Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Glares at Peacekeeper.

Ps: Skrattir rock. thankfully the nerf made them vulnerable to one more thing. (DragonRider has shown me most of the pre nerf vulnerablities) Life for a Life. Take 40+ unavoidable AN damage you wolf ****.

The werewolf form is a midgame strat, near the endgame they die like flies against any opposition. (The main reason BootCamp is taking so incredibly long :) ).

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

its in, its in.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

rejoice!!

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

That is what she said! :)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

What's with all the generic names? Oh well, at least we know how soyweiser made his armies, eh?

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Betrayal! Foul deeds! Insane Magics!

Already there our Kala-Mukha speak of ill omens, curses and rumors. We do not believe that this was our own doing. And will find the foul beings who created this omen, and spread this horrible misfortune over our fine lands.

And let it be known that the armies of Lanka have started their long march. Submit, or be destroyed.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I laughed at a couple of the pretender/prophet names, but Soyweiser wins by a large margin.

Edit: We, people of Ermor, live with Death in very uncomfortably close quarters, in an arrangement that could never ever possibly backfire ever (so long as we completely ignore DarkAvenger). It will take more than monkeys to frighten us, Lanka.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Well, I also have some half demon half ape, half elephant half ape, half donkey half ape, and half tiger half ape troops to 'help' the monkeys.

Everybody goes through an experimental phase in college right?

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Considering you'll be producing those units throughout the game, I don't think that phase will ever end...

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

So was that message from Caelum the equation for a NAP? Math isn't Abysia's strongpoint, I fear.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

It's actually pretty clever. i is an imaginary number, and the equation works out to i. I think he's still a bit mad.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

What's wrong with an imaginary NAP?

edit: Oh, I just realized that you aren't calling me insane, but you think I'd hold a grudge. Don't worry, I sent that message to everyone! And as far as NewbsGoneWild, it just wouldn't be right if the imperium wasn't under attack on all sides, now would it?

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Ah, I thought I was the only one. Then the Admiral spoke up, so I thought it was just the pair of us. That makes me feel a bit better. The Imperium is above grudges, after all. Though not above carefully utilized apocalyptic weaponry.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

The Imperium holds no grudges because they already hate everyone. Too bad that strategy is suicidal in dom3, but I couldn't really forsake it. Of course, it isn't over yet, don't expect me to simply roll over! It's too bad I had to call in an exterminatus on all of my outlying fortresses, but I couldn't just let you have them.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I just assumed the strange caelum scribblings where part of an elaborate mind control spell. I'm not sure, but I assume that the ill omen has something to do with it. Maybe the Ill omen was even caused by the message?

PS: did anybody ever notice that MP games using misfortune always have a lot more bad events than SP games? I don't know why, but so far all my mp games with misfortune have meant a turn 2 unrest event at my cap.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

My few forays with just misfortune 1 has ALWAYS ends up with bad events out of proportion then what I'd expect to see, to the point where I never take any misfortune. Maybe I just have bad luck!

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Well turn 3 shows that bad luck always follows bad luck. While our conquests are successful, our patrollers with a patrol score of at least 35+ could only find 1 guy publicly execute. We really need to shut down the internet in our nation. (Ps, markata are one of the most cost effective patrollers in the game. If they where upkeep free it was even better).

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I thought I was the only one! People talk about taking 1-2 misfortune, but everytime I do it I get some sort of game killing horrible event on turn 2.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I have luck 3 in FirstSteps. Got a horrible death event in turn 6 or so at my cap. 80+ unrest.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Yeah, I always try to maintain at least neutral fortune. I also dislike death (unless it is a nation that really only plays that way). That being said, I am not usually reliant much on my pretender (meaning I don't like to be... I've seen enough SC pretenders die out of the gate that I've decided decent scales are worth much more than somewhat faster initial expansion), so getting pretty good scales doesn't set me back too much.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Ya, caelum's alaska is quite bountiful.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Take a guess who I got as a neighbour:D

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Nief or LA Ermor, no wait. Both!

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

It's lanka, isn't it? Then you two can have some sort of incestuous monkey blood orgy. I hear soyweiser is into that!

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

hope its not the sssssssssserpentsssssss.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Why? All of your guys have tower shields! None will be stained by the markata poo flinging.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

yea good guess its LA Ermor:S My little faithful Brahmins are gonna have a busy time putting those skeletons in their resting places:)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

and if I find Lanka nearby I wouldnt mind alliance between our people we are not that different afterall:D

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Better get up well positioned temples and start recruiting all the indie priests you can muster, haha

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

First one to reach Ermor central wins!

Edit: I would love 15 dgems each turn. Which is basically the only price you get for buying loads of temples indie priests, and guaranteeing that the next guy will just take you out :)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

xD yea I really am not that bothered about getting into fight with him:P Its not in both mine and his interests.

Edit maybe a little bit in mine since I'm a bit stronger ealier but... depends on the situation

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

bbz, any chance you have MA and LA Ermor confused? Or you sent your message to the wrong person, I'm guessing. Haven't spotted you with scouts, and my dominions isn't of the 'kill em all' variety anyway.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Did i sent the message to you:D lol sry I must have misckicked or sth, but yea it is LA Ermor who is around. Anywas if I get extremely unlucky and see you around the message is still valid:) I'm a peaceful person:)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

This is an invitation to reveal the general or specific location of Ermor, strictly for reference of course.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I would do no such thing since that would be dishonest:)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Weird, for some reason I just stalled on my last turn even though I uploaded a turn file. oh well.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

same here, I've been checking in every night to do my *EDIT:"Turn"* and apparently staled a turn...

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I've never heard of that one before... You guys have all the mods, right? The current version of CBM that I have in the first post of this thread? Not sure if it'd even let you play without them, but I have no idea what else it could be. I'll email gandalf and ask.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

If it helps, in the event message the "you staled ...etc" message was not there.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Then you didn't stale. :) something else probably went wrong. Did you save and quit, and not end turn perhaps?

Lovely, one of my expansion parties met "Suprise, Elephants" indies. grmb grmbl :). So much for the unstoppable lankan armies :)

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I knew sacrificing that goat would curse you!

...I mean... sacrificing a goat over a dom3 game would be absurd

Got an email back from gandalf, he said the game didn't say anyone staled? Are you guys sure you remembered to hit end turn before exiting?

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Well I have never had a start this bad in ages. Even in MP test games. While all the lands around me are super good. The indies act like somebody gave them steroids.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

It's due to your lack of low self-esteem! The game senses an imbalance and seeks to correct it.

So far I've gotten a 500 gold event, and I don't even have luck scales. The indies I face simply leap onto their own swords.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

None of my orders appear to have gone through either. Odd. In addition, a friendly neighborhood vampire count decided that now would be the perfect time to take one of my provinces. Hurrah.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Weird. Gandalf said he was going to add something for better debugging of stuff or whatever, so we'll see if we can figure this out. Just out of curiosity, you did download CBM 1.82, right?

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Something strange...I had a bunch of stuff happening this turn but didn´t get messages for them...Nor could i see battles..As far as i can see all my orders were carried so i´m not complaining...But i never had this happen to me sp or mp

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I do indeed have 1.82. That turn wasn't overly important, and my start is shaping up to be very slow anyway so I'm not too worried, but it's all very odd.

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

I'm doing pretty well with my gold. Dead units don't need to be paid. :(

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Well the proud folk are reduced to the use of filthy unsofisticated mercenaries...They´ll find it as coal when they wake...But the damage to my economy is done...

Re: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 1: The Phantom Menace
 

Similar odd stuff is happening to me as well. In addition to the stalled turn that didn't tell me it was a stalled turn (and I was pretty careful to hit end turn and not save and quit, actually remember specifically, because I went back in and changed what I wanted to do with it), I also experienced the same thing as Silence0 (events I'm not getting messages for on turn 4). Have CBM 1.82 installed, it is all very weird.