Middle Age Crisis ,CBM1.94+Assimilation mod 1.1 6/8 Players Remaining

[krpeters]

Maybe we should increase the hosting interval on account of the upcoming holidays. 3 days? More?

[Minor Kitty]

yeah probably a good idea

[Hereward]

Kitty you should really tell people here when you extend an extra 2 days, what you have done and why etc.

[krpeters]

Communication is a good thing. What is the plan at present? When can we expect the game to restart?

[Tiavals]

Originally Posted by krpeters

Communication is a good thing. What is the plan at present? When can we expect the game to restart?

[krpeters]

OK, and I just learned an important lesson -- astral on thugs is *not* a good idea. Hmmmph. So undead thugs are out (maggots), astral thugs are out (astral duel), guess I need a plan C.

[parone]

astral thugs can be awesome(body ethereal etc) but you have to be carful of that nasty duel spell. that can be countered if they(your thugs) are fairly high S(that is hard) really mobile(to keep your enemy guessing) or you can escort them with a ton of low end astral mages(shamans come to mind).

all those counters are situational of course. but then, some nations have little access to astal themselves, so S thugs can be AWESOME. but you are right, it is defineately a double edged Sword

[krpeters]

"some nations have little access to astral" he says -- like Vanheim, right?

Indie mages are *such* a pain :-P

It's ok, I'll have some astral-free thugs in a few turns.

[Hereward]

I told you you would regret this foolish war!

[Tiavals]

krpeters, you should use Rudras. They're awesome thugs, especially at killing enemy SCs. Four arms = fun with axes of hate.

Their biggest weakness is the terribly low HP they have, but otherwise they're great. Natural(and storm) flight, fire death air magics at 3, all the good stuff. Well, they do cost a lot, 45 astral, so they aren't that good for massing. Devatas are better in that respect, but they do have Astral-2.