PBEM Game: Yarnspinners 2 (Running)

[quantum_mechani]

Jurri said:
I'd surmise it's the selfsame refresh-requirement as with Pasha...

Yup, that was it.

[Sedna]

Another thing to try with the refresh problem is making your local browser force reload the page. That worked when I was having problems last night.

I second PashaDawg's question? Can we start yet? The_Tauren, who has yet to submit a pretender?

[The_Tauren13]

Ive got C'tis, Marignon, Pangaea, T'ien Ch'i, and Vanheim.
And, um, do we have a list of who all is playing, and what nations theyre playing, and what the settings of the game will be?

[The_Tauren13]

ok, found the list of players... so
C'tis - Puffyn - recieved
Ermor - Zen - waiting
Man - The Panther - waiting
Marignon - Sedna - recieved
Pangaea - Alneyan - recieved
Pythium - Quantum Mechani - waiting
T'ien Ch'i - PashaDawg - recieved
Ulm - Griffin - waiting
Vanheim - Djo - recieved


Again, send pretender files (from the newlords directory) to The_Tauren[AT]Comcast[DOT]net

[Alneyan]

I haven't heard from Quantum Mechani for at least a few days. Anyone has news from him? I will drop Griffin a mail about sending in his Pretender; you can probably get Panther's Pretender without my meddling.

The settings are on the first post of the thread, as usual. The map is wrong though (it should be Inland as main choice), and two entries have two different settings: in those cases, go with Panther's suggestions, as the balance leaned that way. I will edit the settings to reflect that though.

[GriffinOfBuerrig]

Möööööööööp!

<- A Honk!

Sorry for the delay, i sent my pretender a few minutes ago!

[djo]

Actually, no one except Panther really said anything about independents strength.

I'm ok with whatever is decided, but I'd like something a little softer, maybe independents at 7.3 or so.

(OK, newbie question: v. diff research, indies=9, non-combat pretender, not playing Ulm or other nation with heavy inf starting army: appoximately on what turn would you expect to start expanding?)

(edited for clarity)

[Alneyan]

That would depend on your luck, and your Pretender. I usually pick a Pretender able to take provinces without breaking a sweat, thanks to a couple of spells (Invulnerability, Mistform, Mirror Image, Body Ethereal, Personal Luck, Quickness, Breath of Winter, Soul Vortex and Fire Shield among others. Oh, and Air Shield too. A Virtue with Invulnerability, Mistform, Body Ethereal, Quickness and Luck/Mirror Image works quite well, among other things.

Otherwise, Centaur Warriors for Pangaea should do the trick, perhaps massed longbowmen for Man, maybe the Elephant/high morale troops combination for Arcoscephale and Caelum, or even assassins... I am not too sure of the specifics though, as my troops usually do poorly against the independents. The only time I did manage to slaughter independents was with Arcoscephale and a Fire-9 blessing: the Pretender, a priestess and ten Heart Companions had the firepower to take down knight provinces while only taking a few losses, and Fire-9 is cheap. Problem is, that sort of setup won't be much of a help later on in the game, as I found out.