Middle Age Crisis ,CBM1.94+Assimilation mod 1.1 6/8 Players Remaining

[krpeters]

Well, the other embarrassing thing is that this is something like my 8th MP game... so technically I "should" be better. And admittedly I am improving. But... it's just generally a frustrating experience.

As someone once pointed out, an 8-player MP game has 7 losers. So to enjoy Dominions MP, you generally have to enjoy losing I can tolerate it when I learn a valuable lesson, like "Don't send astral thugs against astral mages". But I get irked when I learn the same lesson the AI keeps teaching me over and over -- "don't send inferior forces against superior forces". OK, but then what do I do if I have only inferior forces? Hide in my castle?

Which is my strategy at the moment -- I'm in full retreat. Vanheim will have most of my provinces soon. But I'll be building up something useful for counterattacking (I hope!)

[krpeters]

BTW, is Ossa still around to comment on how he was abused by me and Abysia? I feel bad about killing him -- he was a better player but with a worse starting position than I.

[Tiavals]

Read the wiki I linked when you encounter something that makes you think it's out of your class. Once you understand why it seems so powerful, you may realize it has great weaknesses that you can exploit.

It was certainly(and still is) frustrating fighting against Caelum or Vanheim or other air nations with heavily armored guys(like Abysians), something I did a lot in my early times. The thunder strikes their mages dish out makes me want to cry, when my troops can't get even close, and I don't have cheap units to use as chaff to take their attacks. Sometimes Dominions is pain.

Generally when you're inferior, yes, you defend and hide until you can match the enemy, making attacks at their poorly defended provinces down the line(You get stealthy monkeys, right? Although if I remember correctly, they are terrible useless even as raiders since they have no armor and you don't get stealthy mages(Or are nagini stealthy in human form? A nagini casting Wooden Warriors will make them a lot more powerful)). Basic guerrilla tactics.

Research, trade for gems, summon guys and equip them with items, or summon battle mages and have them cast high level spells.

Hiding from Vanheim shouldn't be hard, their troops are mostly expensive and thus not good at sieging. Agarthans on the other hand are cheap and have a siege bonus.

[Hereward]

I am loath to give you strategic tips regarding our war peters as I am still in a difficult position, but I will tell you some good things soon.

Kitty, are we going to decrease the hosting time tomorrow?

[parone]

taking *** whoopins is the easiest way to learn. of course, i should be a genius by now...

[Minor Kitty]

Unlikely, I just had a spat with my roommates and I'm temporarily expelled . (by that I mean my generally jackassery finally got to them) I'll extend by 24hrs and see where things are.

[krpeters]

Dominions is notorious for its negative affects on academic careers

[Minor Kitty]

Due to the demands of RL I have to leave soon, so I'd like to pass admin to someone else. Also I have delayed until I find a sub.

[Hereward]

I nominate tiavals, krpeters or Ossa

[Tiavals]

I don't mind being the admin, but I have no particular desire for it. If someone else wants to be, go ahead.