MP Game - Back to the Fray (noob/int game)-running

[Soapyfrog]

jeffr said:
I've read about the Staff of Storms, but since i'm new to MP, Ulm was the first one to use it on me. I nailed a Wraith Lord (who'm I'm assuming was supposed to Last long enough so that wrathful skies killed all/most of my army), but I still lost some valuable commanders. Next time, they'll be lightning immune.

It was not a wraith lord, just a bane lord... I could not possibly afford a wraith lord at this point!! I was hoping he would Last longer, but oh well he did the job to some degree.

I really dislike the "one commander kills any army with wrathful skies/staff of storms" thing. That was actually discouraging.

Yes indeed it is discouraging! But when you are on a tight budget, like I am, you have to seek out the most efficient methods of inflciting death and mayhem.

Actually I have been a total failure in that regard. My wrathful attacks surely do kill a fair number of enemies, but unfortunately it has cost me a fully equipped commander each time. A rather well decked out golem (as you can see in the bug report thread), 2 bane lords with good equipment, and most recently, one of my wrathers... that is NOT cheap equipment!

I am thinking between those massive equipment & summons losses (probably 200 gems worth) and my mishandling of my longdead archers, and the destruction of my Ulmish national army, I figure I have, at best, broken even.

[jeffr]

I my PC to just went down, which really sucks. I'll try to fix it soon.

[Thufir]

jeffr said:
I my PC to just went down, which really sucks. I'll try to fix it soon.

Looks like you already got your turn in - good work! I was just about to reset the clock, to make sure you weren't in a position of staling, but glad I didn't have to.

[anatoli11]

Tien Chi Spring and Autumn has slipped into Winter...

Well played Man and Atlantis! Very enjoyable, but short-lived...

Good luck to those who remain in the game.

[Soapyfrog]

Ahh too bad...

[Thufir]

anatoli11 said:
Tien Chi Spring and Autumn has slipped into Winter...

Well played Man and Atlantis! Very enjoyable, but short-lived...

Good luck to those who remain in the game.

Well played, indeed! I attempted to send you an in-game message Last turn, but the turn hosted just before I got the change submitted. And I wouldn't say that you're position was short lived - we're on turn 61, after all. And besides, you left me (and all the troops + commanders present at that Last battle) with something to remember you by, so you've left a permanent mark behind in this game! (even if it is a "curse" mark - or actually, a great many curse marks! )

I'm hoping to do a screen grab or two of some of our battles - we had some really fun ones along the way. I think we both were into using battlefield magic and I've never seen so much intense magic in use and so many mages on both sides of the battle field.

All, in all, you played quite excellently. T'ien Ch'i S&A is a difficult nation to play, and I can't think of any major mistakes that you made - certainly nothing that could have overcome my resource advantage. I think it was a likely a good strategic move for you to send me towards Marignon, although perhaps your bad luck that they had been weakened just before I attacked them.

[Edi]

By the way, could we go to 36 hour QH? that would make it a bit easier to manage time, as right now I have sometimes had a difficult time getting my turns on time if there is the slightest kink in RL, the turns are starting to take that long for me to do. I don't think it would slow the game down very much, because everyone has been very good at getting done in 25 hours, but it would give a bit of extra safety margin.

Edi

[Thufir]

I don't have a problem with that. Other options would be to go with 48h QH or 24h fixed host.

Personally, I really love the fact that we are still cranking out 1+ turns per day, at such a late stage, but I think there does come a time when keeping up the pace is really going to put undo pressure on someone.