Utterdark: EA PBEM (Full and playing)

Siever · #1 April 17th, 2007, 10:09 AM

One turn a day is good for me. I assume we are playing with 3.06 patch, right?

Thrawn · #2 April 17th, 2007, 01:00 PM

Yep, 3.06.

Salamander8 · #3 April 18th, 2007, 10:04 PM

So far, so good. I haven't done a lot yet, but it's already been fun, and I'm curious to see how this will develop.

Salamander8 · #4 April 21st, 2007, 08:16 PM

Question for more experienced/knowledgable players in our game out there. Is having a Misfortune in your dominion when you did not take any misfortune for you prentender part of an event or something else? This is in my home province and while I cannot rule out a magic site or a spell, it seems early for spells, and I've only seen 1 other player so far, and I don't remember seeing the 1 bad shamrock there in previous turns.

davegg · #5 April 21st, 2007, 10:04 PM

good question

Foodstamp · #6 April 22nd, 2007, 12:31 AM

It's probably the scale bug. Three games in the past few weeks I have suffered from this bug, I don't even bother posting about it anymore because there is really nothing special you can do.

Here are the characteristics as far as I can tell. On turn 2, my scales randomly flip to whatever they wish. Order becomes turmoil, I pick up heat or cold etc etc. Every turn, there is a chance that the scales will take a step back towards your scales you picked at creation.

Here is the catch... In one of my games, I have struggled to keep my scales where they are supposed to be. I have dominion 8 in my capital and my scales fluctuate, particularly the Order/turmoil scale and the Hot/Cold scales. We are 20-30 turns into the game that I am being affected and it looks like I am going to be fighting this bug the entire game. My position is still strong, just annoys me that I paid for my scales and I am not getting them in provinces where my dominion rating is significant.

Saint_Dude · #7 April 22nd, 2007, 02:17 AM

This scale bug is a primary reason why I hesitate to select luck scales. Almost every time I do, I end up with catastrophic luck in turn 2. While it may work itself out eventually, by the time it does I have usually suffered from multiple calamities (plague, lab burning down, earthquake, barbarian hordes, etc.). Very hard to recover from in the early game.

I find that the random appearance of misfortune 3 scales is much less likely if I leave the luck scales alone during setup. Luck shmuck.