Questions for those more knowledgable than me(so almost anyone)..

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Kel:
AKA The Burden Of Time ?
And here I thought Ermor was immune.

- Kel

Undead are immune, yes. However, I don't get to be a Wight Mage until somebody kills me, because Twiceborn won't kick in until then.

[ March 18, 2004, 01:10: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Kel:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
The condition that causes Norfleet to forget things at times is called "senility"

AKA The Burden Of Time ?
And here I thought Ermor was immune.

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Ermor is, Ermor's puppetmaster is not. heh

I, OTOH, suffer from the not-quite-related malady known as the Burden of Too Much Time On My Hands. At times.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by RAF:
One additional question...defense reduces your income in the province, correct? Does it also reduce resources?

Nope. PD costs nothing beyond what you pay for it. There's no hidden drawback, no upkeep cost, and no reduction of income or resources.

Also, any walkthroughs for specific nations? Ermor, etc? All the nations I have played play very differently, which is a GREAT thing!

I think Dominionsx.com and Sunray's site may have data dating back to Dominions 1. While some of the information is no longer current, the general principles may still apply. Most people are obsessed with killing Ermor rather than being Ermor, though, because Ermor is just so different from everyone else. Nobody likes the guy who's different.

And I don't think I've ever seen an Ermorian cultist attack before. Maybe my choice in scales prevents it from happening.

[ March 18, 2004, 01:43: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Arryn:
Personally, I think he's more polite than he would have us believe and prefers not to play the role of being the ultimate Sage of Death.

Have I gained a title? I wasn't aware I ever *WAS* the ultimate Sage of Death here....

I kinda don't want to end up being pigeonholed into this role, in the way Argitoth has been pigeonholed into being the authority on all things C'tissian....

I do play other nations, you know!

[ March 18, 2004, 01:47: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[velk]

And I don't think I've ever seen an Ermorian cultist attack before. Maybe my choice in scales prevents it from happening.

It happens quite a bit with luck +3. They are generally pretty ineffectual though. Not nearly as entertaining as the ghost ship attacks 8)

By the way, one thing I noticed when playing ermor with luck +3 ( which I originally chose solely to avoid having my temples continually falling apart ) was that a lot of the resource or income bonus specials that appeared through random events continuted to function to full effect even when the province they were in was population 0, and it actually had a pretty significant effect on my gold income.

Not sure if that is a bug or if it is, if it has been fixed in the Last 2 patches though.

[Sindai]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
And I don't think I've ever seen an Ermorian cultist attack before. Maybe my choice in scales prevents it from happening.

Neither have I, and I've played full Ashen and SG games several times in SP.

Of course, given how it appears in some other nation's province, you'd expect their scales to dictate it...

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by velk:
By the way, one thing I noticed when playing ermor with luck +3 ( which I originally chose solely to avoid having my temples continually falling apart ) was that a lot of the resource or income bonus specials that appeared through random events continuted to function to full effect even when the province they were in was population 0, and it actually had a pretty significant effect on my gold income.

They still function, yes. In fact, it gets even better as Ermor: You can jack up your tax rates to 200, which WOULD produce a lot of unrest and cause people to complain incessantly, if it weren't for the fact that they are all dead now, and the only inhabits are the undead.

And the undead always pay their bills in full.

[Zurai]

Originally posted by Sindai:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
And I don't think I've ever seen an Ermorian cultist attack before. Maybe my choice in scales prevents it from happening.

Neither have I, and I've played full Ashen and SG games several times in SP.

Of course, given how it appears in some other nation's province, you'd expect their scales to dictate it...

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I almost never see it happen more than once in a game, and usually I don't see it happen until like turn 60+, so if you play short games you might well never see it. I have no clue if scales have any effect on it, since it doesn't display as an event in the turn Messages.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Zurai:
I almost never see it happen more than once in a game, and usually I don't see it happen until like turn 60+, so if you play short games you might well never see it. I have no clue if scales have any effect on it, since it doesn't display as an event in the turn Messages.

I play hideously long games, so if that's the cause, I should be seeing it. It must be extremely rare, or triggered by a combination of scales and dominionary influence in ways that generally don't occur.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by Zurai:
I almost never see it happen more than once in a game, and usually I don't see it happen until like turn 60+, so if you play short games you might well never see it. I have no clue if scales have any effect on it, since it doesn't display as an event in the turn Messages.

Hmm, I think it's tied to the death and misfortune scales, as I have had it occur around turn ten with Black Forest Ulm.