Newbie Game EA (Running)

[FAJ]

Nice G drive, it describes Catsby's personality.

[Foodstamp]

Shovah, I made alot of mistakes this game. I am still having alot of difficulties figuring out what pans are good for beyond just spitting out manaids. In the next game I have a different strategy for using them, but it is hard for me to figure out a good strategy with them being 3-4 nature, 1-2 earth and 1-2 blood.

[Sheap]

I think the problem wasn't with the pans, but the maenads. You had hardly anything else in your army. Maenads are like any other freespawn, they are just chaff troops. You need to back them up with heavy hitters. Earth magic isn't really good for you since the only really good earth-only combat spell is blade wind, and that will kill more maenads than Abysians. Blood has bad combat magic and always has, and Pangaea isn't really much of a blood nation anyway. IIRC you also have access to Death, and death is chock full of great summons and even has one or two battle spells you could make use of.

[Foodstamp]

Pangaea does not get access to death in Early Age.

My good troops died to Neifelheim and my economy was pretty restricted after that so I did not have a chance to rebuild.

I made a ton of mistakes in this game that I learned from, so I am not complaining.

[Saarud]

The wild Mavernis has finally breached the walls of the peaceloving Agarthas last fortress. The last Agarthans are ready for battle, Maverni will lose many young warriors if they want this fortress.

[Ironhawk]

Foodstamp said:
I am still having alot of difficulties figuring out what pans are good for beyond just spitting out manaids.

A good combination of Pans + maenads is to bring a horde of Maenads and then cast Mass Protection and Growing Fury on them. With some earth magic you can also cast Weapons of Sharpness or Legions of Steel, etc. Or Blade wind of course.

Generally speaking Nature is a summoning path tho, like Death.

[Foodstamp]

Yeah, I thought about bladewind, but I was afraid that without earth boosting items I could not make proper use of it. I was afraid it would be more harmful to my naked girls than the enemies soldiers.

I have not heard of Mass Protection or Growing Fury, I will get ye ole grimoire our and read up on them. Legions of Steel I was thinking about. I just don't have a good mastery over researching and which spells to use yet.

[llamabeast]

What's "Power of the Ankh"? And Frank, do you know why my flaming arrows didn't work? Or at least didn't appear to work? My men all said "flaming arrows" on them, but the arrows weren't actually flaming.

Well, at least I tried. You must admit I learned from you, I went from no magic to vicious magic (although you're sneaky use of undead made my death magic less good), and that time I had half-decent troops too. If I'd been fighting one of your earlier armies (back in the days of Arcoscephale) I think I'd have won. But in the end your army was superior in both magic and troops.

Xox, read your PMs.

[llamabeast]

Ooh, also I want to know - how is Yomi trapped within a web of magical power?

[FAJ]

I think he is insinuating how screwed I am in a fight against him due to his far superior magic ability. This is probably true, but I would rather make a move now and have some fun, die or not, than to sit around untill someone is just strong enough to be declared a winner.

I think it will be an interesting case study, because our armies are of equal size, but he is far more advanced in mages and research. I am interested to see how big a role it plays.

I will be satisfied if I just give him a run for his money.

(ooc) Good luck and have fun!
(ic) I WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOUL!

P.S., your flaming arrows probably would not have worked if on certain weapons. poison bows, small bows, 'throw flames' etc, are projectiles, but not affected by flaming arrows.