I greatly enjoyed the nation draft procedure, it was fertile ground for enjoyable speculation.I had so much trouble trying to predict which nations would be popular that i was pretty much gaurenteed to be surprised, and indeed i was.
With every rush power in play and slow research handicapping the caster nations I figured the early game was so scary that there were only three ways to go- uberbless, SC pretender, or hide under the sea. I went for the third and decided after much thought to take my first pick first, despite a suspicion that it wouldn't go in the first. Looks pretty clear that few others were thinking aquatic.
My list of surprises-
All three versions of Atlantis fourth, what the heck are y'all smokin'? This boggles me so much i can't even offer speculation.
MA Mictlan last round. A top rush power so late shocks me. I guess the Mictlan fans went for the blood eras and blood fans skipped this one. Uskglass scored IMO.
MA Caelum 4th round. On the one hand a slow research game is not the game to play this most mage dependent of all nations, but last round for what i consider one of the very most powerfull nations?.... yeesh (EA Caelum not first round also surprising)
EA Ryleh last round. Insufficiently amphibious and/or why play R'yleh without the gate i suppose, but I figured them for a sure thing first rounder.
Midgard last round, though I kinda thought they might not be round one.
Patala- I wouldn't touch these guys with a ten foot pole, but the formidable KissBlade claims they are the top late game power and i figured they would be popular with the overly confident. Guess not.
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Velusion said:
My biggest surprises:
EvilHomer got R'lyeh with no one contesting him.
MA Vanheim wasn't anyone's inital pick.
So many people went for Sauromtia (are they that good?)
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I think we all just accepted that EvilHomer would be R'lyeh no matter what and decided not the waste the pick.
Go ahead and admit now that you are Spawn of Hastor EH.
Sauromatia has a nice army for the early, decent PD and a big toolbox for the mid, and blood and astral for the end, so i can see why they were sought after- an end game potential with a good chance of making it that far.
Such a whacky game and so many players i don't know that I don't really have much opinion on who to watch out for. Many from my list of top players are not in this game, and most of the ones who are well known and not likely to sneak up on anyone. TDNP may be trying to look inconspicuous by playing Man, but i spotted the pointy hat.
Personally, anyone playing a blood nation's gunna get the pointy end of the trident if they come near me.
Here are my two oracular pronouncments-
1) Catquiet will be there at the end if he chooses to be. I say this with confidence based on observation-I've
been in many many games with him, and he has finished every single one with a stong position (though i'm working on ending this streak right now).
2) The end game will take place under the long term influence of Arcane Coruption.
Thanks to Velusian for setting this up and hosting! Good luck to all, this will be fun!
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