Re: Odyssey

From: sjoerd@cs.vu.nl (Sjoerd Schreuder)

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000

jghiloni@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (James Craig Ghiloni) writes:

>In article <DnFrCs.4tw.0.-s@cs.vu.nl>,
>Sjoerd Schreuder <sjoerd@cs.vu.nl> wrote:
>>Some general advice:
>>- Buy an army
>>
>>Personnal views: (which might generate discussion)
>>- Don't try to be good at everything. Of course, a military position
>>  needs spellcasters and fighters as well, and an army to take locations
>>  (to generate glory) is a must for all character positions.
>>  But it's not possible to have both a good/large army, many strong fighters
>>  and good spellcasters.

>Is it really necessary to have an army?  Taking your second bit of advice
>above as granted, I hoped to have a position with only 3 characters, a
>priest, a ranger, and a deceiver.  I wanted to send the priest up the
>appropriate religion's status chain as quickly as possible, using the
>other two as support staff.  I have no interest in building an empire or
>fielding armies, and with only 3 chars. they are all pretty well
>maximized, so I had some hope they could get along on their own.

They can, but I think you'll spend many turns waiting for you prestige
to be high enough to morph.

>I am willing to accept that a location would help me get glory/prestige
>quicker, but will my lack of armies completely hobble my plans.  Would it
>be worth it to just drop some points into a location in startup with
>enough troops to just defend it?

No, I wouldn't advice to buy a location at setup, it's better to buy an army
to take several locations the first few turns. But it's possible without
army, I've done it in game 2, but I don't have high glory income in that game,
so my prestige is lower than several other characters'. Nevertheless, it's
possible, of course, but one will notice the difference later in the game.

Sjoerd Schreuder

References

Odyssey
christopher@city-net.com (Christopher Wood)
Mon, 26 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey
sjoerd@cs.vu.nl (Sjoerd Schreuder)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey
jghiloni@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (James Craig Ghiloni)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Odyssey
christopher@city-net.com (Christopher Wood)
Mon, 26 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey
sjoerd@cs.vu.nl (Sjoerd Schreuder)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Odyssey
jghiloni@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (James Craig Ghiloni)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0000