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Re: a walk in the forest
Turin?
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Re: a walk in the forest
sorry, forgot to upload my turn. Itīs there now.
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vine bow
My vine bow didn't seem to work (i.e. entangle) Turin's Golem as he destroyed my army. The Golem had Luck, Ethereal and Astral Shield cast. I didn't see the Entangle animation. Maybe the Astral Shield hid it, but I doubt it. The Golem seemed to attack every turn. Even with high strength, shouldn't it have been entangled for at least one turn per entanglement?
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Re: vine bow
In my battle replay the centaur shot only once, after casting blessing. Then my golem got into melee range and the centaur started attacking with melee.
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Re: vine bow
Ah, perhaps that was it. Bummer.
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Server down?
Server has been down for quite a long time already.
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Re: Server is up
server is now up
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Re: Server is up
Could finally do my turn. Sorry for the delay.
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Just waiting for you, Turin http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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new turn. sorry again. btw I tried the djinn + wrathfulskies combo again vs ermors horde of 500 undead, but nephele decided to cast living clouds instead. Oh well.
But the good news is that the list of globals is really pretty to look at now. I like it! |
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Uh, does anyone besides Boron and I think that Turin and his 5 globals are a problem http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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Send me some astral pearls (or other gems that could be alchemized) and I'll try my darnedest to make them go away... I'll contribute what I've got, too, but it's not much; those angels are expensive!
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Go Turin go! I'll suck up Ygorl's astral balls with pleasure as long as I breathe! Nothing against you, jeffr, you see, but I hate the rest of the world. I fear that means I'm doing what I can to ease Turin's ascension as much as I can. It's not really fair towards you, I know, but I would place my bet (=all the gems I can spare, which isn't a lot) on you if I thought you had a better chance of offing the incorrigible bastards who've ganged up on me for something like 40? turns already with little success.
Not that I'm long for this world anymore, with my candles dwindling as fast as they are. But, I'm hoping my assailants have lost more than gained in the course of the war. |
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I won't be around Saturday through Monday, but if Boron takes his turn, I'll get my turn in before I leave.
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And Merry Christmas to you, and everybody http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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server is down
server is down
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I might have a change to take a turn tomorrow, but otherwise it's possible (though by no means certain) that I'll be out of commission until the 13th of January. Hopefully not, but if so, I apologize in advance.
And, Happy New Year! |
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heh finally got a look at the turn. Last turn a lone seeking arrow got my sword of augelmer wielding celestial master. This turn I fail in forging it. Thatīs quite a lot of gems lost for only 5 arrows.
But I got really lucky with my airqueens this turn, so Iīm not complaining. And boron moved his army straight into the province with the undeadkilling site, so hopefully some of his demiliches have found some eternal rest http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif . |
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I'm back. Sorry for the (long) delay. Now we just need Boron...
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Just so you know boron stealthily played his turn. I continue to make stupid mistakes(casting dome of solid air and immediately crashing it with my own spell.
And I put too few airgems on my airqueen, I somehow missed that the cost of wrathful skies was raised from 2 to 4, so Boron still has his lich queen and demiliches alive. I managed to put etimmu to his eternal rest though. And borons and Jeffrs invasion partys meant that my poor pretender had to fight jeffrs party alone and he was no match for the moloch. Well at least the cross makes him more famous. Marignon broke my monopoly on the global buisness. Iīm not sure is intentionally overriding a global a declaration of war? Well I donīt need the firegems anyway. I killed quite a few of pangeaes wolves though, but with the soulstone that doesnīt really matter. |
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I attacked him, and then Whollaborg attacked him, and then Boron threw a few hundred undead at him just for fun. It's tough to fight off three people, especially when you're Black Forest Ulm.
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Well, I have a feeling that his BF Ulm is much, much more effective than mine in the S.O.L., where I am Boron's little pet.
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Hey! I'm not dead yet, you buggers! ...but, I did kind of lose heart when I couldn't even bring that lousy Ygorl down (hey, are we gonna finish that 1x1 now that you're back? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image.../beerglass.gif). Still, I've been fighting for dear life for two thirds of the game or so, mainly because my assailants suck http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Why don't you put me out of my misery already, you cruel, cruel people?
I don't even have scouts that could watch the proceedings when Turin crushes you all, so there's not even that joy left for me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/Injured.gif |
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Yeah, I'll get that game running again one day soon. I'm pretty busy lately though (three weeks absence seems to bring that, always), and it might be a bit before things settle down to the point where I can increase my Dominions load beyond the games that will host without me if I don't play... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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Well i personally wouldn't mind ending this game and declaring Turin winner. I don't think that we can stop him but with CB lategame lasts forever because CB fixed many imbalances. But the more balanced dominions is the longer the lategame lasts.
I love CB but it's suited best for Blitzes. Probably i won't play longterm games anymore only special scenario games like Artifacts game and blitzes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif. So subjectively i vote for declaring Turin winner http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif |
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its not that it is better suited for blitzes, but that people refuse to set reasonable victory conditions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
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Well, we still haven't ganged up on him yet. So far, it's been only Boron and myself, although I think that the others may join in soon. It's probable that Turin can take us all, but shouldn't we see?
In order to combat the drag, maybe we should put this game back on a hosting schedule (48 hour?) and only turn off the hosting schedule if someone requests it? That would speed up the game alot. The first 30 turns or so were very fast paced and interesting http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif What does everyone think? |
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Sounds good to me. I'm not at all convinced that Turin has the game wrapped up, anyway. Though, sometimes I'm rather blindly optimistic...
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Yeah Iīm not quite sure about that either. Boron still has his hordes of undead, which are annoying(even though I have ~15 demiliches) and Jeffr seems to always get back into the game with his f9/white centaurs. At least itīs always very costly to crush his armies.
And marignon must have a really huge blood income, not to mention that df marignon is probably the most powerful lategame nation, due to the goetic masters. I have no idea what ygorl has, but he canīt have that many provinces. Iīm certainly number one in terms of power, with my gem income of ~150/turn, and I have the majority of the elemental royalty + the treelords. As for artifacts, Iīm missing some of the really powerful ones, like the soulstone, the sword of augelmer and magebane, but I own pretty much the rest of the important ones. So I guess Iīm about as strong as Jeffr, boron and whollaborg combined, even though I donīt know what Whollaborg has http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif . |
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ooh i do love goetic masters. they're probably my favorite recruitable blood mage in the game... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
fire, 2 blood, random, sacred, fairly cheap - what's not to love? |
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ooh i do love goetic masters. they're probably my favorite recruitable blood mage in the game... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
fire, 2 blood, random, sacred, fairly cheap - what's not to love? they make Bloody Mary the ne plus ultra of archdevil rushing. |
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No argument there about the goetic masters! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/heart.gifThe demon jester is also a worthwhile troop.
I wonder how Whollaborg's doing, though, not recalling seeing him posting for a while. Anyway, he's got a very formidable force, so there should still be a chance to stop Turin if you guys give it your all, meager though it may be. I hope your deaths will be slow and gruesome, you gangsters! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/skull.gif |
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[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon10.gif[/img] This is a trick by Jurri. All according to his plan! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon10.gif[/img]
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Turin you forgot the psychological part. Though i am always a huge hazadeur when i get the impression it is hopeless i surrender in mind. And this has influence on my playstyle too. So i play rather like Wilhelm II than like Napoleon if i would compare me to famous historic warlords. Wilhelm II was very daring too but when he realized it is in vain he surrendered. Finally i know that you are a very skilled player. So i am subjectively very convinced now that unless you would disband all your forces or let your cat play you can't lose anymore http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif So if we continue i will search a sub. Because my allies don't deserve a demotivated ally like me but a fully motivated one http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif. I'll ask QM and Half if they want to sub maybe. Sorry guys. It has taken a while but i found finally out that the only thing i enjoy about lategame is hoarding but that's impossible with ermor + CB. So i rather continue playing blitzes till Dom3 is released and won't participate any "normal" servergames anymore. You may call me a hedonist http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif |
Re: turnaround is very slow
Well, my problem is keeping interest in the game because turnaround time seems to now be 5-7 days. It is of course fine when people have to go away for a period of time, but when people are here it still takes a long time to host a turn. In the beginning of this game we were humming, but now we are very, very slow.
Does anyone else agree or am I off base here? If we are to go down, let's go down in a last blazing charge of glory! Let's not die of ennui in our camp http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif |
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I would be very happy to see things moving quickly again - to see Turin's ascent or crashing defeat happen quickly, whichever it may be.
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Re: turnaround is very slow
yeah quick turns would be nicer, though I must say that Iīm often the one taking the longest time.
Dom2 Endgame simply doesnīt have the same appeal as the early game has. So I find myself continually delaying the turn until I feel like doing the micromanagement chores again. Iīd appreciate going back to 48 Quickhost. |
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So, at least 3 of us (me, Ygorl, Turin) are for going back to 48hr Quickhost. I think that Boron is trying to find a sub.
Jurri, Whollaborg, is 48hr QuickHost Ok with you? If yes, then I guess we have to get in touch with Chris. |
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Cool with me, naturally. I'm a goner in a turn or two anyway.
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Server is down. I found no sub but it is not surprising.
So i will play the game till the end and try to be motivated. I welcome a change back to 48h. With only a turn every 10 days i often almost forgot about the game. As jeffr said when a game crawls it is no fun. Because the aim is not to do perfect moves but have fun. If i need 3 months for 10 turns this is not fun imho. A game should never be slower than 48h quickhost as maximum i think and VP should be set reasonable. Because that's another problem. I am dead since 5-10 turns at least but the dying process in dominions is a very very slow one. |
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if you really need a sub i could fill in for a while (im used to dying in mp, it dosnt bother me)
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Whollaborg, is 48hr Quickhost Ok with you? Let me know, and I'll PM Chris to set it up. That's assuming Chris still checks this forum or his PM here http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
I know I've forgotten much of what this game is about, so I'm no longer trying to do anything close to perfect moves. I'm just basically pointing my guys in Turin's general direction. |
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Waiting on Boron and Turin, as we have for a while...
I'd suggest sending Whollaborg a message ingame to check the forum: he's done his turn yet hasn't commented the schedule, which would indicate that he might not be following this. |
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Yeah, good idea.
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Okay, changing to 48-h quickhost.
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Re: turnaround is very slow
Great, thanks.
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Re: turnaround is very slow
Now the server works for me again too. I will do my turn today evening, sorry for beeing the last again, now my study stress is already starting to fade away though so hopefully you don't have to wait for me as long in the future and i even cured my motivation crisis http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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Re: turnaround is very slow
Ten hours left, and three people still need to take turns. Incidentally, they're all at war. The little eastern game we've got going on isn't as demanding, I guess.
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