Another Newbie Slugfest - Restarted

Boron · #1 January 18th, 2005, 08:53 AM

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The Panther said:
Flying is very important in a castle siege for this reason.
Panther

Unfortunately untrue . At the current stage of the game every nation could afford at least 2-3 staff of storms .

And during a storm expect AQs no good fliers are available .
Storm demons would have done nothing to your mech men and nothing to your lightning immune SCs/Key Mages .
Spring hawks are pathetic .

Especially a good castle with a narrow gateway like a hill fort can so be really hard to take unless you can use 3 AQs for that job

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Now you + Ctis are probably about equal with losses cause Ctis lost estimated roughly stuff worth about 500 gems in that fight .
I would estimate that this is a 5-10 turn income of Ctis .

Aku · #2 January 18th, 2005, 08:15 PM

Vanheim I was like wtf when I saw that one mage attack Abysia. Then I see the turn and you have an army there. For future reference and to anyone else that does not know...magical movement takes place before regular movement. That is why your army and your mage(I assume you did cloud trapeze) did not arrive at the same time and your mage fought alone.

Oh Ctis and Abysia that was a pretty damaging battle the two of you inflicted on each other this round. It wasnt huge armies but your two raid armies took equal damage.

Steerpike · #3 January 18th, 2005, 09:25 PM

Believe me Aku, that battle was sweet nectar for my eyes after Last turns battle. How are your Doom Horrors coming along?

Boron · #4 January 18th, 2005, 09:33 PM

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Steerpike said:
Believe me Aku, that battle was sweet nectar for my eyes after Last turns battle. How are your Doom Horrors coming along?

Aku builds high quality troops , not crap like Doom Horrors

KroolDeath · #5 January 18th, 2005, 10:53 PM

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Vanheim I was like wtf when I saw that one mage attack Abysia. Then I see the turn and you have an army there. For future reference and to anyone else that does not know...magical movement takes place before regular movement. That is why your army and your mage(I assume you did cloud trapeze) did not arrive at the same time and your mage fought alone.

I was unaware of that fact. Thanks for the info. I'm just being a gnat to Abysia anyway.

Aku · #6 January 18th, 2005, 11:38 PM

Well Ctis and Abysia took equal casualties in that battle but Abysia did lose one of his Arch Devils which he will have to summon and equip again. I also see a lot of both sides forces and believe Abysia is in for a world of hurt soon by Ctis.

Also I didnt expect Vanheim to try to attack Abysia again after losing his god Last time.

In Marignon news I have no idea why Abysia hasnt stormed his castle yet. The army I think has been there like 3 turns. Unless Marignon has gatewayed in troops because he does afterall have astral casters. A lot of mystery with Marignon since he has so much pd you can't spy on his lands so he could have anything up his sleeve. I am curious what happens when the castle is actually stormed. Will Marignon have difficulty fighting off this devil army lead by 3 Arch Devils or will the devils die and Marignon takes over all the empty eastern provinces. I guess we just have to wait and see.

In water news I slowly advance on Abysia's claims to the water, fortifying as I go. I wonder if Abysia is worried about me neighboring his capital. I also wonder if the vampire attacks will continue especially since immortality doesnt matter to enslave mind muahahahaha. If I do go on land I will have more spells at my disposal since I am so restricted on what I can cast in the water.

I hope this game gets really long term because I have a lot of ideas to try out.

Steerpike · #7 January 19th, 2005, 11:00 AM

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Boron said:
[Aku builds high quality troops , not crap like Doom Horrors

Yes Doom Horrors are total rubbish, but if he wishes for enough of em....

I have been playing quite a bit of Warhammer 40K with my friends and its an impressive little title, I love being able to zoom down to ground level and watch the fighting first hand, impractical but fun.

Have to agree that Starcraft is one of the best RTS's ever but Warlords Battlecry 2 will always win the very best RTS award for me. And its Australian made, from Melbourne no less.

I love reading the bulletins from ANNN (Aku Newbie News Network), keep them up big fella, although there is a little bias its still very informative.

Aku · #8 January 19th, 2005, 11:59 AM

I rather have 50 air queens than 50 doom horrors.

Warlords Battlecry 2 I dunno. It upset me that lvl 50 was the chr limit...it should of been like 99 or 100. I felt ripped off because the your hero would of been more varied at a higher level bec the first 50 levels werent enough to make him that much different than everyone else but lvl 99 would of made it perfect.

deccan · #9 January 19th, 2005, 12:00 PM

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Steerpike said:
Yes Doom Horrors are total rubbish, but if he wishes for enough of em....

I don't think Doom Horrors are total rubbish. They fly in storms remember and do damage to everything (unlike Springhawks and Storm Demons).

Steerpike · #10 January 19th, 2005, 06:29 PM

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I don't think Doom Horrors are total rubbish. They fly in storms remember and do damage to everything (unlike Springhawks and Storm Demons).

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Hah, I'd rather have 50 slingers than 50 doom horrors

Seriously I have only ever summoned one Doom Horror and that was just to see what they were like, I thought they were grouse.
In regards to WBC 2.
The mere fact that there was a hero that you kept over the course of battles is the thing that made it great, and unless you played experience maps it was a long haul to get to level 50. Warcraft 3 heroes were mere shadows of the WBC heroes and they could only reach 10th level. Also by level 25 to 30 you were a force to be reckoned with that could solo multiple AI.
How many Air Queens have you got Aku?