MaxWilson - you've got balls! Taking misfortune-3 over sloth-3? I would never take Misfortune-3 under any circumstances, ever. It is a horrible, horrible scale.. Maybe I lack testicular fortitude, but the prospect of straight up losing the game by turn 2 without any interference by an enemy player is too much for me to take.
Sloth, you can get around it, and you will pretty much forget about it by turn 30 or so. Maybe I am just cursed by fate, but Misfortune haunts me and causes the doom of my nation. Even if it doesn't, I hate just sitting and waiting for the hammer of the gods to fall on my head.
Misfortune-1 or even 2 can be offset by Order, but there's a whole set of extra "Events of Doom" reserved for the brave souls who attempt Misfortune-3.
Maybe that's just me. But I honestly think that Misfortune-3 is far worse than Turmoil-3. I'd much rather be able to plan around a crappy economy (but one that is consistently crappy) and be pleasantly surprised when I get that +500 gold windfall event, than have a great economy that I try to plan around, only to have it destroyed by numerous evil events.
Edit: I think some people greatly underestimate the effects of Misfortune, and blame their personal Misfortune as a player when they are struck by bad events in-game. The truth is, you -give yourself- these bad events by taking Misfortune! You have no one to blame but yourself.
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