Eventide - Random Nations, Late Era (Calmon Wins!)

[Fal]

strange...

Anyway thanks, will check this page next time. wouldn't want to miss another turn.

[PashaDawg]

Ooops. Sorry for staling and holding up the game.

[Baalz]

The back of the giants is broken. Our heavy horse thunder across their nation, slaying any who dare raise their eyes from the ground while our celestial masters drop from the clouds to form the anvil our equestrian hammer will smash into. In a few short months there will be no more of the nation of giants save the few that huddle behind their walls, waiting for the slow moving siege engines to make it to the war front and put them out of their misery. The giants sell their own children to disease demons, in a desperate attempt to slow the inevitable, but this is no more than a slap in the face from a woman to a man. We will have our way with you Utgard, and we will not be gentle.

[FAJ]

If we are so broken, then take our castles!

If we are so weak, let your god blow down our defenses!

You are so bold as to boast about raiding provincial defense, then make a true military move! Bring your seige engines, bring your beasts of burden, bring your troops. if you are so strong, make a show of it.

or are you afraid of facing what lies within the walls of our castles? Perhaps you better enjoy running around empty provinces? Perhaps nearly as much as you enoy running your mouth!

[Baalz]

Bah, making camp and flinging rocks around is work for peasants and giants. Wind in your hair, lance in your fist, your enemies screams in your ears- this is what is fitting for a man. It is good that you cower behind a few walls though that even those too poor to afford a proper horse may win some glory by rooting you out. Never fear, my blowhard neighbor, for they come trudging across the frozen tundra at a snails pace so even after our mighty warriors abandon you in search of more fitting foes you can be ground down in the few dank and moldy tombs you have dug for yourself.

[FAJ]

Baalz said:
... my blowhard neighbor, ...



So hypocrisy is in your arsenal as well?

You can keep your horses. We prefer the company of our women to that of beasts.

[Velusion]

Does anyone need the game to be put on hold during the easter weekend? Let me know ASAP.

[calmon]

I would prefer a 72 hour host during this weekend.

[Velusion]

It would be a lot easier for me to just match up with my other games and delay the turn hosting.

So AFTER this next host the next turn will not be due until Wednesday.

So get your turn if you haven't already and then go relax for awhile. Have a beer in my name! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[lch]

Gah, I thought it would already be on hiatus. Guess I was reading the wrong game thread (Radiance)... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Baalz]

“The undead stir and the very hills seem to move. They mass along our border like locusts, their numbers too great to count. The grass underneath them cannot even be seen for the press of bodies”. Silence reigned in the tent. The High Chief had charged horse lord Huang-lao with securing the border, but he had expected to be pillaging giant villages - he commanded less than one tenth the troops sighted marching this way. Though mighty warriors, they could not hope to stand against such numbers and the sharp sting of the dishonor of retreating was almost too much to bear.

Then Huang-lao said the unthinkable. “The plague of Ermor has been cast back every time they set foot on T’ien Ch’i soil, they will not gain an inch on my watch. The Ermorian captain expects us to fall back and hide, we will surprise him and bring the battle to him.” Strong men paled, for all knew this was a way to save face by dying in battle rather than retreating. Leaving the command tent, Huang-lao knelt by the stream, and prayed to Jewel, the lady of waters to help him find some way to hold back the undead hoard.

As the first rays of dawn found him still kneeling, he scrambled back in shock as something large- nay, immense rose from the impossibly shallow stream. Soon the towering figure of the goddess Jewel herself stood over him, the literal answer to his prayers. With rapturous joy he ran forth to form up the troops and bring righteous battle to the undead.

He sent riders in eight directions, with orders to levy every able bodied man available, as he led his brave 50 towards the ranks of six hundred undead. As they formed up, and the first ranks of undead crested the hill in front of him, the levies galloped up, doubling the ranks of the cavalry, and adding scores of bow and pike wielding peasants. As Huang-lao deployed his troops, it became apparent to all the unbelievable scope of the battle they would soon join as rank after rank of shuffling dead crested the hill. Just as despair began to take hold in the hearts of the strongest warriors, a distinctive buzz was heard, and several celestial masters dropped from the sky, to land behind our formed ranks and offer encouragement. As our archers pulled their bows and waited the command to fire, the celestial masters commanded the very wind itself to guide our arrows, and unnoticed by most the ghoul-father mercenary cast phoenix power to amplify his fire magic.

With the whoosh of a hundred hornets our archers loosed, and as the winds took hold of the shafts to guide them into the hearts of our enemies the wrathful goddess Jewel stamped her mighty foot and a colossal wave splashed out, rapidly coagulating into a dozen water elementals.

Dozens of undead dropped, but hundreds upon hundreds more shuffled forward. It seemed as though all had been for naught. Then Jewel slammed her foot again and another dozen water elementals formed, and the unnoticed ghoul-father completed his fire arrow enchantment. The second volley of arrows, already in flight suddenly burst into flame and scores of undead dropped. Again, again and again hundreds of burning arrows decimated the undead ranks while Jewel unleashed the wrath of a flooding river upon the undead, blasting cleansing water back and forth over the mass of troops to devastating effect. The Celestial Masters sent smaller streams forth, blasting free the foul force which animated them while Ancestral Guides unraveled the long dead from the inside with loud popping sounds. Our solid corps of Celestial warriors stood stout, holding back the flood of undead while destruction rained on them from all sides.

Yet still the undead hoard pressed forward. As the arrow supplies dwindled Huang-lao rode back and forth rallying the troops. “Let’s show these unholy abominations what it means to face the horselords. Let us show them the fruit of fighting their way to our archers! CHARGE!” The very ground shook and some of the peasant archers lost their footing as a hundred heavy horsemen thundered forward and lowered their lances. This proved too much for the undead leadership, for they broke before we could even close.

"Casualty report"

"We lost no men sir, but 3 of the Celestial Soldiers fell. Virtually all 600 undead were slean however."

"Good work, we have won much honor here today but our work is not done. We march on the morrow to push yet more of the unending mass of dead back to the hell that spawned them."

For all who disregarded my first and second proclamation, allow me to spell it out once more in Argathan, Utgard and Ermor corpses. RESPECT THE HORSELORD’S BORDERS.

We come for the rest of the dead now, we will slay ten…twenty times as many undead. Ermor, you have angered us for the last time and your ploy to save the last of the giants may buy them a few more months, but it will cost you your kingdom.

[Velusion]

Baalz said:
Ermor, you have angered us for the last time and your ploy to save the last of the giants may buy them a few more months, but it will cost you your kingdom.



Six Hundred? You boast about killing a raiding party! *cackles*. I have lost tens of thousands on the battlefields of Jomon, and plan to lose many thousands more. When you have accomplished something besides wearing yourself out, then boast!

Please come visit us horsey-men. Bring your fleshy river goddess with you and your hordes of hungry mouths. We will serve them up an empty dish of ashes and despair.

Everfel Of Ash

[Manuk]

Don't get scared by the undead one. Barely a little more than ten thousand.

[FAJ]

Velusion said:
When you have accomplished something besides wearing yourself out, then boast!




Seems to be the theme of this conflict http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.

I didn't have the endurance to read through that. Did he insult Utgard again?

[Baalz]

Utgard sucks.

[FAJ]

Hey!

[Velusion]

Baalz said:
Utgard sucks.



Now we are speaking my language! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Tien Chi = Blows
Utgard = Cool
Jomon = Cruel
Marignon = Evil
C'tis = Cautious?
Mictlan = Honorable?
Acro = Distant?
Ermor = Super Awesome Cool

[lch]

Dang, should have asked before *when* you were going to host on Wednesday... Oh well, didn't have much new orders to give and I was still drunk this morning from a birthday party yesterday, so no problem. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif


Velusion said:
Mictlan = Honorable?


Why, yes. Yes we are. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

Velusion said:
Marignon = Evil


Marignon = teh awesome ultimate Nemesis. Powergaming from turn one on, and now even the Arcane Nexus is up. So, have we reached "all together against Marignon" now, at long last? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

[Velusion]

Marignon = teh awesome ultimate Nemesis. Powergaming from turn one on, and now even the Arcane Nexus is up. So, have we reached "all together against Marignon" now, at long last? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif



Goodness I hope so.

[Baalz]

Yeah, I tend to think that if Arcane Nexus stays up past the next couple of turns we might as well just concede that Marignon has won. Who is willing and able to cast a dispel that we can all send gems to?

[Velusion]

I'd be more than willing to cast it and can contribute at least the base cost in pearls (30) myself.

[Micah]

Seems a bit late to worry about Nexus when he's had Forge up for this long...quarter cost items are pretty spiffy.

[Velusion]

Micah said:
Seems a bit late to worry about Nexus when he's had Forge up for this long...quarter cost items are pretty spiffy.



Items are one thing, massive gems for rituals/summons are another.

[lch]

Baalz said:
Yeah, I tend to think that if Arcane Nexus stays up past the next couple of turns we might as well just concede that Marignon has won. Who is willing and able to cast a dispel that we can all send gems to?


Aww, no, hey, no fair, don't take the fun out of this. Even if Marignon will kick our sorry little butts, then I still want to see how we're going to get our butts kicked, at least. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Baalz]

Well, as I said I consider the game over if this dispel fails, I'll be sending every pearl I can scrape together to Ermor and urge everyone who does not wish to immediately bend a knee to Marignon to do the same. (don't mean to imply I'm quitting, just that I'll have given up hope of ascending by any stretch of the imagination)

[Micah]

Vel,

Items can make gems..blood stones cost a whopping 2 earth gems and 3 blood slaves with a hammer (which now cost 3 gems to make with a hammer), and every single Goetic master that gets an earth random can make them with no boosters because of Forge's path bonus. I think when they're that cheap you start getting limited by how many indie commanders you can pump out to hold the damn things. A 2 turn payback on earth gems is a pretty good bet. 3 blood slaves is next to nothing as well, a single hutnter gets twice that every month. Similarly, Clams only cost 3W/1N, the saving grace there being that Marignon doesn't have paths for them. Forge might not be *quite* as bad as Nexus, but if not it's certainly a strong second place for the most powerful positive global. (The "everything sucks" globals I'm not sure about, Utterdark/Astral Corruption)

[Velusion]

Micah said:
Vel,

Items can make gems..blood stones cost a whopping 2 earth gems and 3 blood slaves with a hammer (which now cost 3 gems to make with a hammer), and every single Goetic master that gets an earth random can make them with no boosters because of Forge's path bonus. I think when they're that cheap you start getting limited by how many indie commanders you can pump out to hold the damn things. A 2 turn payback on earth gems is a pretty good bet. 3 blood slaves is next to nothing as well, a single hutnter gets twice that every month. Similarly, Clams only cost 3W/1N, the saving grace there being that Marignon doesn't have paths for them. Forge might not be *quite* as bad as Nexus, but if not it's certainly a strong second place for the most powerful positive global. (The "everything sucks" globals I'm not sure about, Utterdark/Astral Corruption)



Oh his forge spell is a great help, don't get me wrong, but then Soul Gate is really nice for me too.

Arcane Nexus in this large a game is leaps and bounds better than anything else. The amount of gems he will pull in will put everything else to shame.

The only way Calmon could possibly get more gems quicker than Arcane Nexus is if you somehow took over another nation in play. That way you could meekly hand him all of your gems again once he crushes you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Micah]

I doubt the set of circumstances that prompted that is going to come up again, but yes, if I was the only one to attack him and no one else helped me out, I'd do it again.

[lch]

The spell description for Astral Nexus says that Astral and Blood spells won't get their gems sucked away by it. Does the same hold true regarding the forging of items that take Astral or Blood gems? No gems transferred by forging them?

[FAJ]

I sent some pearls for the dispel attempt. I would try it myself, but I dont even have it researched http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Manuk]

Note that casting dispel with a higher than 3 astral mage is more effective than with just an astral 3.

[lch]

Manuk said:
Note that casting dispel with a higher than 3 astral mage is more effective than with just an astral 3.


Yeah...
Success if following is > 0: (your gems + drn + 5*astral level-3) - (their gems + drn + 5*magic level-cost)


I suppose that the "3" should be a "30" (spell cost for Dispel) and that translates to 5 gems per astral level.

I can offer astral 9/10, but I'd have to research the spell myself, too. Takes me two turns.

[Velusion]

Before everyone sends me all their astral gems let me double check that I have the spell this afternoon. I think I do, but I'm in two other games ....

Manuk has a point. My Astral caster is 6... anyone have anything higher?

PS If I don't have it and I receive them for some reason I'll give them back or forward them to someone who does.

[Velusion]

lch said:

Manuk said:
Note that casting dispel with a higher than 3 astral mage is more effective than with just an astral 3.


Yeah...
Success if following is > 0: (your gems + drn + 5*astral level-3) - (their gems + drn + 5*magic level-cost)


I suppose that the "3" should be a "30" (spell cost for Dispel) and that translates to 5 gems per astral level.

I can offer astral 9/10, but I'd have to research the spell myself, too. Takes me two turns.



So basically you would be able to cast it with a 15 gem credit (of sorts) compared to me. If I don't have it you sound like the best bet.

[lch]

Well, if it's only a difference of 15 gems then that's not that big of a difference. The question is, who can cast it now?

[Velusion]

I have Dispel, so unless there is someone with a higher than 6 astral mage that knows the spell send the pearls to me ASAP - I'll refund any we don't use proportionally based on amount donated. I've committed to at least using 30 of my own.

I'm not exactly sure how much to use when casting the spell though. Anyone have any ideas how much he could have sunk into the spell? Obviously we want it to work, but horrifically overspending doesn't help us much either. This assumes I get ALOT of pearls though...

EDIT: PS - do astral boosters help in casting the spell? IE If I get an astral booster would that equal another astral level?

[Baalz]

I believe boosters help, but I'm not sure. Dispel costs 30, while arcane nexus costs 150 so it may be worthwhile casting the dispel with just a few over 30...if that fails we throw everything we've got at it. Unfortunately, I think we need to be prepared for it to go back up not long after we dispel it, so it would not be a bad idea to keep some pearls in reserve if we can.


Also, everyone please try to hold off on any non astral/blood castings/forgings for a turn or two...everything you do right now is going to go right back into the next arcane nexus assuming we can even get this one down.

[lch]

Velusion said:
Anyone have any ideas how much he could have sunk into the spell?


Anything, maybe even twice the gem cost, look at his gem income and the fact that he had the Forge of the ancients up all this time.

I can send you a Starshine Skullcap.

[Hadrian_II]

As arcane nexus forces the other players to dispel it, i think there are at least 300 pearls (or more) in it. My arcane income is really bad, i cant offer pearls on my own.

[lch]

Well, as Calmon so eloquently put it (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=507954#Post507954), he has declared war on every nation in this world. So we'd like to request from the other nations that they don't use any non-astral/blood gems for forging or casting spells while the Astral Nexus is up, and for a donation of Astral gems. Marignon is a nice touristic area for this season, too, make sure to check for plans for your journey abroad. Just drop us a message in any case. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Velusion]

lch said:
Well, as Calmon so eloquently put it (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=507954#Post507954), he has declared war on every nation in this world.



Hehe good find...

[calmon]

lch said:
Well, as Calmon so eloquently put it (http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Number=507954#Post507954), he has declared war on every nation in this world.



Well, my call didn't have the effect it should. Now I'm in war with nearly all other nations including the arcane nexus owner.

[PashaDawg]

Hi Velusion:

We're having a big storm up here in New England, and I have no power or internet at home. Any chance you could put the quickhost on pause? I cannot play my turns.

The storm is supposed to die down by Tuesday afternoon.

I will try to play my turn tonight, just in case I have power, etc.

Pasha

[Velusion]

PashaDawg said:
Hi Velusion:

We're having a big storm up here in New England, and I have no power or internet at home. Any chance you could put the quickhost on pause? I cannot play my turns.

The storm is supposed to die down by Tuesday afternoon.

I will try to play my turn tonight, just in case I have power, etc.

Pasha



Sure - if it gets close to hosting and you still haven't gone yet I'll take it off quickhost.

[Manuk]

An unique commander wearing 4 Artifacts. I wonder if he has more of the like.
(Marignon)

[Fal]

Hi Velusion,

I will have to redo my turn because of the sudden change of my current plan, could you don't host the game till around 7 pm london time please? Thanks very much.

Fal

[Velusion]

I've extended the due time for both Fal and Pasha.

[PashaDawg]

Hi:

I now have power but no internet, and it could take several days (I am using a connection at the public libary to relay this).

I have sent a PM to Jurri asking him fill in for me for the time being. He has my password, etc., and I expect he will be able to help me out.

Thanks.

Pasha

[Velusion]

Manuk said:
An unique commander wearing 4 Artifacts. I wonder if he has more of the like.
(Marignon)



Ask Tien because Marignon basically invaded Tien with 8 SCs all unique and similar to the devil you showed.

The clock is ticking to the end of the game... it would be nice if Midgard helped out somehow.. (hint, hint).

[Baalz]

Well, that's not QUITE true, some of the SCs were non-unique Archangels. Not that that's a GOOD thing...he'll definitely have more of them every turn. I did manage to take down one water queen if anybody wants to try and summon her before Marignon does...but that may be a self defeating action with Arcane Nexus up.

Alas, the mighty T'ien Ch'i border has finally been breached, and I think it signals not only the twilight of the Celestial Empire, but of the whole world.

[Velusion]

I casted Dispel with 262 astral gems and a level 8 astral mage and it still failed to get rid of Arcane Nexus.

At this point I'm willing to concede to Marignon, but I'll keep playing (and throwing things at him) until the majority of people also concede.

[CyborgMoses]

I'm with Velusion; I'm not really having a good time at this point, but I'm willing to keep on so that my nation doesn't go AI and screw everyone up.

[Teraswaerto]

Atlantis is prepared to declare Marignon the winner.

[Baalz]

For my part I don't think I'll need to concede in another turn or two. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

gg Calmon

[Hadrian_II]

id like to play one or two turns more, to see if i can hurt midgar any more http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif (but as im defeated anyway, i can also live with declaring marignon victor)

[PashaDawg]

I am back!

Thank you to Jurri for filling in for me.

[lch]

I don't feel like throwing the game away just now, it's just getting to be fun, even though the outcome may be pretty clear already.

[PashaDawg]

I'd be up for declaring Marignon the winner... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Baalz]

FYI, T'ien Ch'i has gone AI this turn. My big victories this turn involved managing to make two arch angels and the king of banefires route...oh joy, that's what my heavy losses bought me.

[FAJ]

A Marignon win is fine for me.

My only action was with Tien Chi, and hes AI now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.

[lch]

w000t, 90% of T'ien Ch'i territory just changed its color from rose to orange. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/redface.gif

I hate it when somebody goes AI, but in this case I can sympathize.

[lch]

What the freaking [censored]... I have taken over for Midgard because Folket is busy and asked me if I could continue playing for him and now I'm getting a CD Key violation and my orders neither for Mictlan nor for Midgard have been executed. Sucks. What am I supposed to do about that? Get some illegal CD Keys to sub for Folket and do his turns with those keys? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

[Velusion]

lch said:
What the freaking [censored]... I have taken over for Midgard because Folket is busy and asked me if I could continue playing for him and now I'm getting a CD Key violation and my orders neither for Mictlan nor for Midgard have been executed. Sucks. What am I supposed to do about that? Get some illegal CD Keys to sub for Folket and do his turns with those keys? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif



Ouch! I knew there was a problem with that but I didn't think it killed BOTH orders.

I documented the issue here:
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=dom3&Number=501892&Forum=f 187,f194,f195&Words=cd-key&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=501892&Search=true& where=bodysub&Name=&daterange=1&newerval=5&newerty pe=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post501892

It sucks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

But FYI, it really isn't kosher to take over another's spot while you are still in the game. It isn't a big deal here because we all pretty much agree Calmon is going to be the winner, but technically, it could have been.
(My lawyers made me say that for legal purposes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif)

[Velusion]

BTW thanks for the Tartian Chains Calmon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

I was able to kill two SC arch-devils in the same battle. Whoo-hoo!

(I need to hype up what little successes I have been able to achieve...)

[CyborgMoses]

I am really sorry for the delays of the last few days; my internet service, which is sketchy at best, completely cut out for a full three days. It just started working enough for me to post about how much Comcast sucks and run a set of turns, but I would suggest finding a substitute to take over my position, as I don't know how long this respite will last. Again, my sincere apologies for the inconvenience.

[Velusion]

I killed a few more lower level SCs! yippie! I can't storm forts worth a damn but my masses seem oddly effective against his SCs (not that Calmon is trying too hard).

However, It looks like Mictlan will be completely gone in 4 turns, and down to only sieged fortresses in 2.... C'Tis is a turn or two away from elimination... Utgard got domain killed... Tien will be obliterated next turn...

Still feel like getting beat up Ich? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[lch]

Hah, look at the graphs, this game is SO OVER. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
And yeah, I love playing it to the end. I hope that I'll see some fights before being domain killed eventually.

[Fal]

yep, the game is SO OVER. I'm about to be domain killed myself.

[Manuk]

Send me the money so I can pay my scouts.

[Velusion]

I am so dominating Calmon right now. He should just surrender to me...

http://67.66.187.69/dominions3/whew.jpg

[Velusion]

Well, I'm placing myself on AI here next turn. I believe it was only Ich who still wanted to keep going and it looks like he will be gone in about one or two turns.

Unless someone objects I'm officially awarding Calmon the win.

The game will stay up and people can continue to play for as long as they wish! If I see a turn where everyone stales it comes down.

GG Calmon!

[lch]

Velusion said:
Well, I'm placing myself on AI here next turn. I believe it was only Ich who still wanted to keep going and it looks like he will be gone in about one or two turns.


Noooooo, don't give up! I'm not gone until I say so! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

Calmon will win anyway by spamming his Tartarians, Angels and Wraith riders, but wouldn't I have taken the detour to Construction 8 then I'd be able to defend myself better. I still hope to take out his SCs when I'm ready, though... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

[PashaDawg]

I think I shall go AI, too. I am done for!

It was fun! Thanks, Velusion, for hosting.

[lch]

Server is down? I need to play my turn, god dammit! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Oh well, this is unfortunate. I saw Calmon connect to the server an hour ago - had my hopes up that he might have forgotten about this game... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif But because I've been doing other stuff before I didn't get to do my turn(s) yet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif Could you stop the timer, if possible, and wait till I've uploaded the turns later on?

[PashaDawg]

Congrats to Calmon!

[Velusion]

Well due to a number of strange circumstances (the server stayed up and processed the turn but lost connection to the backup machine) I actually restored back a full turn. So it had to reprocess the last turn...

[calmon]

Well, thanks for the grats guys!

I'll fight this to the end if Ich wishes. You shouldn't go for construction 8. I think all unique items are in game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

Maybe we could take a break in this game from 15th - 20th may if its still up. I'm out of town and can't do any turns.

[lch]

calmon said:
I'll fight this to the end if Ich wishes. You shouldn't go for construction 8. I think all unique items are in game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.


Yeah, I noticed. Couldn't you have told me that 5-10 turns ago? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif


calmon said:
Maybe we could take a break in this game from 15th - 20th may if its still up. I'm out of town and can't do any turns.


I'd appreciate that aswell, since there are at least three birthday parties I'll have to attend to, including mine.

To stop people from setting their nations to AI even though this game is about finished, how about offering the nations to newbies so that they can have some crazy wicked battles instead?

I'll play my turn later today, I'm in the office ATM.

[lch]

Server is down, again!?
This is becoming a strange regularity... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Velusion]

Someone attempted to upload his turn with a 3.08 client.

DO NOT take your turn on this server with the new patch. You MUST use the old 3.06 patch.

I will manually force the host tomorrow night and upgrade the server to 3.08 then.

[calmon]

I had 2 very strange changes of 2 of my commanders this turn. One of my seraphs are now a tartarian and one former tartarian was transformed to a mummy.

I did my turn with 3.06 and i'm not sure this is a problem with the 3.08 upgrade. Maybe it has something to do with the backup? Both commanders was new casted one turn before this one and both are teleported in battle. I'm not sure wheter there are other transformations.

However because its fun to see, i attached my MummyTartarian and my TartarianSeraph. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[calmon]

Here the Seraph...

Its strange. It has the stats of a tartarian but the magic of the seraph.

[lch]

The game just finally found out you're cheating, is all... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
But that Tartarian Seraph looks cool. I want to have one!

[lch]

Bah, I should have learned about submitting turns at the very last minute. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif I gave orders to break siege, had set every blood mage to spam Hellbind Heart, every Turkey in the fort and those that I could fly in from the other forts spam Control, with plenty of blood/astral gems for all of them, and positioned my units so that they cover the whole battle area, with the mages taking the back seat. Unfortunately, that took far too much time and I uploaded my turn about one minute too late or something. Blood 9 (Claws of Cocythus, Infernal Prison) is only a turn away for Mictlan, but that's too late, unfortunately. Midgard already has Blood 9 since quite some time, but since the ending is clear I don't want to waste time on the micromanagement any more now. I concede defeat. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

Velusion, I'd be interested in the backup from last turn. I'd like to know if the orders that I prepared would have changed anything in that cataclysmic battle. Depends entirely on if and how many of his units I'd have managed to take away, with 20 mages spamming Control and Hellbind Heart.

Congratulations, calmon, and you really have to tell me how you could get those three forts up so early in the game and how many astral pearls you put into the Arcane Nexus.

[Ironhawk]

Third game that Calmon has won to my knowledge. Nice job man

[calmon]

Thanks http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Ich, i were surprised that i took out your castle that easily. Sure a better setup would had helped you. On the other site my last 5 turns was without much micromanagement. With some more competitive play you would get several earth elemental attacks before i storm the castle (my earth income is somewhat around 400 gems/turn).

I would be happy if we can end this one regulary without using a backup. It should be over in the upcoming turn or the turn after that latest.

Arcane Nexus was casted with 452 astral gems. So 302 additional gems + 5 for 1 additional level. While i got ~200 astral gems from the nexus in the first turns i only got ~100-150/Turn in the last 5 turns.

I build 2 forts on farmlands early. But due the long building time (5 turns) it wasn't that early (turn 11 or 12?). I also started a forest fort and found a crystal citadel. I saved some money for doing that and used primary my awe/fear cyclop for early expanding.

[lch]

calmon said:
Ich, i were surprised that i took out your castle that easily. Sure a better setup would had helped you.


As I said, I didn't get to upload my turn in time. None of the units or commanders were scripted, most of the units were not even assigned to a commander. That's why I'd want to see what the "real" battle would have looked like, when I would maybe have snatched away some of those iron dragons from you, especially after buffing from yourself.


calmon said:
I would be happy if we can end this one regulary without using a backup. It should be over in the upcoming turn or the turn after that latest.


I don't want to reset the game, I just want to process the turn myself to see what the battle would have looked like. I think I'm the only one who is still playing except you, maybe Jomon still plays, too. But the others seem either finished, AI, or stalling.


calmon said:
Arcane Nexus was casted with 452 astral gems. So 302 additional gems + 5 for 1 additional level. While i got ~200 astral gems from the nexus in the first turns i only got ~100-150/Turn in the last 5 turns.


Hah, that means we would have theoretically been able to dispell it, but didn't expect it to have that many additional gems.


calmon said:
I build 2 forts on farmlands early. But due the long building time (5 turns) it wasn't that early (turn 11 or 12?). I also started a forest fort and found a crystal citadel. I saved some money for doing that and used primary my awe/fear cyclop for early expanding.


Well, it was still surprising that you got three forts up so early, each one a turn after the next. I was hit by a plague in my capital on turn 2 (and another one some turns later, I had less pop in my capital then than in some of the other provinces) so I had money problems all the time. If you found one of the forts by a site, could use your pretender for expansion and put all the money into early forts then that explains it a little, yeah.

[Teraswaerto]

Hey hey, I am playing! We have long known Marignon will win, but wanted to see the destruction of Man and Abysia. As we speak we are playing with their skulls, the fools. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[lch]

Abysia has already been finished, in case you haven't noticed. At least I am fairly sure that I saw the message that they got dominion killed or something.

[Teraswaerto]

Both Man and Abysia are gone, thus the skull-playing.

I already voted before to declare Marignon winner, but I'll keep doing my turns as long as the game is still going.

[Hadrian_II]

sry for stalling, i set me to AI, but somehow it did not work.

congrats Calmon (somehow you win always http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif)

[Velusion]

calmon said:
Thanks http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Ich, i were surprised that i took out your castle that easily. Sure a better setup would had helped you. On the other site my last 5 turns was without much micromanagement. With some more competitive play you would get several earth elemental attacks before i storm the castle (my earth income is somewhat around 400 gems/turn).

I would be happy if we can end this one regulary without using a backup. It should be over in the upcoming turn or the turn after that latest.

Arcane Nexus was casted with 452 astral gems. So 302 additional gems + 5 for 1 additional level. While i got ~200 astral gems from the nexus in the first turns i only got ~100-150/Turn in the last 5 turns.

I build 2 forts on farmlands early. But due the long building time (5 turns) it wasn't that early (turn 11 or 12?). I also started a forest fort and found a crystal citadel. I saved some money for doing that and used primary my awe/fear cyclop for early expanding.



I'd be interested to know how many gems you got from Micah...

[Micah]

I think it was somewhere around 3-400 assorted gems (lots of pearls) and maybe 10 clams

[Velusion]

Micah said:
I think it was somewhere around 3-400 assorted gems (lots of pearls) and maybe 10 clams



*nods* That explains why he had so much.

Note for future games: Defeat Micah and he will give you all his stuff!

[lch]

I'll make sure to keep my eyes open for the Micah-Piñata in future games! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Micah]

I was the one that started the fight with Calmon though...attacking me first isn't going to get you anywhere, I assure you.

[Velusion]

Micah said:
I was the one that started the fight with Calmon though...attacking me first isn't going to get you anywhere, I assure you.



Except for a warm fuzzy feeling of justice? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Fal]

Teraswaerto said:
Hey hey, I am playing! We have long known Marignon will win, but wanted to see the destruction of Man and Abysia. As we speak we are playing with their skulls, the fools. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Fools huh? says the person who refused to join our grand alliance against marignon.

speaking like a true opportunist as you are, my little friend. bear in mind Man and Abysia were long in trouble with Marignon before the petty kingdom of Atlantis was even involved. The truth is, I knew the dominion kill was unavoidable, which was why I sent out my army after you in the last few turns, a rather desperate move I admit, regrettably with the nexus I couldn't create enough water-breathing items, otherwise would have Atlantis utterly destroyed.

Considering I've been quite cruelly manipulating your actions since the beginning (remember the caelum attack and sending you into the sea while I was busy fighting Caelum myself?). you merely got lucky hiding in the sea.

Congrats to Calmon though, honorable player indeed. gg.

[Teraswaerto]

Fal said:

Teraswaerto said:
Hey hey, I am playing! We have long known Marignon will win, but wanted to see the destruction of Man and Abysia. As we speak we are playing with their skulls, the fools. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif



Fools huh? says the person who refused to join our grand alliance against marignon.

Considering I've been quite cruelly manipulating your actions since the beginning (remember the caelum attack and sending you into the sea while I was busy fighting Caelum myself?). you merely got lucky hiding in the sea.




Much good the alliance did you.

Not really sure what you are talking about there, "sending you into the sea"? Things went bad for Atlantis the moment R'lyeh was spotted right next to us, the early fighting stopped our expansion for a long time and made it easy for Abysia to move in soon after.

[Fal]

heh never mind teraswaerto, you've played well, it was fun game.

[calmon]

Ok, game is over now. Thanks for hosting velusion! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif