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[Bluerobin]

Yup, those tables are numerical versions of the in-game score charts and they're accurate!

[Boksi]

I'd like to note that only R'lyeh and Patala had an awake pretender doing research on their first turn. Bogarus' research appears to be solely from their mages, because I'm pretty sure his pretender was a SC, who is most likely dead now unless he was immortal. Bogarus seems to be overtaxing every turn to fund their mage purchases, since their mages are freaking powerful.

Well, that's just my guessing though.

[Bluerobin]

Well, they're not super powerful, they're just... well rounded. But good guesses overall.

[Boksi]

Well, they're not super powerful, they're just... well rounded. But good guesses overall.

Well, let's see... You have sacred blood mages, putting you on an endgame path already, plenty of astral(ie communion) mages, and access to air, fire, earth and death. And that's just the recruitables, the most expensive of which costs only 250 gold for a total of 7 picks of magic, with a 10% chance of another pick.

And that's just the recruitables. You've got a bunch of good summoned mages as well. So what am I saying here? They're super powerful because they're so well rounded. I mean, look at me and my Patala:

Outside my capital, all I get is 2S1N at most. Yeah, nothing but communion fodder, those. My capital-only mages give me more nature, earth and water, but the cheapest one costs me 250 gold for 5 picks. My most powerful one gets 9 picks, with a 10% chance at 10, but costs 450 gold. And I can only recruit one per turn. My summons give me some access to air at Conjuration 6, too, but nothing else until I start pulling out freaking Rudras. I've never done that, you know, and they can't research or forge anyway.

Basically, Bogarus is powerful late-game because they can recruit a wide variety of paths everywhere.

[Bluerobin]

Ok, yeah, assuming 1) I can get off do a decent start (which seems to be debatable, despite what the charts may say) and 2) I can actually use communions (which I never have before). Almost all of my mages only have 1 in any given path except the 250 cost ones which are only recruitable in my capital. Plus it's one thing to have a potentially powerful nation on paper and another to actually use it well. To be honest, I'm not a particularly good Dom3 player, having only played against people once, really. *shrug*

[Boksi]

To be honest, I'm not a particularly good Dom3 player, having only played against people once, really. *shrug*

That's infinitely more often than I have. Or something.

I'd give you tips about communions and how the fact they have low paths isn't too important, but that would be helping an enemy. Anyway, your recruit-anywhere mages are still better than mine.

[Bluerobin]

But you've got MONKEYS!

[Boksi]

But you've got MONKEYS!

Well, I was just comparing mages. Monkeys don't make terrific mages.

[TempAcc]

I'm not particulary good either, but I have a taste for picking nations people don't usualy pick learning to play them successfuly. I have a vague idea of how LA antlantis works, and so far its working decently, altough there's no real wars breaking out yet, but I'm definitely on the weak side when it comes to research, altough my mages are good combat casters, if certain conditions are met. I never really used communions either but I plan to try in this match.

Btw bluerobin, did you contract with those knights run out in the same turn you used them to take that province? I was sorta scared when I saw the first battle record of bogarus pubstomping the neutrals in that province with knights, then I accidentaly waltz'd in and they had gone poof

But you've got MONKEYS!COMMUNIST THEOCRATICAL PRIMATES!

Well, I was just comparing mages. Monkeys don't make terrific mages.

I also have a boksi in my army, but you'll never find him 

[Bluerobin]

Yeah the contract ran out the same turn, but they all died or routed in the first battle anyway.

[Boksi]

Atlantis is pulling ahead. He's got two armies stomping around, I'll bet. Too low dominion for an awake SC, none of the immediate research of a rainbow mage, which means he's most likely pulling an imprisoned bless/scales god. His pretender's titles suggest astral magic, so perhaps we're up against 25 gold/10 resource/2 map move heavy infantry with twist fate.

[Il Palazzo]

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[Karlito]

Hahaha, that is amazing.

[Boksi]

Nice to know that Bogarus will have a bit more difficulty breaking into water magic, then.

[TempAcc]

Lol, I approve, would read again.

And yep, I'm doing a bless strategy with arssatuts, its either that or investing in ice guards early for atlantis