Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM campaigns

[Martok]

@Martok  Thanks for the tech.  Forgot to mention it 2 turns ago.

Ah, you're welcome!  I know it's not much compared to the massive tech exchange we did earlier, but I figure every little bit helps. 

@Martok: Excellent! Qa-Qa homeworld seems poorly defended. Perhaps they have deployed their fleet in response to your brilliant attack on Cornwall? I plan to attack the Qa-Qa homeworld next turn.

I know your comment was made somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but it appears there may actually be something in what you say.  I see the Assembly is moving modest reinforcements to Cheddar (mostly ground troops from the looks of it), and it looks like they may actually attempt to hold it.  On the other hand, they've obviously already written off their colony on Camelot...which is smart of them, as it's going to be wiped out in the next couple turns.  8) 

@Martok and W8taminute: AROM has reason to worry! I just declared war on them...again but this time I have better beam weapons and a marine assault force! :)

Sorry for the delay guys.  I got home from work really late last night and went straight to bed.  Turn played and sent.  I'm sending my fleet to Actium and will declare war on the AROM next turn.  My fleet and marines are 1 turn away from Actium.

No worries. I am busy putting down riots on Ravena [sp?] before moving on to my next target. I expect to have cruiser researched in 4 turns.

My fleet is already in orbit over Capua.  I'm ready to go when you guys are! 

[Martok]

Let me know when you guys are going to start a new game, I'll join.

I'd be up for a match.  Anyone else? 

[W8taminute]

^I declared war on the AROM last night.  Next turn should see my marines pillaging and listening to the lament of the AROM women.  If they even have women that is. 


I'd be up for another PBEM in addition to the one I'm involved with here!

[Shelldrake]

Let me know when you guys are going to start a new game, I'll join.

I'd be up for a match.  Anyone else?

Count me in. It will give me a chance to try playing another race.

[W8taminute]

Played my turn but I noticed I was only able to conduct the battle of Actium.  As soon as the battle was over the turn was sent on.  Is this normal?

[Shelldrake]

Played my turn but I noticed I was only able to conduct the battle of Actium.  As soon as the battle was over the turn was sent on.  Is this normal?

Yes it is normal. Martok can probably give an explanation as to why but it is part of the game mechanics.

[Martok]

Okay.  So we've got OJsDad, Shelldrake, W8taminute, and myself for a new MP game. 

Anyone else (Anguille, Jarhead, Windy, etc.)? 

Played my turn but I noticed I was only able to conduct the battle of Actium.  As soon as the battle was over the turn was sent on.  Is this normal?

Yep, that's normal.  I can't give much of a technical explanation, other than it has to do with the fact that in MP matches, battles are processed separately from the rest of the turn. 

[W8taminute]

Ok thanks for the explanation guys.  I was worried I did something wrong.  Will play my turn now.

[Martok]

@Shelldrake:  How are things going in your neck of the woods?  Did you take Avalon yet?  I can't tell. 

As for myself, the Assembly's Camelot colony is no more.  Onward to Cheddar...and glory! 



@Shelldrake & W8taminute:   I hope you guys won't be terribly offended if I wait for my treaty with the AROM (I have 6 turns left) to expire before I join the party.  I usually roleplay my faction to a certain extent, and barring extraordinary circumstances, I just can't see the Jellies capriciously breaking a diplomatic agreement. 

(Gah!  I hate waiting, though!) 

Okay.  So we've got OJsDad, Shelldrake, W8taminute, and myself for a new MP game. 

Anyone else (Anguille, Jarhead, Windy, etc.)? 

I'm thinking we give it til this evening to see if anyone else wants to join.  In the meantime, shall we begin discussing parameters (co-op, team vs. team, free-for-all) and game settings (map size, research rate, number of factions, etc.)? 


Also:  OJsDad, you wanna shoot me a PM with your contact info?  I'll need whatever email address you want your turn notifications sent to, plus the Gmail address you want to use for the actual game.  (If you haven't created a Gmail account yet, you'll want to do so before we start playing, as it's necessary for Armada MP matches.) 

[OJsDad]

@Martok, I just sent you PM. 

As for game settings, whatever you guys want to go with is fine with me.

[W8taminute]

@Martok

I can totally relate to what you're saying as I like roleplaying as well, even in single player games by myself. 



As for the settings of our next game I'm cool with anything.  Might I suggest though, a medium to large galaxy size?  I'll take whatever race no one else wants.

[Shelldrake]

@Martok,
Avalon is now in Klurgu claws, as is Qa-Quish. Opposition has been minimal so I am encouraged to proceed subjugating worthwhile QaQa colonies and irradicating their lesser possessions. I fear the terrans will be much tougher so the Klurgu empire must expand before taking on the apekin.

My preference is to play the Cryokon in our new multiplayer game.

[OJsDad]

I'll play either the Humans, AROM, or the Cryokon's.

[Martok]

@Martok, I just sent you PM. 

Received.  Please stand by.  :) 

@Martok

I can totally relate to what you're saying as I like roleplaying as well, even in single player games by myself. 

Good.  Glad to know I'm not the only one! 

As for the settings of our next game I'm cool with anything.  Might I suggest though, a medium to large galaxy size?  I'll take whatever race no one else wants.

I concur.  With 4 human players, I'm thinking we'll want to go with another 4-8 AI players to round things out, so a larger map is definitely both warranted and necessary. 

@Martok,
Avalon is now in Klurgu claws, as is Qa-Quish. Opposition has been minimal so I am encouraged to proceed subjugating worthwhile QaQa colonies and irradicating their lesser possessions. I fear the terrans will be much tougher so the Klurgu empire must expand before taking on the apekin.

Excellent! 

That being the case, I believe I shall begin preparing expeditionary forces to take the QaQa's two colonies (I forget their names atm) along my southern border as well.  I'm also thinking I should grab Lyon while I'm at it. 

In regards to the Humans, I'm thinking I may have to construct relays on one or more of your worlds (with your permission, of course).  Otherwise, I'm not sure my ships will have the range to reach any of the Union's planets.  We'll see, though. 

My preference is to play the Cryokon in our new multiplayer game.

Roger that. 

I'll play either the Humans, AROM, or the Cryokon's.

Well it sounds like Shelldrake has already called dibs on the Cryo's.  Given that, do you have a preference between the Humans and AROM? 

[Martok]

Okay, time to make some decisions and set parameters for our pending 4-player match.  Here's what I'm thinking so far for game settings: 


Normal difficulty
Large map
Normal star density 
4-8 AI factions (not including ourselves), depending on what type of game we go with
Normal Homeworlds enabled
Research rate scalable to map size


Please let me know if you guys are okay with these settings, and/or if you'd like to request any changes. 


However, at least one major question remains, which is what type of MP match do we want to do?  We could of course do a classic "every man for himself" game, we could pair off into 2 teams, or we could do co-op like we've been doing.  (Note:  If we do co-op again, I would add a full 8 AI races.) 

I'm not sure we want to throw OJsDad into the deep end of the pool by doing a traditional free-for-all, but personally I'm not picky.  I just want to play!