How is LA R'yleh overpowered?

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Originally Posted by Kuritza

Weaker version of MA Rlyeh?

Kekek. Thats why LA Rlyeh is second only to LA Ermor in the hall of fame. Did you ever play against a good LA RLyeh by the way?

The Hall of Fame, like the graphs of any game, are easily skewed. For example, a belief that a nation is stronger then another increases its popularity, thus increasing the number of times its picked to be played, which in turn increases its chances to win more often. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I think one of the actual reasons why LA R'yleh has more wins is because everyone wants to be play the only water nation within an age because they'll get less competition. Weather that's true or not is another story.

In the end. LA R'yleh is essentially the same nation as MA R'yleh (Same recruits, summons, gem income) except they get weighed down with loads of chaff and population death. This means they can afford fewer mages, quality soldiers, and fortifications. Insanity is the only thing that gives LA R'yleh any real advantage over MA, and even that is a double edged sword.