Utopia - Age 15: The Age of Valour

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Eli


You people are BORED.

Actually, when I first started looking for a War target, I stumbled across this Kd, there were 21/22 people in it back then.
After the first War, I went looking again, and saw there were only 17 left, and that they were at War with 20:19.
When our second War ended, which was with their neighbor 25:18 BTW, I thought I would have a look, and then there were only 10 of them left and that's when I decided to keep an eye on them, and it's been entertaining

[Eli]

I got grabbed. 250 acres. By some 4000 acres big Orc.

[Eli]

After a long science pump and long period of no growth because of war. And a loss of 250 acres, I started growing again and finally passed the 500k.

The Province of Sanctuary of Bla Bla (13:16)
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Utopian Date: February 5th, YR7
RL Date: March 15th, 2002 (10:00 GMT)

Ruler Name: Mr. Eli the Sorcerer
Personality & Race: The Mystic, Elf
Land: 2,881 Acres
Money: 1,978,847gc
Food: 134,343 bushels
Runes: 7,037 runes
Population: 82,058 citizens (28.48 per Acre)
Peasants: 36,681 (100% Employed)
Jobs: 42,093 (91% Utilization)
Trade Balance: -424,374gc (0% tax rate)
Networth: 503,574 (174.79 per Acre)
Thieves+Wizards+Science Networth: 62,636gc

Soldiers: 0 (51.7% estimated draft rate)
Heroes: 0
Archers: 0
Elf Lords: 39,481 (197,405 offense and defense)
War-Horses: 0
Prisoners: 0

Total Attack points: 197,405 (68.52 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 98,700 (34.26 per Acre)
Total Defense points: 197,405 (68.52 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 98,700 (34.26 per Acre)

Thieves: 2,926 (1.02 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 2,970 (1.03 per Acre / 40% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Max. Possible Thieves/Wizards: 10,439 (3.62 / Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 7,829 (2.72 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 2,480 (0.86 per Acre)

Buildings: 2,332gc to build, 1,294gc to raze
Away bonus: 183,405gc (12h) / 550,215gc (20h)

[Zopperoni]

Notice anything unusual?

The Province Of Cabbage of Carnage (24:17)
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Utopian Date: January 8th, YR8

Ruler Name: King Belthazor the Rogue.
Personality & Race: The Rogue, Halfling
Land: 1240 Acres
Money: 2,435,541gc
Food: 53,657 bushels
Runes: 46,738 runes
Population: 33,927 citizens (27.36 per Acre)
Peasants: 7215 (100% Employed)
Jobs: 16,429 (82% Utilization)
Trade Balance: 317,338gc (0.00% tax rate)
Networth: 222,961 (179.81 per Acre)
Thieves+Wizards+Science Networth: 76,127gc

Soldiers: 32 (78.7% estimated draft rate)
Spearmen: 0
Archers: 10,160 (40,640 defense points)
Half-Giants: 6140 (30,700 offense / 24,560 defense)
War-Horses: 0
Prisoners: 0

Total Attack points: 30,764 (24.81 per Acre)
Practical (80% elites): 24,625 (19.86 per Acre)
Total Defense points: 65,264 (52.63 per Acre)
Practical (20% elites): 45,616 (36.79 per Acre)

Thieves: 6939 (5.60 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 3868 (3.12 per Acre / 91% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Maximum Possible Thieves: 13,841 (11.16 per Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 10,380 (8.37 per Acre)
Maximum Possible Wizards: 13,841 (11.16 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 3287 (2.65 per Acre)

** Thievery Advisor: **
Money: 2707 thieves to steal 170,487gc
Food: 194 thieves to steal 19,316 bushels
Runes: 779 thieves to steal 14,021 runes
Peasants: 810 thieves to kidnap 216 peasants
Soldiers: 4 thieves to kill 3 soldiers
Arson: 1751 thieves to burn 7 homes

[Lemmy]

congratulations

The Province of Den of Fuzzy Ghouls (34:49)
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Utopian Date: January 12th, YR8
RL Date: March 21st, 2002 (17:00 GMT)

Ruler & Race: Sir Lemmy, Undead
Land: 1,074 Acres
Money: 640gc
Food: 64 bushels
Runes: 2,529 runes
Population: 21,315 citizens (19.85 per Acre)
Peasants: 7,088 (100% Employed)
Jobs: 9,923 (80% Utilization)
Trade Balance: -259,458gc (0% tax rate)
Networth: 150,140 (139.80 per Acre)
Thieves+Wizards+Science Networth: 9,705gc

Soldiers: 695 (64.5% estimated draft rate)
Skeletons: 0
Zombies: 0
Ghouls: 11,917 (71,502 offense and defense)
War-Horses: 4,400 (up to 4,400 additional offense)
Prisoners: 0

Total Attack points: 77,292 (71.97 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 41,538 (38.68 per Acre)
Total Defense points: 72,892 (67.87 per Acre)
Practical (50% elites): 37,138 (34.58 per Acre)

Thieves: 1,137 (1.06 per Acre / 100% Stealth)
Wizards: 478 (0.45 per Acre / 100% Mana)

Crystal-Ball on your province will show:
Max. Possible Thieves/Wizards: 1,618 (1.51 / Acre)
Estimated Thieves Number: 1,214 (1.13 per Acre)
Estimated Wizards Number: 383 (0.36 per Acre)

Buildings: 1,299gc to build, 691gc to raze
Away bonus: 35,440gc (12h) / 106,320gc (20h)

[Eli]

I deleted myself. The game stopped being challenging for me.
Next age I go as an Orc Attacker.

[Zopperoni]

Mehul better announce some changes soon...I'm getting nervous.
Plus, I have to set up a Kd rostrum.

[Zopperoni]

Proposed changes:

Ok, here's a comprehensive listing of initial change plans. Some of these may still be changed between now and Sunday, when the final changes are posted.

RACES / PERSONALITIES

* Faeries: -35% Birth Rates
* Human: +30% Income
* Halflings: $300 Thieves
* Elves: No Self-Spells on Others; +35% Magic Effectiveness; -35% Combat Losses; -25% Military Costs; -25% Military Training Time
* Dwarves: 6/6 Elite; Cannot use Mercenaries
* Avians: Can now use Mercenaries; +1 Defensive Specialists;
* Orcs: -40% Thievery & Magic; +15% Combat Gains
* Undead (now selectable): Completely NEW: No Offensive Combat Losses; No Food Needed; Spreads the Plague; WAR: +10% Military Strength; -20% Science Effectiveness / Maximum; +50% Exploration Costs; Out-of-War: -15% Attack Gains; 6/5 Elite
* Sages: Immune to the Plague; +10% Gains when attacking Undead

BUILDINGS

* New Building Costs rise more slowly now
* Watchtowers: 3% chance of catching thieves; 5% of IDing thieves; No more training cost bonus
* Hospitals: 10% Birthrate Increase
* Libraries: Additional 2.5% (50% Max) Decay Reduction of science points
* Dungeons: Prisoners now work 4/job instead of 5/job
* Homes: No upkeep cost; 1% homes raises max population by 1/3%; Homes are affected by Utilization
* All Lands house 25 people

SCIENCES

* Science points will decay over time
* Fewer science points are needed compared to this round
* Maximum Housing Science has been lowered

ATTACKING

* War Meter slowly decays each day
* Conquest is a bit weaker for non-generals
* Gains formulas have been adjusted a bit
* Distance Penalty will take effect beginning 3 islands away instead of 2
* Armies only require maintenance while at home

MAGIC / THIEVERY

* Strength of various ops changed
* Night Strike now killed Defensive Specialists and Elites for Rogues Only
* Nature's Blessing available to All Races - does not duplicate Fertile Lands any more
* Ghost Workers, Clear Sight available to Elves
* Amnesia only available to Elves and Faeries

MISCELLANEOUS

* Lowered the base birthrate
* Higher basic peasant income
* New tiered bonus system

Along with various bug fixes and some cosmetic changes, that's all we have planned for now. Many of these may be tweaked over the next 48 hours and final changes will be posted Sunday.

Mehul

[Eli]

No drastic changes...

[Zopperoni]

well, you know Mehul

Anyway, if the changes go on as proposed, I'll go with Elf/Rogue.

[Lemmy]

i think i'll go for halfling rogue, maybe faery rogue, depends on the changes really....i want to be thief.

well, here's my history on WoL server, how did the rest of you do?

Highest Networth 280,000 gc
Highest Land Area 2109 acres
Highest Honor 1886 points
Total Land Explored 75
Total Attacks Made 36
Total Wins 28 (77.8%)
Wins Against Larger Opponents 13 (36.1%)
Average Relative Opponent Networth 105%
Total Land Gained in Combat 3127 acres
Attacks Suffered 18
Times Defeated 10 (55.6%)
Total Land Lost in Combat 1591 acres
Thievery Operations Attempted 134
Successful Thievery Operations 72 (53.7%)
Spells Attempted 148
Successful Spells 96 (64.9%)

[Zopperoni]

Highest Networth 311,000 gc
Highest Land Area 1729 acres
Highest Honor 2730 points
Total Land Explored 791
Total Attacks Made 3
Total Wins 3 (100.0%)
Wins Against Larger Opponents 0 (0.0%)
Average Relative Opponent Networth 52%
Total Land Gained in Combat 210 acres
Attacks Suffered 1
Times Defeated 1 (100.0%)
Total Land Lost in Combat 32 acres
Thievery Operations Attempted 732
Successful Thievery Operations 561 (76.6%)
Spells Attempted 1432
Successful Spells 1156 (80.7%)

[Zopperoni]

From UtopiaTemple:

--"As promised, we have sent the list of suggested names for the new age to Mehul, and he has chosen the one "that stroke his interest" -- Age of Discovery.
The first 5 persons to come up with this name were:

Lord Belthazor
AxenMoon
Pteppic (Era of)
Aviad (OUR Aviad!)
chimplin"

(...)

-- Brother Green

w000000t!

[War4ever]

Well done Zopps...do you still have that account for me ? i can access it and i am giving up my other account at the end of the age.....

[Lemmy]

hey, what build strategy do you recommend for a thief on the battlefields ? i'm a halfling rogue