MP Game - Live and Learn (newbie game)-running

J Henry Waugh · #1 August 12th, 2004, 05:56 PM

I'll take Arco.

First timer (at MP) here too...

Thufir · #2 August 12th, 2004, 07:59 PM

Cool, we're up to 4 already - maybe we can get started this weekend! I'll take Pythium, which means so far:

bleach168 - Abysia
FM_Surrigon - Machaka
J Henry Waugh - Arcosephale
Thufir - Pythium

J Henry Waugh · #3 August 12th, 2004, 08:05 PM

Won't be home until late tonight (PST, and have meeting scheduled afterwork), but can upload pretender when I get home...

Yvelina · #4 August 12th, 2004, 08:06 PM

I would like to play Vanheim. I am not sure whether I qualify as a newbie. I have never been among the top three of any game I have played, does this count? I have played three or four MP games, though.

If you think it is Ok, I would like to play Vanheim.

And I am curious, why do you forbid Caelum? Jotunheim and Vanheim have no problem dealing with Caelum, and other races have their strengths as well :-)

Thufir · #5 August 12th, 2004, 08:21 PM

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I would like to play Vanheim. I am not sure whether I qualify as a newbie. I have never been among the top three of any game I have played, does this count? I have played three or four MP games, though.

If you think it is Ok, I would like to play Vanheim.

Sure - welcome in!

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And I am curious, why do you forbid Caelum? Jotunheim and Vanheim have no problem dealing with Caelum, and other races have their strengths as well :-)

I'm not dead set on it, and partly it's just legacy - I'm copying a game setup Archaeolept did for my first game (with a few simplifications). But the reason for my preference is that Caelum's presence forces all players encountering them to defend in depth, which is a considerable complication when working out your defensive strategies. I know that any nation can summon/create some amount of flying forces (and Atlantis, Vanheim and Ryleh all handle oceans much better than the rest - yielding a similar effect), but AFAIK, no other nation has near the same degree of airborne troops. So, I'm thinking it'll be easier to learn the basics of Dom2, if we don't have to concern ourselves (as much) with defending in depth.