[Keir Maxwell]

Originally posted by Zen:
with him being T'ien Ch'i only and my quest to make good Racial specific pretenders, he just got taken down a notch on "Good pretenders for:".

I do get your point and think its valid. Johan O seemed to agree the Jade Emperor could do with a bit of upgrading.

Just having another go with Barbarian Kings Lady of Fortune so I also prefer the greater fortune ability. The game is going well as I had a fairly easy batch on indie's to face and have managed to avoid getting imbroilled in an early war. I am finding it very difficult to get Crystal shields though as I haven't got an earth random pick yet. The luck factor is working ok although I have probably lost more population in my empire to floods etc than grown through growth +3 - however many of the bad events have happened in provinces not fully dominated. Random events are commen turmoil3, luck3.

I have found Tien Chi mages remarkably ineffective at searching. I'm guesing I've just had along string of bad luck as I have only found 1 extra death gem income in two games. It does make me wonder though wether site searching with mages with lots of 1's is not so productive. The one thing I do get is lots of astral gems from all those temples. Are there any good uses for these, other than Power of the Spheres, until I can make Crystal shields? The summons I've spotted are along way off.

Seeing how much easier BK starts than S&A I'm wondering wether part of the problem could be fixed if S&A got better/more starting troops and/or commanders as they start with less than B&K and main theme (I think). I find even getting a third turn attack in with S&A can be risky.

Cheers

Keir