Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Just looking at the settings, armies are gunna be awesome in this, especialy blessings.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

We could always play with an AI ermor if no-one steps up...

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If we need to play with Ermor on AI do we put it on difficult or impossible setting?

Also Zen is publishing another version of the item mod...i assume 1.1 and also a nation mod within next few days. I talked to Boron and we would be using the updated mods and the nation mod to replace saber cherrys mod. So it will be a full entire zen modded game!

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Good idea we will do this if nobody shows up.

We are waiting for Zens Nation mod now, Zen said that he will probably finish the Nation mod this weekend. Since this mod will be incompatible with SCs Unit Rebalance Mod we will replace it with Zens Nation mod then.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Sounds cool, zen deluxe set! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

If we play ermor ai, would it be better to give them difficult/impossible or design the nation (all bad scales but luck and magic, dominion 10, good sc pretender) and set them to AI the 1st round?

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

All righty, I will offer to take Ermor (Broken Empire) for a few weeks and get it off to a good start before turning it AI (or maybe even finding a sub) on June 16 when I go to Europe on my vacation. That way the normal bad scales spreading like wildfire under 10 dominion (which would result from a death theme Ermor) won't skew the game in the north. As I think everyone knows, the AI plays nasty tough as AE/SG Ermor on the impossible setting because it can easily handle all the micromanagement.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

How long are you in vacation Panther?
If it is not too long we could pause the game until you are back, that is if you want to continue faerun at all.

On a sidenote are you visiting Germany too?

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Well you dont really want Ermor to be an easy rollover, or someone will be getting a nice boost...

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I will be leaving June 17 and returning on June 28. I will spend most of the time in France with a little daytrip to Geneva in Switzerland. Germany is not on the list this time.

My daughter is an exchange student at the same school in France that Alneyan attends. She is now fluent in French and wants to be my tour guide. It is going to be quite a lot of fun, I predict. I think of it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, though the monetary cost is going to be $$$$$$.

So, no Dominions at all while I am gone. For my current games, I will either:
find a sub or
stale or
go AI or
resign.

As for playing Ermor in this new game of yours, I will not be doing that. I cannot conceive of the immense time required to play this game past Turn 70 or so on these settings. I am not going to be investing that kind of time this summer, as I have a lot on my plate until my life settles down.

One thing my current Faerun game taught me is that I will never again be playing an MP game on that map, for it is much too big. I put a semi-humorous post on this subject on the Quarter to Three Forum yesterday.

Probably the best thing for you guys is to find a new permanent Ermor player in this game. Alternatively, you can put in an impossible AI, who will likely pick AE and really hurt his neighbors bad. Cruel, yes, but effective! The idea of selecting the Pretender and turning it AI will not work very well since you cannot force it to be an impossible AI by doing that, I believe. And you can't use the extra Pretender points the computer receives on the more difficult settings.

Anyway, good luck to all the masochists playing in this game! It will be a heck of a lot of fun, I predict, based on how much I have enjoyed my own (one-and-only) Faerun game. If I was retired from work already, I would be joining this game in a heartbeat.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

You can force the game to host using impossible AIs, if you are in full control of the dom2.exe used to run the turns (or can setup the command line of the .exe yourself). At least, the command switches doc says so; I have never tried it myself.

It will not help with the extra Pretender points however, though you could work around that, by giving Ermor a special nation-only Pretender. This Pretender would have a cost of 0 and as many freebies as you need to reach a "cost" of 250 points (Dominion 8 or 9 perhaps); all the other stats of the Pretender would be similar to the chosen Pretender. That would give a 500 points Pretender having 250 free points, as many points as Impossible AIs get, and with better choices.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

I like Alneyan's idea. I think just doing an impossible ai is a bad idea.

Personally I think even a 'normal' 500 point well designed pretender is better for the ai compared to the pretender that it may generate.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

You can also do it thru map and/or mod. Ive built huge gods for AI's. Things not allowed in the game to be used as gods. Also given them spell boosts, extra castles, extra starting units, magic items, additional sites. Providing allied AI's can help also. I have a WEvsTHEM scenario where Ermor, Rlyeh, and Atlantis all start with sibling gods who are allied. All by commands added to the .map file

Anything you feel makes the AI weak can be fixed for one game.

Gandalf Parker

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

I'd be willing to take a shot at this. I have three games going right now at various stages, though, so you should probably take that into consideration if someone else is available. Also, I've never seen this map. Hey, I suck.

I do keep wishing that there were more turns available for me to play, if that matters. People play so slowly, especially when they're about to get eliminated.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Sounds like Cyborgmosses is going to be our Ermor player!

Are we waiting for zens nation mod or going ahead with saber cherrys mod? Just let me know when to start the server up for uploading pretenders.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

I am easy on which mods to use. Just let me know.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

lets start how we are now

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

Boron left me a message that we will start the game for uploading pretenders tomorrow. If Zens nation mod isnt published by then we will use saber cherrys mod.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

And so?

*taps foot impatiently*

:p

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

So do we upload?

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Sorry for the delay...I am setting it up now. Will post with info when its ready in like 5 minutes.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

IP: 24.90.74.183

Port: 6999

Pretenders 2.2
Scales 1.2
Magic 1.8
Item 1.0
Saber Cherry 751

You can upload pretenders now, make sure you have the zen mods and saber cherrys mod enabled when you create your pretender and the current dominions patch 2.16.

Re: Ermor on Faerun
 

K Marignon Is in.

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Ryleh uploaded

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Man is in

Uploading Pretenders!
 

Acro's in!

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MMmmictlan!
-yc

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Ermor is up.

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Caelum ready

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I'll upload atlantis tonight

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Hey!
I just noticed that my wonderful, immaculate, supreme [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lips.gif[/img] FOUNTAIN [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Lips.gif[/img] isn't producing the +2 astral gems each turn under the new pretender mod. No worries, but was wondering if this was a fix or a bug?

You will all die.
-yc

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

I looked at the pretender 2.2 file and it should be producing the gems. It has to be a bug. But I am not an expert at looking at the mod files so I will have Boron take a look at the Oracle also in zens mod pretender file when I see him online.

Anyway, do you want to change your god YC or still keep it?

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Ulm is ready. I'll be away friday through sunday though - so no hurry.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

It is a bug.

The syntax is correct though :
It could be though that this is causing the trouble :

Not sure but either putting clearspec in the first line or just leaving it out fully might solve the issue.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

I can't remeber but I think I took oracle too, that or moloch, but im pretty sure it was an oracle.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

It's of no consiquence. I'm drunk and happy to play!
-yc

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I loaded my god just now. I too am in no hurry since, like Ulm, I will be gone until Sunday afternoon. Internet connection at my destination is questionable.

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good then I don't feel so bad about forgetting to upload my pretender last night http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Sorry I haven't uploaded my pretender yet... time has been bad for me since I've been working long hours to make up for Monday (stupid non-paid holidays http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif ).

I'll upload my pretender when I get home tonight.

Resok

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

No rush Resok since we have people gone until Sunday. It looks like the first turn of the game wont be until Monday.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Jotunheim uploaded.

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atlantis is in

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Hopefully everyone will be uploaded by Sunday night so we can start the game up Monday morning.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Pythium and Pangaea still need to upload so we can get started.

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Some ambitious player should PM them!
-Yc

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Pythium hasn't uploaded yet nor responded to my pm.
If someone wants to participate as Pythium he is welcome http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

I can understand though that there is no love for pythium with SC's mod, so if we find no new pythium player within the next few days we will probably set pythium on difficult AI.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Sorry, for delay. I had a crazy work on my holiday.
Pythium pretender has just aploaded now. (2 mins before i've red this topic =) )

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

so thats it? game on?

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Yeeeehaww! Let's get this mule out of the stable! <Wack... Wack!>

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Game is up. It will go on 24hr quickhost after the first turn is done.

Re: Uploading Pretenders!
 

Resok didn't upload his pretender but we found a replacement. Hubris is now taking Pangenea and the game has started (finally http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif).

Now let's have some nice bloodbaths and extreme fights http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif