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View Poll Results: Is clam-spamming too powerful?
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Yes, always, the astral gems are too damn good, especailly at the current price!
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Yes, but only in long games.
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32.95% |
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Yes, but only sometimes, e.g. for patala, who also get easy hammers, or with wish, or alteration sites etc etc.
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They're about right, and shouldn't be changed.
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No, their utility is balanced by the research investment/cost in mage time/gem cost or whatever, especially if you want to wish (or other high level spell-spam.)
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No, they're no longer worth the investment/bother, especailly now tha I need nature/water mages to get them.
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September 11th, 2007, 05:47 PM
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Re: Poll: Is Clam Hording Too Good?
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Reverend Zombie said:
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Velusion said:
This is an option if it is a land nation. In practice I don't see very many land nations attacking fortified turtled sea nations unless they have no other targets.
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I do see an impressive number of EA wins by R'lyeh in the Victorious Nations thread, and I thought they were perceived as a generally weak position. Clamming could explain that, perhaps, but then any clam nerf would seem to disproportionately hit EA R'lyeh, if that's their main strength.
I don't see disproportionate wins by the other aquatic races listed in that thread.
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In addition to clams in long games my theory for the R'lyeh dominance is that R'lyeh has such good astral casters - and astral in the late game is usually stronger. Plus R'lyeh is popular and there are some people who are very knowledgeable about about playing them. EA R'lyeh usually has a problem getting out of the water however - whereas it's my understanding that MA/LA have less problems.
I've also heard EA Oceania wins quite a few - though other than the fact I know they can clam with their national mages I don't know much about them.
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September 11th, 2007, 06:01 PM
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Re: Poll: Is Clam Hording Too Good?
EA Oceania dominates EA Rlyeh and EA atlantis in a head to head conflict - just amazingly strong (water only) blessables.
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September 12th, 2007, 12:03 AM
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Re: Poll: Is Clam Hording Too Good?
Can we keep the discussion to clams please. The balance of EA Rlyeh, although somewhat related to clams, is not the issue at hand. If EA Rlyeh is boosted overmuch by clams, and a clam nerf makes them useless, we can buff them in other areas.
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