[archaeolept]

Originally posted by PhilD:

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Originally posted by archaeolept:

What counter strat have you layed out for dealing w/ the Norfleet combo? that's all I care about, since that's pretty well all I've been playing against for the past few weeks.

If you don't like Norfleet's playing strategy, why do you keep playing in games he's in?

I'm in several MP games at the moment (slow kind, mostly 1 turn per day), and I've noticed exactly ONE Vampire Queen in there, played by C'tis; AFAIK, she's lost her castle, and since she's now attacking low-defense provinces of mine in my own dominion, my guess is she isn't in the best of shapes. There are plenty of people out there who are not playing Vampire Queens, believe me - surely some of them are of at least moderate skill.

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my god phil, how the heck is "so don't play w/ someone who uses that strat" at all a legitimate response to the question as to whether the strat shows something as broken in the game? your answer is that the game isn't broken because it is possible to bury one's head in the sand. Bravo.

have you played against it? do you know how it works?

Pperhaps it isn't broken - but then, pls, we would like a general strategy to deal w/ the VQ/uber-SC + infinite castling + clam/wishes combo.

and, that VQ's can suck is so clearly obvious, and such a low grade strawman, that I'm continually flabbergasted that people feel the need to bring this up. Yes, VQ's can be weak. The argument is not that all VQ's all the time are unbalanced, but that they can be, especially in combination w/ an all-out defensive castling strat.