MP: BSoD (Newbie, LA, CBM 1.92) [Started!]

[mattyburn7]

Issues with work. I'm going to postpone 24 H

[revenant2]

Everyone left in this game deserves a huge amount of credit for hanging in there so long against nearly impossible odds. I have a lot of respect for anyone that has a never say die attitude and sticks it out to the bitter end.

Matty/RC,

Both of you guys are currently marching into the heart of darkness. I can't imagine the hell your armies are going through now -- especially the Atlanteans who've been hit with waves of diseases, assassinations, blizzards, and assorted zombies falling from the sky.


Matty,

I think you're going to get that battle you asked for -- although it won't be for another turn. I want to test out a few tactics against your crazy-big communion, but I need to complete my research first.

[parone]

haha. shard went AI! i outlasted him after all. with a small assist from rev...

hey rev, is your AAR dead? i don't blame you if it is. just the turns must be sucking up hours. but i WAS really enjoying it. you really did end up with some early game problems, and came through them nicely.

[mattyburn7]

The diseases were a real killer. I really wanted to go with smaller battle groups as opposed to 1 big army but unfortunately it got a little too busy too fast up north and I ended up consolidating into 1 big army....1 big diseased army now!!

[revenant2]

Originally Posted by parone

haha. shard went AI! i outlasted him after all. with a small assist from rev...

hey rev, is your AAR dead? i don't blame you if it is. just the turns must be sucking up hours. but i WAS really enjoying it. you really did end up with some early game problems, and came through them nicely.

It's definitely not dead, but I've had some time issues and probably won't get a chance to update it further until after this game is over.

I have been taking screen-shots and notes after each turn, but those last couple of turns -- one of which had 50+ battles -- are going to be pretty daunting to write-up with as much detail as the earlier turns.

[revenant2]

Originally Posted by mattyburn7

The diseases were a real killer. I really wanted to go with smaller battle groups as opposed to 1 big army but unfortunately it got a little too busy too fast up north and I ended up consolidating into 1 big army....1 big diseased army now!!

Leprosy is a real nasty spell: It causes a lot of long-term devastation that's not easily countered, and it's cheap to cast and easily attainable.

As far as I know, the only ways for most nations to remove disease are the Chalice, Faery Queen, or the Gift of Health, none of which are easily attainable and each have certain caveats.

I would have been using Leprosy even more against you, but the Sword of Aurgelmer (awesome artifact BTW) reduces it's effectiveness.

By the way, as Bogarus the ability to heal afflictions can be quite useful because it lets you develop mind hunters without as much worry about the effects of feeble mind

[revenant2]

Doh. Major miscalculation on my part: Undead Mastery requires 6D and not 7D. I won't make that mistake again. Take care of my undead for me Atlantis.

Matty, you were supposed to stand still so I could pummel your mages with Rain of Stones. Now I'm going to have to chase you down. If you could do me a favor and blow out Midgard for me to your South while you're raiding, I would appreciate it. Between you and Atlantis, I can never seem to find time to take care of their last fortress (it's full of delicious air mages BTW).

[mattyburn7]

I won't survive much longer. I had 2 things I was hoping to protect me from ROS. Just curious if you know if I was correct in knowing that they would have helped:

1) I had a mage with a Crystal matrix set to cast Fog Warriors on round 1. I'm assuming if you break siege he would act first and cast it which should protect from the ROS?

2) I had a sword of Augelmer. Keyword Had. Someone swiped it.

Also as an FYI the mage scripted to cast Fog Warriors got bumped off this turn so I would have been screwed too!!

BUT assuming you hadn't removed both of those from me. I'm assuming both, particularly first would have protected me?

[revenant2]

Originally Posted by mattyburn7

I won't survive much longer. I had 2 things I was hoping to protect me from ROS. Just curious if you know if I was correct in knowing that they would have helped:

1) I had a mage with a Crystal matrix set to cast Fog Warriors on round 1. I'm assuming if you break siege he would act first and cast it which should protect from the ROS?

Yeah. He would have definitely cast it first, so you would have been well protected from ROS.

2) I had a sword of Augelmer. Keyword Had. Someone swiped it.

Guilty I used wish to steal it from you (along with the chalice this turn -- can't have you making Tartarians). If you had engaged my army you would have been facing 3,500 undead buffed with army of gold, fog warriors, and luck.

Also as an FYI the mage scripted to cast Fog Warriors got bumped off this turn so I would have been screwed too!!

I used all my remote attacks against Atlantis last turn. It must have been due to disease?

[revenant2]

Originally Posted by revenant2

Yeah. He would have definitely cast it first, so you would have been well protected from ROS.

Guilty I used wish to steal it from you (along with the chalice this turn -- can't have you making Tartarians). If you had engaged my army you would have been facing 3,500 undead buffed with army of gold, fog warriors, and luck.

I used all my remote attacks against Atlantis last turn. It must have been due to disease?

Actually, ROS only casts 100 fatigue. If I wasn't an idiot I would have scripted it to cast twice, which probably would have done a lot of damage.