful; I'd be sorry to see you go AI, mortal enemy of the Tuatha or not. ;)

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GB, I just attacked a provinces with 70 ghouls and soulless. It turned out that there were only 40 of them and my prophet mostly killed them singlehandedly with banishment.

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OK I have to say this, this is just insane! I'd understand if there were like 60 tritons or something weak but numerous, but I've got 60 amber clan guards and sharks knights???
I've never had a harder start, and I've played maps with indies 9.
Not that I'm complaining....:envy: