Re: Odyssey advice?

From: quixote@elbrus.lcs.mit.edu (Chris Conley)

Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <17406BC36S86.DLUKE@msu.edu>, Doug Luke <DLUKE@msu.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone have good advice for a new Odyssey player? I'm trying to figure
>out how to set up my position, and the flexibility is a little overwhelming.

Go back to cow-tipping, boy.  That's what Moo U is known for, after all.

8-)

(Spoken like a true UM grad, eh?)

>(That's not really a complaint. <g>) I'm looking for hints along three lines:
>
>1) Is it possible to run armies, a location and characters, or do I really
>need to emphasize one over the others to have any chance at competing?

Well, none of the playtests really ran long enough to answer this in any
definitive manner, but I would say that it's possible.  Obviously, you
will be at a disadvantage when going head-to-head with anyone who has
specilized entirely on a military or character-based position, but you'll
also have a lot more flexibility for meeting various goals.  Furthermore,
a primarily character-based position can benefit tremendously from the
Glory income derived by owning a few smaller locations, while a primarily
military-based position is greatly helped by arcanists with powerful
battle spells.

>2) Any things to avoid in my setup (things that if I do I'm screwed for the
>rest of the game)?

Remember that actions are power, and that each character starts with a
minimum of 2 actions.  I really doubt that a position based on two or
three ultra-powerful characters has a real chance at success, since they
can only be in so many places and accomplish so much in a given turn.

Then again, that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.  But I doubt it.  8-)

>3) And, conversely, any things that I absolutely need to do for sure?

Buy mounts for every character.  There's absolutely no reason not to have
one - they help in combat and they're just immensely cheaper than actually
buying movement points.  Get a couple of spares if you plan to do any
HIREing in the immediate future, even.

Concentrate points on attributes.  Abilities and affinities can be increased
fairly easily during the game, but it's tough (especially at the start) to
raise those attributes.

>I know that some of the fun will be to figure these things out for myself, but
>since I know a lot of you have already been involved with the playtesting I
>don't want to be left too far out in the cold.

Well, I don't think there are too many playtesters in Game 2, and I'm sure
that none of them have all *that* much of an experience edge - the playtests
didn't last that long, and all of the important quests/features/et cetera
were missing.  I'm planning on posting all of the data that I collected
to this group once the games start; I can't volunteer to keep it up to
date, though.

- Chris

References

Odyssey advice?
DLUKE@msu.edu (Doug Luke)
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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Odyssey advice?
DLUKE@msu.edu (Doug Luke)
Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:00:00 +0000