R'lyeh Strategies

[Yossar]

When do you folks head for land?

Before the patch it was good to go to land early. Land independents were in general much easier to deal with than tritons. Now with paralysis nerfed, I'm not so sure. There's rarely a whole lot of competition for ocean provinces (if Atlantis and to a lesser degree Ermor aren't in the game) but if you wait long enough people will start taking them.

Originally posted by tinkthank:
I have also noticed that some of the higher level sites arent even particularly great (give 1 gem).

The level 4 sites are all really good. There are some mediocre level 3 sites, but most of the really good sites are at least level 2.

[Saxon]

The consensus of opinion is that the luck scale has no influence on summoning from the void gate. While the developers have not spoken in their deep, Moses-like voice, only two people have noticed better summonings with high luck. Notable is that one player has found that even with luck –3, they still get the big summons. If this has changed since the patch or has been discussed while I have been focusing on work instead of reading the forums, please point me to the link so I can catch up.

Check out the “Stop the Insanity” thread, it has some good information. The easy way to find it is a search for luck void

Speaking of which, this thread seems pretty focused on how to fight without getting many summons. I think that you should plan for just this outcome and treat any goodies that come your way as a nice sideshow. The gate is too unpredictable for my taste and planning a strategy around it can burn you. I avoid taking a bless strategy with this race, as you get relatively few holy units and have little control over how many you do get. Of course, if you do get good summons, you can change your plan, and, if you planned for not getting them, you have a solid foundation to build on.

[AhhhFresh]

I always go ashore early with R'lyeh.

The main reason being that 90% of all summons can only be done above water... and I don't think you can wait until mid-game, when all the idies are gone, to set up an above water lab.

It's probably better to merely establish a "beach head" (as has been noted: it's hard to reinforce your above water troops- until Gateway)... with a few provinces, before going back and consolidating the sea ones. The best is if you can snag a forest with Amazons(best) or Druids(good) you can pretty quickly get a Vine Ogre factory up and running... which are definately superb meat(er vine) shields for Illithid.

[Cheezeninja]

I must say that while i have not gotten any more or extra creatures with luck + void gate, i do seem to get alot LESS lobotomized summoners with high luck. In point of fact i have NEVER had a summoner get feebleminded with 3 luck, while it invariably seems to happen before i get my summon skill above 10 with no scale bonus. While this doesnt equate to a thorough study by any means, i believe luck does in fact help your summons, just by keeping your summoners un-enfeebled.