Luck3 gold boni

[Cainehill]

Borg said:
Cainehill,
I've played for over 40 turns now under Turmoil3/luck3 scales and I have had NO (repeat "NO") really bad events happening to me.

This may count as a bad play on words, but ... You were really lucky.

I used to play turmoil3/luck3 a _lot_, back in March / April. I also played Turmoil-1/luck-3, turmoil-2/luck-3, etc : Zen once mocked me by saying, "Yes, and I remember when you used to like turmoil 3 / luck 3".

Luck 3 definately doesn't protect against the really bad things. With Luck-3, I had 40% of my capital's population wiped out in a single event prior to turn 5 (This was a mosehansen game where I played Abysia with a pathetic VQ - my only VQ ever in MP). Of course - 2 turns later, I got 1500 gold, a magic item, and some gems. But the luck didn't do anything to protect against the worst events - burned temple and burned lab early suck, but 40% population loss is the worst whammy event I've come across so far.

Also with Luck-3, I had labs burn, temples burn, floods killing population, barbarian attacks, knight attacks, etc. Nope - luck-3 doesn't protect against the worst events, it might be worthwhile if it did. I believe that Luck-3 _is_ however necessary for some of the best events, like the 1500 gold and a magic item (also requires Magic-1 or 2 minimum).