Holy cow, lol. That's bigger than any battle that has happened in TL1. I think TL1 had only one battle of similiar proportions and even that one was quite a bit smaller and really anticlimactic (just a massive stomp)

for the curious, here are all my turnfiles from teamliquid1: https://www.sendspace.com/file/djfdvm
it is possible that a turn or 2 are missing, if there is and you notice just PM me and I'll upload it.

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

July 28 2014 20:51 GMT

#1287

I told them amazing story of the three hydromancers and their brave defense.

entropius

United States1046 Posts

July 28 2014 20:55 GMT

#1288

I have a video recording of it too if anyone wants to see, but I'm not sure if I want to give away *that* much intel (and Tien Chi might not appreciate it either

)

I will comment that this happened on round 3 of combat:

(the Celestial Carp survived)

entropius

United States1046 Posts

July 28 2014 21:04 GMT

#1289

On July 29 2014 05:37 Scip wrote:
Holy cow, lol. That's bigger than any battle that has happened in TL1. I think TL1 had only one battle of similiar proportions and even that one was quite a bit smaller and really anticlimactic (just a massive stomp)

This is my first game so I'm not sure how big a canonical "big battle" is, but this one consisted of most of the troops standing around and dying horribly while the mages on both sides turned the battlefield into a maelstrom of nastiness until one side routed, with the Ulmish mages occasionally being distracted by wolves coming in from the sides of the battlefield thanks to T'ien Chi's Howl spell and blasting them instead.

Some more stats:

18.6k gold of troops and commanders; 5.8k gold value lost
168 gems worth of summons; 117 gems worth of summons died
395 gems worth of gear

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

July 28 2014 21:21 GMT

#1290

That's a relatively big battle mostly due to the number of mages committed. The forces are actually relatively normal for dom 4 it seems. 200-300 troop stacks seem quick to accrue in this game compared to before and have more relevance as well. Normal mid-late game battles tend to be around that size when one side inevitably decides another "must go".

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

July 28 2014 22:06 GMT

#1291

Make sure you vote for the era folks!

MA got 4 votes so that's already half players. Probably safe to start in MA. Making a separate thread for this.

entropius

United States1046 Posts

July 28 2014 22:14 GMT

#1292

Any particular reason we're capping the game size at 8?

Lord Tolkien

United States12084 Posts

July 28 2014 22:16 GMT

#1293

Back from the beach. Couple thoughts:

1) People appear to be more interested in a RAND game over a disciples game. It would probably be better if we only host one new game for now, though I suppose it'll take a week or so for everyone to get set up so eh... People appear to be deadlocked over the age for a disciples as is (3 EA vs 3 MA), and we still need 1 more player for us to have even teams.

2) That's one hero Carp. It's not often something gets hit with a meteor to the face and doesn't die. Meanwhile I'm forever under siege. But not for long, once my assasshuns get into place.

3) Also, if anyone would like a glimpse at my current Disciples games (we're at turn ~80), PM me and I'll send you a turn/.2h file. Just gibe email address for me to send to.

We're advancing through Marignon/Sceleria/Arco/Pelagia, the question is whether or not we get double-teamed, and if we're prepared for that or not.

+ Show Spoiler [some batreps] +

+ Show Spoiler [and my pretender for shits and giggles] +

And he forges items with +1 magic levels! how is this not op lel

EDIT: Wait, what is this skype group you guys mentioned. O_o

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

July 28 2014 22:18 GMT

#1294

RAND games are very hard to sub so to minimize someone staling out, etc, it's easier to keep a smaller game initially. Once people get a better feel for RAND, we can throw a second one up at some point but keeping it at a smaller number lets the game end earlier and is a little bit less overwhelming for newer players.

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

July 29 2014 00:12 GMT

#1295

Ok phew! I finally got the game set up and mailed out stuff for Game name is TeamliquidRand1

IMO test your pretender in SP a bit BEFORE sending!

Don't forget you can get nation details in this thread on which nations are involved!

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/games/463441-dominions-4-game-thread

entropius

United States1046 Posts

July 29 2014 15:30 GMT

#1296

Tolkien: The Skype group is a group of Liquidians who babble about dominions on skype. Give your skype handle and we'll add you.

jaybrundage

United States3921 Posts

July 29 2014 22:45 GMT

#1297

On July 28 2014 13:23 scFoX wrote:
I'm going to sit this one out, unfortunately. I'll have limited internet access on August 15-25 and I don't want to create any problems related to that.

Woah this just reminded me that I may be in a similar situation soon. I'll be going to Peru for my dad's weding and will be doing a bit of traveling afterwards. I didn't think the Rand game would last that long tbh.

What is the usually game length?