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[AlStar]

Turn 2 is when it all becomes real, since that's when you get to see just how screwed you are by the initial indy placement.  ("Oh, nothing but knights and barbarians? Joy!")

Edit: ah, top of the page - well then.

Good Luck All, and May the Best God Win!

[Jilladilla]

("Oh, nothing but knights and barbarians? Joy!")

I would actually be thrilled to see barbarians around me, no shields + minimal armor is just asking to be filled with javelins! As for Knights... Point.
(PS: After playing Sceleria, not having to pay for the lorica segmentata all their troops are equipped with is a great relief...
No seriously, it's greatly overpriced even compared to the equivalent common armor. The lorica squamata and hamata don't have that issue)

[Gigalith]

Turn 2 is when it all becomes real, since that's when you get to see just how screwed you are by the initial indy placement.  ("Oh, nothing but knights and barbarians? Joy!")

Alternately, for those brave souls who send their SC pretender out turn one, it may become very real on turn two.

[Darkwind3]

(PS: After playing Sceleria, not having to pay for the lorica segmentata all their troops are equipped with is a great relief...
No seriously, it's greatly overpriced even compared to the equivalent common armor. The lorica squamata and hamata don't have that issue)

Shadow Vestals don't have lorica segmentata, though?

Bear with me here, but what's going on with the "Pretenders of the world" screen? I thought that even with score graphs disabled you could at least check out the funny things other players named their pretenders. It's been long enough I could be misremembering, though.

[Cthulhu]

Wew, good timing, just checked in to see if we were starting.

[Jilladilla]

(PS: After playing Sceleria, not having to pay for the lorica segmentata all their troops are equipped with is a great relief...
No seriously, it's greatly overpriced even compared to the equivalent common armor. The lorica squamata and hamata don't have that issue)

Shadow Vestals don't have lorica segmentata, though?

Cap-Only sacreds that rely entirely on their ethereality to survive. Also fairly heavy on the gold for a unit that rapidly folds when magic gets involved

[Karlito]

Bear with me here, but what's going on with the "Pretenders of the world" screen? I thought that even with score graphs disabled you could at least check out the funny things other players named their pretenders. It's been long enough I could be misremembering, though.

I thought the same. Is it possible we're set to all info disabled instead? I guess the only way to find out is if someone gets spies (pretty rare in EA, I believe).

Anyway, here's a list of pretender names from the turn 2 prophet announcements:
Ermor: Nirnokastrol
Marverni: Cynosure
Sauromatia: Avatre Dragonheart
C'tis: Biting Political Commentary
Tir na n'Og: Deirdre
Fomoria: Balor
Lanka: The Great Bay
Hinnom: Howaitoburu
Therodos: Maggie Thatcher
Ur: [not yet announced]

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

the names Avatre Dragonheart, named after my last name and the name of a character from a book I like.

[Darkwind3]

(PS: After playing Sceleria, not having to pay for the lorica segmentata all their troops are equipped with is a great relief...
No seriously, it's greatly overpriced even compared to the equivalent common armor. The lorica squamata and hamata don't have that issue)

Shadow Vestals don't have lorica segmentata, though?

Cap-Only sacreds that rely entirely on their ethereality to survive. Also fairly heavy on the gold for a unit that rapidly folds when magic gets involved

Fair enough. I thought we were talking about the expansion phase, where Shadow Vestals really shine with a decent bless, but they do drop off in usefulness once you start fighting other players.

Much unlike Serpent Dancers, who are, of course, practically invincible throughout all stages of the game, which is why I've definitely invested in a triple-bless to maximize their value. It'll pay off, you'll see, you'll all see!

[Il Palazzo]

D: aw, shucks. Shitty thrones and none underwater.

[Gigalith]

Ur worships the great and all-powerful Farmer Brown.

In retrospect, I probably should have prophetized.

[ThtblovesDF]

There isn't much else to do turn 1, is there?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

If your nation has a strong priest* you plan to recruit in the first few turns then you want to hold on. Otherwise making either your commander or scout your prophet is generally a good thing. Commander for the ability to boost troop morale and scout to do sneaky preaching.

*Strong meaning a priest that has 3 or more holy magic so they get the +1 to it instead of being set to 3

[AlStar]

How the heck did LIZARDPEOPLE CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT get 23 kills already? Go up against a bunch of undead?

[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

Could have been sent out on the first turn instead of waiting for info. Risky move if so but apparently it panned out.