Out of character thread XV

[econ21]

I thought OK's avatar is the King of Outremer now? So he should get more wealth right?

When Jan resigned, Elberhard appointed himself King. Matthias will be appointed King when Elberhard sails.

PS: Apropos nothing, I bumped the Chancellor reports thread. For some whacky reason, it will continually show up as unread unless you go to forum tools and choose "mark entire forum read" or some such.

[OverKnight]

Heh, Elberhard will throw the crown to him from the ship once it has left the docks. I assume because he wants to keep control of the finances until the fleet is good to go and not a moment sooner.

Not the most stunning of endorsements.

[StoneCold]

oops, my bad, forgot to look at Elberhard's income.

[TinCow]

Not that it matters, really. None (neither... lol) of the Outremer provinces generate income until Elberhard is gone due to shipbuilding costs.

[econ21]

Not the most stunning of endorsements.

I did not know about the fleet thing when I picked up the crown, otherwise Elberhard might have been more "diplomatic". Originally, Elberhard wanted to control the money so he could gift it to his brother.

[OverKnight]

No worries, it's actually quite amusing and fits, might make good story fodder.

[TinCow]

We are now at the halfway point of my phase of the cataclysm, and 3/4 of the way through the entire thing. So, if there are any comments or suggestions on the way I'm running this, I would like to hear them. Are things balanced enough? Too hard? Too easy? Too boring? Am I neglecting some areas/people? Feel free to speak your mind.

[OverKnight]

I'm having a blast in my own little corner of hell.

You've done an excellent job striking a balance on the challenge of the cataclysm. Things are tough and we've had signifigant set backs, but there's still hope.

I like how different chars have reacted in completely different ways, some have gone pirate, some have rebelled and others toe the line. The story section has seen a lot more activity as well.

It's taking more time, but it's worth it.

[Northnovas]

Could not agree more the options for each character has been excellent really making the person think what is really the best option rather then just the safe option. Excellent!
The PvP option to work outside the game mechanics has also been great. It has been mentioned but if anyone is in that situation, that they do their best to get the orders in timely because of what work is involved to make it happen.
Otherwise time wise the pace has been good for what needs to be done in the background.
Though one less Hungarian stack at Budapest would have been nice. ;)

[Privateerkev]

We are now at the halfway point of my phase of the cataclysm, and 3/4 of the way through the entire thing. So, if there are any comments or suggestions on the way I'm running this, I would like to hear them. Are things balanced enough? Too hard? Too easy? Too boring? Am I neglecting some areas/people? Feel free to speak your mind.

This cataclysm has been ing awesome!

The increased options have provided a whole lot more opportunities for character development. And people have been taking advantage of that. I'm seeing the avatar's personalities fleshed out way more than they had been in the past. This provides even more roleplaying opportunities. It will be interesting to see how these personalities interact when the cataclysm ends and certain outlets are eliminated/limited but that is a comment and not a concern.

I just want to say that I think everyone stepped up and have really been on their game lately. This has been a rich experience and will either rejuvenate the game or make us go out with a bang. Either way, it's been a heck of a ride.

[FactionHeir]

What they said.
The cataclysm is very enjoyable, although personally I would have loved to see it last another 10 turns. Of course that would be asking a bit too much from both TC and Mrs. Total War Widow () who have been sacrificing considerable quality time for us. BIG THANK YOU here. If anyone else would like to continue it, they would have my full support (or if you need a hand, I wouldn't mind co-GMing).

Generally, I find we ought to have more defeats against the AI. We lost a few regions, but mostly due to lack of player intervention and not due to overwhelming AI. Thus, I would enjoy seeing some more difficult battles that require a lot of skill to win (i.e. losing more than half your army) rather than easy chain rout battles.

[StoneCold]

Seems to me that a few avatars, esp. those group together for the defense of Budapest, are not much in the game other than providing support for Karl? Maybe TC should not place that big multiple stacks there but disperse the Hungarians?