Age of Wonders : Shadow Magic

[Jamski]

I have found the new ultimate joy in this game - open the map editor, create and populate a map at random, don't look at it and save it. Then you can play a straight conquest game on a new map every time!

Wow!

I'm finally in fantasy TBS heaven

-Jam

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Jamski
I have found the new ultimate joy in this game - open the map editor, create and populate a map at random, don't look at it and save it. Then you can play a straight conquest game on a new map every time!

Wow!

I'm finally in fantasy TBS heaven

-Jam

You can play on a random map through the game without using the editor.


But the AI doesn't build any cities.

[Jamski]

I selected LOTS for cites in the editor, and then the AI captures loads of independant cites.

The AI won't build them from scratch anyway - its too time consuming. Same as in MoM - always better to capture a city than build one.

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Jamski
I have found the new ultimate joy in this game - open the map editor, create and populate a map at random, don't look at it and save it. Then you can play a straight conquest game on a new map every time!

Wow!

I'm finally in fantasy TBS heaven

-Jam

Better yet....have someone create one for you.

[Jamski]

Be my guest I found it took a long time to make maps that look good. Although you can make them look VERY DAMN GOOD

-Jam

[Spaced Cowboy]

Yeah, I could try, but I was thinking that you'd be able to find some online.

[Traianvs]

I prefer scenarios... because random games are too straightforward and too easy, and there's never any 'special' stuff in it, like leet traps and treasures and hidden cities

[Spaced Cowboy]

I think that is what we are talking about....user made random maps...aka scenarios made by users.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Undeads have some pretty grim units

Well, I think all races have some fair units.

When it comes to level one units, I think dawrves, goblins, and halflings have the best-dwarfe axemen are as tough as orcs, the bezerkers are real killers. Goblin darters and halfling slingers are ore powerful I think than even elven archers, and the halflings get mounted forces in level one.

Level 2, I think the highmen, azrac and orcs are best, mainly for the power of their level 2 horsemen. Azrac for speed, orc for strenght, paladins for speed and the ability to heal. Highmen saints are great, as are frostling shamans

Level 3, the Azrac suck badly, and many races are sort of not that great. Orc Warlords are terryfying, the UNdea have the best overall level 3, the highmen are good, specially against the undead. The frostlings also have a very good level 3.

On level four, I think the goblins, lizardmen and azrac have the most powerful units. All the flying ones are very powerful of course, but I fear an Avatar more than a Red dragon.

[Urban Ranger]

Have you used an Incarnate or seen one used sucessfully by the computer? Those look very scary on paper. Happily, I have always used Air Galleys against them.

As for undead units, some of them have Cause Death or whatever you call it. They can kill your units with a mere touch.

What's an avatar? I forgot.

[Jamski]

/me shrugs*

I like Fairy Dragons...

/me gets his coat*

-Jam

[GePap]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Have you used an Incarnate or seen one used sucessfully by the computer? Those look very scary on paper. Happily, I have always used Air Galleys against them.

Well, interesting cause that does not work against them, as they are immune to physical attack. I have seen them work, and when they do they are deadly. I had a whole unit of troops,in which none had magic attacks taken out. IN general thought, they fail a lot of the time and they have a hard time taking over powerfull units.

As for undead units, some of them have Cause Death or whatever you call it. They can kill your units with a mere touch.

Only the level 4 Grim Reaper can do that. Those level four are powerful, yes, but not unbeatable. I think their ability to destroy farms by making the land they walk on wasteland is very powerfull strategically.

What's an avatar? I forgot.

The Yakka Avatar is the level 4 unit from the Azrac. Lots of HP, nasty punch and magic attack, PLUS has dominate, the ability to take over your units minds, and it works more often than charm. I saw one Avatar take out 3 Orc warlords.

[Jamski]

I have to say I never saw Dominate fail. Not once. Charm seems the worse, Seduce is pretty reliable - but only works against humanoids, but Dominate seems to be the business.

-Jam

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by GePap
Well, interesting cause that does not work against them, as they are immune to physical attack.

Are you sure?

Originally posted by GePap
Only the level 4 Grim Reaper can do that. Those level four are powerful, yes, but not unbeatable.

Doesn't the level 3 undead beast (or whatever it's called) also has it?

Originally posted by GePap
I think their ability to destroy farms by making the land they walk on wasteland is very powerfull strategically.

That's why I don't understand how undead cities could grow in size.

[Jamski]

Doesn't wasteland work like farmland for Undead???

-Jam