Ascendant - Game On!

[Wrana]

Well, it's possible he just slept as dead..

[Shigure]

There was a battle in Keban.

Our forces defeated the attacking force from Caelum.

Friendly Combatants
commanders 4, killed 0.
regular units 46, killed 7
magic beings 27, killed 4

Enemy Combatants
commanders 5, killed 3
regular units 79, killed 73

Yow. I was expecting to win that battle, but not so decisively. (I was also expecting to rehire those mercenaries; you must have paid a decent fortune for them, Caelum!)

[Frumious]

Looks like Kailasa has some teeth after all...luckily it is easy to counter yavanas...after all, a water bless won't save you from arrows.

[Shigure]

Frumious said:
Looks like Kailasa has some teeth after all...luckily it is easy to counter yavanas...after all, a water bless won't save you from arrows.

That's the funny thing. You're absolutely right, and that is why I was expecting nasty casualties. His army was primarily spire horn archers and mercenary longbowmen, but they ended up wasting most of their effort trying to hit my mercenary heavy infantry.

(By the way, I didn't take a water bless. I have a major fire bless and a minor air bless.)

[Darkwind]

Kailasa appears to be winning. Perhaps Caelum's elephant rush was not so smart?

In other news, Burning Ones look suspiciously like Slave Princes.

Also, why did T'ien Chi's research drop so suddenly? Hmm . . .

[Zenzei]

That battle was indeed quite depressing to watch. I had bought lot of archers with no other purpose than shoot at large enemy monster and afaik Yavanas are size 3, no? But as Shigure said my archers were more interested in wasting arrows to heavy infantry with shields, while the Yavanas proceeded to slaughter my army.
Is there some kind of size limit, like size 5, before "attack/fire large monsters" command starts to work?

@Darkwind: Aye, I'm starting to think the rush wasn't such a good idea because it has cost me lot of troops and expansion time but Kailasa really did look like a good target when I first found him.
I have learned something important from this rush attempt, my first one obviously, though. Elephant/mammoth rush tactic really needs to be planned before the game even starts and awake pretender is mandatory for getting the enemy capital locked down fast.

Kailasa may try counterattack me to death if he wants but I promise to make it equally painful experience for him as he did my rush to me.

[Darkwind]

But you're still losing, so I think it would be a better idea to give Shigure a few provinces(maybe cede the ones he's already taken, if he currently owns any you have) in return for peace. That way, you can eventually have revenge instead of being destroyed and Kailasa gets a few provinces and a nice army for steamrolling indys. Of course, considering your earlier loss Kailasa could probably just eat you whole, if you never find a working strategy.

[Renojustin]

Helheim with 10 points of research... strange considering how well their commanders can self-buff. Those are some pretty great thugs right off the starting line, but they ought to have taken SOME magic given the efficacy of cheap buffs early on.

Looks like Kailasa probably has the forces to take down Caelum's capital after that last rout they presided over. What happened to the mammoths? Won't anyone think of the mammoths? They'll pretty much HAVE to take the capital now to stay competitive after a nasty short war of attrition there.

R'lyeh seems to be getting a startling amount of gold income out of its sea provinces. They must have a much higher population than the eastern seas under Atlantis. Will Atlantis be able to take the middle sea to compensate?

Thank goodness T'ien C'hi's gem income has levelled off in the last few turns. I was getting a bit nervous there that we'd be drowning in Celestial Gardeners by turn 20.

Ulm has been expanding at a fearsome rate for Ulm. Their war against Fomoria must be going exceedingly well. EA Ulmishmen are basically made to take out giants. If nothing happens to drastically change the face of that clash, Ulm will soon be recruiting giant-killers out of two different capitals.

Looks like Lanka continues to struggle... unless he's just blood-hunting the crap out of his provinces and summoning a ton of stuff for a dam-bursting strategy.

I think I reduced my population a bit too much with excessive patrolling and taxes... but at least I've fortified my borders, and reduced my profile as a target. I'm feeling kinda scorched-earthy now. It's a lot like you just went out and spent all your money on something and don't have buyer's remorse. Or a long day working and you feel dirty and tired but good about yourself.

Anything else going on out there that the world should know about? Everyone having fun?!