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I avoid plundering cause it feels like hacks. You can probably get more money from plundering then doing ANYTHING else.

I tend to play Prophecy of Pendor for WB, where they try to discourage this sort of malarky by having ultra-elite troops in the form of orders of knighthood that require a base honor level to recruit and get significantly cheaper with even higher scores. So far it's working on me.

Does base M&B or WB actually have any disincentive for raiding outside of the disposition penalties with the town? I only did it once or twice while playing vanilla and don't remember any significant consequences for those actions.

EDIT: And thinking about the game's mechanics reminded me of another gripe: friendly units block the PC's, and only the PC's, melee attacks. Having five men chase me who are all able to swing through one another is a nuisance, especially when an "allied" farmhurr runs in and blocks my strike. I don't think I'd be as annoyed if it was consistent, instead of an obvious crutch for an AI that likes to swarm. They should either give in and let me swing through allies or prevent all attacking through allies and bring the AI to a point where it can deal with that reliably. I just want to be able to insert myself into an infantry line and get some proper infantry melee in without having to rely on easily blocked vertical chops. Spending the early game sitting out battles or doing suicidal solo charges just isn't much fun.

Last night's game with AlStar didn't get to happen on account of my network cutting out every five minutes for reasons I have not yet identified. Hopefully I can get that cleared up once I'm home again and we can play tonight.

Just have PvP by sector. Say, everything positive x allows player killing, everything positive of y allows base attacking. That way, +x+y is free for all, +x-y is arena battles, -x-y is free build, and -x+y is... well... for traps and such maybe?

Oh and add like a 200 block wide buffer zone along each axis that's no building (except maybe railways?) and no fighting.

I think it may make a bit more sense to just use signs to mark structures or areas out for PvP or rampantly destructive PvP. With a respectful community like ours and a bit of common sense, it should work out.

I am a terrible person. I'm going to try to throw together a game with Tiny later today, but if that doesn't get played I consent to league advancement and a loss by default.

Made a giant on Ruari, planning to focus on crafting skills with enough combat to get by. Still in tutorial land, but I have a buddy who has made an elf on that server and may be interested in joining any B12 guild that starts up. The game itself looks interesting, but the combat tutorials are so very tedious.

I believe we have found the ideal gateway drug for Dwarf Fortress. Watching with great anticipation.

Quote from: ndkid on January 04, 2012, 10:25:27 pm

So, with only three non-bye games this week, and two already played, we're left with:HLBeta - High Elves - Foot-The-Ball Legion VII vs Soapmakers United; any idea when that game will happen yet?

HLBeta says He's busy and dosn't know when He'll be able to play

I hope He'll sort it out but I guess people are waiting.

I should know by tomorrow and may be able to play as early as the day after that. Landing a new job has thrown my normally placid schedule into disarray.

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I have a copy of Puzzle Agent, one coal, two 50% coupons for Valve games, Robo Blitz, Dwarfs?! and Sol Survivor. I also have -33% and -25% coupons for Valve games.
I want: Psychonauts, Capsized and/or the Lost Eternia Shard DLC for Dungeon Defenders. I am interested in any coupons that would cover Skyrim or Assassin's Creed Revelations.

I'm aware that what I have isn't that great. If I can just get one or two wishlist items I'll happily trade away my entire stock for it.

Edited: Fresh Coal