MP: NoobTown - MA noob game Running)

mattyburn7 · #1 April 10th, 2012, 09:35 PM

I am willing to concede or play on. Either way. There is no way I will win or deserve to win. Man has kicked my butt in every battle. Pythium destroyed me in the one and only battle and I couldn't finish him off. I have no doubt Abysia would too!!

To me it was a battle between Man and Abysia. I will concede unless you want some target practice in which case I promise to fight the best that I can.

Nightfall · #2 April 10th, 2012, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mattyburn7

Man has kicked my butt in every battle.

I agree that his main armies were tactically the best I've ever seen, great composition, placement and scripting, and first turn fog warriors on the W9 blessed wardens makes them almost unbeatable.

Strategically though 3 or 4 main armies only hold 3 or 4 provinces, so my strategy was to attack everywhere that he is not, and let my global kill all his deployed mages in his main armies.

Also got a couple of mage teams able to first turn iron bane and rain of stones those big armies if they try to attack anywhere crucial, which was the best way I could think of to inflict massive casualties on them.

Nightfall · #3 April 11th, 2012, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mattyburn7

I am willing to concede or play on. Either way. There is no way I will win or deserve to win. Man has kicked my butt in every battle. Pythium destroyed me in the one and only battle and I couldn't finish him off. I have no doubt Abysia would too!!

To me it was a battle between Man and Abysia. I will concede unless you want some target practice in which case I promise to fight the best that I can.

Okay, if there are no objections I'll shut the game down tonight, since I suspect that's what Flop would prefer.

Was good to play with both of you, and thanks for the game.

Sorry I went for you first Flop, but Strands of Arcane Power was always the core of my strategy this game, and I had to get rid of those archtheurges before I could put it up.

mattyburn7 · #4 April 11th, 2012, 09:23 PM

Cheers,

Was a good learning experience. This was my 2nd full MP game and I've got to admit I feel more comfortable with this one and Noobaphobia under the belt.

Flop: I appreciate the tip about having at least 1 PD (THat was in Noobaphobia).

Nightfall. We are both in team game. Look forward to playing you there.

Flop. I probably won't survive Noobaphobia much longer. Hopefully we can get in a game elsewhere.

Torgon: Having fun in March Madness.

Cheers folks!

Flop · #5 April 12th, 2012, 02:05 AM

Thanks for the game guys, even if I was knocked out quite fast.

I'm definitely up for another, sometime, although right now I should probably limit myself to the two I'm already in. Turns are starting to take a while to do.

edit: and congratulations on the win, Nightfall!

Torgon · #6 April 13th, 2012, 12:38 AM

So just want to apologize to you guys. In all honesty after I stalled on that turn, I just got pretty demoralized as wasn't really up for continuing a losing game against abyssia. Since it was pretty much down to just me and him.

I still never even looked at that turn. I had spent a significant chunk of time testing out a perfect counter strat to what I was pretty sure was going to happen.

Not really an excuse for it, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry.

Overall, I think it was a great game. And nightfall, you played really well. Strands is a huge pain in the rear if the mage casting it is powerful enough, and I'm guessing yours was.

Just to let you know what I was going to do so you can expect it the next time you play Man, even though you didn't see it here.

I'm guessing you teleported a couple anti-SC onto my air queens or fire king. What I was planning was to simultaneously Cloud trap two crones into each province with one of my super combatants.

Crones cast flight, swarm, attack one turn, song of power. Boom, everyone turns into birds. As long as its two crones you have almost a 100% success rate against even fully decked out Chayots. Less than a Chayot and you only need one crone. You need two because the fire shield knocks out the dragon flies pretty fast so he often gets one shot and kills a crone before the song goes off. Swarm is for two reasons, one, locks down the anti sc so he cant get close to the asset your trying to protect, two keeps him off the crone so they have a chance to cast.

Nightfall · #7 April 13th, 2012, 03:13 AM

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Crones cast flight, swarm, attack one turn, song of power. Boom, everyone turns into birds. As long as its two crones you have almost a 100% success rate against even fully decked out Chayots.

Probably would have worked, although crones can kill themselves on fire shield pretty easily as well, not sure that trading 2 cap mages and an SC for an SC is worth it for anything other than the Chayot in the long run though; and all of those exposed crones would be quite yummy too.

I'm assuming that wishing away the SoDM must have shut down your tart production more effectively than I expected.

Torgon · #8 April 13th, 2012, 03:22 AM

No, I already had one lich up and running with another on the way.

And you just loose the 2 crones. That's the point of the swarm cast, keeps them away from your own SC. And two crones are definitely worth the price of most SCs. Really not a whole lot you need them for that mother can't do as well once you have some summons up and running. Mother with a mace can cast all the big nature buffs. Except blessing of Gaia, but just bring along a treant for that. Air or fairy Queens can cast the Air buffs. Once research is done if you can trade a few slow, old, fragile crones for some decked out SC it not a bad trade. Even if you lose a bunch of them in the process.

Definitely not a long term strategy in any way shape of form, but to pull as a surprise move on an unsuspecting opponent dropping a number of SC's on you it can be a rather rude awakening.