Is it hopeless to continue this game ?

[David3]

Hi. I just started to play with this game - this is my first game (I made some mistakes - not searching every providence for sites, spending my money on useless troops ...) but I got to some point in the game when I don't know if I can win anymore ..
maybe you with your expireance can look into it and find a way to win this..
I'll add the save game file ...

ps - It would be nice if some of us will post thier game save from a good game they have (mid game) .. so we can expireance games of other players and try to continue thier game ...

Thank .

[Shovah32]

If you attach a .zip file i can check it for you.

[David3]

Quick description :

I am playing Atlantis Early Age, I have a tought army of 350 troops in Dendra Nigra (85) .. but 10 turn from what I have posted Ulm will bring 1500 troops to there + its seems that he will have the spell "Mass Protection" and my blade wind that did a good job until now will be useles.
+ even without the mass protection 7 blade winds per turn is still not good against 1500 trops ... (maybe in a siege with the castle walls - but ulm won't break in the fort). I waited 10 turns and with each turn they had more besiegeting units - until they got 1500 and I was the one who started the fight (break siege).

I tried to cast Earthquake 4 times with 4 mages but it still don't help (in the upcoming siege) + my mages won't retreat after castin earthquake (becouse they were fatigued ?) and slaind by ulm.

I know I need more powerfull spell that efect the entire battlefield or at least 25 areas ...

But I have 7 strong mages .. and research is good (I can go up to 250 per turn).

Maybe with the right spells I can win the upcoming battle ...
But I think it's a lost game - I will be supriesed even with you that know all the tricks in the bag of this game will find a way to win this .. win after all the newbie mistakes that I did .. It's too late ... or is it ?

[David3]

I attached the file .. It's a rar file.
Just extract that and copy the folder "478228-sea" to your savedgames dir.

[Shovah32]

my computer is allergic to RAR files

[David3]

Ok.
This is a zip file ..

[Shovah32]

Adding it as i type?

[David3]

ps - If I wasn't playing a sea nation I'll be obliterated many turns ago ...

[Shovah32]

OK, if i were you i would focus on raiding ulms lightly/undefended provinces and setting taxes to 200% to cause unrest and get you some income. Secondly i would take your research off enchantment and aim for conjuration8 evocation 9(in the order conj6, evo7, conj7, evo9, conj8).
This will let you get monster fish, asp turtles and water queens(and earth kings if you teleport your pretender above ground) and will give you access to magma eruption, acid storm, ice strike, murdering winter, maelstrum and eventually niefel flames(although ulms cold resistance will reduce the effectiveness of murdering winter and niefel flames, making magma equption and ice strike attractive).

If i was you I would also make some thug basalt kings, they can buff with quickness, prot, reinvig and fireshield and have full slots
I would probably give them lucky pendant, robe of shadows, ring of regen, charcoal shield(fireshield cast by them is weak), sword of swiftness, boots of the messenger and a blacksteel helm. Script them with invunerability, summon earthpower, quickness, attack X, they would be lucky, ethereal, regenerating, untiring, fear causing, high prot, fast, 4 attack per turn kings

[Endoperez]

Check out Magma Eruption. It would be the more powerful AOE damage spell you're looking for.