[SS 6.4]Clash of Gods! 2

[Mithridate]

Since the updates the TWC has not been the same

I cant begin to say how disappointed i am that they have so much problem after all this time...
Still, it works. One just have to be patient and refresh a lot when theres problems

Seems to be certain hours of the day as well, perhaps youre clocking in all the wrong ones? LooseCannon1
Btw, stuff happens loose and im not complaining ( merely moaning^^ )

Again, sorry for leaving this everyone. Usually i find a replacement before leaving but i doubt id get one here sadly

[Nightbringer]

well darn, this is no good :/

Do you think you are up for autoresolve games still mithridate?

[Mithridate]

Absolutely, i aint leaving the .org

You guys are much too good to be left behind and i am enjoying Empires ;)
( besides, ive thoroughly enjoyed previous hotseats and look forward to more )

[Myth]

Hold up hold up hold up:
Mithridate are you leaving because Darth left or because large scale wars with lead battles take too much time and effort? If it's the former, I am sure we can find a replacement for Egypt. If it's the latter, perhaps we can just switch to an AR vs human players format? AR in SS is not too bad when there is not ERE or England involved as far as I know (never played serious AR in SS) Anyway I think you are not respective of your fellow players. LooseCannon1 has been subbing your faction for close to two months (not to mention subbing Egypt as well, and playing his own Turks) on your word that you would be returning after vacation. All of us played this game for 16 turns, investing a huge amount of time in setting it up, keeping it going and going trough the initial phases of the game.

In such a world-war type scenario where we are geographically dividing the map in two, the first dozen turns are mainly landgrabbing from the AI, the real fighting is about to commence just now. It's disappointing to have gone this far only to give up right before the actual fun part of the game. I'm sure that Egypt's player, who was probably not too experienced, has made some errors. We all make errors, it's part of the game. But the rules for CoG!2 make it so the game is not over until a lot later in the war, and prematurely thinking you've won or lost would get you what it got myself, NB and Thanatos last time.

In any event I want to thank Loose for being such a diligent sub and I'm looking forward to new games with you guys.

Now on the mater of TWC, what's going on there? Is it under attack or something? I'd be happy if we got a dozen or so HS players from their ranks. I'm sure they won't miss them anyway.

[Mithridate]

Hold up hold up hold up:
Mithridate are you leaving because Darth left or because large scale wars with lead battles take too much time and effort? If it's the former, I am sure we can find a replacement for Egypt. If it's the latter, perhaps we can just switch to an AR vs human players format? AR in SS is not too bad when there is not ERE or England involved as far as I know (never played serious AR in SS) Anyway I think you are not respective of your fellow players. LooseCannon1 has been subbing your faction for close to two months (not to mention subbing Egypt as well, and playing his own Turks) on your word that you would be returning after vacation. All of us played this game for 16 turns, investing a huge amount of time in setting it up, keeping it going and going trough the initial phases of the game.Im leaving mainly due to lead battles, but ofcourse losing my south front is a major part. But again, the deciding is lead battles.

I do not want to stay but i will indeed for your sake, if you find replacement. And i would very much prefer AR vs Humans. Hopefully the HRE can still be stopped ;)

Im very grateful to loose and view him as friend, i respect him and if ive wronged him ill apologize.
Dung happens, it does not have to be anyones fault.

However, i suspect that neither he wants to continue this, at least not as things stands.


In such a world-war type scenario where we are geographically dividing the map in two, the first dozen turns are mainly landgrabbing from the AI, the real fighting is about to commence just now. It's disappointing to have gone this far only to give up right before the actual fun part of the game. I'm sure that Egypt's player, who was probably not too experienced, has made some errors. We all make errors, it's part of the game. But the rules for CoG!2 make it so the game is not over until a lot later in the war, and prematurely thinking you've won or lost would get you what it got myself, NB and Thanatos last time.perhaps a smaller map, much faster with less players like this? Was excellent fun to play:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?568245-Sons-of-the-North-LateEra-SS6-4-Full
or preferably:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?568148-Blood-Honor-and-Treachery-LateEra-SS6-4-Full


In any event I want to thank Loose for being such a diligent sub and I'm looking forward to new games with you guys.
Indeed!

Now on the mater of TWC, what's going on there? Is it under attack or something? I'd be happy if we got a dozen or so HS players from their ranks. I'm sure they won't miss them anyway.After they updated the boards with a new engine, it has been plagued with connection issues. Much less now than earlier but still utterly annoying at times ( its almost every second day, and can be for 10 minutes to hours ), having to refresh several times for a page to be viewed or posts/messages be made and sent. Sometimes (rarely) they dissapear.

And they took their sweet time to get it working as they updated ^^

As to getting more players over here?
Ive tried... believe me, ive tried...

Hell, its hard enough getting westerosi players to the main forum!

[Nightbringer]

so, Mithridate, you are out of this game then. If this is the case I think we would have to call it quits.

[SilverShield]

sup u guys. i pretty much guess i ll be back in about 2 or 3 weeks or so. so yea lets get cog going again then. just had a look at the thread and i think i could take over the fatimids if ur okay with that. i do see that being interesting and fun already for d all of us in cog. so yea looking forwards to this


and happy 4th of July to anyone who celebrates

[Nightbringer]

Well, i can see some small issues with you knowing the HRE etc... but honestly I would be fine with doing it that way anyway.

[Nightbringer]

So, SilverShield, @ignoramous, were you guys interested in stepping in and getting this going again?

[SilverShield]

yea im up for egypt if the situation of theirs is still kinda decent. its on u guys whether u okay with that

[LooseCannon1]

yea im up for egypt if the situation of theirs is still kinda decent. its on u guys whether u okay with that
I'm ok with you taking over Egypt. I think the worst of my heavy workload is over as I defeated the Building Services bureaucrats today -and it's only going to cost me an extra $3000 :laugh4: Now, Mithridate, it's your turn to return.

[SilverShield]

I defeated the Building Services bureaucrats today
guess u did Stand Your Ground

[Myth]

I think it would be better to wipe the slate clean and start over in COG3. Same rules, same mod, new players and new factoin choices. Who'se up for it?

[Nightbringer]

I am!

[LooseCannon1]

I think it would be better to wipe the slate clean and start over in COG3. Same rules, same mod, new players and new factoin choices. Who'se up for it?
Make one change. This time each team MUST be all one religion-all catholic or muslim or orthodox or pagan.

[Myth]

I like that! If we do that we might as well include Crusades and Jihads but limit them to one per team for the entire game. It's a one-shot thing and must be used wisely. What do you guys think?

[SilverShield]

new cog then lets do this. think i ll go with spain or sicily this time. tho we best leave crusades and jihads out of this game. i remember some kinda issues we had in the first cog with jihads and crusades so yea lets just leave crusades and jihads outta this game. also seriously i do believe we are better off already if we ban assassins from killing anything and spies from opening anything whether its against human or the computer. i d be totally fine with that

[Myth]

Actually spies not opening anything is a must for me. Though you use them very well Silver, I still think they are a gimmicky mechanic. Assassins killing off FMs can possibly be a problem if someone spams 10 of them in the same region and tries which one will succeed as the first action of his turn. However their upkeep is 200 per pop, reallistically speaking 10 assassins cost as much as a half stack of above average troops.

1 attempt per turn for me is fine, but not targeting genereals as a further restriction is also fine with me. So we have three players so far, can we get some more? I'm away on vacation until the 9th of September but I will post from my phone. We need to divide the teams:

Catholics:

Spain / Silver Shield

Muslims:

Honestly if I wre on the Catholic side I'd go for Sicilly or France to 2v1 the Moors because a 1v1 between the Moors and Spain is very unfair. Even an average player with the Moors will be able to just overrun a great Spanish player. The HRE is also a major choice as Silver proved last game. In SS Late era England starts with really friggin scary starting armies, if they mount them on boats they can really cripple the Moors as well.

Wtih the Mongols disbanded the K-shah becomes a major power, and actually the Muslim side can choose to just forego the Moors and go for Turks/Egyptians/Kwarezmians. By the time European armies come knocking tehy'd have grown very large.

[SilverShield]

guess its of 4 us u me LC and NB. 6 was best but 4 is good enough to have a good time playing this game

on the agent thing i take we r having spies banned from opening any gates then whether its human or d computer and lets go the middle way with assassins here and lets have them kill merchants and diplomats and spies and whatever else there is but spare generals. think that would be okay

[Nightbringer]

Well, I'll take the Seljuks I think.

[LooseCannon1]

I'm in. But I can't decide between England or Kwazzies. Love to try them with a depleted Mongols

[Myth]

I was thinking of gong Muslim this time, since i was on the other team boh times. I want to decide between Egypt and the K-Shah but i hav to see the startng positions and the rosters for each.

[SilverShield]

lets get this started. looking forward to this. guess its best tho if i go with france then if its really just the 4 of us. think it was good if he who of u chooses to be on team west would go with poland. just my idea obviously anyone s choice s free

[Myth]

New thread is up. (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?145461-Clash-Of-Gods%21-3&p=2053546983#post2053546983)