[twelve]

Gnaw, on 06 June 2018 - 11:33 PM, said:

twelve, on 06 June 2018 - 11:27 PM, said:

Gnaw, on 06 June 2018 - 11:08 PM, said:

Standard 2:2 with Tapper. Who wants my 3rd commodity?

I'm tapped but Blend might have some remaining once he no longer borders Nico.

Gnaw, you still didn't mention if you are going to trap my troops in Abryz/Fria. I know you mentioned you don't want to trade with me but I would really like to know if you are going to do it or not and if so can I persuade you or not?

I’m not going to trap your troops.

Thank you Gnaw. I appreciated it.

[D'rek]

Ok! I think I'm fully caught up! Will post a map update shortly.

A lot of Nico pillages got added to the past few actions, so make sure to re-check. For convenience, here's the current commodity/trade good amounts (as of the end of Blend's latest turn):

IH: 3c / 6tg
Nico: 0c / 17tg
Tatts: 0c / 7tg
ItGnaw: 0c / 7tg
Tapper: 2c / 3tg
Morgoth: 0c / 5tg
Khell: 0c / 3tg
Twelve: 0c / 5tg
Blend: 2c / 5tg

[Blend]

And I forgot that Nico could pillage on every transaction. Shoulda made you all give me TGs to cover the pillages!

17TGs! Nico's fucking rolling in dough. "Waaaah, I've got no game left."

[Nicodimas]

Blend, on 07 June 2018 - 01:46 AM, said:

And I forgot that Nico could pillage on every transaction. Shoulda made you all give me TGs to cover the pillages!

17TGs! Nico's fucking rolling in dough. "Waaaah, I've got no game left."

Hey ! It’s TI

Emotions sometimes get drawn out. Actually I can say without a doubt TI is the only game that gets me quite this pissed when fuck something up.

I’m like the zen level type board gaming...

( But that means it’s a good game )

[Khellendros]

Nicodimas, on 07 June 2018 - 02:01 AM, said:

Blend, on 07 June 2018 - 01:46 AM, said:

And I forgot that Nico could pillage on every transaction. Shoulda made you all give me TGs to cover the pillages!

17TGs! Nico's fucking rolling in dough. "Waaaah, I've got no game left."

Hey ! It’s TI

Emotions sometimes get drawn out. Actually I can say without a doubt TI is the only game that gets me quite this pissed when fuck something up.

I’m like the zen level type board gaming...

( But that means it’s a good game )

Are you going to accept IH's offer or not?

[Tattersail_]

Just so you know Twelve, if you had sabotaged that deal between me and Blend, then secondary of Logistics puts my dreads in Herrah, I move all ships in. I knew I needed a good nights sleep before making my move. I'm going to honour our deal though.

[Imperial Historian]

Blend, on 07 June 2018 - 01:46 AM, said:

And I forgot that Nico could pillage on every transaction. Shoulda made you all give me TGs to cover the pillages!

17TGs! Nico's fucking rolling in dough. "Waaaah, I've got no game left."

Yeah surprised twelve hasn't stopped Nico building by dropping a ship in his home system... Then noticed nico had only 2 tokens in fleet. If he had more he'd have been able to build his flagship and a couple of dreads which I think would have torn twelves fleet apart, hell his flagship and one dread would stand a chance at doing that.

Plus he'd have 3 more than and 2 commodities if he'd accepted my deal!

[Morgoth]

IH, I am very curious as to what you plan to do. It's a shame about Nico falling apart, his race would have been an interesting addition to the galactic conflict, but now you're in a very interesting position.

[Morgoth]

And there we have our first War Sun!

[Tapper]

Imperial Historian, on 07 June 2018 - 08:04 AM, said:

Blend, on 07 June 2018 - 01:46 AM, said:

And I forgot that Nico could pillage on every transaction. Shoulda made you all give me TGs to cover the pillages!

17TGs! Nico's fucking rolling in dough. "Waaaah, I've got no game left."

Yeah surprised twelve hasn't stopped Nico building by dropping a ship in his home system... Then noticed nico had only 2 tokens in fleet. If he had more he'd have been able to build his flagship and a couple of dreads which I think would have torn twelves fleet apart, hell his flagship and one dread would stand a chance at doing that.

Plus he'd have 3 more than and 2 commodities if he'd accepted my deal!

Flagship, dread and a few fighters would solve the space combat part, but he'd also need ground troops to take things back, and there's the problem.
Nico was pretty close to being really scary - 3 yellow for his second racial would have given him access to more CT than he might have ever needed, and Integrated Economy on top of his first racial tech would have made battle losses almost non-existent (plus, Space Docks II are also immediately available as an upgrade).

[Morgoth]

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

[Khellendros]

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

But everything worked out aaaaaalright in the end eh?

[Blend]

Tatts - am definitely using your trade agreement.

[Morgoth]

Khellendros, on 07 June 2018 - 10:03 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

But everything worked out aaaaaalright in the end eh?

It's a pretty cool board right now, especially as I can't really tell what Gnaw and Tapsytaps plan to do with their virgin fleets.


edit - I had a look at the public objectives, and they don't look very promising for me.. Most of them are so far away from what I can manage they might as well be on another galaxy. Who has access to 5 tech planets!

This post has been edited by Morgoth: 07 June 2018 - 10:11 AM

[Imperial Historian]

D, on 07 June 2018 - 01:39 AM, said:

Ok! I think I'm fully caught up! Will post a map update shortly.

A lot of Nico pillages got added to the past few actions, so make sure to re-check. For convenience, here's the current commodity/trade good amounts (as of the end of Blend's latest turn):

IH: 3c / 6tg
Nico: 0c / 17tg
Tatts: 0c / 7tg
ItGnaw: 0c / 7tg
Tapper: 2c / 3tg
Morgoth: 0c / 5tg
Khell: 0c / 3tg
Twelve: 0c / 5tg
Blend: 2c / 5tg

Wait did Nico not activate my trade PN?

[Tapper]

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

Yeah, he overextended quite a bit, and he got very little use out of his earlier ship builds.

[Morgoth]

Tapper, on 07 June 2018 - 10:46 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

Yeah, he overextended quite a bit, and he got very little use out of his earlier ship builds.

Before this game I've always considered Sol to be a rather weak and uninteresting race, but Khell really showed how they can be used to safeguard against the consequences of overextension. Though there was some luck involved too, with my shitty drones being unable to hit a fully sized factory, let alone a Solarian soldier.

[Tapper]

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

Tapper, on 07 June 2018 - 10:46 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

Yeah, he overextended quite a bit, and he got very little use out of his earlier ship builds.

Before this game I've always considered Sol to be a rather weak and uninteresting race, but Khell really showed how they can be used to safeguard against the consequences of overextension. Though there was some luck involved too, with my shitty drones being unable to hit a fully sized factory, let alone a Solarian soldier.

Apparently, they're doing way better in TI4 than in 3 - different starting technologies, I think?

[Morgoth]

Tapper, on 07 June 2018 - 12:03 PM, said:

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 11:07 AM, said:

Tapper, on 07 June 2018 - 10:46 AM, said:

Morgoth, on 07 June 2018 - 09:57 AM, said:

Should have protected himself better though. That's the thing with going hard on tech early, it's hard to keep up with fleet construction at the same time. Which is why I railed at Khell and Blend for letting twelve do just that the first couple of rounds.

Yeah, he overextended quite a bit, and he got very little use out of his earlier ship builds.

Before this game I've always considered Sol to be a rather weak and uninteresting race, but Khell really showed how they can be used to safeguard against the consequences of overextension. Though there was some luck involved too, with my shitty drones being unable to hit a fully sized factory, let alone a Solarian soldier.

Apparently, they're doing way better in TI4 than in 3 - different starting technologies, I think?

And a better carrier too I suspect. I don't think their carrier was different from others in TI3

[Khellendros]

I picked Sol because I thought they would be the simplest, most basic race to play in a first game. I've been pleasantly surprised to find that they're really fun to be as well! The starting tech and racial traits, while not flashy in any way, are all fundamentally really useful, and the unit upgrades and flagship are pleasingly powerful.