Is Norfleeting considered an effective strategy?

ioticus · #1 August 21st, 2005, 05:21 PM

ASAIK, Norfleet was the only one to make effective use of Norfleeting, but since he was caught cheating, the validity of his strategy is put into question. I've seen posts that decry Norfleeting as abusive and unbalancing, and I wonder it it's considered a problem by the community in general, or are the posts by a small lunatic fringe element?

Nerfix · #2 August 21st, 2005, 05:33 PM

magnate · #3 August 21st, 2005, 06:27 PM

New words are always fun - what is Norfleeting? I never played against him so I don't know.

sushiboat · #4 August 21st, 2005, 07:08 PM

I did a search on "Norfleeting" and was surprised to find hits beyond this thread. Apparently it is more commonly known as "mad castling" (i.e., building a fort in every province you own) and is widely practiced by advanced MP players. Some see no problem with it. Others don't like it. I don't see how it can be abusive or unbalancing since it is available to all. However, it does seem to slow the pace of the late game. People also complain about the cheapness/easiness of the Ghost Riders ritual spell, and mad castling is a logical counter to Ghost Riders.

Ygorl · #5 August 21st, 2005, 07:32 PM

lunatic fringe, definitely. If you want to spend all your money on castles, go for it.
As for effectiveness, it depends. If you don't need the money for other things, it's obviously really nice to have castles everywhere (try playing C'tis miasma with 10 dominion and very favorable scales - and of course a wimpy pretender - and you'll have the money). It's often more useful to spend money on folks who can fight, though (troops early, mages later).