Legends of Faerun - Closed (Game started) - Page 24

Zeldor · #**231** May 4th, 2009, 02:53 PM

That map is cool, but it should really get some serious work on starting locations and population of many provinces. Chances to win can be not perfectly equal, but right now gaps are a bit too big.

Lingchih · #**232** May 4th, 2009, 09:02 PM

I would vote to set Mictlan to AI.

My start position wasn't bad. Wasn't great, but not bad. I can understand those who got shafted though.

Jarkko · #**233** May 5th, 2009, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeldor

That map is cool, but it should really get some serious work on starting locations and population of many provinces. Chances to win can be not perfectly equal, but right now gaps are a bit too big.

I definitively agree with this. Take C'tis position, looks marvelous at first, but it is blody impossible to advance anywhere without a massacre. It'd be damn easier to stomp into a neighbouring players capital than try to take on the independents bordering my capital

I know the purpose of this game is to provide good stories, a player-community written history of Faerun. But it is hard to come up with a good story when your leg is chewed off while you bang your forehead against a granite-wall. I guess van Gogh could have made a painting under those circumstances, but I seriously doubt even he would have been able to write a coherent story :P

Zeldor · #**234** May 5th, 2009, 05:56 AM

1 prov between capitals is not something you see every day

But it looks like pretty much every water prov is available for start. I cannot complain that time much, it's the best of 3 starts, 2 earlier ones were really really bad. I had bad luck with other things, that is attacking the only easy indies in same time as someone else :P

llamabeast · #**235** May 5th, 2009, 09:24 AM

I believe we may have the wrong version of the map. Edi PMed me to say he'd seen people had issues on this thread, and he believe the new version does not have such issues. Sorry about that.

Fakeymcfake · #**236** May 5th, 2009, 03:35 PM

Well I'm out. Cap's all but taken and I've got no more troops. Enjoy the rest of the game.

Starshine_Monarch · #**237** May 5th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Early as it is, I think I've been missing too many turns now. Sorry, but I guess I'll go AI.

Frozen Lama · #**238** May 5th, 2009, 10:08 PM

I'll play if you guys need a sub as long as their not too crippled already. looks like you guys have quite a few casualties already.

Jarkko · #**239** May 6th, 2009, 02:20 AM

I've agreed with Frozen Lama that he will take over C'tis. I'll send in this turn still, but after that I would like to ask Baalz to change C'tis to Frozen Lama. Frozen Lama, I think Baalz will need your e-mail address, so please PM it to him.

C'tis is not in ultra bad shape, but not in super good shape either. I have now found out I simply do not like the map, and I especially do not like where C'tis has started

Still, with an enthuastic player and good diplomacy C'tis can be strong, especially after it at turn 40 or so (

) is finally able to clear the provinces in the vicinity of the capital.

Calahan · #**240** May 6th, 2009, 05:36 AM

Sorry to see you go Jarkko

As besides your fine company

I think you would have been one of the few to contribute to the story telling side of this game.

The map is certainly unbalanced to say the least. And to back up Drager, his starting position really was the pits. Since besides some seriously tough capital neighbours, the other provinces are either waste or swamp. Hurray, huge gold income available there!

And in theory Agartha have made a good start with claiming a second capital so early, but in reality it actually stinks due to the high number of powerful neighbours, combined with there being bloody barbarian provinces everywhere. Since Agarthan troops + Barbarian encounter = dead Agarthan's.

It's a tough world out there, so keep your heads down!