MP EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] - Page 19

Debaser8 · #**181** October 29th, 2010, 11:48 AM

Great.

I'll post my last turn file when I get home. Hopefully you won't open it up and be kicking yourself, "I could have beat that chump."

Num · #**182** October 29th, 2010, 12:20 PM

Then Congrats

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Meursy · #**183** October 29th, 2010, 01:13 PM

Yeah, congrats Debaser, and thanks for all the money!

Herode · #**184** October 29th, 2010, 01:19 PM

Congrats to the winner then !

It has been interesting to play those few turns with Abysia in late game. Never tried befored (never played Abysia at all). There are some interesting challenges with this nation.

And thanks to Meursy for his insights about gameplay, very instructive also.

See you later and elsewhere, gentlemen !

Debaser8 · #**185** October 30th, 2010, 11:58 AM

Here is my last turn. That construction site is ridiculously powerful and right next to my capital. It really helped me. I think next game I play will be on a wraparound map with no overpowered sites.

Meursy · #**186** October 30th, 2010, 09:27 PM

Jesus Christ! How do you keep up with such a big empire, all that micro, it must be insane!

And sure, the Construction site next to your capital is good, but how did Mictlan not win the game? He had a Blood 60 percent off site right next to _his_ capital!!

Good call on calling the game now by the way, I'd go bent trying to marshal all those armies, mages and SC's into some sort of order

13lackGu4rd · #**187** October 31st, 2010, 10:11 AM

I didn't win the game because I played horribly. I should have won easily but I couldn't do a single thing right. from rushing Caelum(rush failed, was stuck in it practically all game long, and he still wasn't completely dead at the end) than a lot of turns doing basically nothing, waiting for you guys to grow until you got too big for me, and ugh... that's it I guess. just totally blew it

Meursy · #**188** October 31st, 2010, 11:30 AM

Don't feel too bad about it BlackGuard, it's kind of a lame thing to say but I guess you learned things for next time.

Just on the rush, why did it fail, if I can ask? I'm just curious to learn a bit more how the game plays out, and specifically how Caelum countered your Jags.

I've noticed EA Mictlan players often seem to get this huge rush of blood to the head and try to kill someone really early on. I don't understand the value in early game rushing in general a lot of the time, in a 6 player game I played it just resulted in the Mictlan player in question getting gangbanged. So even if you win it can cause you lots of problems, and you have to pour a lot of resources, which otherwise would help you develop, into an early war. If I understand well the Mictlan nation is mainly a late game power who just happens to have sweet sacreds to carry them through early game, not much else apart from blood, and a shaky middlegame.

And at what point did you find the blood site? If you're unlucky it might've been ages, blood searching is not very sexy, too many failed searches!

13lackGu4rd · #**189** October 31st, 2010, 08:33 PM

it failed because I didn't play my cards right, that's all. basically Caelum didn't really *counter* the jags, he just recruited his regular army, which is pretty crappy. it's just that he had the numbers and I didn't split my forces enough, instead I kept suiciding into his large army with 20-30 jags. I actually found the blood discount site relatively early, as I manually searched with a few High Priests of the Sun, as they got some fire along with the rare holy and blood paths that there aren't too many sites for. again, I didn't take full advantage of this site, and just played horrifically.

as for rushing, each game is different but in this game with graphs off there is no reason not to do it. I just failed horribly at it in this game.