Guide to playing Patala competitively

[WraithLord]

Thank you Gregstrom.

May I ask what you mean in your comment about point #4. The one about side effect of magic scale?- Does the Devala boost magic scales or some such?

[Gregstrom]

Exactly so. I don't know what the odds of a boost are each turn, but if it's a similar effect to the domain-issuing sites then you're pretty much guaranteed a province at Magic-3 after a Devala's been there for a few turns.

[thejeff]

I didn't know that was possible.
Can it be modded?
I want scale modifying units...

[Kuritza]

AFAIK its possible when your domain is weak. Otherwise, your domain settings are stronger than some Devala's effect. In my tests, one Devala didnt change anything.
Perhaps if you mass them... but then again, is it worth massing an expensive 9-lvl summon to get +1 research for your mages in one castle?

[Gregstrom]

Well, I guess if you took the huge risk of being something like dom-6 and drain-1 then rushed conj 9 it would be +3 research.


Probably not a worthwhile strategy.

[WraithLord]

Sounds like nice flavor yet quite useless in practice. Nice touch on part of the Devs. I would have liked 2 see this idea developed more. Meaning having some high level summons, who can be viewed as lesser gods, that can exert global influence, like heat/cold, MR higer/lower etc.

[thejeff]

I was thinking of the opposite use in the recent Man thread. High level summons that, to go with the LA Man Curse, shifted dominion towards drain, but were still good enough to use despite the drawback.