Mega Game II-vote for map

Shigure · #1 April 24th, 2008, 10:25 AM

You keep saying 7 water races, but without LA R'lyeh aren't there only six?

Xietor · #2 April 24th, 2008, 11:50 AM

that is right. LA Atlantis starts on land, and there is no la oceania. Maybe 900-11 would work fine. I need to start looking hard at both maps and see how the 60 starting spots pan out.

Now let me see if dr p has already started on t4 or not.

* I think MA Man is ok, but i would reduce the resource cost
of the KOA, and give the Wardens a shield and a good 1h weapon. A KOA commander is also needed to lead KOAs.

Salamander8 · #3 April 24th, 2008, 12:33 PM

They all look interesting. I'd say 11 if I had to choose one though.

Xietor · #4 April 24th, 2008, 12:44 PM

I think having the water broken up keeps one powerful water race from having too big a base. I have seen this issue in other mp games where 1 water race owns a huge connected clump of water.

Makes taking it from them more difficult, whereas if the water is broken up a bit it forces them to go on land at some point.

Do we really want 1 water race to own 100 provinces and 6 capitals without ever having to dry off? For that reason I tend to favor t4(of course i will be playing a land race).

Any thoughts on this issue? If 900-11 is used, all 6 water races will start in the 1 big fetus shaped body of water. The land bridge in the middle of the map does not extend all the way across.

I am, however, willing to follow the majority. Otherwise i would not have posted various maps for vote.

* one other issue, and it may be the deciding factor, is I cannot open the map file of 900-11 with dominions map editor
due to the format in which gandalf used to make the map. But we are working on this technical issue. I will need to be able to edit the map we use to set starting locations, and review everything.

Kristoffer O · #5 April 24th, 2008, 01:25 PM

LA Atlantis and Marignon must start in a coastal province. Apparently this overrides starting positions (did in my current MP game). So you'll have to specify starting provinces for these nations, lest they end up anywhere along the coast.

Xietor · #6 April 24th, 2008, 01:27 PM

Ok thanks KO.

That will be preclude me from playing either of those races, but I like the MA anyway.

*More musings on MA Man. I think i would have to take a sleeping Phoenix, for flaming arrows, arrow fend, or a sleeping ML with f4, for flaming arrows and a foot into d magic(and banefire), and pray i could get orb lightning before i got rushed).

Kristoffer O · #7 April 24th, 2008, 04:13 PM

As MA Mam you should take a N2W2 Bull and aim for bog beasts. Set dom to 3 and flat scales. If you start asleep you will probably get bog beasts when you wake up. Dump the rest of the points. Now we're kicking! It should not be impossible to get a good start with if you are neighboring four others. One of them is bound to be surprised when you attack him. If you go for two at once they will be even more surprised, both of them! Then it's just a cakewalk.