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Originally Posted by archaeolept

heh, vanheim can afford bloodhunters? net income is currently 66/turn, so I can afford a lvl 1 hunter 3 times a year

also, bloodhunt results are affected by gem frequency settings... so, I doubt that we will be drowning in oceans of it

The Council is operating under the assumption that no nation is actually depending on taxation as a primary revenue source. As we understand it, the Pantokrator lobs a few gobs of cash at those nations who receive his lucky blessings every month. If Vanheim has not been receiving these gifts, it's probably because he's mad at you for all that blood-slave hunting you've been doing.

-- Marignon

[Executor]

I'm not complaining about anything!!!

I feel I'm talking to myself here,
yes I did attack TC, but only after a player had been found. Most people would do, and do do the complete opostie and attack a steleing nation, however I did not, and besides, who am I to attack, I have 3 neighbors that are the same size, and TC looked like a logical target with his pretender choice, I planned to attack him before he ever staled, you can believe me or not, I really don't care at all what anyone thinks.

I have little interest in this game as luck seems like the key factor and that's something I'm short of unfortunately, and the fact that I have les and less time for Dominions doesn't help me either.
Let's not forget diplomacy, I'm a little burnt out from it and don't even bother to make NAPs, so it was only a matter of time before some of my numerous neighbors attacked, that one of the reasons for my lack of interest here.

I apologize Demon, although, you must say it did look plenty coordinated from my point of view.

Jarko, ah damn, I had something smart to say but forgot what it was...
In short, you're getting the wrong picture. I'm not saying 1vs1 wars are a must or something like that, that would be silly, there are always some nation that are too strong to be dealt with solo, however, I'm saying that 2vs1 wars aren't a must either! Wow, deja vu.
I know a loooot of players that simply refuse to go to war unless someone is on their side, or just lurk and wait to join a war in progress, and even worst just lurk,lurk,lurk, do nothing the whole game and complain how some nation are just too powerful, wtf!?!? If you want to win you've gotta play to win.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by Executor

I have little interest in this game as luck seems like the key factor and that's something I'm short of unfortunately, and the fact that I have les and less time for Dominions doesn't help me either.

I'm sorry to hear that... if you are really not having fun though I think there are a number of players who would be willing to sub in.

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by Executor

If you want to win you've gotta play to win.

I think you hit the nail with that Now you have to ask yourself: Did you play to win in this game, or did you paint yourself as a target?

Now, we all play multiplayer games because we want to play with other people. Thus, if you intend to play to win, do you

a) Paint yourself as a target early on, either because you appear to be too weak or too strong
b) Keep yourself strong enough to not appear as a weakling but neither strong enough to gobble up your neighbours in a blink of an eye

Multiplayer gaming in its very core is like the TV-show Survivor: Do you want to be the next target?

Some would say only mediocore players can thus win. But the key is to play to win, and I think many will be prepared to play accordingly There are some damn excellent players around here who did not rush to paint a bullseye on their forehead (which I am happy of, seeing as I am neighbouring a few such players ).



@vfb regarding Blood: Dunno if it's just me, but bloodhunting is less than stellar. I decided I want to do some bloodsacrificing to pump up my dominion a bit. A B2 Pan was given the task to search for fresh virgins.

After two turns of bloodhunting and a grand-total of one captured blood-slave I discarded the idea. That one slave is now stored in the gem vault as a novelty, although I expect Bogus or some other hero to come and, as usual, rescue her in a couple turns...

[namad]

in testing at 0unrest a single warlock was able to average like 4blood per turn hunting his own capital with as little as 0 and as many as 9


a b2 pan shouldn't've been that much worse, so either you weren't hunting your capital or you got unlucky to get so few.

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by namad

in testing at 0unrest a single warlock was able to average like 4blood per turn hunting his own capital with as little as 0 and as many as 9


a b2 pan shouldn't've been that much worse, so either you weren't hunting your capital or you got unlucky to get so few.

Was hunting in my capital with 0 unrest, so seems I just was unlucky then. On average four per turn would be more than nice, as I'd need just two per turn for the sacrificing (would be nice to have a few more candles in my capital, just to make me breath a bit easier ).

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Originally Posted by Jarkko

Was hunting in my capital with 0 unrest, so seems I just was unlucky then. On average four per turn would be more than nice, as I'd need just two per turn for the sacrificing (would be nice to have a few more candles in my capital, just to make me breath a bit easier ).

Sinner! You admit your crimes against humanity. And you were already on shaky ground with that blasphemous global of yours feeding you gems.

Marignon declares war on the evil Pan nation! You can expect to see a legion of knights appearing on your border shortly, or failing that, Alverne the Friar will pay you a visit. Then you'll be really sorry for catching that blood slave. *

-- The Council of Cardinals

* P.S. We have spoken to your want-to-be god, and he has proclaimed Blood Sacrifice an abomination in his name. Just go ahead and try it! See?

[Agema]

I want to install my Dom3 on another computer, and I can't find wherever I got the unique gem generator mod. Can someone provide a link?

Edit: cancel request. Had a flash of inspiration and remembered to check Llamaserver, found it.

[quantum_mechani]

I'd just like to salute those nations/players that died in the first wave- better luck next game.

[quantum_mechani]

Oh and a reminder since there seems to have been some confusion- both the sending of gems, as well as gold and items is banned.