War is Hell - Ended. johnarryn wins as EA Ulm.

[Szumo]

So the whole sea will belong to Ocenia soon?

This is a little unsettling.

[johnarryn]

Atreides has returned and has resumed control of Niefelheim.

[Szumo]

Btw CyborgMoses, i'm curious if you consider using 50 fire gems to kill 25 light cavalry, worth 500 gold total, a worthwhile trade?

I understand you might have felt a little nervous in last few turns, but wouldn't alchemizing those and buying more forces instead be a better choice?

[CyborgMoses]

Huh? I haven't faced any light cavalry at all. Perhaps you have me confused with someone else?

[Szumo]

Indeed i have, nevermind. Abyssia and Agartha sound so alike

[CyborgMoses]

And that's it for me, I guess. I wish that the cold aura effect wasn't so ridiculously resource-hogging; I can't even view my final battle, as it was taking five minutes per round to display. I did watch far enough, though, to see my pretender run out of orders on the sixth turn... and promptly start casting Blade Wind, when I had just barely finished researching Falling Fires in time for the battle specifically so that he could cast it. Way to go, Hollow Ataraxia. I guess the thing I did that contributed the most to killing me was placing the hundred Magma Children that I had summoned while under siege behind my other troops, with the expectation that the giants would have slaughtered everything else by the time they arrived at the front lines; they wound up smothering all my guys to death as they sat, waiting, behind the lions, cave drakes and earth elementals. I have no idea how they fared once they did reach the enemy, but apparently it wasn't good enough to keep my army from breaking and running. Do you have any idea what the casualties were like on your side, Atreides? I'd like to know how far my boys managed to carve into your fighting glacier before succumbing, and there aren't any after-action reports on castle fights.

[tromper]

I witnessed the battle, and Agartha did well. There was no overcoming the regeneration of the giants. Fire clouds and other attempts to damage them had no chance when they're gaining 4hp per turn and have a large amount of hitpoints. Awesome job with rust mist and darkness though. I learned a lot. Thank goodness I have scouts. Frankly, I don't think there's a proper counter to Nief (if there is, I'd love to hear one), but then again, I'm a moronic newbie.