MP: a lEArning experience (Newbie EA CBM1.92) [in progress]

[Procyon Lotor]

Here is the Tragic Tale: I had three provinces adjacent to my start. One was weakly defended, but rather worthless. The other two were more stiffly defended, but more valuable. Of those two, one had heavy cavalry. The other had infantry and light cavalry. So I took a stab at the latter, only to find that they had heavy cavalry also. It was actually a close fight, down to my last infantry squad advancing on their horse archers. But they didn't get there.

So my 2nd turn expansion failed. It was a very close call, within the margin of error of the RNG. I rolled the dice and failed, but I don't necessarily regret it.

I regrouped a turn, then tried again. Actually, that was my REAL mistake. Since I had routed all but 6 horse archers, I should have attacked again immediately. I thought the AI forces were like province defense, and I expected them to regenerate. Total n00b error.

Anyone ever play Jagged Alliance 2? Think of me now as Elliot. I am a simpering little turd, motivated only by fear. Slap me and threaten me and I'll do whatever you want. Just please stop slapping me!

[megawidget]

Originally Posted by Procyon Lotor

Here is the Tragic Tale: I had three provinces adjacent to my start. One was weakly defended, but rather worthless. The other two were more stiffly defended, but more valuable. Of those two, one had heavy cavalry. The other had infantry and light cavalry. So I took a stab at the latter, only to find that they had heavy cavalry also. It was actually a close fight, down to my last infantry squad advancing on their horse archers. But they didn't get there.

So my 2nd turn expansion failed. It was a very close call, within the margin of error of the RNG. I rolled the dice and failed, but I don't necessarily regret it.

I regrouped a turn, then tried again. Actually, that was my REAL mistake. Since I had routed all but 6 horse archers, I should have attacked again immediately. I thought the AI forces were like province defense, and I expected them to regenerate. Total n00b error.

Anyone ever play Jagged Alliance 2? Think of me now as Elliot. I am a simpering little turd, motivated only by fear. Slap me and threaten me and I'll do whatever you want. Just please stop slapping me!

I started next to dark vines, elephants, and horse archers. And when I took the horse archers province (phew!) it was adjacent to barbarians and moar barbarians, and one relatively lightly defended. Which was adjacent to Caelum. And Arcoscephale.

I literally had no choice but to snake path my way into trouble. Funny that I lead in forts and provinces, though the latter is from the bottom of the list....

[jotwebe]

Hmm, three provinces and one of them dark vines is probably the worst so far. Seems like three province starts were pretty common though. I had one, too, and at least one other player.

[megawidget]

Can someone just siege my capital already so that the agony will end? Please?

[samoht]

Originally Posted by megawidget

Can someone just siege my capital already so that the agony will end? Please?

I could be there for you in two turns if you'd like?

[samoht]

Would it be possible to delay this turn by just a couple of hours? I'm posting this from work. I think I'll probably be able to make it back in time, but it will be close. If it isn't possible, thats fine.

[mattyburn7]

I delayed it 6 hours. If you need anymore time, just let me know.

Cheers!

[Procyon Lotor]

So I've been eliminated. Do I need to do something to "go AI" or does the game know to just ignore me and not wait for my turn?

[mattyburn7]

There's always a 1 turn lag like that..I forget why. But no need to do anything. Sorry for the bad luck you encountered!

[Adam J]

Looks like Atlantis stalled last turn... anyone speak with Ulius lately?