Another Newbie Slugfest - Restarted

[deccan]

Don't worry about it Steerpike. I had something broadly similar happen to me in Argitoth's MP game just a couple of games ago.

I was playing AE Ermor and was storming Man's capital. I had 500+ Ermorian undead, with a storm grounding all fliers, and the undead took a LONG time getting past the front gate. They managed to kill all of Man's defenders except his pretender, reach the pretender and get in a couple of hits in, and then 50 turns are up, all the commanders run away, and the mindless undead, left leaderless, simply dissolved.

Of course, in that game I came back the very next turn, since my commanders survived, and the loss was only freespawn, but it still sucked.

[Boron]

The Panther said:
Flying is very important in a castle siege for this reason.
Panther

Unfortunately untrue . At the current stage of the game every nation could afford at least 2-3 staff of storms .

And during a storm expect AQs no good fliers are available .
Storm demons would have done nothing to your mech men and nothing to your lightning immune SCs/Key Mages .
Spring hawks are pathetic .

Especially a good castle with a narrow gateway like a hill fort can so be really hard to take unless you can use 3 AQs for that job .

Now you + Ctis are probably about equal with losses cause Ctis lost estimated roughly stuff worth about 500 gems in that fight .
I would estimate that this is a 5-10 turn income of Ctis .

[Aku]

Vanheim I was like wtf when I saw that one mage attack Abysia. Then I see the turn and you have an army there. For future reference and to anyone else that does not know...magical movement takes place before regular movement. That is why your army and your mage(I assume you did cloud trapeze) did not arrive at the same time and your mage fought alone.

Oh Ctis and Abysia that was a pretty damaging battle the two of you inflicted on each other this round. It wasnt huge armies but your two raid armies took equal damage.

[Steerpike]

Believe me Aku, that battle was sweet nectar for my eyes after Last turns battle. How are your Doom Horrors coming along?

[Boron]

Steerpike said:
Believe me Aku, that battle was sweet nectar for my eyes after Last turns battle. How are your Doom Horrors coming along?

Aku builds high quality troops , not crap like Doom Horrors

[KroolDeath]

Vanheim I was like wtf when I saw that one mage attack Abysia. Then I see the turn and you have an army there. For future reference and to anyone else that does not know...magical movement takes place before regular movement. That is why your army and your mage(I assume you did cloud trapeze) did not arrive at the same time and your mage fought alone.

I was unaware of that fact. Thanks for the info. I'm just being a gnat to Abysia anyway.

[Aku]

Well Ctis and Abysia took equal casualties in that battle but Abysia did lose one of his Arch Devils which he will have to summon and equip again. I also see a lot of both sides forces and believe Abysia is in for a world of hurt soon by Ctis.

Also I didnt expect Vanheim to try to attack Abysia again after losing his god Last time.

In Marignon news I have no idea why Abysia hasnt stormed his castle yet. The army I think has been there like 3 turns. Unless Marignon has gatewayed in troops because he does afterall have astral casters. A lot of mystery with Marignon since he has so much pd you can't spy on his lands so he could have anything up his sleeve. I am curious what happens when the castle is actually stormed. Will Marignon have difficulty fighting off this devil army lead by 3 Arch Devils or will the devils die and Marignon takes over all the empty eastern provinces. I guess we just have to wait and see.

In water news I slowly advance on Abysia's claims to the water, fortifying as I go. I wonder if Abysia is worried about me neighboring his capital. I also wonder if the vampire attacks will continue especially since immortality doesnt matter to enslave mind muahahahaha. If I do go on land I will have more spells at my disposal since I am so restricted on what I can cast in the water.

I hope this game gets really long term because I have a lot of ideas to try out.

[KroolDeath]

New turn is up sorry for my delay .
I should have played Dominions yesterday before starting BfME . It is just too addictive .

I have that too (actually my father-in-law got it for my son, who is only 7, so that makes it mine), but haven't tried it yet. Actually, my wife got me Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War which is another RTS game that I can't get enough of. I can't quit playing it. I have never played a RTS as madly as this (pulled me away from Rome: Total War).

Krool

[Boron]

KroolDeath said:

I have that too (actually my father-in-law got it for my son, who is only 7, so that makes it mine), but haven't tried it yet. Actually, my wife got me Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War which is another RTS game that I can't get enough of. I can't quit playing it. I have never played a RTS as madly as this (pulled me away from Rome: Total War).

Krool

I haven't Dawn of War but it looks very good and one of my friends has it as well and loves it .

From what he tells it is a bit similiar to BfME , almost no resource gathering , upgrades for squads etc. .

Once it is budget Version i will buy warhammer dawn of war as well .
Atm Hoi 2 is surely the next game i will buy .

I like BfME really so far for me it is a worthy successor to the now slowly ageing starcraft .

Starcraft is imo still though the best RTS . It was far ahead its time when it came out like 5 years ago .

Did you ever play Starcraft Krool ?

[Steerpike]

Boron said:
[Aku builds high quality troops , not crap like Doom Horrors

Yes Doom Horrors are total rubbish, but if he wishes for enough of em....

I have been playing quite a bit of Warhammer 40K with my friends and its an impressive little title, I love being able to zoom down to ground level and watch the fighting first hand, impractical but fun.

Have to agree that Starcraft is one of the best RTS's ever but Warlords Battlecry 2 will always win the very best RTS award for me. And its Australian made, from Melbourne no less.

I love reading the bulletins from ANNN (Aku Newbie News Network), keep them up big fella, although there is a little bias its still very informative.