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Vamps are uber and should be nerfed back to 77 slaves. And vamp queen is uber as well.

I am going to be really busy tomorrow and will have no time for dominions, so I'll need another 24h delay. Sorry.

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Hosting has been postponed 24 hours.

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Again I got lucky while assassinating a specter. :p Was he set to retreat?

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No, he was set to cast spells. According to the log it looks like the vampires failed a morale check. If they could have only done 4 hp more damage to your vampire lord they could have killed him. :hurt:

With one fort lost this turn and another two ready to be stormed, this is turning into a rout...

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Ouch, how unlikely was that.

How cool is that Dark Citadel, I've never before stormed one. It would be even better with auto darkness.

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PsiSoldier, how should I interpret your attack?

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I'll need some more time for this turn; hosting postponed by 4 hours.

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Eh I hired a Merc commander hoping that she would have Magic Paths I needed but all she had was lousy Nature that I already have plenty of. So better to suicide her and get something out of the money I spent on hiring her.

If I "Attacked" you, you would know...

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I figured it was a mistake or some such, just wanted to be sure.

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Ha! A small victory: that annoying bane lord with boots of the planes is dead.

Surprisingly, considering your disease demon caused my golem to cast returning before he could extract the forces in that fort, the battle in 81 wasn't a complete disaster.

With how badly things have been going for me I'll consider this turn a success. ;)

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Good to hear from you again.

I should have stuck to Mictlan lands now that you have all those vamps flying around. But, he has 20+ pd everywhere, so I was worried about the time limit and also figured you wouldn't patrol the castles.

Notice also the same thing I mentioned when Hrimmner survived the aegis. My bane had two extra hit points due to experience and the first disintegrate took 42 hps and didn't kill him. Too bad vamps are disintegrate machines - just 4 fatigue for one casting.

That was the idea - hoping that one of those assassins would make him return without the army. But then the first paralyze went through and my vamp queen was paralyzed for 30 turns. Not enough time to slaughter all the defenders.

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Can I have extra 24h for this turn?

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Sure, no problem. Actually, Psi is having computer problems so we would have needed to postpone hosting anyway.

I'm afraid I haven't had much to say other than "well, there goes another fort." ;)

That was a reasonable assumption as I hadn't really been patrolling them until this past turn. There was actually supposed to be two vamp lords there but I forgot to move one of them.

In a way I really like this mechanic for commanders with that much experience: they can heroically survive the first spell that would otherwise kill them. But it probably doesn't hold up as well when applied to troops with recuperation and especially immortality.

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Guys, what happened?

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$%&@*! You may have noticed Psi is looking for a temp sub while he waits to hear back from Shrapnel about a replacement CD/manual. This is why I've been delaying hosting, which I should have done again and completely forgot about. Sorry about that!

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I saw Psi's thread and assumed you would be delaying hosting, that's why I was surprised to see you two staling. It's a lucky coincidence I concentrated mostly on Mictlan this turn.

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In order to avoid another mishap this turn I went ahead and postponed hosting by a few days. The good news is Psi's order is placed so the replacement game should be on its way shortly.

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Let's hope so. I waited three weeks for mine to arrive.

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This is a pretty huge delay. I am going to forget what I was doing. Can't we get the game moving somehow?

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Or maybe we could just all give up and declare psycho the winner?

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I've PM'd Psi to see if he's heard from Shrapnel and also bumped the sub request. I don't think we can just let Eriu stale but we also can't wait weeks for the game to arrive.

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I'm ok with this. I'd like to hear from Psi, though, before calling it a game.

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Well, we got a couple of responses so I'll switch Eriu temporarily to Alpine Joe's e-mail. Alpine played Jotunheim earlier in the game but I don't think this is a problem.

It would be nice if Psi could update Alpine on the situation so I'll keep the current hosting time at 8:50 GMT Tuesday.

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

I didn't think you would want to end the game, so I was reluctant to ask for concession. I don't object to everyone surrendering, of course. Let's hear from Psi about it as well, provided you two don't change your mind.

In the meantime, welcome Alpine and thanks for subbing.

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I like to put up a good fight but not drag the game out when the result is inevitable. I didn't think we were quite at that point - but close enough that I'd be willing to concede if Mictlan and Eriu also were. Ideally I'd like to play a few more turns and give it one more try.

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Of course. Like I said I didn't think we were there yet either. Fight on.

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In case you don't check the sub request thread, I'll mention that Psi's replacement game arrived and he's up and running. Back to normal hosting.

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I got used to momentum hosting at a certain time and completely forgot that it's different this turn. Can I have a delay?

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Sure, I'll add 24 hours to hosting.

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A heliophagus assassin with a mage bane - ouch that's nasty! I should be more careful.

SciencePro, a question for you. I cast two disease demons on your castle in Validun this turn. For some reason I cannot watch one of the battles - when I click on the "watch battle" text, nothing happens. Can you tell me if the other disease demon was successful?

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i only got notification of one disease demon that killed a coutal. Then the army of the dead attacked that province and killed the p.d. there.

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That's weird. But, I think I know what happened. The other one must have attacked the ghost riders commander and for some reason that battle cannot be seen.

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I'm hoping we can arrange a meeting with your VQ. :) But the crazy thing was that the first heliophagus failed to kill that golem. I haven't run the battle in debug mode but after some good hits on the golem all of a sudden it seemed the heliophagus couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, while the golem with its measly attack of like 11 kept scoring hits on the heliophagus. I told you brands didn't need to have their cost increased - that sad performance proves it. :)

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

It was a truly interesting battle, so I analyzed the log to see what went on. Here's what happened: Heliophagus started well scoring five hits in the first round. One was negated by luck, two didn't penetrate through 45 protection (23 armor + 22 shield), the last two did a lot of damage. On the second round heliophagus scored 6 hits - the two from tail are too weak and can't penetrate armor. The four from brands are all negated by luck. Then the golem scores his first and crucial hit - good roll of 33 att does 26 dmg on heliophagus, but more importantly freezes him reducing his att and def and halving his AP. From this point on, heliophagus has trouble hitting the golem and all hits are either negated by luck or can't penetrate through protection. Golem can't score a hit either, but area frost damage occasionally rolls high and slowly kills the heliophagus.

So, basically the lack of luck and cold protection cost you.

As for meeting with Silena - I'd be happy to arrange it. But since she gets homesick easily, it's going to have to be closer to my capital.

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Thanks for looking into that. I think it was round two with the golem's luck avoiding all 4 hits that left me speechless. The heliophagus certainly had plenty of holes in his defenses - I was more counting on him doing a lot of damage quickly than surviving a long fight. Even so, I think the brands weren't the best choices. I would have been better off with weapons that had a damage multiplier against undead, constructs, or magic beings (or just a lot of mage banes :)).

And now for some good news: though it may be too late to make a difference GoNB has been restored to its rightful owners. Even without GoNB Pan has a higher income than Van but at least I can actually buy mages (it's been a long time since I could do that). :up:

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

They certainly weren't the best choice - all my guys have 100% FR. I would probably go with something more universal such as dual duskdaggers or swords of swiftness. Or dual mage-banes, those should work well also.

That's a risky move. You can easily end up wasting a bunch of gems.

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I didn't really care about the fire effect as much as I wanted an AP attack. I considered dusk daggers ... but then realized I had no one to forge them. Hadn't really considered swords of swiftness; I like them but didn't think the heliophagus was at a high enough strength level to really maximize their benefit.

True, but I was pretty confident it would work. I've had a good N income all game and have tried to conserve it. When you took GoNB I actually had a large stockpile of N gems but it wasn't enough that I felt I could get the global back. The problem is that in order for me to feel confident of overriding your casting I had to wait a long time and, as mentioned, it may now be too late. However, I'll be curious to find out after the game ends how many gems you put into your casting and if I overspent by much.

Re: Momentum 2 - Running
 

Hosting has been postponed until 5:30 GMT Friday.

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I am having some virus related problems. That's what happens when you let family use your computer. I am going to spend tomorrow formatting and reinstalling from scratch. Please delay 24h.

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That's always fun. I had thought my computer had come down with a virus a few weeks back and formatted and reinstalled windows several times before I realized my 9800GX2 was simply dying on me. Sent it back to BFG and they replaced it with a GTX285 that I got in the mail 2 days ago. Still haven't gotten to try it out yet though since it doesn't have an HDMI output and had to order a DVI to HDMI converter from newegg which hasn't gotten here yet (By the way dont buy crap like that from Best Buy because they overcharge you about 400%, those are 35$ from bestbuy and I got one from newegg for 5.99 plus 2$ shipping). Until then I'm using a Radeon 5770 that I guess I'll sell once I can install the GTX285. Unless of course the 285 doesn't benchmark much better than the 5770 and then I'll sell the 285 since it goes for about twice as much on Ebay.

Anyways who knows, you might have a vid card or hard drive or some Ram dying that's just making you think you have a virus like I initially thought. I got pretty frustrated after about 5 or 6 formats and reinstall's and still having trouble. But I'm using win 7 and thought maybe the install process might have been screwing up or there was a boot sector that was infected that wasn't getting cleaned in the reinstall/format since it was the first time I'd been through it since the initial install. But at least I got an upgraded video card for free out of the deal or at least free minus the shipping I paid to RMA the old one.

That was all what had caused the big delay with the game earlier when I was having trouble. Ive got two 1.5TB seagate Baracuda's that are identical and accidentally clicked the wrong one to format during one of my many reinstall where I was getting tired and accidentally wiped out my Dom3 when I couldnt find the disk or manual to reinstall. Normally I physically unplug the harddrives I do not want to install windows on so something like that cant happen but after about the 4th reinstall I got lazy and it cost me.

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Good luck. Hosting has been postponed 24 hours.

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I postponed hosting since SciencePro's turn wasn't in with only a few minutes to go.

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At first I actually thought I had a graphics card problem as well - whenever I started a 3D game or tried to watch a video, the blue screen of death would appear. It's an old 8600GT, so I though it was dying on me. But then I noticed that if I started a game as soon as windows desktop appeared, I could start it and it would run fine until I alt-tabbed from it, at which point the blue screen of death would appear again. I figured that I must be starting the game before the virus gets loaded. Anyway, I've finished the reinstall (which isn't at all fun for me) and everything is running smoothly now.

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:):):) Lol at that battle. My troops couldn't scratch anyone, but it was funny watching the thugs suicide themselves. And especially lich who was one square away from retreating when the lightning hit him. :):):)

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For some reason I thought that hosting was due tomorrow. I just got the reminder and I'm not home. Can I have 24h?

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Sure, hosting postponed 24 hours.

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I won't be around at hosting time and there's still a couple of turns missing. Psycho, I know you sometimes submit close to the deadline but Psi doesn't so I'm postponing hosting.

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Psi and I have talked and we are willing to concede to the game to Psycho. Since SciencePro earlier indicated that he was of the same mind the game has ended. Congratulations, Psycho! As in the first Momentum game, you fought off multiple opponents for a well-deserved win. If there is a third game in this series I may rename it the "Psycho Invitational."

I'll post some thoughts on the game later but am interested in everyone's feedback on the game settings.

Thanks everyone for playing and especially to SciencePro for stepping in as a sub.

Re: Momentum 2 - Finished - Psycho/Pan wins!
 

Heh, just when I was about to launch a massive attack on Psi. I have several raiding parties in his lands and made preparations to take all his lands in two turns.

Well, thanks. Since this was my only game, I will have some free time, so I'll try to write a detailed AAR. And comment on game settings, of course. Not today, though.

Thanks for the invite Val, but I doubt I'll be joining another momentum in a foreseeable future. Due to lack of free time, I'll have to stick to slowboat games. I'd like to see you all again in future games, especially Val.

Re: Momentum 2 - Finished - Psycho/Pan wins!
 

Congrats Psycho. And yeah, I learned a good lesson from watching my pretender die in that battle lol. Ive never seen a commander use more than one extra gem for a battlefield spell before and he goes and uses 2 leaving himself with none to cast returning like he was scripted. Ahh well live and learn. At least the game went out with one final halfway interesting battle and I learned a little something. The annoying thing was that he completely did not need to use any extra gems at all for the spell being S7 casting an S4 100 fatigue spell, although I had given him one extra gem which I assumed the AI would use but using 2 just kind of flabbergasted me.

Dom3 really needs an improved scripting system to do a way will hogwash like that. But at least I now also know that I can take advantage of a commander using more than one extra gem to reduce fatigue as well, so it could prove advantageous in some circumstances.