Recommended turn order based on play times:

The game of Marcuspers is now 4vs4

SeeR reopened his mod games. Please contact him by PM if interested.

I see that Marcuspers is afraid to fight against cbower and me on the 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 2 that I organize. I understand.... after all, that would cause his first defeat!

We also have a game opened by DreadReapr here: Duel Or Team (check the settings)

I have created a 3vs 3 game. It wil be me, Evgendil, Jonny Thunder vs 3 players. If you have a team, good join as a team! If not, you are welcome to join as 3 solo players. We take no hostages, but we are very decent players.

I opened a 2 vs 2 vs 2 vs 2 game here: http://www.the-battlefield.co... />I play with cbower.
We will wait the balance mod v1.1 to start (hopefully next week).

Only people in registered teams of at least 2 persons can join (but no need to play with your team mates): http://www.the-battlefield.co... />That's to encourage the organization of real teams.

@Dreadrpr

That's most of all because most people don't have enough time to play Multiplayer else I'm sure they'd enjoy it.

about that tourney poll, its obvious that most votes will be for pbem 1v1 or 2v2 tournament bcz most users here prefer pbem over live . 

1 game still open: http://www.the-battlefield.co... Needs 2 players who want to play Necro.

I plan to open a 8 players game with the balance mod once v1.1 is released.

Please also note:
- a poll is currently open to know in what types of tournaments players want to participate: http://www.the-battlefield.co... />- the team tools have been improved, you can create your team in My account / My team. A 2 vs 2 tournament will be organized at some point, you should start training now.

+ as usual: host games! we lack hosts, not players.

Moridin joined !!

Counterbore quitted!

All the MoD series games have now filled and launched.

1 player needed for a 4vs4 game. Not ranked or part of this website, but a regular member would be welcome. Luckily team 2 is not yet filled, and you will play with myself, Evgendil and Wodokan. The opposition is strong, but even a beginner is welscome to learn the trade.
PW: narf
Name: 4vs4 ~ Once more!

Mod Series game #1 ( War of Magicians ) has filled and been launched


few seats left in #2 ( Architect's Dream )

and #3 ( Rise of the Dark Elves )

The Ultimate MOD series games have been rehosted NO PASSWORD

they are open for anyone to join now

you can see the list of mods needed to play them by hovering your mouse over the game on the AoW server , there are still 2 or 3 seats left in each of them at this time.


if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

4 games are currently open:

• 3v3 human Theo&Warlord vs 3 necro players 2 Necro players expected


• 3 games with mods (please check the list of mods required):




• Ultimate Mod Test #3


• Ultimate Mod Test #2


• Ultimate MOD Test #1

Please also note that the team system is currently being improved! A Team ranking has been introduced: http://www.the-battlefield.co...
It will be made easier to create teams and more info on them will be available. Also remember that at some points a 2 vs 2 team tournament will be organized. So I encourage everyone to find partners to train together!

2 other news not directly related to the Battlefield:

• I made several videos of my match against Eskild in the PBEM tournament and commented them. You can find the playlist with the 7 episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playl...
  Each episode is about 3 and 22 minutes and show 1 or 2 turns.
  For people doubting the strength of Necro, I strongly recommend watching episode #5 where I (more than?) double the size of my army and just exterminate Eskild which has no way to fight back. It's here : https://www.youtube.com/watch...
  
• A balance mod is currently being worked on and it will be used in future PBEM tournaments. Your feedback on the proposed changes is welcome so that we design a good and balanced mod!




• A table lists all the changes considered here: https://docs.google.com/docum...
  
• The 2 hot topics right now are Dread and Necro




• Dread




• The only priority change (at least 3 “for” and no “against):
  Dr08
  Musketeers’ Fire Musket does 28 ranged physical damage (was 25)


• And here are the changes I propose to drop (at least 3 “against”):
  Dr11
  Each engineer grants two additional reasearch point per turn
  Dr12
  Mana Fuel Cells give +4 Research Point per turn




• Necro

Basically, we've got 4 options to fix to Greater Reanimate undead: 

 
1. make it target only allied units (Ne05a)

 
2. make it available later and at a higher cost (Ne05c, Ne05f)

 
3. limit it targets and especially make it impossible to reanimate Death Bringers (Ne05b, Ne05d, Ne05e)

 
4. limit its targets at the beginning but then make it evolve to a stronger ability when techs are researched (Ne05)

 

 
Personally, I favour option 4/ because it has a smaller impact on Single player experience and is thus more likely to be adopted by Triumph. 
Here are the detailed candidates changes: 
  

Ne05	GRU7 * “Lesser Reanimate Undead” is a prerequisite of Greater Reanimate Undead (GRU). GRU is available at level 11 (was level 7), for 8 points (was 7 points). GRU works only on allied units and only on T1 and T2.  When a Necromancer player researches all its T1, T2, T3, and T4 strategic techs, GRU is upgraded to the current version (target T1 to T4 units and restore 100% health)
Ne05a	Greater Reanimate Undead – works only on YOUR undeads, restores 75% HP (was 100%). Needs Lesser Reanimate Undead as prerequisite.
Ne05b	Greater Reanimate Undead works only on T1, T2 and T3 (was up to T4)
Ne05c	GRU1 * Increase cost of GRU: 6 -> 8
Ne05d	GRU3 * Make mind-control immune and ghoul-curse immune units also immune against enemy unit reanimation
Ne05e	GRU3bis * Make it impossible to target cadavers of Death Bringers
Ne05f	GRU6 * Increase the level required to choose it: 7 -> 9

 
   
Please provide feedback here on the gaming blog or there for Necro: http://aow.triumph.net/forums... and there for Dread: http://aow.triumph.net/forums...

I created a game for 4 players all vs all, balance mod requestet.
click here to join

Blechhower joined !!

Mr. Hawk joined !!

SeeR, do not hesitate to give direct links here, it's easier for people to join:

Creatures of the Deep
Ultimate MOD Test #1
Ultimate Mod Test #2
Ultimate Mod Test #3


For the 1st one, there is only one seat left (and not even sure, as SeeR is used to open his games to external players, not on the BF).

So I have had quite a look through all the mods and got creative with designing …
not one , not two , but THREE very unique PBEM 2v2v2v2 Matches.

Each game uses a different set of between about 8 and 10 different mods.

Thematically Designed for stylistically different and incredibly unique PBEM experience.

They are all up and HOSTED already , but you will have to get a hold of me either via steam or on the battlefield website in order to be given the PRECIOUS password to whichever particular game catches your fancy.

* NOTES TO POTENTIAL PLAYERS WISHING TO JOIN.

A. You will likely NEED to be a steam user in order to be able to ** SUBSCRIBE ** to all these MODS.

B. It will be a slight PAIN in ASS turning on and off the MODS everytime you have to play your TURN , so if that’s a problem for you or you do not know how to manage your subscribed mods then you need to either figure that out (really not that difficult) or just not bother to join these FANCY pbem experiences.

C. Although once can never be certain , these are potentially going to be those VERY LONG EPIC type game that can drag out for a significant amount of time , Turn timer will be flexible , but you need to communicate to the host for any absence of note, and as well its a good idea to talk to your partner frequently over the course of the match.

D. there’s probably something else important to say , but it eludes me at the moment ….. oh yes , occasionally enjoy a glass of your favourite __________ while playing your turn.

So Here Goes I will attempt to lay out the Concept for EACH of the THREE GAMES.

SeeR Ultimate MOD #1 ( Titled in PBEM server )

Unofficial Title ( War of Magic )

Mods Included

All Dragons in Dwellings
Invoke Mount Selection
Extra Support Units
Shadow Step Assasins
Summon Spell Tweaks
Hero Development Mod (EO’s)
Triumphant Heros & Compatablity mods
Dynamic Structure
Super Dynamic Map Generator
Expanded Forge

Map Settings

 2v2v2v2
Large Continents & UG UG Walls Sliders turned down to %25
Village Start – Far Distance
Few Road , Few City Few , Avg Dwelling
Few Starting Skills
Leader plus 7 HERO limit
Strong Defenders
High Resource Start
Hard Cosmic Happenings
Heros Match Race.
Anything unmentioned Normal / Average

SeeR Ultimate MOD #2

Unofficial Name : Master Architects

Mods Included :

City Development
Hero Professions MOD
EO’s Hero MOD
Multiplayer MOD by Griffith
Racial Watchtowers
Racial Unit Reskin (Class)
Racial Heritage
Structure Reward Variety
More Racial T-3’s

Map Settings :

 Large Land Surface Only
Settler , Stron Unit Start
Far Distance , few road , few city , few dwelling
Treasure = None
Visit Structures Few
High Speed Tactical Combat
Few start Skills
Strong Defenders
EQ off
Leader plus 4 hero limit
anything unmentioned normal / average

SeeR Ultimate MOD #3

unnoficial name : Rise of the Dark Elves

mods included :

Storm Giants
Obsidian Dragons in Dwellings
Epic Mounts
Dark Elf Template mod
Shathias Dark Elves
Racial Re-inforcements
Civic Diversity
Mythical Dwelling upgrageds
Hide’s Hero Package
Extended Settings

Map Settings

Large Islands & UG
Village Start Far distance
No Roads
Few City , Avg Dwelling
Diggable and unDiggable walls turned down ( 30% / 15% )
Water Turned down slightly ( 40 % )
Leader Plus 5 hero
Avg Resource Avg Start Skills
anything not mentioned Normal.

** Disclaimer …. I have tried to be as accurate with each detail as possible
if anybody notes a mod missing from one games list or anything ” incorrect ” please mention on this post , thanks.

Looking forward to some Great Matches.

$eeR

PS When you scroll over the game in the list of PBEM games to JOIN it will show you the specific MODS required to join ( just for anyone not aware of that )

Started a new PBEM game for anyone interested


Creatures of the Deep , 2v2v2  UG only map

PM for password

I already posted that on the PBEM Tournament Player Pool without much success, so I post it here, hoping to get more answers. Without more inputs from the community, we will not be able to build an effective mod. That would be a shame because there are clearly huge imbalances in the game right now and they need to be fixed if we want to have fun games.


As you know, there is currently several balance discussions ongoing, some dedicated to Conversion, others to Necro, others to balance issues outside conversion & Necro, a last one to XP farming. There is also a more general discussion about the settings of the next PBEM tournament.
On the "other balance issues" discussion (which suppose that other issues, linked to conversion, XP farming, Necro, etc. are all solved), I checked the opinions of everyone so far and here are the changes that get at least 3 approvals and no disagreement. I flagged them as “Priority changes” and highlighted them in yellow in the table.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1flsHncpzAmJa_2xMHZ6Tlp-mf69ej2mYrSGNc4V3_QA/edit?usp=sharing

Could you please give your opinion on them so that we accept them or reject them for a balance mod? You can write in the discussion on the official forum (no need to read the whole thread, just comments these changes): http://aow.triumph.net/forums... or directly here and I'll repost for you there (to save your time).

Ha03d
Jesters get High Morale on Veteran, Solace on Elite (was Scorching projectile and Explosive Death on Elite)
Ha06
Give a lesser version of Mighty Meek (+1 def, +1 dmg by tier level difference) to Halfling T1
Ha08
Halfling cities get +75% on “Produce merchandise”
Ha09b
Brew Brothers’ Nourishing Meal resets the counter on Farmers’ Throw Chicken.
Brew Brothers have Inflict Crippling Wounds
Ha09d
Brew Brothers ignore ranged penalty
Ha09e
Brew Brothers’s Nourishing Meal has an effect similar to Bolster on its target
Ha15
Halfling Assassins get Pass Wall on Veteran (was on Elite)
Ha15a
Halfling Assassins get a new ability Shoot Poisonous Darts, short range, 1 physical damage, 4 poison damage, Inflict Noxious Vulnerability, Inflict Enfeebling Fever, Inflict Exhausting Fatigue, Inflict Severely Poisoned, and costs 10 gold more
Ha24a
Halfling economic RG3 also provides bonus for haste berries, clover, flowers, melons

I hope to get some feedback this time! I'd be especially interested by feedback from players such as cbower, Fistandantilus, Eskild, AlXStormrage, EarL, etc.