Ermor/R'lyeh/Atlantis too weak?

Gandalf Parker · #1 February 10th, 2004, 06:11 PM

Heehee. Now that I have your attention...
Im still messing around with the WE vs THEM map idea. Ermor "Ashen Empire", R'lyeh, and Atlantis are allied and too strong to be beaten by any single nation. All 3 start in a corner of the map with Ermor sandwiched between the other two.

SO... if I start each with 2 or 3 castle/lab/temple locations and an extra starter army (matching what they usually get), and all 3 start with Wyrm gods (kinda kewl justification there, they all came from the same nesting) is that enough to force a player alliance?

ywl · #2 February 10th, 2004, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Heehee. Now that I have your attention...
Im still messing around with the WE vs THEM map idea. Ermor "Ashen Empire", R'lyeh, and Atlantis are allied and too strong to be beaten by any single nation. All 3 start in a corner of the map with Ermor sandwiched between the other two.

SO... if I start each with 2 or 3 castle/lab/temple locations and an extra starter army (matching what they usually get), and all 3 start with Wyrm gods (kinda kewl justification there, they all came from the same nesting) is that enough to force a player alliance?

Can R'lyeh and Atlantis handle Ermor's dominion effects? Would it be easier to have only R'lyeh and Atlantis? The background story could be R'lyeh has taken over Atlantis by carefully placed mind-controlled pawns and declare war on the land, so that the Old Ones will return?

Arryn · #3 February 10th, 2004, 06:58 PM

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Originally posted by ywl:
Can R'lyeh and Atlantis handle Ermor's dominion effects?

The short answer is probably "no". And the squids will have trouble with the mindless undead, too.

Gandalf Parker · #4 February 10th, 2004, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by ywl:
Can R'lyeh and Atlantis handle Ermor's dominion effects?

The short answer is probably "no". And the squids will have trouble with the mindless undead, too.

I think there is enough spread on the map Im considering that the dominion wont kill off each other. This is the map Im considering so far.
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...s/WEvsTHEM.jpg

And Im not sure about the "trouble with mindless". They arent going to fight each other. They will be allied.

[ February 10, 2004, 17:20: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Arryn · #5 February 10th, 2004, 07:54 PM

So it's those 3 against everyone else? Wow. That might get ... ugly for the opponents.

Daynarr · #6 February 10th, 2004, 08:00 PM

You don't need much work to make sure Ermor's dominion doesn't kill off his allies. Just script Ermor to use 'default' dominion, and to be 100% sure you can even force it to use growth scale. Of course, that will limit Ermor only to that dominion but, even with it, Ermor should be strong enough.