New FFH2 PBEM?

[Kragroth]

I think I'll just lurk this one.

Please don't leave. We can ban For the Horde. I vote for that in any Acheron game.

[HidingKneel]

It's not the settings; I'm just worried about the turnpace (five players seems like plenty).

[Kragroth]

It's not the settings; I'm just worried about the turnpace (five players seems like plenty).

[Qgqqqqq]

I think I'll just lurk this one.

Please don't leave. We can ban For the Horde. I vote for that in any Acheron game.

Before my time, but I'm 90% sure the Orc-Archmage For the Horde trick no longer works in EitB.

[DaveV]

Please don't leave.

The drones need you. They look up to you.

[Saruman the Foolish]

Awww, Hiding Kneel don't leave! 6 isn't much worse than 5...
As I understand it, the following decisions have been settled on.
Version: FFH2
Human takeover allowed for summons: YES
Map: trust in Bob
Speed: Quick
Difficulty: Monarch
Orthus: On
Acheron: One preplaced city
Lairs: On
Blessings: On
Vassals/permanent alliance: Off
Tech trading: Off
Unique Ftrs: All On

[Saruman the Foolish]

POINTS OF CONTENTION (to be discussed)
Last Days (even split)
Raging Barb (NorthStar says NO)
Goodie Huts (Tasunke says NO)
Start Era (is everyone OK w/ thaw)
Living World (Tasunke says NO)
Wildlands (any naysayers? otherwise I think yes)
Diplomacy (haven't discussed too much)
Advanced Start
Victory Condit (Elim/Tsnk: Omniscience b4 Tower, NS: None)
Bans - This is the biggest thing we need to settle, in the lead but contended is Keelyn, next is Clan (Bob says allowed), finally Tasunke also wants to ban Illians

I personally wonder if we can just nerf Clan by banning their World Spell and Rantine.
Thoughts?

[Ellimist]

• The Clan don't need a nerf; some people seem to be wildly overestimating their power level. I'm fine with banning them though if that will keep things simpler.
  
• Last days looks to be 3-2 in favor of OFF, with HK abstaining. Most of the other "contested" settings have decisive majorities as well.
  
• I don't think some of you understand what Blessings of Amatheon does. It increases the number of resources generated but also skews the resource distributions due to a programming quirk. Bob will be altering this anyway, so it doesn't even actually matter.

[Kragroth]

omniscience for tower is ok with me
wildlands is ok with me
Keelyn ban is ok witb me, but I note that Insane Perpentach can get Summoner randomly
Ban clan worldspell. Rantine is ok (barb cities aren't that hard to conquer).
Don't ban Illians.

[Bobchillingworth]

next is Clan (Bob says allowed)

To be clear, I don't actually care either way, but your tally showed only one firm vote to ban the Clan vs. three opposed and two somewhere in the middle.

I don't think some of you understand what Blessings of Amatheon does. It increases the number of resources generated but also skews the resource distributions due to a programming quirk. Bob will be altering this anyway, so it doesn't even actually matter.

This. I'll apply the setting (I don't intend to hand-draw this map, unless I am suddenly struck with a bolt of supreme inspiration), but I'm going to nerf any nonsense like 7-gem patches the generator spits out, unless you all have no desire for a reasonably balanced game.