MP Game - Pandemonium (noob/int game) - running

Thufir · #1 August 26th, 2004, 01:32 PM

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deccan said:
Haven't seen frosted flake around, but damn he's playing arco against type. All expansion and no research. I'm particularly interested in seeing a well-played arco since in all my SP games, the AI plays arco very badly even if given a good position on the map.

Well, I haven't done much MP yet, but so far, in the opening game I always choose expansion over research, if I have that option. The fact that frosted has been able to expand at 1-2 provinces per turn since turn 1 is impressive to me. With the income from all those provinces he's taking, I expect he'll be able to make up on research soon enough.

I'm also wondering about his pretender design - sounds like it's capable of taking indies from turn 1. What kind of pretender can do that? And of course I must ask

-what kind of weaknesses come with such a pretender?

Aku · #2 August 26th, 2004, 02:48 PM

Well the name is Smaug maybe whoever said it is right that its a dragon. I think the dragon can pull it off.

Aku · #3 August 26th, 2004, 03:25 PM

only vanheim(odd enuf) left for it to quickhost

Boron · #4 August 26th, 2004, 04:43 PM

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Thufir said:

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deccan said:
Haven't seen frosted flake around, but damn he's playing arco against type. All expansion and no research. I'm particularly interested in seeing a well-played arco since in all my SP games, the AI plays arco very badly even if given a good position on the map.

Well, I haven't done much MP yet, but so far, in the opening game I always choose expansion over research, if I have that option. The fact that frosted has been able to expand at 1-2 provinces per turn since turn 1 is impressive to me. With the income from all those provinces he's taking, I expect he'll be able to make up on research soon enough.

I'm also wondering about his pretender design - sounds like it's capable of taking indies from turn 1. What kind of pretender can do that? And of course I must ask

-what kind of weaknesses come with such a pretender?

hm perhaps a trampler like earth mother / shedu ?

a wrym can probably too .

the advantage with arco is that he doesn't need to care too much about afflictions because later his priestesses can heal them .

a wyrm with a fireshield e.g. would probably work against indies on turn 2 quite well .
i don't like the wyrm though because he is so expensive and has no slots

an artillery pretender can do too with the initial army :
a earth 9 cyclops with flying shards or a fire 9 moloch with fire darts ( evo 1 ) can rout most indies with the initial army only

deccan · #5 August 26th, 2004, 08:06 PM

Ouch, just had my own pretender killed. I guess I'll need to think more carefully about using him to solo indies.

Alas, dear Carnifex, I loved thee well.

Thufir · #6 August 26th, 2004, 09:20 PM

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deccan said:
Ouch, just had my own pretender killed. I guess I'll need to think more carefully about using him to solo indies.

Alas, dear Carnifex, I loved thee well.

That hurts! Using the pretender solo is a tricky business - I just lost mine in another MP game.

jarenko · #7 August 27th, 2004, 10:27 AM

Mines still alive.

deccan · #8 August 27th, 2004, 10:36 AM

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Thufir said:
That hurts! Using the pretender solo is a tricky business - I just lost mine in another MP game.

Heh, my only consolation is that Pangaea lost his on the very first turn.

PrinzMegaherz · #9 August 27th, 2004, 11:17 AM

This is only a minor settback for Pangaea.

I somehow thought we had independent strength 4 which would not have been a problem... well, 6 was definitly to much for poor old Tiratan

Aku · #10 August 27th, 2004, 12:38 PM

new turn is up