Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

I'm going to play game with these settings:

Settings

Gold: 250%
Resources: 250%
Supplies: 100%
Magic Sites: 55% (less then the other rich games, since it is LA)
Independents: 8
Mods: CBM1.6
Map: Open to suggestions
Research: Difficult


I'm planning playing R'leh, so was going to take maximizing Luck, minimizing order.

The question is - if games balance luck events in case of current situation, like gold 250%? Or such settings mean less value of luck and more for Order?

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

it doesn't scale luck. luck sucks in rich games

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Yeah, games with huge amounts of gold really add a lot of weight to order scales. It's very tough to justify not going with order under 250% gold settings. That said, late game you would still be better off with luck due to r'lyeh's domkill dominion. So best decide now whether to shoot for a strong early game with order, or a stronger late game with luck but a less aggressive start. Dominion is also an important consideration. If you keep most of your provinces outside of your dominion you'll have a much higher income, but you'll be much easier to domkill... and not have as much freespawn. Which is better? I'm not sure, games like that are pretty crazy and a bit out of the box. I have the feeling you'd be stronger with a gold-centric strategy though.

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Don't play LA Rlyeh in such a game. Seriously, its not worth it.

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Um, popkill. Oops :) Well, looks like he's going to be playing TC instead of r'lyeh. Chance of victory has increased by 400+%!

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Yes, LA TC should be absolutely brutal with those settings. They have my vote for most OP nation with those settings!

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

yeah, I expect resource heavy nations will gain an advantage in such settings. and LA TC is already a powerhouse, even under normal conditions. lets see how LA Ulm which I'll try for the first time, will work for me under those settings...

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Never played TC in any era (and didn't consider it as a powerhouse, just no experience, just it looked for me that horse bows in a world of LA with it's high protection units and high resource settings is not the best invention).
But after giving some shots, I took just one of races which wouldn't be punished by game terms for sure.

And ULM cavalary, in the world of rich resources also doesn't look bad.

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

yeah the Ulmish cavalry certainly doesn't look bad, but TC's Ancestor Vassals are some of the best, if not the best, cavalry in the entire game(on all 3 ages). combined with solid non sacred troops and very versatile magic(especially for LA) and you've finally got yourself a TC powerhouse. this is weird cause TC is supposed to be at its best during the height of the Chinese Bureaucracy as represented in MA.

Re: Luck and order, R''leh.. gold 250%
 

Don't join this game! It's bad!