[Psitticine]

Originally posted by Nerfix:
@Psitticine:
The devs(was it J.O?) said that "all things from the void are sacred", so, uh...

I double-checked one of Giraffe's old games and, yes, all the Void creatures I could check out there are sacred, so I'd certainly say it is safe to assume they all are.

Entering the Void Gate is such a different thing than normal recruitment, what with all the randomness involved and all, that I set aside the beasties that come out from it from R'lyeh's normal troop roster. I really should have added a footnote about the sacredness of Void beasts, but I was a bit too focused on just the "regular" R'lyeh troops. Sorry 'bout that!

In Dom I the Starspwan priest had 1 Astral, 1 random magic and 3 Priest skill and are sacred...
(you said they have water magic, but if only Astral mages can enter Void Gate, and if Starspawn priest are the only ones able to use the VG properly, we can count 1+1+1=Starspawn Priests have Astral magic...)

Oops! Err, just a dumb typo on my part there. Yes, the Starspawn priests are the same as Dom I, including having Astral 1 but no Water magic unless the random pick gets them some.

On a total side note, and I feel kinda unsteady disagreeing with Johan here, I don't quite agree about Starspawn priests being the only worthwhile Void Gate Users. Are they the best units for the job? Based on the percentages just posted, yes, I'd certainly agree with that, but are they the only worthwhile ones to send in? I'd have some reservations agreeing with that.

Again, I've only watched over Giraffe's shoulder as she has played R'lyeh and haven't yet had time to play them myself, but she won the first Dom game she ever played, and she did it by using a strategy that leaned heavily upon using an array of units (especially the comparitively cheap Star Children) in combo with the Void Gate.

It would definately seem that Starspawn priests are the most efficacious (aside from national hero Cthugal the Stargazer, of course) but I can't argue with success, especially since many of the beta-testers had yet to win at all against the new Dom-II AI at that point and this was in her very first Dom game ever.

Sorry, for being nitpicky.

Hey, I'm an Editing Parrot. If anybody appreciates the value of getting things right, down to the very Last detail, it is an Editing Parrot. By all means, please continue to nitpick!!!

(edited to correct UBB formatting error)

[ October 26, 2003, 20:42: Message edited by: Psitticine ]