Fools Lament II - Ended - Mictlan wins!!!

Yossar · #1 November 9th, 2004, 02:36 AM

I started off really poorly. If Marignon had pressed me early, I probably would be dead now. Now, things are a bit different...

I'm a little surprised how many of the elemental kings I was able to get. Just a few turns ago I got the Last Air Queen (I only have one). I got construction early and didn't get high summoning until recently.

What's worked for me this game is summoning lots of devils (typical for Mictlan) and making good use of all the special sites this map has so many of. Right now I'm getting Fairy Queens and Wraith Lords for 20 gems, a 20 percent discount on forging (+hammer bonuses), and 30 percent cheaper blood units. And I'm getting a lot of blood units.

Ghost riders is one of the best spells in the game and I've been using that quite a bit recently. Enough of them can take out almost any army that doesn't have some powerful mages or SCs with a lot of reinvigoration.

rex_havok · #2 November 9th, 2004, 03:58 PM

"I started off really poorly. If Marignon had pressed me early, I probably would be dead now. Now, things are a bit different..."
does that me you will kill me Last

looks like we would need to stop fighting between each other and attack you, but not likely.
if i cann't win i prefer an ally.
BUT it is not over yet till the fat frog crocks.

Soapyfrog · #3 November 9th, 2004, 05:40 PM

Hey!! Who you callin' fat?

Yossar · #4 November 10th, 2004, 04:46 AM

Well, Machaka did manage to kill an ice devil and an arch devil with mind duel by a level 1 astral mage. That was pretty lucky. But I still have 9 and those 2 are coming back next turn so it's not a huge loss I guess.

deccan · #5 November 10th, 2004, 06:06 AM

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Yossar said:
Well, Machaka did manage to kill an ice devil and an arch devil with mind duel by a level 1 astral mage. That was pretty lucky. But I still have 9 and those 2 are coming back next turn so it's not a huge loss I guess.

I had about three or so astral sages doing that I think.

Yossar · #6 November 10th, 2004, 06:22 AM

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deccan said:

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Yossar said:
Well, Machaka did manage to kill an ice devil and an arch devil with mind duel by a level 1 astral mage. That was pretty lucky. But I still have 9 and those 2 are coming back next turn so it's not a huge loss I guess.

I had about three or so astral sages doing that I think.

Looks like 2. Didn't see that second one who died on the first turn. Still, it's pretty lucky that two Astral 1 mages won against a 3 and a 4.

deccan · #7 November 10th, 2004, 08:10 AM

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Looks like 2. Didn't see that second one who died on the first turn. Still, it's pretty lucky that two Astral 1 mages won against a 3 and a 4.

I'm not paying too much attention to the battles for obvious reasons. I wonder how many devils I blinded?

Peter Ebbesen · #8 November 11th, 2004, 07:09 AM

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Yossar said:
Well, Machaka did manage to kill an ice devil and an arch devil with mind duel by a level 1 astral mage. That was pretty lucky. But I still have 9 and those 2 are coming back next turn so it's not a huge loss I guess.

[Totally clueless]
...I have to ask this: How on earth did Mictlan end up with all the Arch Devils and Ice Devils? It should be nearly impossible to snag all the Ice Devils from under Jotunheim's greedy starting Skrattis and their blood site and Abysia should present a very decent competition for at least one or two Arch Devils even if most would go to Mictlan. I thought Jotunheim and Abysia were player-controlled?

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EDIT: Or perhaps I underestimated Mictlan's bonus blood site for mass summoning the high level uniques or perhaps Jotunheim's player didn't know to go after Ice Devils ASAP?

deccan · #9 November 11th, 2004, 09:07 AM

Abysia is not player controlled, and Jotunheim is apparently controlled by a newbie who didn't know to go after the Ice Devils.

baboune · #10 November 11th, 2004, 05:28 PM

Someone can tell me how mind duel works? I tried it and my mage just went feeble minded..