Global spell tactics ?

[Tuidjy]

I cannot see the point of discussing whether Burden of Time is a minor
nuisance, or a devastating cataclism. It is blatant aggression, and anyone
casting it will have my main army on top of his capital the next turn...
even if I do not get the chance to make sure that I will be the only
teleporting there.

I dispell or override Arcane Vortex, Forge of the Ancients and Well of Misery
as a matter of principle. I will tolerate most other globals until I attack
the owner. But in the case of Wrath of God, Burden of Time, Underdark, etc...
'until I attack the owner' means 'this turn'.

As for the losses Burden of Time inflicts... Even with Gift of Health, I was
losing three-four mages per turn to outright death from old age in an Inland
game I was nowhere near winning. I was a newbie at the time, but I still
invaded the offender (Pangaea) and got away with it, because everyone else did
as well.