Acouchi - MA game for new players (full) - Page 24

Darkstone · #**231** April 14th, 2008, 03:55 PM

Just in case anyone was wondering why I staled, I had done my turn, just forgot to send it in / thought I had.

Ah well. I too learn to double-check more.

Saxon · #**232** April 15th, 2008, 10:58 AM

I thought I would share this, as we are all newbies.

A number of provinces let you recruit nature mages and some have a random on water and such. If you can get W1, you can build a ring to boost water. Put that with a W1N1 mage, and you can cast Summon Naead. Of course, you need a W income, but you can search with Call of Aspu if you have W1 mages with a W ring. You have to plan ahead and you have to get a bit lucky with the provinces you capture. My SC pretender allowed me to take a lot of provinces early, which gave me a good selection. It also gave me a lead in provinces, which has for some reason made some people think they should attack me. Nothing is every perfect�

Once you have summoned, you have a W3N3 mage, which is very useful. I find it hard to get paths I don�t have, but this was a fairly easy and strong one. Of course, as I have discovered, you can not move her around, but nothing is every perfect. Anyway, throw on the thistle mace you can now forge and you have N4, which has some nice uses.

On a related topic, there was a post in the forums that noted that holy sites tend to give astral pearls. I have started searching more with my priests and, sure enough, lots of holy sites. You may wish to check it out. Why I am telling Nero this is beyond me, given what I suspect his long term plan is� Seriously, I had never looked at holy searches before and it has made a difference. It is part of the reason I am doing well on the gem graph. The other part is the provinces, which goes back to my SC pretender and the early expansion. More provinces means more gems. However, nothing is every perfect�

Check out my research, especially early on. While I was searching and taking over provinces, I fell far behind in research and remain behind. I had to spend a fortune in death gems to catch up. That is a problem. No offense Ulm and Abysia, but you guys are in deep trouble� If I have more magic than you and I am paying for being behind, you are going to have some real problems�

The other place things were, and remain, not perfect is gold. I took some bad scales to get my SC pretender. This is the reason I have more provinces, but less income than several players. MA Ermor is different that EA and LA, as I have learned the hard way. Everything is a trade off and nothing is every perfect.

Anyway, enough of my rambling. I really should go back to the office and do some work�

sansanjuan · #**233** April 15th, 2008, 11:13 AM

Sax,
Nice post. Hell with work...
-SSJ (from work)

Saxon · #**234** April 17th, 2008, 02:10 AM

You might all want to take my advice with a grain of salt, given what happened on the graphs last turn�

SSJ,

You must be working harder than me, you post is shorter!

Ylvali · #**235** April 17th, 2008, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Saxon said:
You might all want to take my advice with a grain of salt, given what happened on the graphs last turn�

Censored by the pythian authorities. Code black. Confidential.

Ylvali · #**236** April 17th, 2008, 04:36 PM

I am going away until sunday evening. Would you others be okay with waiting for me?

In that case I would sent in the current turn so you�d get the next one and then postpone hosting.

I could perhaps get a sub but I�d rather not as the plans are getting kind of complex now in the late game.

Darkstone · #**237** April 17th, 2008, 04:44 PM

@Ylvali:
Of course.

Aren't you the game admin? If not, then you should be specific in the number of hours you want added.

@everyone else:
It's most troublesome how the fate of the world is being decided in the north and in the west.

sansanjuan · #**238** April 17th, 2008, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Ylvali said:
I am going away until sunday evening. Would you others be okay with waiting for me?

In that case I would sent in the current turn so you�d get the next one and then postpone hosting.

I could perhaps get a sub but I�d rather not as the plans are getting kind of complex now in the late game.

I vote we wait for Y's return.
-SSJ

Ray · #**239** April 17th, 2008, 04:57 PM

I am fine with waiting until Sunday. Ijust had a substitute for a week and it was very hard trying to explain everything that was going on in an email.

Heinrich · #**240** April 17th, 2008, 07:07 PM

No problem, I am short in time this week so it will be perfect.