Guide to MA Agartha (In prog) - Pretenders

[Meglobob]

Salamander8 said:
Growth is absolutely one of my favorite scales, but I have not seen any help to my old age Golem Crafters as MA Agartha at all. I know it's supposed to, but I have not seen any appreciable difference as far as the old age problems between growth 0 and any positive growth scales (I'm using Growth 2 in my current SP game).

Trust me there is a difference.

Around 5 months ago, a player ran tests on old age effects for various nations mages with growth-3 to death-3. Growth-3 resulted in alot less deaths from afflictions.

Here is the link to the thread:-

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...=&fpart=1&vc=1

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Thank you, that is very interesting. Now I just have to decide how to value my GCs versus 40 points.

[Salamander8]

Then my results are not typical, because G2 or G0 I get the same rough affliction occurrence with my Golem Crafters. It's a very small sample size in my case (only 4 starts and no complete games as of yet, 2 with G0, 1 with G1, and 1 with G2), but I would expect an obvious, if not huge difference in the results. I have never tried Death with them, but I avoid Death barring nations like LA Ermor.

[Salamander8]

One thing that is affecting my current MA Agartha SP game is that I found an Earth site that let's me recruit trolls! These guys regen+decent hitting power on top of my Infantry and my Statues let me crush Man into the dirt, and I'm now stomping Tien Chi. Both of these AIs have been using archers heavily, and the combination of good protection with shields and regen are keeping my missile casualties very light.

[Shovah32]

Recruitable trolls are very nice(and lucky) indeed .

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

This section is dedicated to readily available summons. I'll mostly be ignoring any that depend on random picks, chance indeps, or pretenders. At least right now. Have fun experimenting with those on your own. I'm just going to cover the common tools of the trade.

Section deleted: To much of a paper jockey, will get more experience with these summons first.

[HoneyBadger]

q: does nature bless affect golems?

[atul]

Statues are lifeless so they don't get regeneration. They can berserk, though, which I feel a bit odd...