MP Magellan: All-EA Nations CBM game, 3D spherical map, Running

Jarkko · #1 June 18th, 2009, 11:37 AM

I believe the tide in the Pangaea - Tien Chi has now changed for good. The fat lady has not yet sung so the show is not over, but I am going to blatantly assume the plot is now obvious: Pangaea will eventually steam-roll through the last TC provinces. Tien Chi still has two very great armies which would give me gray hair if I wasn't bald already, but the other one is not very mobile while the other one does not seem to have the mage support (and I can tell you this: Those TC mages are *tough* when they support the triple-blessed TC sacred troops!).

Anyway, I know it is customary (and very smart) to start to rip apart the losing side by the looming hyeanas following the war on the side-lines, but I would like to ask people to not jump on TC. Chris has been a superb opponent, and I would like to give him a honourable fight until the grim end. Of course there is also the slightly selfish fact that Pangaea has yet won nothing but some swamp-provinces from the war, and it would suck royally if others snipped all the goodies off of TC after all the heavy fighting we've gone through

Anyway Chris, it will be interesting to see what you will pull out of your sleeve still! You've certainly suprised me quite a few times already, and I don't believe you've yet boarded your last ace (what ever it will be)

I've learned quite a lot of this game from this war, and I am grateful for all the lessons you've given me so far

chrispedersen · #2 June 18th, 2009, 01:43 PM

Oh yes, the fat lady is definitely warming up... Being 2:1'd the whole game has been .. fun, but not profitable.

Yes, I have a few surprises up my sleave.. I do believe you are going to discover one of them this turn.

As for why I have no mage support on the armies - First marvernia and then formoria were nuking my capital every turn, driving unrest over 200.... ever since turn 6 or so. So I literally haven't been able to build em =).

But I shall be avenged.. Perhaps I've been giving gems to ulm every turn...imagine what he could do with almost 1000 gems here to now.. and a forge bonus.

To the free people of the world - you are making a sore mistake to leave pangaeas globals up. Pangaea has been stockpiling death - with GoH up, and carrion woods he has two viable routes to overwhelming with either BoT or Tartarians.

Dispelling Moather oak is critical.. how long will you wait?

Jarkko · #3 June 18th, 2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by chrispedersen

Pangaea has been stockpiling death - with GoH up, and carrion woods he has two viable routes to overwhelming with either BoT or Tartarians.

I wish I had been stockpiling death

As Chris well knows, my 5 death-gems per turn have been going to first summoning a revenant who has then been chain-summoning Mound Kings so that I have *somebody* able to move the mindless manikin around. Sadly EA Pans have no inherent Death gem income and no deathmages to lead the manikin, so this has been a very interesting experiment (one that I don't think I'll try again; the micromanagement is bad enough with just maenads, and now I have double the trouble with manikin too, and not to mention my population is dieing off way too fast for my tastes in this game with slow research... wonder if somebody would be interested in dispelling CW for me?).

Tartarians sound like a good idea. If I change all my research to Conjuration now, then I would hit Tartarians 51 turns from now. I'll keep that in mind though if I happen to stumble on some death-sites producing death gems

Of course I actually would need somebody to do the summoning, but if I ever got around to that, things certainly would be possible to arrange.

Burden of Time is such a nice spell in SP, but in the MP group I usually play in BoT would be the same as painting a bulls-eye on my forehead, and I don't think it would be any different here. Also, Thaumaturgy has so little to offer to Pangaea, but if I ever succeed to climb out of the cellar in the research department, I sure would eventually hit Thau 5 too

Anyway, eagerly awaiting for the next trick you Chris will have!

chrispedersen · #4 June 18th, 2009, 06:21 PM

LOL.. you delude yourself my tartarian friend if you think with 5globals up you aren't already a target. As for 5-Death per turn.....

Snicker...

When I stop laughing, I'll publish a list of your death income sites = ).

As for dispelling things for you.. Certainly. Send the Requisite gems. I'll be *happy* to dispel them for you.