MP Game - Artifact Game - running 48hr qh

[Cainehill]

archaeolept said:
the skratti shouldn't be allowed. he's not human...
probably true for the warlock as well, though he doesn't really bother me, except for his starting dominin

humans are human. path cost 10, starting dominion 1, hps in the lower 20's max...

Not quite, unless you're saying that Pythium's Divine Emperor isn't human - starting dominion 3. 10 point paths should be the main determining factor, although the shapeshifters might be eliminated, and possibly the skratti simply because his point cost is screwed (plus, unlike Abysia, Jotuns can take the Rime Mariner for cold immunity).

[Ironhawk]

Yeah I vote against the Skratti as well. For the same reason as the shapechangers, really. While the case could be made that the Skratti is just another citizen of the jotunhiem empire its still not fair to the other nations playing since they are restricted to only humans. If you are desperate for cold resistance there is always the Rime Mariner.

[archaeolept]

ah that's right. shoot. ok keep the warlock. just dump the skratti, because he's just so good as an SC

[Cainehill]

But the carrion dragon, he's human.

[Cainehill]

Double post.

But hey - seems we have enough players, maybe we can get this puppy kick started Sunday or Monday?

[Cainehill]

Oh - how do you specify which Twin Spear is given? I keep getting the blood/astral one every time doing my tests.

And btw Ironhawk - great idea making it a couple of near-useless commanders - sounds like they'll be good for, mmm, Fever Fetish bait at most where two scouts would be too awesome for nations that don't have regular / cheap scouts.

Another awesome deviant game plan - thanks Ironhawk, this and CoW have both caught the imagination for very different reasons.

(Not the main reason for that, but "All Wyrms All the Time" in the one is kinda neat, and all human pretenders is also a nice change of pace.)

[Dimaz]

Can you put the link to mods in the first post to practice a bit?

[shovah]

im still sulking about my oracle :C

[Ironhawk]

Cainehill said:
Oh - how do you specify which Twin Spear is given? I keep getting the blood/astral one every time doing my tests.

Oh... hmm you know I hadnt run into that problem yet. I've been assigning artifacts by name but clearly that wont work for the Twin Spear since the name is exactly the same. I suppose I will have to do it by item number? How do you get the item number? Ctrl-I on the info screen?

And btw Ironhawk - great idea making it a couple of near-useless commanders - sounds like they'll be good for, mmm, Fever Fetish bait at most where two scouts would be too awesome for nations that don't have regular / cheap scouts.

I'd planned on just using scouts but then the cursed artifact problem cropped up and it made a lot of sense to make some nuetral-effect units. What I really hope is to see someone try and make something out of these units. Like an early-game prophet or something hahahaha!!

Another awesome deviant game plan - thanks Ironhawk, this and CoW have both caught the imagination for very different reasons.

Yeah I'm really excited about this one too. I think it should make for a really interesting game!

[Ironhawk]

Cainehill said:
Oh - how do you specify which Twin Spear is given? I keep getting the blood/astral one every time doing my tests.

Unfortunately my efforts to assign the death based Twin Spear have failed. I just posted in the modding forums for help but given my experience I think the problem may be unsolvable. We should start thinking about what item to replace that spear with... I'm certainly open to suggestions on this one!