AAR-Neophyte with Caelum

[Wyatt Hebert]

I said Serpent LORD not serpent Priest. I think that's the Serpent Cataphract commander, so I'm not sure which it is yet.

And the comp would have to be stupid not to have Nature 4 when playing Serpent Cult (not that it's necessarily known for intelligence).

[Edit: I'm not sure it was bad luck. I should have known better, I think, than to send in a lone Mammoth (even with a backup squad of Wingless). As I said, two or three Mammoths probably would have done much better.]
Wyatt

[ March 29, 2004, 19:42: Message edited by: Wyatt Hebert ]

[Endoperez]

Bless always gives that +3 morale, so sacred hydras of the Serpent Cult are much better at staying in the field than the ones of base Pythium, even without blessing effects.

[Kelan]

You can add me to the list that has learned something so far. I never knew you could "steal" the gems from mercs. I will have to remember that one. I have tried to take their magic items before with no success and figured the gems worked the same way.

I am sure it has been mentioned before, but another thing that can help in controlling how many gems your commanders use each battle is to store them on a non-spellcasting commander in your army and just hand over to your casters the amount you want to allow them to use before each battle. This helps reduce waste and extra trips back to a lab to replenish gems. I played some Man for a while and it finally occured to me to try this so they wouldn't burn up all the gems in one battle casting Wind Guide, Swarm, and other spells.

Good luck with the rest of the AAR .

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Wyatt Hebert:
Ok, I'm going to try and post this kind of like Arryn's later Posts. A post for results of my orders, then a post for the new orders for the turn. I'll post it like (Turn 2 Aftermath) and (Turn 3 Orders) or something.

hehe. It appears that I'm setting new "standards" for AAR style. Imitation *is* flattery. Thanks!

I'm pleased to see that you're having fun with your AAR and that you (and others) are learning from the process. Having fun and learning is what AARs are all about (IMO).

Keep up the good work!


Cheers,

Arryn

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Arryn:
I'm pleased to see that you're having fun with your AAR and that you (and others) are learning from the process. Having fun and learning is what AARs are all about (IMO).

I thought the point of an AAR was to try and cause an argument as various other forumites bicker over the relative merits of your choices?

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
I'm pleased to see that you're having fun with your AAR and that you (and others) are learning from the process. Having fun and learning is what AARs are all about (IMO).

I thought the point of an AAR was to try and cause an argument as various other forumites bicker over the relative merits of your choices?

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That *is* part of the learning process: you learn who's sincerely offering useful (and polite) advice and who's just being a jerk trying to score cheap shots at the expense of someone's (like the AAR author's) hard work ...

[Wyatt Hebert]

*nods*
Unfortunately, this project is on a bit of a hiatus currently, but I swear I'll get back to it eventually!

Wyatt