Re: Arcane Nexus
OOC: I figured I had the game won before I cast it, so I wasn't trying to unbalance anything. If I do end up losing it will be because I decided to cast it (it's powerful, but Pythium's claim that he didn't cast it because it was overpowered rings false, as it is not powerful enough to compensate for having every other nation gang up on you without a decided lead going into it...I guarantee Pythium's casting it would have gone badly for him). I thought it'd be more fun than slowly grinding through one nation at a time.
So, I took the pearls I had lying around and decided to spice things up a bit.
That being said, expecting Pythium to fall on his sword after having the nexus up for 20+ turns and pulling in 100+ gems per turn seems a bit...optimistic to me. There's plenty of opportunity and temptation to pocket a few pearls each turn. Plus I'd imagine that he could argue that the army of 50 abominations that suddenly popped up in his capital was intended as a "spell against Abysia."
He who holds the Nexus controls the game, don't make the mistake of trading one overlord for another. A dispel instead of an overwrite would be in the best interest of everyone except for Pythium. And I include myself in that, for I would much prefer to have a fighting chance even if my global goes down.
Note that Pythium was content to not cast the spell before I did, as he knew he would draw the wrath of the other nations, but now that everyone is concentrated on me (and rightly so) he is more than happy to have it under his control, since he can have it without drawing the fury that comes with it.
Take your chances with a dispel if it pleases you, but know that overwriting the nexus will do nothing to save you, you will merely have a different master at the end of the day.
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