Utterdark: EA PBEM (Full and playing)

[Thrawn]

Yep, 3.06.

[Salamander8]

So far, so good. I haven't done a lot yet, but it's already been fun, and I'm curious to see how this will develop.

[Salamander8]

Question for more experienced/knowledgable players in our game out there. Is having a Misfortune in your dominion when you did not take any misfortune for you prentender part of an event or something else? This is in my home province and while I cannot rule out a magic site or a spell, it seems early for spells, and I've only seen 1 other player so far, and I don't remember seeing the 1 bad shamrock there in previous turns.

[davegg]

good question

[Foodstamp]

It's probably the scale bug. Three games in the past few weeks I have suffered from this bug, I don't even bother posting about it anymore because there is really nothing special you can do.

Here are the characteristics as far as I can tell. On turn 2, my scales randomly flip to whatever they wish. Order becomes turmoil, I pick up heat or cold etc etc. Every turn, there is a chance that the scales will take a step back towards your scales you picked at creation.

Here is the catch... In one of my games, I have struggled to keep my scales where they are supposed to be. I have dominion 8 in my capital and my scales fluctuate, particularly the Order/turmoil scale and the Hot/Cold scales. We are 20-30 turns into the game that I am being affected and it looks like I am going to be fighting this bug the entire game. My position is still strong, just annoys me that I paid for my scales and I am not getting them in provinces where my dominion rating is significant.

[Saint_Dude]

This scale bug is a primary reason why I hesitate to select luck scales. Almost every time I do, I end up with catastrophic luck in turn 2. While it may work itself out eventually, by the time it does I have usually suffered from multiple calamities (plague, lab burning down, earthquake, barbarian hordes, etc.). Very hard to recover from in the early game.

I find that the random appearance of misfortune 3 scales is much less likely if I leave the luck scales alone during setup. Luck shmuck.

[Salamander8]

I was thinking it was a bug, thanks for the confirmation. The only scale I moved at all is Productivity for +gold and +resources, I left all the others neutral. Cursed brown shamrocks!

[Siever]

10 turns and in my little corner few things happened. Prudence is a virtue, especially for newbies...

[tromper]

hahaha, well I surrender. Will get my turns in on time, but Ulm and R'lyeh are going to take the cake, it's completely obvious and the rest of the game will be sorta boring.

Weird map, too. Last time I'll play with anything but standard or random.

[Salamander8]

I've only seen one other player so far and it's been really quiet in my little corner of the world. I have no clue how well anyone is doing.