[Spoilers - Flauros (sunrise089 and darrelljs)]

[mackoti]

Good planing then.

[NobleHelium]

Plan is to raze and force blight whilst my cities are at size 7/8. Empyrean holy city should just about do it I think .

Darrell

See what I said about you regretting your "I SHALL RAZE DEM ALL" statement? :neenernee

[darrelljs]

See what I said about you regretting your "I SHALL RAZE DEM ALL" statement? :neenernee

Bah . AC is at 29, blight will hit next turn. Infernal Pact is in, but Deception is a 2 turn tech. So I'll triple switch to Sacrficie the Weak/Slavery/Undercouncil so the one turn of anarchy is during Blight. I'll be growing during Blight, and really growing not long after . Here's the combat log for this turn, really the only thing that's mattered in the lands of the Calabim for several turns:



Edit: Read from bottom right-hand corner to top left-hand corner.

Edit: Yes, I'm stupid and didn't learn . I should have held some Spectre summons in reserves in for Lucian softening. A 72% vampire odds battle scared me and I wasted two more summons getting the odds over 80%.

Darrell

[Profane]

Empyran turns evil neutral, and neutral good. Its considered a good religion for sure.

Darrell

I think Empyrean only changes Evil -> Neutral, and not Neutral -> Good - Only Order does that, IIRC.

Order: Forces Good
Empyrean & RoK: Forces Evil to Neutral
FoL: No alignment change
OO & CoE: Forces Good to Neutral
AV: Forces Evil

[darrelljs]

I just tested it and you are right! Razing the city will not cause any extra bump in the AC.

Darrell

[NobleHelium]

Errr, what?

[darrelljs]

Due to city size it will add 2 to the AC. For some reason uberfish was under the impression it would be extra high as a holy city, but it doesn't seem so. Then again uberfish also thought Blight hit at an AC of 30 .

Darrell

[Ravus Sol]

A holy city being razed doesn't instantly affect the AC unless it is an Order or Veil city... However I think it's the shrines themselves that affect the AC, Octopus Overlords raises AC so razing it lowers it... I also think the Empy shrine Lowers AC so razing it makes it go higher.

At least that's my assumptions on it all.

[darrelljs]

I'll also take pictures of Stephanos ravaging my lands for your later viewing pleasure.

So no, this was not some poor joke:



Vampires from the Mist front are being rapidly recalled. If he shows up with a bunch of units next turn I'll look pretty silly. Speaking of bad spawn locations, how about those Gargoyles sprung by the Infernals?



FINALLY got a hit in with a Spectre. Also, they are no longer stacked up nicely. I am hoping that injured one enters my borders this turn, I think I should be able to get him if he is following me. Obligatory Blight pictures:



After next turn's triple civics swap, most of my cities will have a food surplus, and some cities will have a substantial food surplus . The crop yield chart shows something interesting:



Ilios has not been idle with the whip, that's for sure. Amelia in the meantime is working towards popping some Krakens or something:



Just in case, I sent the following message:

Amelia,

Quite a lot of troops you are massing to my west. I am pretty sure you are just going to explore that epic lair, but wanted to remind you also we do have a long term NAP :-).

Armies of the night:



Tech disucssion:

A - Priesthood - So I can build Ritualists and spread Ashen Veil around
B - Masonry/Contrustion - Needed since Serdoa was more reliant on irrigation chaining than I was.
C - Archery/Military Strategy- Not for Command Posts, but for the HE and lumbermills at my HE city.
D - Fanatacism/Malevolent Designs - Losha Valas, Beasts of Agares, Eidolons, Mardero

Game for the lurkers, order A/B/C/D based on what you think I'll do .

Darrell

[Ichabod]

B/C/A/D

If I'm not mistaken, Miro will be razed next turn, which is a pity. At least you'll get Stephanos item, which will be pretty good (it gives 30% conversion chance if you attack and kill a unit).