Multiplayer - which nations are being chosen?

[Dedas]

MA Ulm is a very hard nation to play competitively as it leaves no room for mistakes. Less options and you have to do perfect with those you've got.

[Gandalf Parker]

Excellent work. And very useful.
Thank you.

[triqui]

it's a good post.

But i think instead of adding QM total score to the nations, you should add only the first 3 scores (leaving "easy to learn" an "easy to play" behind) if you want to show a hint of "how powerful they are". A nation that score 5-5-5-1-1 is way more powerful than a nation that score 1-1-5-5-5, and both get 17 points.

Yomi is the best example of how "coolness" is not such a popularity factor when playing MP. I cant think of a nation "cooler" than Oni Kings. But they are perceived as a rather weak nation (being weak or not, they are perceived as such), and therefore they are left for last pick. Nobody want's to start a MP just to be trampled to death in turn 9 before you can even start to self buff Dai Onis.

[Wrana]

Well, I must disagree to that. I personally don't like Oni Kings at all, as well as Jomon. The first one could be interesting to try, but I don't like Japanese folklore much.
For "coolness" factor I would rate Helheim most high, or probably EA Pangaea. EA and LA Ulm being close behind. Though this is for separate thread...

[Tifone]

EA Mictlan, Agartha and Abysia (and maybe TC) - and LA Ermor and R'lyeh, on the way to ascension by coolness to me

[Meglobob]

Caelum, Mictlan, Ermor and Agartha are my very cool nations. Across all ages.

Agartha is considered on the weak side in MP but the excellent storyline/theme and good summons make Agartha cool.

[Herode]

Maybe a way to increase the appeal on aquatic nations could be to add some spells/items allowing a certain amount of aquatic troops to become amphibians ?

[Meglobob]

Yes, a bigger version of amulet of the fish which allows sea only units access to the land.

Also, perhaps a new ability on leaders that allow them to bring a set amount of sea units on dry land.

Even if they get poor amphibian, it would be alot better.

Sometimes as a sea nation you are praying for a bad random event where 1 of your provinces gets attacked. So you can feed your unneeded and expensive upkeep sea only troops in to it slowly. Just to get rid of them.

[Sombre]

Yeah a lot of people have asked for something like that, allowing aquatic only units to get on land in the mid-late game. A global or an item basically.