Nations 2 - MA, CBM 1.92, no diplo, no indies - Larz/Mictlan wins!

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by Larz

Short recap of the game:

45F gems a turn + Conj 30 site = drown the world in Zmey

Yikes. I thought you were running away with the game just looking at gem income. Finding out you had a Conj. 30 site on top of it makes me think we could have called the game 10 turns ago.

Originally Posted by Larz

I kept expecting to get ganged up on, but it never happened.

I was hoping to start a dogpile of you ASAP but it just took forever to take Pan's forts. In addition to needing them as bases I didn't want to have him at my back after I had begun fighting you so I felt I had to finish him first. Though I'm curious why Shin didn't help Van when it became clear you were getting the upper hand in that war.

Originally Posted by Larz

I think maybe Zmey are a little OP. I know Llama has mentioned possibly nerfing them a little in the next CBM (maybe upping the path requirements, though that wouldn't have mattered in this game). Maybe making the Lycanth amulets more expensive may help a little. For 5N they turn Zmey into Kamikaze death machines.

Admittedly, I have an intense hatred of lychantropos' amulets, but I think making them more expensive would be helpful. They are pretty much a perfect fit for zmey - not only do you get regen at half the cost you'd otherwise pay but it removes morale as a weakness that can be targeted.

[Reverend Zombie]

Originally Posted by Valerius

Yikes. I thought you were running away with the game just looking at gem income. Finding out you had a Conj. 30 site on top of it makes me think we could have called the game 10 turns ago.

I was hoping to start a dogpile of you ASAP but it just took forever to take Pan's forts. In addition to needing them as bases I didn't want to have him at my back after I had begun fighting you so I felt I had to finish him first. Though I'm curious why Shin didn't help Van when it became clear you were getting the upper hand in that war.

I was at "peace" with all my neighbors BUT Van--I chose them as my target pretty early on, and tried unsuccessfully to take their capital a couple of times.

I stepped aside when the Mictlan juggernaut came through, went looking for easier pickings. (Pangaea started a fight with me, too, at some point in there.)

I was pretty sure I didn't have what it took to take on Mictlan.

I was right.