Rothfuss- Running
 

Well, I guess I'll take some other's advice and start my own MP game. The idea is for newbs, but one or two somewhat more experienced players would be appreciated, since I could use someone to turn to if I don't know how to do something. I'm going to use Llamaserver, to try and keep it simple.

Settings will be:
Era: MA
Map: Cradle of Dominion,with pre-set start locations.
Mods: CBM 1.4,
Players: 8-10

I would appreciate it if those who have more experience could be flexible in their nation choice, to allow n00bs to hopefully have a better experience. Also, no water nations, as the map only has one water start location.

Me (Trumanator) has C'tis (almost gone)
Stattis- Machaka (almost gone)
Alpine Joe- Bandar Log (almost gone)
Incabulos- Arcosphelae
zzcat- Ashdod (owning, and scary);)
pyg- Pangaea
Juffos- Eriu (owning)
Redeyes- Pythium
Klepto- Ermor
NKlan- Marignon
Burnsaber- Tien Chi (public enemy #1):D
(In case you're wondering, Patrick Rothfuss is my new favorite fantasy author, thus the game name.)

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I'd like to try Ulm.

If you have any questions I'd be glad to help. I'm in the middle of hosting my first game on llamaserver and so far things have gone smoothly (well the hosting at least :().

Worthy Heroes is included with CBM 1.4. I read that there are some bugs in 1.4 but I think the fixes are coming soon. You may want to wait until then before putting the game up.

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I am inexperienced and would love to join another game, however I have a special request. Due to messing around with semi-random I deleted Cradle of Dominions. Could somebody post a .zip file of it or something? If so, i would like to be MA ulm.

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Hmmm, I'd be glad to have your help Stattis, thanks. As for the bugs, it looks like the only substantial ones are some misequipped Bogarus cavalry. Other than that its just typos and the like.

@Alpine Joe- Sorry, but Stattis ninja'ed you w/r to Ulm, sorry. As for Cradle, apparently WinRar doesn't do compression, or at least I can't figure it out. Try PMing llama maybe?

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Okay I'll take Bandar Log instead.

I will ask the maps forum if anyone has Cradle.

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If I may make a suggestion, I think that modifying the map to have fixed starting positions might be a good idea. That way nobody gets stuck in a terrible spot and things are guaranteed to be spread out evenly. If you'd prefer random thats fine, it's just that fixed starting spots have worked so well in the game I started that I have to recommend it :)

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We could use the llamaserver version with fixed starts. I don't have a preference really. Note that you can't DL it from the server, apparently you just start a game with it on the server and that's all thats required. Seeing as there's only one water start on it, what do you think about banning water nations, since whoever picked one wouldn't have any competition?

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Heh... I was going to ask about water nations. If there can be only one it is probably a good idea to ban water nations.

I would like Shinuyama please

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I'd like to take Ashdod or TC. Thanks.

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I was thinking about being Shinuyama, but I decided I liked C'tis better.

Re: Rothfuss- looking for players!
 

Aby4meplzkthnxbay :D

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I would like to try Eriu.

I vote for banning water nations. Being the only one means not having any competition means having huge advantage compared to other nations.

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I would like to try Pythium

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Storytime!
I have some labwork I need to do, so I got up really early, had coffee, and cleared the snow off my car. Then I remembered that it's a holiday and the campus is closed. :doh:

Anyway, I'd like to change my nation choice to Machaka.

Re: Rothfuss- looking for players!
 

Very good work Trumanator ... hope you will enjoy your first mp game as much as i did.

About the hero mod ... the worthy hero is included in CBM ... but there is another MA exclusive hero mod called Throne of Heroes Throne of Heroes ... i really like this ... so if you like cool heroes in your game for every ma race i would suggest this one.

Re: Rothfuss- looking for players!
 

Hi, I think I qualify as new. I've been in 3 games, lost 2 and doing OK so far in the 3rd. In all 3 I played EA Ermor, could I please try MA Ermor here?

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I'll sign up if you will have me. In 2 MP games currently, doing alright in both. Marignon if you please.

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Hi all. I'm now returning to dominions after my year long military service.

This would be my 6th game,I think. I used to be a medicore player, but my skills have likely become rusty.

If you accept me, I'd like to try out Tien C'hi. All that alchemy stuff seems intresting.

Someone suggested the Throne of Heroes mod. I can play without it, but I'd just like to say that I'm in no way opposed to it.

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Hi. I'm ready to get stomped as I've only played single player EA so far, but I'll take Pangaea (seems similar) if it's left and there's room. What are the map settings to be. I'd prefer them more or less default (graphs off maybe?).

Cheers,
pyg

Re: Rothfuss- looking for players!
 

The new 1.4 version CBM hasn't been tested yet with the Throne of Heroes mod afaik, and even less with the upcoming 1.41 (of course) - I'd keep the things as simple as possible on Trumanator's first game, should compatibility issues appear it may ruin the experience. While I enjoyed Throne of Heroes too, it may be wiser to leave an eventual testing to more experienced players :)

Re: Rothfuss- looking for players!
 

I definitely recommend using one of the fixed start versions of Cradle that are on the LlamaServer. They both have 11 land starts. This is a good number for Cradle - it's definitely too big for 8 players (contrary to its own text).

By the way Trumanator, sorry I didn't reply to your PM, and good work on getting a game organised!

Re: Rothfuss- Full
 

No problem Llama, and I am going to use one of the ones on the server :D
The game is now full, sorry pyg, you'll have first crack at subbing if we need it. I'll see about setting it up now, start building your pretenders!!

I will be using standard settings, except for magic sites at 60. For scheduling I was thinking 24hr quickhost for the first ~20 turns, and then moving it to a 48 hr with or without QH. With the small number of people it won't be a problem to have extensions, but if you're going to be absent for more than a couple days I would ask that you find a sub, make sure to contact pyg first.
Thanks.

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I'll gladly change my spot with pyg! I'm getting a little busy with exams, sorry - well at least pyg will appreciate! :) I'll gladly sub eventually in the future if someone disappears.

Did you see how easy it was to gather players for your first game Trumanator? ;) Hope everything goes fine! Have fun :cool:

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Pretender sent. Good luck everyone, I'm really looking forward to this.

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Yeah, email your pretender .2h files to "pretenders@llamaserver.net" Make sure to have "Rothfuss" in the subject line.

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will do when I get home tonight. Pacific Coaster here (well Reno NV) so all I get from the Pac Coast is the time zone :/

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Cool, I'm PST as well! :D Tacoma Washington.

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Wow, Trumanator your game filled in less than 24 hours... sounds like some newbies want to play. Maybe I will suggest a parallel EA version in another thread. Tifone if you really do want to bow out I would gladly take your place as Pangaea, but it doesn't look like I'm going to have a problem finding a game!

pyg

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I'll leave you two to sort it out. I am a little surprised at the speed with which it filled, I guess there's a bunch of newbies who got it over christmas or something. :?

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QM said CBM 1.41 will be released very soon. Shouldn't we delay the game until it's availiable?
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showp...3&postcount=65

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Well if it is really going to come out very soon then we could do it. If anything, I would like to wait at least until Tifone and pyg get their deal sorted out, so if QM releases it in the meantime we could use it.

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CBM 1.41 released, and as I said I think pyg can freely play, I'll make the sub if you need but later eventually, when the game gets at 48hrs :)

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Link.

I assume this means I'll have to re-send my pretender?

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I don't think there have been great changes from the 1.3, he 1.4 and the 1.41 on pretenders - so the one you sent would almost surely work even if you've done it with the 1.3 in theory. But if you want to be sure having done everything fine, yep it would be better for you to remake the pretender with the new mod and resend it :)

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Since this is a newbie game maybe others won't think these are bad questions.

1) How does magic site frequency change the game. The default is 40 and this game is 60. Does this mean site searching is even more important? Does it benefit diversity more?

2) What are the strategic implications of the CBM mod? I have only played a couple of SP games with it and I think I prefer it but I can't quite wrap my head around what it means. I read something interesting on this forum about its effect on scale preference, but I can't seem to find the post.

Cheers,
pyg

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Sure, but only because magical diversity is always good.
50% more sites means that you can get luck and get twice as many as in your last game, or less than the one before. It's luck of the draw really.

Blood nations gain the greatest benefit from increasing site frequency as it effectively means "more slaves!", while they have great control over their source of slaves, and need slaves for near everything they do

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Okay, I changed the settings to use 1.41. I doubt you need to resubmit pretenders, but if it makes you feel better/safer go ahead.

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FYI, the game starts as soon as all 11 pretenders are in, and we have 10 sent. Be sure to check your emails for the turn files.

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@ pyg

If I can help you - to start, possibly others will provide more precise answers ;)

1) It means that site searching will provide you more sites - thus more gems - thus more possibilities of forging items, summoning creatures, casting global enchantments and rituals, more mages casting big spells in combat. You're up for a more magic oriented - maybe more "spectacular" :D - game of the ones you're used to, I'd say.

2) CBM makes a lot of little tweaks! It makes some spells which were lately not much efficient, more useful, and the same for some items, units, globals, and even pretender gods. Some overpowered units are made a bit less cost-efficient, though (i.e. the Cyclops pretender, which was not only a mighty SC but even powerful for double blesses and magic, now he's still strong and a Earth powerhouse but not much more) . The mod comes with a very useful readme, read it to understand how it works! :cool:
The scales are tweaked, notably the heroes are better so the Luck scales is more useful, but I remember there were other tweaks too but they really don't come to my mind now :o

Have fun!

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The purpose of the CBM mod as I understand it is to provide more variety and to make alternative strategies more viable.

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I changed to arcos, just uploaded a pretender

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Okay cool

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Hmmm, there seems to be some weird bug with llamaserver or something. The game recieved our last pretender (Incabulos) and then just disappeared, its not in the waiting section or the running section :confused:

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Yeah I got the confirmation email. I clicked on the game after sending my pretender and got to a page that said something like "Hey this is not a real game; are you messing with my urls?" or something to that effect.

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That's the same thing I got when I refreshed the page. I've PMed llama, so hopefully we'll get an explanation. In any case, the default setting for the first turn is a 48hr quickhost, so I wouldn't worry too much about staling right away. Just be sure to check your email periodically for the trn file

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Okay I am officialy worried now. If llama doesn't respond to my PM soon, I am going to remake the game and have everyone resubmit their pretenders. Sorry, I don't quite get what the problem is. :confused:

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Fear not! I've mostly just been asleep since you PMed me. Something went a little wrong when the game started up, but I can guess what it is. I'll fix it a little later on in the day (perhaps at lunchtime - I really should start work now).

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I tried to resent my pretender a minute ago, and the reply mail says "Game 'Rothfuss' doesn't exist!". Is there anyway to update the pretender before the game starts? Thanks!

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Okay! Game started, then I saw zzcat's post, so I found his 2h file and restarted the game (I thought it was mean to make someone play with a suboptimal pretender).

So, please ignore your first "Game started" e-mails, and use the trn files from the second ones.

Incidentally, the disappearance of the game was caused by a glitch in the new CBM 1.41 mod. It's a glitch that only affects servers, so your versions of the mod are fine, and I've done the fix on mine. Phew!

Re: Rothfuss- Full
 

The Holiest of nations, Tien C'hi, has found itself in need of fire and/or nature gems. We will trade 1:1 to astral, water, air and earth gems. We are also prepared to pay in gold, according to following guidelines.

Understandably, such transaction cannot be performed before filling out the proper documents and paperwork beforehand. Thus we can agree on a spefic turn when the transaction shall take place.

6 nature gems: 130 gold pieces

6 fire gems: 130 gold pieces

6 fire & 6 nature: 280 gold pieces

Contact me by PM.