Dreadful fates II - LA Ulm - Twobits Winner !!

[TwoBits]

Well, I wasn't looking forward to an "epic" blood bath there

That was the first time I've tried for a dom-kill. But then this is also the first time I've played LA Ulm, and their inquisitor mage-priests, in MP.

Anyhow, many thanks for sticking it out and making things interesting!

[Soyweiser]

I cuold really use an extension towards monday! It is one of those weekends again... sorry.

[Bullock]

Turn extended for Soy.

Btw excellent war Endymion, i needed at least 4 or 5 tries to finally get rid of your main army ! However i was wondering if you have also a discrepancy between the fight of this turn and the report?

[Bullock]

Was wondering if some people would be interested in a break between the 24th Dec and the 2nd of January ? if so i'm planning to set a 8days length turn during this period but quickhost still on (so the game isn't stuck if everyone can finally play)

[TwoBits]

That's a very good idea. In fact, I might be starting my holiday travels on the 23rd, but I'll see if I can get in that last turn before the 24th and the 8 day hiatus.

[EndymionAsleep]

Well if the host himself is willing to break the rules with useless douchebag attacks, I guess I'll play a douchebag card as well.

I'm AI everyone. Soy: eat me up.

[Bullock]

lol what a sore loser ... What was my douchebags attacks ?? i ve taken most of your lands with my small armies so don't talk about some moveblock or stuff like that !

[TwoBits]

Huh? I thought I had pretty good scout coverage of the area, but I guess I must have still missed something

Here's what I did see:

Ermor attacked and captured Kseftia (25) from the sea, thus cutting off Agartha's escape rout.

Ermor attacked the Agarthan force that had him under siege at Pythium (8). This force was expendable (no mage support), but large enough to convince the Agarthan AI that it was OK to burn gems (saw lots of elementals summoned). As Ermor had three forts in provinces bordering Pythium, full of his undead chaff, such a move could have been easily anticipated.

For the storming of the fortress at Pythium itself, I had the Battle Replay Bug. In my version, Agartha won a very Pyrrhic victory, capturing the fortress, but losing most of its army in the process, while Ermor's pretender and mages retreated safely. So, what really happened there, I'm not sure. But in my version, Ermor cast both Wailing Winds and Winds of Death, so that likely happened in the real battle - again, something one might anticipate from Ermor.

So where was the douchebag move?

[Bullock]

Thanks for your testimony Twobits !
i was expecting congratulations for getting rid of his army with his 60 commanders against my 3 mages & my pretender =p

after some thoughts i think it s prolly the fact i ve sacrificed
2 or 300 undeads before he storms the castle to burn his gems that pissed him.

Anyway it sounds like a clean victory to me.

[dojango]

If it was the bug where the replay is different from the actual result, yeah, that's annoying. I had that happen in a recent battle and posted about it in the forums. The consensus seems to be "it happens".