[Arryn]

Wendigo,

You have made many valid and interesting points. It's too bad that you feel that you must bludgeon me with them in a most abrasive/abusive manner. It leaves me wondering just what it is that you want from me? Are you this way with anyone who even remotely questions your wisdom?

I also find it interesting that you cherry-pick quotations where the views differ and ignore any in which they agree. Strikes me as a recipe to just argue. In a normal discussion, it's perfectly fine for there to be agreement as well as dissent. Why do you focus on just the dissent? Let's look at a few examples:

#1. my statement

Perhaps I've just been lucky so far and no opponents have been strong in air. The biggest advantage I see is the extra path early on. I'm just not so sure, still, that it's worth it. But I'll very likely try it in another game. I play lots of SP games, and have 6 ones active at the moment

Here I've just acknowledged your points and say that I intend to check them out.

your response

You already made up your mind to ignore counsel from more experienced players, so be it

Hardly warranted, I think. Purely argumentative, if not an outright flame.

#2. my statement

I never said this was my sole strategy, nor one I use injudiciously. ... What I said was that I do this fairly often, against small-to-moderate sized enemy forces. Forces I feel reasonably safe in using it against, based on prior experience.

your response

You are using your Wyrm at the front of your armies, it's going to die ... vs competent opponents whether you like it or not

Which totally ignores my earlier comment that I would not do this against forces that have a significant chance of killing it. Be that as it may, on the one hand you are arguing in favor of an air path SC, then turning right around and basically saying that all SCs are bad because they run the risk of death. Can't have it both ways.

#3. my statement

Conjuration-6 will get me an air-2 mage, in the form of a Harbinger, for 25 astral gems

your response

you have no fliers without air magic, nor the magic to summon them

What part of my statement did you not understand? For in this you are clearly mistaken. I presume you are familiar with this spell, and the summoned creature?

In closing ...

your response

Perhaps you need more experience

I have never said I didn't. If I knew it all I wouldn't be on the forums asking questions from time to time.

So I ask again, what it is that you want from me?