Arcane Nexus

[Velusion]

PvK said:
Hmm, but the pacts I've participated in stressed not using magic that contributes to the nexus. So if there was a one-turn delay, and people mostly obeyed that pact, then the caster would just be gaining a delay in enemy mage/gem use. No?

I would contend that most people in the game that don't really have a shot at winning won't participate in this pact seriously and will, at most, somewhat limit their spending. Why should they care? Also - if you are in a life-death struggle you are going to cast things to stay alive.

I've also seen players with lots of horded pearls not really contribute many, wait until the dispel is done and simply recast AN for themselves.

It's also very easy to skim pearls off the top if you are doing the casting (there is no way to prove a player spent x amount of pearls). The dispeller can also use everyone's pearls to cast AN for himself, simply changing the target.

Finally if the dispel fails, and the casting nation is in a good position, it's pretty much game over...

All these are reasons why I won't bother contributing to AN dispels unless I know and trust the caster and somehow can insure that everyone with any power contributes equally. It's a pain in the ***.