Will the one remaining free people please give up in game #224. We will have agents and curse squads sat on your capital 1817, we have 11 nations alive and kicking, and boy can they kick. Just give it up.
Lewis
:eek:
Dude, that’s so harsh. How soon do you think can knock me out? Seriously, like?
:rolleyes:
Give me an estimate & I’ll think about it.
Anybody know where Frodo is?
Alright. I quit. Never mind the ring. Never mind the fun. Boring DS looking for an easy out. I hate this. It ain’t world domination unless you actually eliminate everybody. Whatever.
Pardon my intrusion, it seems the DS have gotten what they wanted from Assiniboine…? But I’m curious if I have this right: A bug hunt is when there’s only one nation left of one side and the other team has to “hunt” him down? Assiniboine sounds like he’s got the definition of “world domination” down, what’s the issue?
I have actually never understood this problem as well… even the most incompetent of teams should have no problem in knocking out a single nation?
Let’s see. Noldo build a pop and hide it. Turn it to a MT/T . Make tax 100%. Retire all but one real stealthy guy. If done at right time a palantir won’t be effective either. Have fun going from hex to hex revealing pop. Just hope the guy doesn’t fail completely. How many open hexes are there? We’ve discussed doing this long time ago. Rejected it as not fun.
Now if you have a one ring chance maybe so. But 11 to 1 sounds like that is even real real slim.
If you think you can win play on , if you just want to be a pain quit.
nick
The difficulty, I think, is that persons are forced into a mental thought pattern they are unfamiliar with. We have seen similar amongst military/army players and their evolution/development into “combined arms” players capable of handling all four characters in coordination.
They want to play on one level of the game and dislike playing on other levels. Hence some call for rule changes. It being easier to change rules than one’s thought patterns.
Postscript: Nick, I know you are an Olde Tymer. If you really, really, don’t know how to bug hunt I will tell you right now on the Forum. Your future will be in your hands thereafter.
Wouldn’t the Spell: Percieve Secrets reveal that information for you on Capital location?
That would save time on a ‘bug hunt’
Yes, or interrogate a hostage of the target nation. They always seem up on capital locations even when captured in the early game. Nick knows how to do it, he just didn’t want to take the effort. Some preplanning is required and that is usually in short supply.
If the player is paying for his turns, he can run them until he can’t.
Agreed–at least for now.
But it still begs the point WHY cost everyone money. If you can’t win why continue. Do they like spending money to lose. If so send me half the money and we’ll play a free game and I’ll let you lose to me till the cows come home or you run out of money.
Let’s go a step further. Put a “bug” in every game. How long before there is no games starting up because 11 guys are hunting down one guy in 50 games. Preceive your secrets opps he has another MT in some weird spot. Opps another one. Sure you will catch and kill him but what’s the point you know it’s going to happen.
If I had my way to handle bugs would be for the 11 guys to drop down to 2 nations recruit the best agts. and mages. pool there money so as 11 guys are paying for just 2 turns while Mr. Bug pays his full price. Than the 2 nations sit back prevent a one ring victory and bore the bug to death. Don’t respond to him nothing.
What’s good for the goose etc. and he can’t complain. The 11 guys spend what $26.00 us a year and the bug $176.00 approx. a year . Come to think of it I like bugs now. I hope we run across one soon.
Nick
To be fair to the DS, there is not much I (the Dunlendings) can do. Given the position I’ve been left in by the FP (exposed), it would take four turns (or so) if the DS played it right.
I’m not quite sure what happened to the FP. I thought I had a team. My fault for not trusting gut instincts.
That being said, I do hate the “Just give it up” attitude expressed by Khamul in the first post.
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