Machaka screwed more than ever ?

[Evil Dave]

I've run some short tests, and on commanders that get disease afflictions, it produces a gem nearly every turn. There does seem to be a start-up period where the commander is sick, but he isn't coughing up gems yet.

[Sheap]

heh, I like that. The commander with the fever fetish is diseased, and has a terrible hacking cough, eventually he coughs up gems instead of phlegm.

[moderation]

Sheap said:
heh, I like that. The commander with the fever fetish is diseased, and has a terrible hacking cough, eventually he coughs up gems instead of phlegm.

The phlegm is the gem!

[Sensori]

Great necro.

[secretperson]

This is an old thread I know, but I was actually looking for a guide on Machaka and found this thread linked. I'd like to point out a few nice things I've noticed about Machaka.

Yes Black Sorcerers are quite old. The interesting thing about them though is that they cannot die from disease. Their hp goes down from 9 to 0 then the next turn they are back to 9. The nice thing about this is that they even will heal afflictions they had before sometimes. I suspect this is tied to the fact that when they die they go to spider form, but switch back to normal form as the new turn begins. This would account for the afflictions disappearing as I recall reading that certain form switching has a chance to remove afflictions.

Obviously this means that while the old age can be annoying (ie poor precision) It really isnt much of a problem other than reducing hp in battles, aside from the occasional feebleminded/mute. But then again, 9 isn't much in the first place. Interestingly enough Black Sorcerers will never die with a fever fetish on them. This goes along nicely with the fact that most of them can cast Flame Arrows in conjunction with Phoenix power.

[Wick]

That makes sense and is sort of cool, but definitely weird.

[JimMorrison]

Well, since this thread is here and all.

I'm not sure if everyone complaining about the Spider Knights gave them a fair shake. The one time I played Machaka, my main army ended up with 2 flank squads of about 12 Knights apiece, and I rarely had to send replacements. I wouldn't say they are "better" once the rider dies, I had minor complaints about that, but the value of that web with 20+ Knights in a battle, cannot be praised enough. Perhaps against someone who has enormous hordes of cheap chaff, but the Knights will probably just dominate them in melee, just as the hoplites will.

I kind of like Machaka, I might look to try them in MP soon, after hearing about the Fever Fetish trick.

[NTJedi]

secretperson said:
Interestingly enough Black Sorcerers will never die with a fever fetish on them. This goes along nicely with the fact that most of them can cast Flame Arrows in conjunction with Phoenix power.

I'd rather place the fetish on a scout and have him pass the gems to the mage... no reason for my mages in battle to be picking up random afflictions from disease like chestwound or feeblemind.

Also why place the fetish on a black sorceror when it can be placed on a sorceress who's cheaper and would also not die.