Master of Magic Hint Thread

[DracoOmega]

Does anyone know if there is going to be a sequal to Master of Magic?

Or if there isn't, as someone suggested earlier in this thread, maybe someone should start working on it.
I'd be interested in working on a project like that being both a programmer and an avid MoM player to this day (not terribly good but still avid )

[Shadowstrike]

I suggested it a while ago, it might have been me... I'd be interested in makinga MoM2, butmy programming skills are limited to Message Boxes and similar varients... I can't even program an IF statment for crying out loud.....

But I can help churn out ideas... Andy... what's your take on this?

[Andz83]

err... um... err.. yes... err... um.. cough... I'm outta here!

[Shadowstrike]

*catches Andy and pulls him back inside*

Hey, this idea might work... first, we'll need a place where we can keep all of our brainstormed ideas.... any ideas where? Then, we'll figure out how to use them...

Anyone want to try and see if they can get MarkG or DanQ to set up a MoM forum?

[Andz83]

and who would be the moderator of this forum?

also, others would like to get an MOO forum then. but MOO sucks and doesn' deserve an own forum

there's a thread in the other games forum, in which someone announces his company's work at MOM2. I'll bump it

[DracoOmega]

I checked out that post you bumped and it appears to be
dead. The webpagepage only has a logo on it and the sourceforge project hasn't been updated since the end of May. Not even any news posted. So I think I'll investigate the possibility of working on one myself.

I'm not commiting to making a improvement on MoM yet but I'd like to see how much interest there is for it.

I'm going to start a new thread where people can post their suggestions or express interest in helping with the project. If you have any comments, please post.

[Andz83]

I think I made a post in this, but it seems that wasn't posted...

[Father Beast]

*casts the spell of BUMP*

thanks for teaching me that one, shadowstrike.

I had to bring this one back, because I just started playing it, having got it from some abandonware site or other, and am loving it!!!
I was getting plastered for a while, so I went and got the manual at bhlegend, and am doing somewhat better.

My current game is with Horus and Klackons (what"s Wrong with Klackons?) and I noticed a HUGE jump when I went from halberdiers to stag beetles. all of a sudden all the nearby nodes are mine.

incidentally, my version must be a demo or something. I don't have the save or load buttons, just quit. when I start again, I choose continue. If I start a new game, the old one is lost.

[Father Beast]

HOLEY MOLEY!! This is one addicting game. I find I've stopped playing civ to play MOM. maybe I should start up FW and play the MOM jr. scenario.

I discovered what's wrong with the klackons. they can't build any better ships than triremes. I maxed out those cities fairly early. I captured a neutral gnoll city, and it couldn't build a shipyard becasue it couldn't build a sawmill because there wasn't any forest in the city radius!!!! how frustrating!
Once I got over to myrror, things got a lot more fun.

[Shadowstrike]

OMG, somebody bumped my ancient thread!

Anyhow, I haven't played MoM in a long time, school always seems to cut into my time...

If I find the time, I think I should start again... Now to see if we can get Andy over here...

*waves flag of spam*

[Andz83]

I'm here, I'm here

well, Klackons... they have strong units but they're nothing against Paladins, Warlocks or Nightmares!

I currently play on Medium maps, level Hard, Myrran, 2 spheres Nature, Sorcery Mastery and 5 spheres Sorcery

good thing, makes me able to discover the map quickly and make my empire and my armies unvulnerable against magic... and I'm able to make my SKY DRAKES INVISIBLE!!!!

[Father Beast]

andz, I'm guessing you choose draconians as your race. When I got to Myrror, I found a native town of Draconians, and I am just amazed at what good thaey could do. Also saved my but because some evil wizard was casting corruption on me, and Klackons had nothing that could clean it up. but a shaman came over and did the trick. didn't even have to send a trireme, he flew over.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Now this thread is becoming a living legend, albeit a very small one...
* Notices that he isn't sure what "albeit" means *
Heck.

The MoM heroes page is down.
* Breaks down in tears and curses *
Heck.

[Andz83]

Father Beast - it's actually Dark Elves

[Rex Little]

I've been playing MOM for years, but just discovered this thread. A few of my observations/opinions:

The computer players will all declare war on you sooner than later. Don't worry about it; just consider it part of the challenge. At any level below Impossible, they don't come after you very aggressively; you can largely choose when and where to fight. I never offer tribute.

Someone commented how much better stag beetles are than halberdiers. That applies to pretty much all the races: the top unit is very much worth getting. I generally beeline my first city towards that unit, building only minimum garrison forces otherwise. My favorites of the Arcanus races are paladins, griffons, pegasi and stag beetles, in about that order.

If you have a unit that can rangestrike and also avoid contact with the enemy (either by superior speed or flight) you can take almost any neutral city by attrition. Fire off all your rangestrikes, then spend the rest of the battle running away. Repeat until all defenders are dead. It's boring because you spend 40+ turns out of every battle running, but it's effective. It'll even work against a city controlled by an enemy wizard if he can't use spells against you for some reason.

Even without speed or flight, attrition will often work against a walled city. For some reason, the AI will almost always huddle behind the walls, attacking only those units which move adjacent to the gate.

Someone mentioned that slingers were doomed once they had to face Great Drakes. I beg to differ. A stack of 9 elite slingers will take out a Great Drake before he gets close enough to attack. Granted, if there are more Drakes in the stack the others will chew up the slingers, but slingers are cheap. Build another stack and send them in after the remaining Drakes. Pretty soon, no more Drakes.

Gotta go now; more to come if and when they occur to me.