MP a lEArning experience (Newbie EA CBM1.92) [in progress] - Page 12

mattyburn7 · #**111** March 24th, 2012, 09:42 AM

The good news is there is always another game and more fun right around the corner!

Procyon Lotor · #**112** March 24th, 2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by samoht

I think in some respects Dominions is a lot like Dwarf Fortress where half the fun is seeing how you're going to lose this time.

Cheers to that! I am enjoying the telling of the tragic tale of Arcosephale.

Procyon Lotor · #**113** March 24th, 2012, 11:23 AM

Here is the Tragic Tale: I had three provinces adjacent to my start. One was weakly defended, but rather worthless. The other two were more stiffly defended, but more valuable. Of those two, one had heavy cavalry. The other had infantry and light cavalry. So I took a stab at the latter, only to find that they had heavy cavalry also. It was actually a close fight, down to my last infantry squad advancing on their horse archers. But they didn't get there.

So my 2nd turn expansion failed. It was a very close call, within the margin of error of the RNG. I rolled the dice and failed, but I don't necessarily regret it.

I regrouped a turn, then tried again. Actually, that was my REAL mistake. Since I had routed all but 6 horse archers, I should have attacked again immediately. I thought the AI forces were like province defense, and I expected them to regenerate. Total n00b error.

Anyone ever play Jagged Alliance 2? Think of me now as Elliot. I am a simpering little turd, motivated only by fear. Slap me and threaten me and I'll do whatever you want. Just please stop slapping me!

megawidget · #**114** March 24th, 2012, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Procyon Lotor

Here is the Tragic Tale: I had three provinces adjacent to my start. One was weakly defended, but rather worthless. The other two were more stiffly defended, but more valuable. Of those two, one had heavy cavalry. The other had infantry and light cavalry. So I took a stab at the latter, only to find that they had heavy cavalry also. It was actually a close fight, down to my last infantry squad advancing on their horse archers. But they didn't get there.

So my 2nd turn expansion failed. It was a very close call, within the margin of error of the RNG. I rolled the dice and failed, but I don't necessarily regret it.

I regrouped a turn, then tried again. Actually, that was my REAL mistake. Since I had routed all but 6 horse archers, I should have attacked again immediately. I thought the AI forces were like province defense, and I expected them to regenerate. Total n00b error.

Anyone ever play Jagged Alliance 2? Think of me now as Elliot. I am a simpering little turd, motivated only by fear. Slap me and threaten me and I'll do whatever you want. Just please stop slapping me!

I started next to dark vines, elephants, and horse archers. And when I took the horse archers province (phew!) it was adjacent to barbarians and moar barbarians, and one relatively lightly defended. Which was adjacent to Caelum. And Arcoscephale.

I literally had no choice but to snake path my way into trouble. Funny that I lead in forts and provinces, though the latter is from the bottom of the list....

jotwebe · #**115** March 24th, 2012, 02:46 PM

Hmm, three provinces and one of them dark vines is probably the worst so far. Seems like three province starts were pretty common though. I had one, too, and at least one other player.