Acouchi - MA game for new players (full)

Saxon · #1 June 18th, 2008, 02:23 AM

Piggles,

SSJ has a good approach to things and this has been a huge learning experience for all of us. I am not sure I agree with him that the writing is on the wall, but he is correct in pointing out that Ermor is not your friend! Saxon will be friendly, but The Unhappy One (my pretneder) will not... I don�t know what Nero has out for scouts, but generally speaking, I have the continent to the south of you and have been moving north, pushing you and Ulm before me. Over the last four or five turns, I have been focusing on Ulm for various reasons.

You can feel free to attack me as we are at war and I imagine there are a couple of provinces you will want to as clean up quickly. I had been raiding in your back areas. In all fairness, you need to know that the castle in the north which is being seiged by some hawks has an income of over 300 per turn. You might want to look at lifting the siege, which should not be a big problem given that I have no support in the area. I think it is around 15% of your total gold income.

You should also look at the use of Fog Warriors with your main armies. It is a highly effective tactic that was being used against me in pretty much every battle. Also, learn about Communions (there is a great thread on the forums you can search for) as it is a real strength of your nation.

Finally, my main armies are chaff undead (no surprise there) and I have Tartainians. I have the Chalice, so the feeble mind problem does not exist for me. That means you will face SC who teleport or fly over the front lines. I have found this tactic very different than SP and had to adjust. SSJ taught me a lot about it, the hard way�

You also need to be careful of my mind hunts. You have the astral to defend against it, but you have to pay attention.

Also, you have a decent position. I have considered your nation the most likely to win for quite some time, but was able to knock out a series of your SC harbingers and air queens which turned the tables. I was optimistic I was going to be able to take Nero out, but far from convinced.

I hope this helps. It is all things Ylvali would have known or guessed, so I am happy to share. If you have any questions or just want to chat about the game feel free to post or PM.

Darkstone · #2 June 18th, 2008, 08:58 PM

Piggles, have you received your turn?

Looks like we're going to have to wait a bit longer for the next turn. I'm adding another 12 hours to the timer. Hopefully then we'll be able to get back to the slaying and blighting

Piggles · #3 June 18th, 2008, 09:27 PM

Just submitted it.

sansanjuan · #4 June 29th, 2008, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Saxon said:
Piggles,

SSJ has a good approach to things and this has been a huge learning experience for all of us. I am not sure I agree with him that the writing is on the wall, but he is correct in pointing out that Ermor is not your friend! Saxon will be friendly, but The Unhappy One (my pretneder) will not... I don�t know what Nero has out for scouts, but generally speaking, I have the continent to the south of you and have been moving north, pushing you and Ulm before me. Over the last four or five turns, I have been focusing on Ulm for various reasons.

You can feel free to attack me as we are at war and I imagine there are a couple of provinces you will want to as clean up quickly. I had been raiding in your back areas. In all fairness, you need to know that the castle in the north which is being seiged by some hawks has an income of over 300 per turn. You might want to look at lifting the siege, which should not be a big problem given that I have no support in the area. I think it is around 15% of your total gold income.

You should also look at the use of Fog Warriors with your main armies. It is a highly effective tactic that was being used against me in pretty much every battle. Also, learn about Communions (there is a great thread on the forums you can search for) as it is a real strength of your nation.

Finally, my main armies are chaff undead (no surprise there) and I have Tartainians. I have the Chalice, so the feeble mind problem does not exist for me. That means you will face SC who teleport or fly over the front lines. I have found this tactic very different than SP and had to adjust. SSJ taught me a lot about it, the hard way�

You also need to be careful of my mind hunts. You have the astral to defend against it, but you have to pay attention.

Also, you have a decent position. I have considered your nation the most likely to win for quite some time, but was able to knock out a series of your SC harbingers and air queens which turned the tables. I was optimistic I was going to be able to take Nero out, but far from convinced.

I hope this helps. It is all things Ylvali would have known or guessed, so I am happy to share. If you have any questions or just want to chat about the game feel free to post or PM.

P,
Very nice summary from Sax. You might want to summon some scepters (with both stealth and astral) and have them travel in stealth in your big armies. They can surpise mind hunters. Learned that in my other game.

Cheers,
-SSJ

Darkstone · #5 July 1st, 2008, 12:33 AM

Alright, this is the last chance for Ulm. I'm postponing the game for 12h. If he doesn't show up by then, he's AI.

*sigh* Though I do have some sympathy for Ulm since his original ally dissapeared...

I believe I am correct to assume that the general etiquette is that if you feel like you've lost the game, you don't just stale, but ask the admin to turn you AI. So whoever is beating you doesn't have a twice as easy time of it.

Edit:
SSJ: I've heard similar reports about the Death bless, and believed it verified.

As for Undead Mastery, that seems quite useless against 26 MR tarts even with max penetration gear (since the spell is MR+). I believe it's use is more against the undead hordes of Ermor... or even EA C'tis.

No, against Tarts without an undead horde, I'd probably be suggest spamming control the dead.

Saxon · #6 July 2nd, 2008, 10:04 AM

Good lord, what a mess! I have to see these battles. It is not as bad as I had feared, nor is it as good as I had hoped. It is something completely different! What did you do to my commanders?!?

I also look forward to seeing who Piggles� Revenge was. Perhaps I will have to rename a Tart after him/her/it.