Will Vanheim Ever Become Spayed?

HoneyBadger · #1 December 12th, 2006, 05:16 AM

I'm still testing, not really ready to multiplayer yet, simply because I've only been playing a couple of months so far. A decent player with a lot of experience could probably beat me using any nation and it wouldn't prove a thing.

One of the really nasty advantages Atlantis has over Helheim though, on a small map, say 60 provinces with 15 water, is the ability to locate and take out Helheim's home province. Once you've done that and destroyed their fortress, you've wiped out the whole W9/F9 question for as long as you can hold on to that province, which a decent player should be able to do for quite some time, since there's no way that Helheim minus their home province is going to be able to cut off Atlantis's troop line.

HoneyBadger · #2 December 12th, 2006, 05:24 AM

I've changed my mind about Atlantis pretender though, imprisoned Wyrm isn't that useful. Against Helheim I definitely think I'm better off with a master lich.

HoneyBadger · #3 December 12th, 2006, 06:06 AM

You know, this whole question really points to how limited the bless strategies are.

Huzurdaddi · #4 December 12th, 2006, 06:13 AM

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HoneyBadger said:
You know, this whole question really points to how limited the bless strategies are.

Limited did you mean LIMITING as in they are limiting in the choices you have when you are setting up your game. If you meant the latter than I agree, to maximize your chances in a decent game you have to figure out your bless strategy.

HoneyBadger · #5 December 12th, 2006, 06:17 AM

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. Not only are you limited to 8 types of blessing, they're fairly arbitrary. You couldn't for instance begin the game with frost weapons with a water bless and improved perception with an astral bless, or bonus Hp with a nature bless. There's no real reason that something along those lines couldn't have been balanced into the game. I'm really hoping-and I've made some effort to convince others of the desireability-that we'll either see a (preferrably much) broader magic system soon or be able to mod in additional magic paths with their own types of bless.

HoneyBadger · #6 December 12th, 2006, 06:42 AM

Ok, I've had enough for today.

The results of today are: Helheim 1, Atlantis 0.

I'll try to get through another round of testing tomorrow.