Faerun MA PBEM (Calmon/Ermor Wins)
 

Hi all

I'm Thinking about to start an PBEM game in Faerun. The Aera would be MA. I will take Man.

You can get the map here: http://www.strife.com/dominions-2/files.htm#maps
(Faerun Large with 424 Provinces)
The map file i will use is attached to the Post.

I created a new map File for it, where i removed the fixed starting Locations, and added Victory Points. The map has now 46 Victory locations, and i think the Winner would need 30 of them for Victory (i'm open for other suggestions but i think this is a good number). All victory locations are guarded by special troops, most of them i took from the original map, but i created 18 more they are not really balanced, but if you conquer a stronger one you might get better gear out of it. I tried to create guards corresponding to their Province as in D&D, but i could not resist to make a Bandar defended Province. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

About the Rules:
- Everything normal except:
- Hall of Fame 15
- Only own Graph
- Sites 50 (as Faerun is considered Magically)

Special Rule:
- You have to participate in every Deathmatch, and you have to send a combatant that might win. --> not the cheapest indy commander but a nicely equipped Thug.
Who ever violates this rule will be called a coward in the Forum http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

Players:
Hadrian_II: Man
Teraswaerto: R'lyeh
Reverend Zombie : Bandar Log
Votan: Abysia
Sandman: Tien Chi
Stryke11: Pythium
Dimaz: Shinuyama
Bluebird: Caelum
calmon: Ermor
Hako: Pangea
ajr: Arcoshephale
YellowCactus: Mictlan
Amhazair: Ulm
Aseth: Vanheim
Zrave: Agharta
Hoo: Machaka
upstreamedge: Atlantis
UninspiredName: Oceania


Plz send me your pretenders to: *removed email*
include your nick in the mail, and dont forget to set a pwd on your pretender.

I Changed the map to fix problems with Supply. Redownload the new one if Interested.

P.S.: If you think somithing about this idea sounds strange it might be just my bad english.

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Count me in as R'lyeh.

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I'd like Bandar Log, please (or whatever the mid-era apes are called...)

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If that will be middle age, please count me as Abysia, if other age - Mictlan please.

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If reverend drops out or changes race put me down for bandar log

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You can count me in. I will pick the nation soon, I need some time to decide yet...

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Enough time, I'll play Pangaea.

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I would like Tien Chi.

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I would like Pythium if possible. Only 2nd mp game, so I will make nice fodder for the rest of you to beat up on.

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Thanks for hosting! We really need more games out there. I suspect the problem is settng aside a server to host the game. Anyone heard anything more on someone setting up a server like someone did for DOM II?

Which leads me to my question. Is this a true PBEM game and not computer hosted? Will we have to send in our turns as file attachments and receive them as file attachments? Or will it be a hosted game where we can just put in the ip address and port number and the computer downloads and loads our turns for us?

If it is a true pbem game with emailing every turn to host as a file attachment I will wait for the next computer hosted game. Painful as the wait may be.

If it is hosted I would like Jotunheim!

Thanks

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Its PBEM, i have no server for hosting otherwise.

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I'd like to try Shinoyama

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I would like to join as Caelum.

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Ermor please

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I would like to play as C'tis.

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Inculde me please... I stil do not appear on the list. My post is above and I picked Pangaea.

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Gimme Mictlan!
Please,
-yc

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Sorry i didn't notice, you changed your post

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Great, seems my copy of the game arrived in time to participate here, if you don't mind including a new player (who'll quickly start testing out all kinds of brilliant strategies of course :-D)

Of the still available nations I'd like to play Ulm.

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It seems as here are people interesting in playing this game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I'll wait for some more players, as the map is very big, and it would not hurt to get a full house.

But feel free to send me your pretenders. My e-mail address is adi dot l at bluewin dot ch. Please include your nickname in the mail and don't forget to set a password http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

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sign me in as a Vanheim http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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If still available, I'd like to play Agartha.

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deleted post..man already taken...sorry.

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ajr found out, that some of my PD's lacked supply, i fixed this and changed the map file in my first post. If you now conquer a VP location, you have an increased chance to get bags of wine, cauldrons of broth and summer swords http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif.

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I'm running into a (hopefully) little problem here:

When I try to unzip it I get the message: "The WinZip Wizard cannot open this file; it does not appear to be a valid archive. If you downloaded this file, try
downloading it again. If you want to add the file to an archive, first create or open the archive, then drop the file again."

I don't have the slightest idea how to deal with that. (other than trying downloading it again, as they suggest, but that didn't help)


I'm not any good at computers (other than to start up my games http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif ), so maybe it's something simple that I'm missing, but...

Two things I can imagine might be wrong (but, again, no idea if it's really the case) are:

* A wrong/outdated/insufficiënt version of the Unzipping Program. If this could be a possible reason could anyone kindly point me to where I can get a better version?

* Maybe my computer lacks a program it needs to recognize the type of file the map is in? (.rar) No idea if I need anything special for that..

* Anything else...

Sorry to bother you all with this :-(

Re: Faerun MA PBEM
 

try WinRAR zu extract:
http://www.win-rar.com

maybe you've an outdated version of winzip

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Thanks a lot, that seems to have worked http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Unless I missed something I'm ready to go now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Faerun MA PBEM
 

Which version are we using? 3.00 or 3.01?

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I think when the game is ready to start, the version 3.02 will be out.

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If 3.01, I suggest using HoH nerf mod. Without it the game will be too... challenging.

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I'll try marignon if you're still taking folks.

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Sure i take more folks
Arcoscephale, Machaka, Jotunheim, Atlantis and Oceania are still free. Especially a second water nation would not be too bad or R'lyeh will have a very easy live.

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Pythium's pretender has been sent!

I hope you all will be ready for some Angel-y goodness!

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Well - if it is going to be 3.02, there is not point in creating a pretender with an earlier version, is there?

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Nope, we should wait for the patch (I think 3.03, 3.02 isn't a real patch just a development milestone, but not 100% sure here).

Maybe they changed some pretender costs and then an old pretender would trigger the cheat mechanism.

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Yikes.

Just doin' what I was told. I wasn't aware patches affected pretender design, but it makes sense that it would (doh!).

I'll create another pretender if/when the next patch comes out.

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I think that pretenders created with 3.01 should work with later patches, there are no changes to pretenders in the change log (yet). Maybe the daemons can see in the dark thing, but as i see it the 3.01 daemons will just see in 3.02.

If it triggers the cheat algorithm, will it trigger it just on turn 1 or every turn? If its just Turn 1 then it wont be too much of a problem (or creates it punishments when it detects "cheat"?). afaik there are no imba pretenders that need a fix.

But after all it look just like its "upload your pretenders on your own risk".

One thing more if 3.02 wont come out then the waiting on 3.03 might take long, then maybe we want to start with 3.01. (or is the Hunter of Heroes so evil?[i like him cause he always kills my enemies])

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I will take Atlantis

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I just don't like my pretender being killed by HoH on Turn 5. And it happens during test games sometimes.

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Argh; I've just discovered that MA C'tis is horribly broken at the current patch level. Can I switch to Arco?

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If no one would mind, could I switch to Machaka? I've never tried them and would like to.

downloading patch now.

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How far are we from launching?
-yc

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OK i think now are enough players in.

Now we have 2 options:
-start 3.01 with the HoH mod so that he is no problem
-or wait an undefined time for the next patch

plz say what you want

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How about starting without the HoH mod? I think the new patch will come soon and i for my part never got an attack from a horror in all my mp and test games.

The thing with the mod is that once used, we can't kick it after the patch. So we've to deal with lousy horrors till the end of the game.

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There will be many games when the patch comes out, but right now this is the only game that is forming.

I would rather play now with the HoH mod.

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I'm pretty sure the host can change the mod, and the change will be in effect in the game even if it has been started, so there should be no problem.

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I vote starting sooner rather than later.

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does the mod not just weaken the HoH and lets the other horrors be?


It will start the game when i have all pretenders, so plz send me yours.
Please put a vote in the forum, if you want the HoH mod or not.

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I've been indicisive on this game, but I'm willing to join in as Oceania if you'll have me. Right under (after?) the bell. It would be my first PBEM game. You just upload everybody's turns as file attachments into the game file, right?

If you'll have me I'm not at my own house at the moment, but can upload my pretender tonight.

Re: Faerun MA PBEM
 

sure you can join if you want.

PBEM means play by e-mail, so you have to mail me your pretender (address in first post), then i will mail you your .trn file, you make your turn then and mail me back your .2h file so that i can generate the next turn and again and again.

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Even as an astral nation I'd prefer to use the mod; the HoH just has too much chance of randomly wrecking a nation right now.