[Xietor]

Unlike immortal pretenders, if you kill the gorgon, even in her own dominion, she is dead.

And she is, with 30 hps, limited to her own dominion. Her point cost is already a bit steep with a starting dom of only 2, and 80 points for a new path, effectively limiting her to 1 additional path, and that at a fairly high cost given Pangaea gets zero free design points from weather scale.

And a god with a high fire shield and regen, with more hps, likely could have survived the fight paralyzed as well. Dom 8, haunted forest, gift of health, and 4 unique artifacts are a pretty big boost for any sc pretender.

As for mp games, I have time for them. But i typically like to play bigger maps and the games go on for a long time. With real life friends, we can schedule play sessions for 5-6 hours and get in many many turns in 1 day. If you have a game with 10 humans, it would markedly change the strategy a player could use, but the game would also go much slower, with turns being harder to coordinate.

I have played dominions II for years, so I am not sure that there are many players that have played the game more. Though, i have not even tried to play EA or LA, or many of the new races. Playing a race i am familiar with, on the bigger maps i like, i doubt i would experience many new surprises. Though i agree when you play against the same people over and over, their strategies become predictable.

But I would be glad to join a game MA, on a 250-275 province map, with 3-4 humans and the rest AI races. And, I do not think the gorgon is unbeatable, btw. As i said in another thread if winning was the only goal, id play MA acrosphale, using astral mages, elephants, and double blessed heart companions, and mid game, wrath of gods.

Mostly, I just enjoy playing MA Pangaea, and the gorgon.