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[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Hello two AIs. This may give me a slighty unfair advantage- up until that flying army of Pythium's decides to do something. Or I met up with Shinuyama in the division of Ulm.

Goodbye my death gems. Hopefully I can carve them out of Ulm's empire, then Pan's.

May I ask, Graywind, why the game bored you, if you're still around?

[Shuma]

This is just speculation, but...

It may have had something to do with losing a few battles in the war he started against me -- not wanting to go through the micro of constantly making and bringing up new troops to reinforce an assault that may or may not have succeeded.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Gee, Pythium, I would never have figured out we were at war if you hadn't sent that declaration of war. After all, it only arrived once you sat yourself down on my fortress. Fortunately, I was expecting something along those lines and pulled back my patrollers...

Our original pact did not specify any nonaggression, it simply stated the division of our border, and expanding past that is war. So I have no ill will, but surely you could have picked a better time... I was about to have fun going after Ulm...

So, pooh. At least I've got Jotun's capital for those needed death gems.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Lessons learned... (partially classified)

Agarthan PD of 5 > two Call of the Winds
Shatter works on Water Elementals (who would have guessed)
Draconians have a good strength value, and so do larger water elementals. They make marble oracles cry.

[Dallan_Invictus]

Wow. I was expecting Rl'yeh to pull a D-Day eventually, but this seems more like a d-day. Still, there may still be some tricks up his tentacled sleeves.

Also - geez, that's a big AI Pan army. It's comforting to see that they're sticking to the plan I had with them before they went AI.

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I'd considered letting you keep wasting your black hawks, but I couldn't bare watching the slaughter of such a noble species. Please, please, please stop casting it.

Three Great hawks and 60 black hawks. Three castings of Call of the Winds. They just got beat by five province defense (or 5 li, 5 mi).
15 gems < 15 gold...
Maybe against a less armored race... People have claimed Agarthan PD is horrible... but maybe they were facing the wrong enemy.

But even knowing the gems you're spending, I can't bear to watch it anymore... Except with a kind of sick fascination. I'm torn between raising my pd levels and seeing how far they can go without any further investment. Heck, maybe we can agree on an experimental province.

................

Do let me know if they managed to fly to safety, okay? I really am sympathizing for the poor beasts.

[CelestialGoblyn]

Some great hawks are still alive.
But yeah, what a suprise that they couldn't defeat even a few wee soldiers in dented old armour.