Re: ME-PBM: more questions...

From: gordon@gmcl.demon.co.uk (Gordon W McLennan)

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 12:49:59 +0000

In article <29gigj$5ek@crchh437.bnr.ca> schnurr@bnr.ca writes:

>I've heard some comments that if you encounter Sauron/Gandalf various
>skill ranks may be increased.  Has anybody seen this in a game?  Does
>your character have to be an Army Commander or with an army or something??

I've seen this happen in a few games! In a UK game Sauron ran into an
army and awarded everyone an automatic 40 in their Mage rank!

Sauron/Gandalf only seem to interact with armies, or your population
centres (influencing loyalty, etc). I have heard one report about
Sauron running into a Sinda army and destroying it >totally<. Look out
Free Peoples...

>What are people thoughts on the value of the Scout for Characters command?
>Is it better/worse than Scout Hex?

I've found Scout for Characters to be reasonably effective, as long
as you have a decent skill rank. At low levels you can receive a
number of fallacious reports...

The best use for this tactic for me has always been to guard a population
centre from agent activities with a constant 'Scout for Characters'
followed up by assassinations. :>

>Does anybody have any idea what the tactic vs. tactic modifiers are for
>army combats?

Roughly about a maximum of +20%, to a min of -20%.

>How much is your loyalty affected if you change your tax rate by 5%? 10%??
> 20%???

At a tax rate of 40% I haven't noticed any loyalty change, but as soon as
it is altered there is a jump, followed by a steady increase/decrease. It
seems to run on a sliding scale, with each 10% extra tax above 40% giving
a -1% loyalty drop per turn.

>Thanks in advance,
>

No problem.
--
Gordon McLennan
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 unintelligible nobody understands me." Milton Mayer

References

ME-PBM: more questions...
schnurr@bnr.ca (Eric Schnurr)
Wed, 13 Oct 1993 09:41:39 +0000

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ME-PBM: more questions...
schnurr@bnr.ca (Eric Schnurr)
Wed, 13 Oct 1993 09:41:39 +0000