Message from Abysia
 

We declare war upon Illwinter!

In earlier days we were a nation of fiercy warriors and mighty wizards, dominating the battlefield with fire and steel. Now we have become a nation of fierce warriors and old men!

After the awakening of our new goddess, she declared her first anathema dragon to be her prophet. Too bad the prophet cought a disease in late spring and died shortly after on old age. Same happened to the mages the pretender gathered in his capitol to research magic and the likes for him, they seem to die faster than he can recruit new mages! Conquest of new lands have become scarce, as those mages escorting the troops have bad eyesight due to their age and wouldn't hit a target even if it was standing directly in front of them!

Now, it's the late summer in year 4 of the ascension wars, and our goddess, the almighty enchantress has grown old herself! How long until she dies from those terrible illnesses? next time, we will surely worship something more lasting, like a well or a huge stone!

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Take some Death with the Enchantress. Death magic.

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Death scale makes old age more severe. Growth scale helps to keep the afflictions away. Death magic helps to survive longer before getting afflictions from old age. Nature magic keeps you younger. Fire magic slightly lowers your maximum age. The maximum age of Abysians is lower than that of humans.

Personally, I'd like to see Pangaea's and Abysia's ages switched around. Abysians would live for slightly longer than humans (perhaps 75 years), while the half-people of Pangaea had the shorter age now given to Abysians. Satyrs and Centaurs would suffer from old age sooner than the Minotaurs. Panii would always be few centuries old, and perhaps have a chance of old age even with their Nature magic. This has nothing to do with what nation I prefer to play or think is more powerful, but I'd rather see Abysia taking Death and Pangaea Growth than the other way round.

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Seriously, I've said this numerous times in the channel. Old Age: Dumbest mechanic ever. What is it for? Flavor? Annoyance? Adding in even more random factors for a strategy game? Lame.

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Well, Illwinter oriented itself at fantasy literature.

Imagine how Lord of the Rings would have ended if Gandalf hadn't died of old age in the mines of Moria! Or imagine Merlin changing the looks of Uther Pentragon as he wanted. Thank god he lost his eyesight to old age before he could do that.

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Gandalf didn't die of old age, he died fighting the Moloch of the Shinuyama in the Cave Castle they had taken from Agartha in an eralier war. Their patrols had caught the sneaking force, who had counted on Shinuyama not buying much PD. Thankfully it was Aragorn the Bard who hauled the rest of the Fellowship around, and not Gandalf the Arch Druid. I think the Moloch died of dominion loss and not in the fight, btw. Gandalf himself died while retreating into enemy dominion. He was soon called back, however, and summoned Fangorn the Ivy King. Things really got rolling after that.

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No Molochs die from retreating when all their imps route. Every DII fan knows that!

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And people say that the bards soothing song would be useless...

Anyway, the old pretender was my own fault:

Poor girl was changed into a skin shifter after she naivly took that amulet from the fallen enemy commander.

I was able to cure her old age by pressing a thistle mace into her hands. She should remain youthful for another 20 years. After that an elixir of life might be the way to go.

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Dip into sweet blissfull Death magic. You know you want to. Cast Twiceborn too.

Re: Message from Abysia
 

Not anymore in D3. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

It's one of the first things I've checked. Or I've been very lucky in the couple of test battles I've made. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif