Re: NIC Advice

From: pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)

Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 14:27:58 +0000

In article 23258@cm.cf.ac.uk, I (Phillip Fayers) writes:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm going to be setting up in NIC II in the UK and I want
>to try a popualation based position, Overlord or Merc.  I need
>some advice.  So far myself and a few associates are thinking
>of setting up for the Druid faction so I wouldn't mind having
>a Centaur Druid main character, however this means I get
>Centaur population, 250 of them and they don't grow very fast.
>
>I have some people advising me that if I'm going for
>Overlord the only thing to do is have human pop.  Has
>any body out there done well with a non-human Overlord
>or Merc position?  What (in your opinion) are the benefits/
>disadvantages of Overlord over Merc?  Which would you
>choose?  How many soldiers do you normally get compared to the
>starting population numbers? Any other advice?
>

Oops, I forgot some questions.  What do you start with in the
way of possessions, money etc. for Merc and Overlord positions?
Do you start with enough cash to immediately train more soldiers?
What sort of levels are the soldiers you get?

I think that should be enough to keep you all busy.

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References

NIC Advice
pmf@astro.cf.ac.uk (Phillip Fayers)
Thu, 05 May 1994 13:59:55 +0000