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Jazzepi · #**111** November 4th, 2008, 10:55 AM

I'm back now.

Jazzepi

Otherling · #**112** November 30th, 2008, 05:42 AM

Has anybody heard from Rytek at all? He's staled the last several turns, so I'm assuming he's lost interest in this game. Can't really blame him at this point, but I'd like to get in touch to see about just wrapping things up. I really don't want to take the time to try to conquer the whole map at this point.

Otherling · #**113** December 13th, 2008, 08:04 AM

Any of the former players still paying attention to this one?

Okay, having spoken with Rytek, we've agreed to call this thing. He was unfortunately left without an internet connection for several weeks, which leaves him in a position in the game that he can't really come back from. And since everyone else has long since dropped out, I think that leaves me the winner by attrition.

So how exactly do we go about wrapping this up? At the moment it continues to run on Llamaserver. Do we need the admin to shut it down, or what? For that matter, who is the admin at this point? I've forgotten.

Finally, since this was my first MP game, I'd appreciate any commentary on things, assuming anyone actually remembers any specific details.

Rytek · #**114** December 13th, 2008, 05:42 PM

Well, I will give you a bit of feedback.
I had about 120 clams from having the Forge up. The turn I lost internet connection I was going to try and overcast arcane nexus with 1200 Astral gems :. I was going to use the Seraph that I had charmed from you.

On to some strategies. You used a wish to wish away the Aegis from me. You would have been better served wishing the Chalice away from me and setting up a Tartan factory. Did you ever get about wishing the Chalice away from me?

The reason you never beat me in an army battle head to head was obviosly my obscene communions. After the patch you should have added as many of those mages that you can recruit from underwater castles to your army which was sieging my capitol. Given them some astral gems and used them to mind duel. Also, had you taken the chalice from me you could have Gift of reasoned some of the large amount of tartarians you had layihg around once their wounds were healed. A Tart with some air and some boosters and gems could have cloud trapezed and then cast "fog warriors". This would have made your sacreds immune to the huge amount of blade winds I was using to smash your sacred armies.

You needed more thugs. Just some cheap banelords or even dark servents with some equipment raiding into my lands. I was having no difficulties isolating and killing Midgards thugs while really sticking it to him with my own armies and thugs. Meanwhile you got fixated on trying to siege my capitol and never really put pressure elsewhere. You needed to use your sailing ability more and used your large army to take my lightly defended fortresses. Did you notice how I was taking them from You and Midgard? I would land with a huge army which had 8 commanders with Gatesmashers. 1 turn to take down your walls. Which gives you no time to react.

Speaking of which. Add more independant commanders to you armies. Although that was terribly hard to do at my capitol because you could only add commanders with sailing.

As far as stopping my seducers. Not really sure what you could have done besides adding guards and change scripting which of course would have hurt you when I eventually sallied forth and killed your army. But that one I had with the soul mirror was absolutely brutal. Not sure how you could have beat him... And I will remember that particular artifact in the future for assassins. I kind of stumbled on to that one.

I think your long siege at my capitol cost you your ally in Midgard player. With my seducers ravaging your commanders and you having no good Astral or air mages to cast the army winning spells your army would have been better off taking land and targetting other castles. I never was worried about the siege because I knew that army had no chance of beating the defenders. I was a little concerened when you added the Seraph to the army, but then if you remember I kept probing you with scouts and I saw you didnt put any gems on the Seraph, so there was no danger of a fog warriors being cast.

I have to say though. You had a good victory. You were very aggresive and took out your weeker neighbors fast. You should let Baalz know that his guide helped you. You executed it perfectly. Although I was tempted to stop my clam hording to put up a "lure of the sea" I think that really would have casued you some fits! I had a pretty good dominion. But, I stuck to my plan which was to Clam like no tomorow.Which of course took every last water gem I had. I also had a respectable amount of blood stones and fever fetishes.

Did you ever get a chance to fight the Tartarian I had equipped with the 2 procas axes and the gift of Kurgi? +40 fear! I had evil plans for that guy. 2 turns after I set it loose it got lost in space and time! doh! Also, did you ever try for my capitol again? I had a decent force on patrol, mostly as meat shield for the large charming squad I had set up to nab any more Seraphs to show up.

Well, cheers! and good game. Again, I am sorry that I lost connection and ruined our end game :/

Otherling · #**115** December 17th, 2008, 02:18 AM

After I lost my seraph I realized that attacking your capital was not a strategy that would work out for me. I changed to summoning more seraphs and attacking territories almost at random, figuring you wouldn't be able to react everywhere at once. Of course, after a few turns I finally realized you weren't reacting at all, and figured something was off.

It was a fun game for most of it, though, and definitely a good learning experience for me. I too am sorry we never really got to fight it out, and I look forward to getting another chance against you at some point.