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We’re 8 days in, no Valhalla thread?

Haha! you almost got me excited for a new update :p 

Yeah, there are a few of them I've seen so far as well.

Is it possible for Zeta to adjust or redo the plotting? I like the map as a whole, but the plotting has some issues here and there.

was the same on Zetamania a few eras back, not sure which map it was though

Good game Holy

konspyre, good to see you but you waited too logn

Sad thing we were online, I tried 2 aotd attenpts but both failed, at low percentage tho, other mage did not have good %. 

I have some constructive feedback on our enemies’ era that would’ve made things go a little different (though end result may or may not change). 

And it really showed, you were the most difficult to cast on Edi :) you and Jasmina both.

Regarding magic, in addition to Percy's advice I would suggest a few more things. Stop building huge mage towers, they will only drain your income. Most of the time you shouldn't go over 10-15k mts, better invest into mus, they are the ones providing the power. For cheaper casts, try avoiding armouries / gts or any other building except houses and mts. Also don't overbuild houses.

I am not saying you are wrong, just because i am not entirely sure, and as such - i cannot make a firm statement, but I strongly believe max range was introduced in the game few years ago. It is true that in the past there wasn't a max range thing. Not sure about the current situation.

Yes, to confirm, back in Zeta I built 45k mage towers and froze Shadows big merge from inside our core up north, while you were in south part of the map. Technically if you build mage town with enough mage towers in middle of map, you might be able to have range on entire map. Casting is very expensive as you mentioned, losing more towers than usual.

I did much testing on it and found ZeTa’s formula for range and why people keep tossing the 15k number around :) I also can justify why I build 30k MTs using that data. Yes it’s more costly, but it’s better to hold 600k MUs in one spot with 60% map coverage than have them split down to 2-3 cities of 200-300k MUs each with quarter map coverage or less. Running Halfer (quicker build time) with tons of slaves offsets those negatives very effectively if you have a 2 mil+ income. And that long range MC is generally for long range EITS, Locust, and CW anyways. Not gonna AotD from it lol those casts I do from the 15k MT MC sitting 1 tick away

As an example for those who are currently on Val, with 25k MTs my range is just shy of Central Office. When I was running 30-35k MTs, it was well above Security. And thats all from one central MC, with range as a circle of that radius all the way around. I had full coverage of the entire battlefield from a single MC where I could concentrate MUs. Granted this was a special case, and the more cost effective solution would have been a forward MC, but this allowed coverage in the NW against HnS and Candle, coverage in the NE to support our progress through old KoH core, and in the deep SE to protect against a HnS Orc that got testy. Didnt need to split my power up and all 600k MUs could be used simultaneously, which was a HUGE advantage for us.

No problem :) If anyone has questions on magic (friend or foe), feel free to message me. I don't know everything by any means, but I would be more than happy to share what I do know to help bring the average skill and effectiveness of mages up.

meow? 

we requested zeta to cast arma 13 hrs ago

Because we didn't manage to SS magic 9 from somewhere :D

Can someone spawn in and rush magic 9?

why dont you guys just email zeta ? he is usually responding within 1-2 days, sometimes minutes to his emails and is not logging in VU that often ;)

It's only bad if you happen to take mines but no farms. i had -450k a few days ago, got less pez and more farming sci so im at -93k now.