Vanheim Musings

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Thanks for the thoughts!

I tried a f9 Moloch, and have to agree the van\'s are still pretty kick butt. The economic bonuses (esp. with CB mod... I\'m boycotting hosting till everyone in my group patches & mods) and gold you reap from not having to take so many negative scales become apparent very quickly as you can recruit 2-3 times as many vans with just the first few turns.

It appears that (from my casual testing) 30 f9 blessed Vans are considerably stronger than 10 of their f9w9 blessed counter parts. The w9, almost seems to be over kill, even against 7+ indies. The positive scales carry on to have much nicer effects into the mid game where vans start to peter out some.

I suppose, f9w9 vans still have their place. with 9+ players on a tiny map like Urgia or Sundering. One could take out several players within the first 20 turns....

Thanks for the advice!