Utterdark: EA PBEM (Full and playing)

[davegg]

good question

[Foodstamp]

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]

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.

[Salamander8]

I was thinking it was a bug, thanks for the confirmation. The only scale I moved at all is Productivity for +gold and +resources, I left all the others neutral. Cursed brown shamrocks!

[Siever]

10 turns and in my little corner few things happened. Prudence is a virtue, especially for newbies...