Jotunland (PBEM) - (game on!)

[anticipatient]

whsiker, could we play CBM?

[Whsiker_Biscuit]

possibly, if you tell me what that is...

Sorry, I'm not up on all the acronyms.

[anticipatient]

I'm going Kailasa please

[anticipatient]

Conceptual balance mod 1.3. It's designed to make less things suck to the point of being unplayable. It also makes some of the more powerful, overused things a little more expensive.

[majuva68]

Sauromatia for me, please

[Pelthin]

Ermor for me if you Please.

[llamabeast]

Not that many games use CBM, so it would be a little unusual to use it in a newbie game. On the other hand, it arguably should be used much more (I'm beginning to think that, for instance), so perhaps it makes sense to get to know it early.

[Whsiker_Biscuit]

My instinct is to do it modless, since it's a newbie game, but I'll read up on it after work.

[quantum_mechani]

My 2 cents is that it's actually easier for new players to use Conceptual Balance. The reasoning being that many of the 'pitfall' options new players often spend valuable resources on are improved (things like independent light cavalry, horned serpents, many titan pretenders).