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Old February 14th, 2010, 02:36 AM

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Default Re: Misfortune 3 Death 3 scale

Its possible to take D3 if you take L3, but I wouldn't do it, and there's very few nations that could consider D3 under ANY circumstances.
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Old February 14th, 2010, 04:44 AM
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the only way you can start with high D and high Mf is if you have an awake pretender who has powerful fortune telling. And you plan on just letting them sit in your capital. Ie, its really not worth it.

(Lady of Luck, Jade Emperor, and Oracle - all under CBM - are the ones that come to mind).
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Old February 14th, 2010, 11:08 AM
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Nah, I take D3 all the time. So long as you don't take misfortune, you just have to play aggressively to stay ahead of it. It certainly can bite you if you stall, but it can sometimes be the best way to get the points you need.
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Old February 14th, 2010, 01:48 PM
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Nah, I take D3 all the time. So long as you don't take misfortune, you just have to play aggressively to stay ahead of it. It certainly can bite you if you stall, but it can sometimes be the best way to get the points you need.
I didn't mean D3 by itself was unplayably bad, i meant the union of high D and high Mf is unplayably bad.
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Default Re: Misfortune 3 Death 3 scale

And of course LA Ermor should always take D3, so it is not unplayable - just very situational.
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All combinations but missfortune/death is playable. if you are certain you want both try death 2 missfortune 2.
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I'd argue Turmoil+Mf is probably unplayably bad.
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Default Re: Misfortune 3 Death 3 scale

EA Pangaea can not only play them but find them useful beyond the extra pretender points.
Some very specific strategy but can be useful as a surprise.

A map large enough to keep moving can be helpful to some also.

That is a great list. It should be added to the wiki and then updated.
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EA Pangaea can not only play them but find them useful beyond the extra pretender points.
Some very specific strategy but can be useful as a surprise.

A map large enough to keep moving can be helpful to some also.

That is a great list. It should be added to the wiki and then updated.
Which, Turmoil + Misfortune or Misfortune + Death?

I suggest you try either in an MP game before you say anyone can survive with those combinations. EA Pan never takes Mf with Turmoil, its suicide.
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Old February 15th, 2010, 01:39 PM
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Default Re: Misfortune 3 Death 3 scale

Well I have played it in some MPs but mostly in Solo.

Misfortune and Death is rough but EA and MA Pangaea have strategies which do not rely on gold.
The heavy nature magic offsets lack of supplies fairly well.

Turmoil and Misfortune works better. You can take Growth which is a plus to carrion strategies altho not so much that I cant do without it. And Turmoil is a plus in generating maenads which is so effective as to be called an exploit and banned in some games.

Both the Lord of the Wild and the Carrion Dragon for Pangaea have low dominion so if you dont add to that and play on large maps you can stay ahead of your dominion for creating frontline forces.

You can add chaos to both since you can play low-armor strategies with Pangaea. There are also other nations which offer balances to these scales along with stealth or low-resource armies.

Maybe you meant something like "IMHO not recommended in mp games with small or medium maps" rather than unplayable. I didnt see where the OP was asking about specific game settings. Im kindof going by "ideas to have some fun and some diversity" more than just what would be a winning mp strategy.
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