sengoku conquest PBEM

[self biased]

anyone up for this?

[Modo44]

You missed me by two days there.

That being said, count me in as the Miyoshi.

Would you consider stripping the Yamabushi monks of their incredible running speed (treat all terrain as roads)?

[self biased]

no idea. i'm playing through it for the first time

[Modo44]

Imagine having one unit that can go 6 tiles into enemy territory, with 5 defense and lots of Mountains around (it is Japan, after all). Imagine the best offensive unit at the time having an attack of 2. Basically, whoever gets there first can kill or serverly damage one enemy "for free" (no losses or forcing the other to take terrible losses in defense). See here:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130160

It is no fun to defend against even many turns later, with 6-attack units. Granted, speed is cool, but this units is just too strong.

[joncnunn]

A smaller improvement might be just stripping the Yamabushi monks of the ability to pillage. See the AU Mod for Conquests thread in the AU forum.

That would keep the flavor of the fast defensive unit but also keep the pillaging down.

Originally posted by Modo44
You missed me by two days there.

That being said, count me in as the Miyoshi.

Would you consider stripping the Yamabushi monks of their incredible running speed (treat all terrain as roads)?

[self biased]

as i've said, i'm still playing through this.

[joncnunn]

Hopefully either at a level higher than Monarch or else with a civ that doesn't have one of the best starts. On Monarch level, it's easy to win a Diplomatic Victory before the AI ever finishes the first era, if you play the right civ.

Originally posted by self biased
as i've said, i'm still playing through this.

[self biased]

i am less than informed on which clans start in good positions as opposed to bad ones.

[joncnunn]

The easyist way is open up the Civ III conquests editor and bring up the conquest inside it. Right click a tile with circles around it to see which country started where.

Best positions : Those where either founding or place or shifting one tile and then founding will result in your capital having fresh water.

Bad positions : Positions that are far from any source of fresh water.

Poor positions: The five civs starting on smaller islands. (3 and 2)

Originally posted by self biased
i am less than informed on which clans start in good positions as opposed to bad ones.

[Modo44]

No civ starts on an island in the MP version.

[joncnunn]

Actually all the civs start on an island in the MP one. It's just the same one.

The map is considerly smaller in the MP version than SP one and it resulted in land bridges.

I would also guess that the MP starting positions are much more equal than in SP.

Originally posted by Modo44
No civ starts on an island in the MP version.

[self biased]

so we have three? maybe i could bug paddy to join in.

[tommynt]

Count me in, d like to be Hojo

I like fast cycling games so if some1 knows he he can play his turn only once a week tell me now and leave me out - dont hope so

what a unit can move 6 tiles? our leader? dont u loose game if u loose him - and cant he move only 2?

[self biased]

you're thinking of the damyio unit. sounds good though, i'm usually good for a turn a day, but i do lapse occaisionally when my girlfriend is visiting and because of work.

i'd like the oda, and actually if you want to, go ahead and prepare the scenario, modo.

[Modo44]

You mean change the Yamabushis and put us in the first three (or four is it?) player spots? I can only do the change I proposed - the other one requires some magic I have no knowledge of...