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Old March 29th, 2007, 09:57 AM

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I weren't prepared for this war. For me this declaration was also surprising. Maybe we can provide our passwords and 2h files at the end of the game. Not necessarily for this issue but because of the much and often nice battles we had (and will have).

The thing with our NAP and arcane nexus may be discussible. As i said before for me is nexus a very aggressive spell (like utterdark) which has a heavy impact in all others gem using. This spell could be taken as a declaration of war to everyone. However thats my viewpoint but i admit that this may be debatable.

Well, i think you aren't defeated. You take over my best combat global and you have much armies with very good combinations of mages. Your huge arcane income give you a big advantage and good options to react. How many gems did you get from the nexus each turn?
Furthermore T'ien Ch'i decided to attack my backlands and take out most of my water provinces.

I appeal on all other player not to believe that ulm is defeated. Like a good diplomacy player he just play down his own strengths.
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Old March 29th, 2007, 12:18 PM
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I dont think this game is over yet as Agharta and I have some forces left to join the battle at some point. But in the moment it is not easy to say who will win, as ermor might be stronger now but Ulm with the Arcane Nexus will become very powerful in the long run. Too bad i neglected my scouting and cannot say how the war is going in the east.
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I dont think this game is over yet as Agharta and I have some forces left to join the battle at some point. But in the moment it is not easy to say who will win, as ermor might be stronger now but Ulm with the Arcane Nexus will become very powerful in the long run. Too bad i neglected my scouting and cannot say how the war is going in the east.
If by 'at some point' you mean now, then there is a slim chance that Ermor may be defeated. Ulm is already in ruins, their astral gems will not save them.
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Old March 30th, 2007, 04:09 PM

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I dont think this game is over yet as Agharta and I have some forces left to join the battle at some point. But in the moment it is not easy to say who will win, as ermor might be stronger now but Ulm with the Arcane Nexus will become very powerful in the long run. Too bad i neglected my scouting and cannot say how the war is going in the east.
If by 'at some point' you mean now, then there is a slim chance that Ermor may be defeated. Ulm is already in ruins, their astral gems will not save them.
+I conquered 1 ulmish castle in the borderlands to me
-He still has more than 20 castles left

+I took some land in the former machaka domain.
-The rest of the provinces are nearly untouched!

+I destroyed some armies
-i lost some armies too and there are many ulmish armies left

+I destroyed some of his elementals
-I lost tartarians too, he charmed some of mine and build up his own tartarians

If you say ulm is in ruins maybe you should give your scouts a better training.
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Yeah, but at least four of them are under siege.
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Both sides have convincing arguments, i saw Ermorian tartarians being killed by soul slay, but i also saw Queens of water perish to mere skeletons. So id say neither Ulm nor Ermor are as weak as they pretend to be.

btw. players log Hadrian-II: scouts are nice, and you want to have your scouts all over the map so that when a war like this one breaks out, you will have your own sources and dont have to choose which players propaganda is the better one.
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Hosting information, i will leave home in 3h, so if i dont get the turns by then, hosting will posphone itself maybe to tomorrow. (or just to the evening)
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I weren't prepared for this war. For me this declaration was also surprising.
I didn't necessarily mean that you had planned out your moves in advance or anything, but apparently (a large part of) your forces were in position to attack straight away. While I was using the first turn(s) of the war to move my forces from where I had recruited/summoned them to where I actually needed them, you teleported stuff on top of them, preventing them from arriving (and incidentially also destroying much of them ), while your conventional armies moved into my un-reinforced border provinces. You might have noticed that all my moves up to now where made in an attempt to counter your attacks, and that I didn't manage to launch any (even minor) offensive of my own.

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The thing with our NAP and arcane nexus may be discussible. As i said before for me is nexus a very aggressive spell (like utterdark) which has a heavy impact in all others gem using. This spell could be taken as a declaration of war to everyone. However thats my viewpoint but i admit that this may be debatable.

As I said: I totally agree that this is a valid reason to attack me. I just thought that the gaming community on these forums thought otherwise, and as such I was not prepared. I won't make that mistake again.

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Well, i think you aren't defeated. You take over my best combat global and you have much armies with very good combinations of mages. Your huge arcane income give you a big advantage and good options to react. How many gems did you get from the nexus each turn?
Furthermore T'ien Ch'i decided to attack my backlands and take out most of my water provinces.
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dont think this game is over yet as Agharta and I have some forces left to join the battle at some point. But in the moment it is not easy to say who will win, as ermor might be stronger now but Ulm with the Arcane Nexus will become very powerful in the long run. Too bad i neglected my scouting and cannot say how the war is going in the east.
Let me rephrase what I said and clarify what I actually meant: Ermor has dealt me some big blows that hurt me badly, and has huge and powerful forces ready to deal some more blows. If the two of us would be left alone I might still win a battle or two, kill of some stuff, and resist a while longer, but I don't see myself capable of doing any serious harm to his empire. That does not necessarily mean this game is over. If other nations launch a serious attack on Ermor, doing real damage and possibly forcing him to pull back some of his troops, Whatever I still have left at this point might help me hold out long enough for the nexus to pay of more, and then the situation could possibly change.

I also have only very poor information on the strength of the other nations, as T'ien Chi fought his war underwater and thus out of sight of my scouts, Man was on the opposite corner of the map and I only saw some minor engagement where unsupported knights fought of some stupid AI attacks, and Agartha actually hasn't fought any war yet (which could mean he has huge forces at his disposal) In none of these cases do I have the slightest idea of any independent mages they have that might widen their magical spectrum, of their gem income and reserves, of any kind of SC they might have, etc...

Oh, and the income of the Nexus is quite nice. It almost doubled my total gem income. (with less diversity obviously )
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