Worst Moments!

[Arryn]

Originally posted by PvK:
Having my best men shot in the back by friendly fire from moronic ranged attack AI.

Dislike the AI, eh?

[gibson]

Having prophet and another expensive priest killed by a moronic AI mage casting Breath of Winter and then all three of them charging the fleeing enemy, bringing them close enough that the BoW killed off the priests.

Getting two nasty afflictions on my Dagon pretender with regen and high defense/protection from a measly spear hit from a Machaka milita.

Dagon pretender dying in the webs of 3 Machaka spiders, but not before racking up another 3 afflictions.

(And the redeeming moment, destroying Machaka's nation without the help of a pretender).

Forgetting to change commander orders and watching them charge into the fray and die, thus routing their troops.

Forgetting to have someone carry my extra gems and watching my mages waste them all casting stupid spells against already defeated enemies.

The list goes on...

[PvK]

Originally posted by Arryn:

quote:

---

Originally posted by PvK:
Having my best men shot in the back by friendly fire from moronic ranged attack AI.

Dislike the AI, eh?

---

Actually, I think the AI is generally extremely good, considering how complex this game is. However I do hate having my own men shoot each other.

PvK

[Peter Ebbesen]

Having 80+ Ulmish Guardians and Pikemen backed up by priests and prophet fail a fortresses assault against minimal opposition, which unfortunately included an immobile pretender statue with air 9, that cast orb-lightning every single round. None of the infantry even got close - and none of them broke morale.

[Argitoth]

Casting bone grinding 5 times in a single battle to find that every jotunheim unit goes berserk and regenerates the little 3 damage i cause.

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Having your immortal pretender Wind Rided out of his/her dominion (and die, of course).

Forgetting tu 'unsneak' part of your army and thus lose a major battle you should have won.

In Dominions 1 (this one is actually kinda funny):

I had recruited an excellent nature-4 Jade Amazon sorceress and loaded her with items, but just at the end of her first battle, she was killed by my own Prince of Death - the battle was already won, and for some reason he decided to cast Drain Life but no enemy was in range, and the poor sorceress bit it. Very in-character for a PoD, though.

[Wauthan]

Getting hit by a flood the first turn, an earthquake the second and hurricane on the third. Then vinemen invaded, wrecked my fort and killed of both prophet and pretender. Always run Luck 3 after that one.

Wreaking havoc with the best minimanaged band of assassins I ever made only to have them all flattened by T'ien Ch'i madman in a chariot.

Nearly beating R'lyeh when my Ancient Kraken routs after slipping on an invisible turtle, breaking the whole army morale and having the lot of them drowning on shore in their own fortress.

Investing thousands of goldpieces in PD only to have it all smashed by a rampaging scout. Bloody Jotuns!

Beating Ermor by the skin of my teeth only to find out that it was Marignon who cast all those global death spells that's been killing everyone.

Having a single raptor attack my Dagon pretender, clad completely in artifacts, which caused my flanking mages to turn around and let loose a devastating storm of their most powerful spells. A pair of smoking Dagon sized boots left in the crater.