MP: Pointy Sticks MA started

[RonD]

I realize you have good intentions and that I might be biased because I am fighting C'Tis - but the turn already got extended by 24 plus an accidental extra 24 hours, so its not like he hasn't had a chance.

As for the bias - C'Tiss is down to a handful of provinces, and I am certain that I wouldn't do anything different even if I expected him to stale. Indeed, I will pm him a reminder to take his turn.

[tratorix]

Thanks for the extension, though I agree with RonD that it really wasn't necessary. If it looks like I'm going to stale again, just let it go.

[Mightypeon]

Feedback wise, I hereby make the claim that Rose Ulms "Enigma of steel" spell is overpowered or close to overpowered for its magic level.
I believe Pythium would be inclined to agree.

Both battles still were quite bloody, but the combination of my onbattlespells, the battlefield wide spells partial to Rose Ulm and the fact that Iron Blizzard does not cost much fatigue propably won it for me, even though Pythium extracted a heavy toll from my infantry with its magics.

However, Karl Marx the liberator of Ebys is costing nearly a 100 gems with his gear (although a more economic use would cost about 60, 50 with ulm forge reductions), which is not that far away from an early SC. However, I think that he had a greater impact on the battle then a gem equivalent Iron angel would have had, especially considering that Pythiums communion propably would have zapped a flying SC.

We also note the ability of drain magic to send people straight into framerate hell.

[Mightypeon]

Pulled out a 48 holiday extension.

Merry Christmas everyone!

[Mightypeon]

Hmm, I think I can predict what Mr. "Grouchu Marxist" is up to, unfortunatly, there is nothing I can do about it -.-

[RonD]

Will Harbingers be enough to stem the mighty Ulmish tide? Guess we'll have to wait for the news reports.

In other news, Caelum must be trying to break into the ice cube business.

[Mightypeon]

I would draw if a rage comic about the last battle against a harbinger I had.
Bottomline: My most awesome harbinger killing dude (my math claims he can nearly two shot things!) did not get into contact, because surrounding pathing is stupid, and because the friggin harbinger only killed like 4 dudes, and one of them was a light infantry guy I recruited in some random province.
However, mass ridicule by the troops he was trying to kill indead hurt his/her/its selfesteem and greatly weakened him/her/it! He will have a fairly hard time killing anything but PD, but their ability to soak up damage from my troops is highly annoying.
Meanwhile, the Harbinger that got sent to pillage Ulm itself got blinded by the splendor of the Proletariats capital, glory to progress!

[shatner]

Originally Posted by Mightypeon

Meanwhile, the Harbinger that got sent to pillage Ulm itself got blinded by the splendor of the Proletariats capital, glory to progress!

Of course, that means that a blind harbringer is capable of besieging the capital of mighty Ulm. 0 atk, 0 def and 35hp is apparently too much for the Ulmish honorguard to contend with. Glory to progress indeed. Maybe he went blind out of pity...

[shatner]

So, a new year... looking over it I can tell I no longer have the time needed to maintain my current glut of Dom3 games. Both work and home concerns are making it increasingly hard for me to keep pace with these games, resulting in delays, poor plays or (in a few rare cases) stalls. So, I'm going to try and find subs for me in almost all of my current games (I'm only staying in two that are either very close to a conclusion or are very low maintenance).

Sorry for the withdraw but I don't have the time to spare and my half-assing several games won't do anyone any good.

[RonD]

That is a shame. Do you plan to soldier on until you find a sub, or are you quitting cold as of today?