The Ultimate Crystal Amazon Poll

[HotNifeThruButr]

I've only seen crystals once, and garnet are rare, but every Aran game I play, I find Jade and Onyx.

Frankly, I don't care about that much, onyx amazons are the only ones I ever think to recruit, with their nightmare cavalry. Crystal amazons do have high prec, but their shortbows dont' have much penetration power.

[Boron]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
I've only seen crystals once, and garnet are rare, but every Aran game I play, I find Jade and Onyx.

Frankly, I don't care about that much, onyx amazons are the only ones I ever think to recruit, with their nightmare cavalry. Crystal amazons do have high prec, but their shortbows dont' have much penetration power.

i don't care about the amazon units but their leaders are great . especially the blood hunting ( garnet i think ) and the jade sorceresses are nice ( good researchers , good chance they can clamhoard ) . these 2 are my most liked amazon sorceresses and fortunately most often found too

[Gandalf Parker]

Yeah I tend to watch for Garnet (red) and Jade (green) Amazons also. The Jades are a nice magic boost for anyone who is low on mages or even if they are just low on nature magics. Good for getting that first water province also. The Garnets are good for blood hunting and for doing "hellbind heart". I particularly like to give Garnet province no defense and park a high air-magic mage there to do that wind travel spell. Snagging enemy commanders, having the garnets try to bind him, stopping the other guys armies and gaining his equipment. Its like having a gift to open each turn.

[archaeolept]

1. She.

hey, that's what i was saying! Then I was informed how wrong i was (on IRC), so I was convinced by the masses. Glad you have your proper gender back

but I still don't understand how you are commonly encountering crystal amazons. It beggars the laws of probability that so many of us, who have encountered thousands of plains, have never seen any.

[ August 06, 2004, 15:14: Message edited by: archaeolept ]

[Arryn]

Originally posted by archaeolept:
but I still don't understand how you are commonly encountering crystal amazons.

I never said I was. I commonly encounter GARNET.

[quantum_mechani]

Alright, who's the joker who says he finds crystal amazons in most games .

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by quantum_mechani:
Alright, who's the joker who says he finds crystal amazons in most games .

Must be playing my epic sized (maximum the game allows) maps. I suppose in 500 provinces you culd say you find crystals in most games.

[tinkthank]

I have never encountered Crystal Amazons.

I didnt vote in the poll, because I didnt understand it (1/4 of the time = what? of all games, all provinces, all turns?). It seems like someone who doesnt play the game religiously (HAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! oh sorry), but maybe only like 20 games total (so far), or do not play long games, or play only long games, will find "1/4 of the time" and "twice" to be very bizarre ways of gauging how often they are found.

I find Onyx and Jades quite often, usually one or the other in most SP games I play until turn 60-80ish or so (usually quit after then if I havent won already). I found Garnet ones only about thrice or four times, and I play waaaaay too much dominions. (I should play about 1/10th the amount I do, that would be healthy.)
I have never found crystal ones.

[quantum_mechani]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by quantum_mechani:
Alright, who's the joker who says he finds crystal amazons in most games .

Must be playing my epic sized (maximum the game allows) maps. I suppose in 500 provinces you culd say you find crystals in most games.

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Really, I don't think they are ever randomly generated.

EDIT: The poll may be badly worded, I meant it to say about 1/4 of games.

[ August 07, 2004, 02:50: Message edited by: quantum_mechani ]