Trojasmic

[quote who="rvgr" reply="6" id="3399361"] Quoting Trojasmic, reply 5 All the heroes can cast Cull the Weak if you're playing a faction with that trait so that's not it. The kicker is when you use the Familiar to cast a second Skeletel Horde from which to Cull the Weak. I don't use summons. I use slaves, lots of slaves.[/quote] Well you asked for a better way to generate mana... Cast Skeletal Horde, then Cull them is a better way than slaves.

[quote who="rvgr" reply="3" id="3399345"] Quoting Crastiloowa, reply 2...Take a familiar, and you'll have 2 capable casters quicker. Familiar used to cast Cull the Weak, this is brilliant! An actual use for a familiar.[/quote] All the heroes can cast Cull the Weak if you're playing a faction with that trait so that's not it. The kicker is when you use the Familiar to cast a second Skeletel Horde from which to Cull the Weak.

[quote who="Ausland" reply="30" id="3399182"] slam causes victim to lose turn. bash is the attacker losing a turn.[/quote] yer thinking of crushing blow dude.

Does this mean the Stardock forums will finally become smartphone-friendly?

We already have a "Slam" ability ... it's called "Bash". Shouldn't "Slam" do something different like divide army stack into separate single-unit armies or throws army into another adjacent army causing first army's attack damage into second army?!?

don't believe everything you read smeagol... next thing you know, you'll start believing that Obamacare is a good thing... oops, did I just turn this changelog thread into a political one?

Awesome. Congratz! I also went for Trade Treaties and then switched over to beeline for Book of Mastery, but you make a good point about scouting to find the other opponents sooner. I should have done that. Did you make Procipinee a Commander? Maybe I should have done that too.

The fix is so easy and it would put this discussion to rest immediately. Just like Civ, cities should not grow while there is a pioneer in the queue. FIXED!

The intention is that you not play turns over, but hey, this is all just for fun and a chance to share and hone strategies. I was able to get through my games without playing turns over... I even lost my best production city while it was making one of the towers when it got ransacked by Crag Spawn during my first game... argh! I made sure I took out those Crag Spawn in the second game. ;-)

I know it doesn't count playing it a second time, but I wanted to see if I could improve on a few things and I did! I won in 143 turns and even got a 10,000+ point score. What I did differently: a ) tried to get the conclaves to level 4 (i was able to get one to level 4 before researching the book of mastery tech, i wish i could have got the other two to level 4 too) b ) generally built more cities... in my first game, i was hesitant to build

[quote who="bpalczewski" reply="16" id="3397292"] well i finished game in 110 turns conquering all world in 4h his game is 159 turns and it is a research victory - without many battles that slows you down, and his game is 32h long ...[/quote] Maybe that's what happens when you leave the game running overnight or something.

hey stein, I had one of my cities that was building one of the final towers get sacked by a bunch of crag spawn so I feel your pain... argh! I finished the game on Turn 159. <img class="embeddedObject" src="http://content.screencast.com/users/trojanben/folders/Defaul

I just finished researching the Book of Mastery tech on turn 107. I'd be interested in hearing what people have done to research it sooner than that. Is it possible to get it under 100 turns?

[quote who="bpalczewski" reply="9" id="3396959"] Question: it is fully research type of victory right? So the challenge is to make as effective research machine ? [/quote] Yes that is correct. Once you get the Book of Mastery tech researched, then you have to build some towers (requires lots of resources and production points) and then cast the Spell of Making which takes 10 turns and costs lots of mana. So the challenge is to make an effe

Gotta win by spell of making dude not conquest

A few of us would like to try a GAME-OF-THE-MONTH format where we all play the same game, share experiences, strategies, have some fun, and see who can win the victory condition by the earliest turn. The ground rules are: - play by honor system (no cheats) - do not use pioneer-bank exploit - do not load from autosave unless you crash We will try different factions, victory conditions, map types, difficulty levels, etc. The first game is outlined in

It may be difficult to police all of the exploits, but I'll try to come up with a few ground rules. The endgame screen should suffice, but there may also be others interested in seeing some of your gameplay so feel free to record the session. We can try a different faction, map type, and victory condition for each new game of the month. I'm leaning towards Pariden, Spell of Making victory, on a random medium map for the first one... earliest turn is t

My strategy with Kraxis is to make Karavox a Fire Mage. I tried to design all my troops with high dodge to take advantage of the fortify ability, but I usually play on higher difficulties where the AI gets accuracy bonuses so that neutralizes my high dodge troops. I've only ever converted 1 or 2 cities with 1000g, but I frequently steal the best AI units for 100g.

[quote who="smeagolheart" reply="9" id="3396647"] Can't you just buy the tomes from Pariden instead of killing one of your units for a spellbook? I don't see the point[/quote] 1. Pariden is not in every game. 2. Buying a book from Pariden won't advance you from Earth II to Earth III but Steal Spirit can.

[quote who="NeoNick7" reply="15" id="3396638"] Uhm, that's not my question. I thought population (within cities of the same level) did not affect research in any way. But that city level affects research directly, = city-lvl x city-type's research bonus. To explain/repeat better: Can a level-3-Town with high population have better research than a level-3-Town with a lower population (given they have the same buildings and wonders also)? And

Welcome to the club!

Yes it is possible for a high population town or fortress to generate more research than a low population conclave.

Yes I use Steal Spirit. I don't use it every game, but here are some times that I use it: 1. Hero has so many injuries that he's basically useless. 2. Hero that I have no intention of leveling up because he is weak, but he has a nice magic class that would go well with my sovereign 3. Just picked up my third mage hero (so I don't need anymore) who has something like an Earth III magic class and my sovereign is only Earth II mag

1. Hard question cuz I like them all! Life or Death depending on which side you take, then I would probably take Water next. 2. Whatever I take for my sovereign, I try to take other magic I don't have when recruiting champions. 3. Early: Water for Inspiration and Freeze, Life for Sovereign's Call, Air for Tutelage and Haste Mid: Earth for Enchanted Hammers and Tremor Late: Fire for Fireballs, Death fo

So I would make a 6/3/0 a Conclave or Fortress not a Town and here's why. 1. One factor of Research bonuses is based on population so the bigger you can grow a city, the more research you can get out of it. 2. I think the "prison" upgrade is one of the best city upgrades in the game (-10% unrest for your entire faction). Since I usually have lots of cities, the "prison" upgrade is a must. The difficult part is that it is a Level 4 fortress