Best LA Nation

FedSlayer · #1 February 4th, 2008, 09:38 AM

Three of us are starting a LA game using the Geometry map This will be a 3 player game with no AI nations.

So, what is the best LA nation? Which pretender/tiles goes with that nation, and what is the recommended strategy? (No Ermor please, it's just to labor intensive.)

Evilhomer · #2 February 4th, 2008, 09:53 AM

Well my top 4 votes for LA powerhouses are Ermor, Rlyeh, miclan and Marignon.

Rlyeh might not be a good choice seeing how few you are that will play this map, and marignons blood hunting might become as labor intense as Ermor I am afraid.

Miclan surely deserves to be mentioned, but once again, blood requires much labor/micromanagement.

After those four I would probably put Tien chi, but not completly sure to be honest.

Aezeal · #3 February 4th, 2008, 11:02 AM

with 3 players you could probably rush the 2 of them with midgard and a SC pretender.. the skinshifters worked very well for me last game (and I mean worked very well in a rush at the start of the game... I'm trashed now that more experienced players have gotten nice research and mages and are communioning or skelly-spamming me out of the game

sector24 · #4 February 4th, 2008, 02:23 PM

I vote Bogarus because they are new and shiny and the polar opposite of Ermor in terms of micromanagement.

NTJedi · #5 February 4th, 2008, 06:43 PM

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FedSlayer said:
Three of us are starting a LA game using the Geometry map This will be a 3 player game with no AI nations.

So, what is the best LA nation? Which pretender/tiles goes with that nation, and what is the recommended strategy? (No Ermor please, it's just to labor intensive.)

Tell us what map is being played... for a more accurate response.

Gregstrom · #6 February 4th, 2008, 07:18 PM

I think that might be world of Geometry - about 100 provinces per player if that's the case.

I think late game strength might be the thing to aim for if so.

Nikolai · #7 February 4th, 2008, 08:53 PM

World of Geometry with 3 players?! Wow. I am a game on that map, with 14 players, and on turn 45, there most people have not been at war but with AIs.

At least 7 nations are completely possible winners.

llamabeast · #8 February 4th, 2008, 09:12 PM

World of Geometry with 3 players?! Don't do it, you'll die of boredom/old age before you get anywhere.

FedSlayer · #9 February 4th, 2008, 10:43 PM

Boredom, yes well, there is that. Okay so maybe a smaller map, something around 150-230 provinces.

We want to experiment with higher end spells and globals and such. We don't want a rush game.

The other two are training me a bit on MP, in a less intense environment than MP with large numbers of players.

NTJedi · #10 February 5th, 2008, 02:09 AM

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FedSlayer said:
Boredom, yes well, there is that. Okay so maybe a smaller map, something around 150-230 provinces.

What percentage of water provinces?
What percentage of rough terrain? mountains?