Casual PBEM (Full & playing)

[Micah]

The default order after a spell is cast is "defend." (Or siege if it's at an enemy fort). So going to a friendly castle will land you inside, and you can't teleport in and be stealthed either.

Also, getting max-cast rituals overwritten sucks. Guess I rolled a lower random number...

[Sorlakind]

Micah said:Also, getting max-cast rituals overwritten sucks. Guess I rolled a lower random number...

Max number of gems on a ritual sucks, period. One among another number of things that suck in an otherwise wonderful game. This is off-topic so I will refrain from posting my personal pet peeves.

[RicoRico]

Well, that max number of gems thing.. I guess the world was a bit lucky then! Apart from Abysia..
if that overwrite would have failed, that would have spelled doom in capitals.. I guess we would have had to kill the caster.

[Sir_Dr_D]

Sorlakind said:

Max number of gems on a ritual sucks, period. One among another number of things that suck in an otherwise wonderful game. This is off-topic so I will refrain from posting my personal pet peeves.

Personally I don't like the way the globals work at all. You can spend all game collecting gems, and then lose them in an instant. I would prefer it if you coudln't put extra gems into rituals at all.

And how did Abysia a non-astral nation succeed in getting 999 pearls, considering that Pythium was doing nothing except collect pearls all game, and was very lucky in finiding astral sites, and was only barely able to make the 999.

Next time I will know to be on the safe side and dispel instead.

[RicoRico]

Sir_Dr_D said:

And how did Abysia a non-astral nation succeed in getting 999 pearls, considering that Pythium was doing nothing except collect pearls all game, and was very lucky in finiding astral sites, and was only barely able to make the 999.

Next time I will know to be on the safe side and dispel instead.

He traded part with me, 100 or so(?), but mainly, I think he has humongous gem income from all his lands, and he has been alchemizing fire gems or something..

[Sir_Dr_D]

He doesn't have that many more provinces then either me or you. He was likely using fever fetish, a technique which I have never tried yet. Abysia with its high hit point commanders would be good at using that technique.

[RicoRico]

Sir_Dr_D said:
He doesn't have that many more provinces then either me or you. He was likely using fever fetish, a technique which I have never tried yet. Abysia with its high hit point commanders would be good at using that technique.

Well, I just did a little counting (counting, not guessing), and Abysia has more provinces than Pythium and Machaka together. And I mean that literally... He has good reason to say he thought he'd already won the game ;-)

[RicoRico]

I'm just thinking... Would Arcane Nexus for 999 pearls really be better than 40 abominations or 33 golems? If you keep the global, you'll have those gems back in no time, yes, but the armies would have been available much earlier in the game, making you expand much faster... Of course you do need the research & casting paths first..

[Ewierl]

Our bards would like to exchange some brief messages with whichever nation owns the Boots of the Planes.

-Man

[Ewierl]

Back from my vacation today- I'll try and send in a turn tonight!