what the heck is this

Psitticine · #1 September 21st, 2003, 01:56 AM

MoM!!!!! I loved that game!!!!

Man, I wish they'd made a sequel . . .

Oh, wait, they did . . . Dominions II.

(OK, not really, but Dom II has captured me just like MoM used to!)

Pocus · #2 September 21st, 2003, 09:18 AM

MoM ... an hell of a game! the magical spells combos were so rich ... so abusable ...

like the dreaded invisible flying galley, throwing boulders against a defenceless foe

or your halflings slingers so boosted that they could rip thru a missile invulnerable unit.

muhahahaa, it was good time. Aaaah yes, now I do quite the same thing with dominions. Behold my flying etheral regenerating elephants

[ September 21, 2003, 08:21: Message edited by: Pocus ]

Jack Simth · #3 September 21st, 2003, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pocus:
MoM ... an hell of a game! the magical spells combos were so rich ... so abusable ...

You want real abuse? Two advantages: Artificer and Runemaster (I think those were their names, anyway), with a heavy investment in Sorcery (for Time Stop). Between the two advantages, artifacts cost 25% of their normal cost to make. The fun part, it doesn't affect the 50% of normal cost recycling. Thus, you could make an artifact, and recycle it for double your investment. Once you've researched TS, and have an effective skill over 200, you could cast TS and use the artifact trick to maintain the TS forever. Moreover, no maintenence is needed while a TS is in place - any excess generated from recycling can be used to summon magical creatures at no penalty. Nobody else can cast, build, or summon (except in combat) so, eventually, you win.

Sure, with the cost of the needed advantages, you are going to be at a bit of a disadvantage until then, and there is a chance you won't end up with TS. Still though, it is a killer combo.

WraithLord · #4 September 24th, 2003, 09:41 AM

MOM is such a great game. It has a lot of disadvantages but buttom line it feels great to play it. I still do today. I wish one of the projects to create a MOM clone by fans would have succeeded, or that one day a sequel will be made.

Pocus · #5 September 24th, 2003, 10:10 AM

wow this combo is EVIL ! I like it!

we liked MoM because of combos and the richness in spells. I think dominions is closer than any other game to MoM because of this same aspect, even if it is province based. On the other hand even if AOWSM is nearing MoM because so much mechanisms are the same (cities dev, hex, etc) I dont feel it is the heir to MoM, because there is too few combos to put forward.