MP: Pointy Sticks MA started

[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.

[Gurthang]

Originally Posted by 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.

Sorry to hear this. I will miss a loyal and competent opponent as much as our high-worded correspondence.

I hope you will find the time to come back to the community in the future!

[RonD]

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

[shatner]

I'll continue to play while we look for a sub but finding a sub quickly would be best.

[Dogged57]

Amazing what concentrated FAM can do to an "army". It's been fun, gents, but I'm done for. Enjoy your endgame.

[Mightypeon]

Armies can still be viable later on, but depend on buffing spells.
It is however, very hard to defend armies against thunderstrike spam, unless you get decent access to thunder wards.
The other problem you had was being tien Chi, one of the races where Caelum has scant issues with aggressivly entering close combat (immidiatly attacking f.e. Black Plate Flails or Dai Bakemono will hurt comparably frail eagle units much much more, although army of mist changes things quite a bit). Especially if you largely utilize infantry. TCs cavalry is rather cool though, and its numerous attacks are quite efficient in quickly bringing down enemies that to an extent depend on Defense.

I have posted a sub wanted post.