Can anything be done about Armageddon?

[Boron]

And somehow related to this topic :
If you have 5 Wishcasters in lategame and can use them all for wishing every turn could you rather easy win by wishing 5 times for Dominion and so win with Dominionkill after a few turns ?

Has anyone ever tried that ?

[alexti]

Is Armageddon cumulative? What happens when 2-3 nations cast half a dozen Armageddons each?

[The Panther]

Boron said:
And somehow related to this topic :
If you have 5 Wishcasters in lategame and can use them all for wishing every turn could you rather easy win by wishing 5 times for Dominion and so win with Dominionkill after a few turns ?

Has anyone ever tried that ?

The dominion gain from wishing is not very much. Having tried this, I can say that it appears to be worth about 5 temples is all.

As for Yvelina's comment about nobody complaining about armageddon in the forum, I think it is not really an unbalanced spell at all. It affects the castor too, as Tuna-Fish undoubtedly knows. The problem is that it is far too easy to cast because of clams. Wish at level 9 with skill 9 was designed to be a rare and wonderful thing, so most of the things you get from it ought to be very nice. Clanms have greatly altered this planned balance, though.

[Ygorl]

Having someone much smaller than you wishing for dominion and/or provinces can be very annoying. Both these wishes appear (admittedly based on not an enormous amount of info) to give a small chance *per province* of having an effect. If I've got 200 provinces, and am working to crush an enemy who's got 30, that enemy can make things very annoying by wishing for these two. Neither is a good way to win, but they are not insignificant.

[Yvelina]

Hey, hey! I hope no one thinks that _I_ am calling for a nerf to Armageddon. I am actually enjoying this particular game a lot. And we have been planning strategies based around Armageddon ever since Tuna cast the first one :-)

As for scouts, I assume that they would die much faster than black servants. Judging from the way my guys die, the damage is actual, phisical damage. I cannot tell whether there is a magic resistance check, but high hps definitely help. On the other hand, with all the dying that's going on, some bugs pop out at an alarming rate. I already have quite a few wolves with demilich/Gygda/wraith/etc... paths.

Oh, and before you guys jump me, rememember - C'tis has GoH, and is very likely to be using black servants as well.