Awestruck. New Late Age game. (Game over, Atlantis wins)

[krpeters]

Originally Posted by Valerius

The overall impression I get is that these mods ramp up the power level, particularly on the SC side of things. My preference is to tone things down and SCs are my least favorite part of the game so it's not really my cup of tea but I think this could be a fun game for people who do like SCs (which is likely a majority).

I just wanted to second this thought. I would prefer to see a mod which made thugs and midgame magic more powerful and SCs less terrifying.

[Amhazair]

Originally Posted by Soyweiser

Is this still open? I would like to play with Gath if it is.

(Odd, the otherpeoples mod does some very strange things to certain stuff, some of the gath boosts are missing, why not use forbidden friendship. Wow, gath really sucks with this mod (as it doesn't get any of the forbidden friendship boosts (cheaper temples, and a bonus blood on the kohen) Without ff I think I will have to pass on this one).

Odd things? OPM is just CBM + AG + AE, nothing more, nothing less. A quick check reveals no differences with CBM to me. (Though feel free to point it out if I missed something)

I deliberatly stayed away from Forbidden Friendship, specifically since it does make a lot of balance changes I didn't want to trawl through to see if I agreed with them or not, as well as not wanting everyone else unfamiliar with the mod to assimilate them.

You are of course very welcome if you still want to join, with Gath or another nation, but I have no intention of introducing the FF mod into the game at this point.


Edit: Also, StMika over on the Dom3mods forum prefers a more common site frequency settings (he proposed 55) as well as the riverlands map. Just adding this to get opinions rolling.

[Executor]

I'm always up for a bit more gems with experimental mods, so my vote's for 45.

[jotwebe]

Whoa, 55? I'd be ok with 45, or anything less.

[Soyweiser]

Damn, without FF my game tactic kinda fails.

A what the hell, sign me up. Lets fail spectacular then

But please, pick a map with at least a few wastelands, else one of my national blood spells won't work.

[Amhazair]

Allrighty, glad you're in. I've seen you post all over the place obviously, but I don't think we've ever been in the same game together, have we?

The Riverlands map that has been propsed does have some wastaland provinces, but feel free to suggest alternatives. (The last game I played was on the riverlands map, so while it would probably fit us perfectly, I most definitely won't mind playing on any other map. )

[Executor]

Why do I feel like I slightly inspired you to take Gath?

[Soyweiser]

Originally Posted by Executor

Why do I feel like I slightly inspired you to take Gath?

No comment

@Amhazair,

I think we have been in a game once, in my noob, bad player, wanker days. I think I disappeared in that game sorry about that. Will not happen here.

[Amhazair]

Allright, taking all the received opinions and shaking them through my Advanced Equanimity Algorithm for Superior Game Admins (TM) I've come to the conclusion this game will be played on the Riverlands map with all settings standard (including graphs on) except with a site frequency of 45. (And HoF 15 obviously) Any last minute objections should be forwarded to me in tripple copies by registred letter. (Or posted in this thread.) Barring unforseen delays I will then put up the game tomorrow so everyone can submit pretenders at their leisure.

One insignificantly tiny minor detail though... When people talk about 'the' Riverlands map, which map do they mean? (I only played on a version with fixed start positions for one specific game before.) This one? (And if so why are the map file and image called Crown5 and is there no map on the Llamaserver with that name yet?)

[Amhazair]

Allrighty, the game is up on the Llamaserver. Feel free to upload your pretenders when ready. (No rush though, as I've said and repeated several times, make sure you're comfortable with your pretender design including these mods before starting.) I myself am still dithering between builds too. (Big bless, small bless, no bless? Full rainbow for diversity, just a couple of extra paths to help out key areas? good scales, mediocre scales, poor scales? All viable options for the cutest frog-eskimo's in the history of gaming and also in the history of everything ever.)