POLL - Weakest Among All - Page 2

Humakty · #11 September 23rd, 2007, 02:58 PM

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Atreidi said:
Biased poll

True, why Jotun in mid ? Why why?
There should be all the factions. I've heard some people WON with Agartha. I think the power you think a faction has depends of how you do play yourself.
I voted nonetheless...
PS : I think TC can have a great magic late game.

Alderanas · #12 September 23rd, 2007, 03:38 PM

I only voted on the ones that i have played with or against alot.

Tuidjy · #13 September 23rd, 2007, 04:07 PM

> > I am curious, why are Agartha and T'ien C'hi considered weak? Especially mid
> > T'ien C'hi, I consider them rather powerful, but obviously I am very
> > inexperienced.
>
> TC have the worst battle magic out of all of MA.

Their "build anywhere" mages are worse than Ulm's. Make that much worse than
Ulm's. Their capital only mages can be nice, but you never get enough of
them, and they can be mind dueled by many enemies that cost one third as much.
Their magic picks are an exercise in frustration... They can get very useful
mages with a good roll, but somehow you never get what you hope for. And when
someone is fighting you and you need something specific there and then, you
do not want to wait and wait.

I would like to see some love for MA TC myself.

Sandman · #14 September 23rd, 2007, 05:24 PM

I had a decent run with MA T'ien Ch'i in the Faerun PBEM with a dormant earth-9 cyclops. The earth bless is great for TC, and getting a hammer economy started early synergises with their good site searching potential.

Magic duel is a pain. Not much you can do except use Masters of the Way with items and matrixes, or indy mages.

Salamander8 · #15 September 23rd, 2007, 05:24 PM

I really wish that the poll had all (stock) nations for every era. I only voted for nations I have tried or played against enough to feel I can say anything about.

Gandalf Parker · #16 September 23rd, 2007, 06:15 PM

I dont think the poll spelled out enough of what it wanted. Im GUESSING that he wants the comparison in multiplayer mode on average maps with default settings. So I didnt bother answering since thats about the least version of the game that I play.

Sombre · #17 September 23rd, 2007, 10:02 PM

I think he was pretty clear. Which nation do you think is weakest in each age?

He didn't say "Which nation consistently loses in MP only on the map silent seas on wednesdays by turn 15 or by turn 10 has less than 2 provinces when using defaults with supply set to 50% magic sites to 10% and the moon full or close to it?" because he's asking a general question.

Gandalf Parker · #18 September 23rd, 2007, 10:19 PM

yeah ok

llamabeast · #19 September 24th, 2007, 11:04 AM

MA TC is going to get a lot of love when the next patch finally comes out. It looks like Kristoffer's added loads of stuff to it.

void · #20 September 24th, 2007, 10:24 PM

120 total votes? so i guess that's it

to my suprise there are filler nations got vote...*cough*
i'll, on the other hand, consider most "others" votes without explanation "i don't want to vote, just here to see the result"

thank you guys!