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Dwilight / Re: Monster Problems

« on: August 24, 2016, 11:45:45 AM »

Don't worry Westgard, you just gotta get your density up!

Indeed that should pose no problem, we'll be at 6 nobles pr. region in a few days 

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East Island / Re: Greater Xavax Imperium

« on: July 12, 2016, 08:47:32 AM »

I do agree about bad IC decisions, probably leadership and diplomacy too. There are many factors why a realm run successfully, since we have been playing Battlemaster for sometime, I think we all know more or less what are the factors. How many often we have heard about "lead by example" in real life, sometimes it can be apply in game. Or maybe Xavax trying to "finish all its opponents in one go" like in "killing 2 birds with 1 stone" phrase? I do not know, but Xavax current position is certainly untenable unless its leaders do something about it.

The current Xerarch is the most ballsy ruling character I've ever played with in this game - perhaps with the exception of Leta Kindon leading Carelia into the great southern war against Cagilan Empire. Selenia is persuasive, strong willed and in some cases a hot headed and making irrational decisions. Two times, we've failed miserably - first the attack on Itorunt (which btw is by far the hardest target in the whole south because of it's large income), and recently in Ibladesh.  In Ibladesh we were inches from completing the TO and acquiring the walls in time for the enemies assault.

One might call it bad IC decisions, but risk makes it fun.
We might be in a sticky situation, but it's still fun.
Also if your fear stagnant politics, alliances and caution ruining the continent, Xavax is not the one you should destroy (referring to the OOC casus belli: Xavax as "the resurrected CE", at the onset of this war).

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East Island / Re: Greater Xavax Imperium

« on: July 11, 2016, 08:59:14 AM »

if magnus' actions hadnt brought on the rebellion and if selenia hadnt betrayed the rebellion to clear her path to rulership, if kellan had remained general, alara would not be around now. my strategy of focusing all effort on taking Itorunt would have been implemented and would have succeeded, byebye alara.

the confidence...

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East Island / Greater Xavax Imperium

« on: June 30, 2016, 03:03:09 PM »

Who wants to fight??? 

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East Island / Re: Xavax Imperium

« on: June 25, 2016, 12:54:08 PM »

you guys are still rather divorced from reality down there i see

True indeed, we regard Xavax as pastime and a refugee from the dreariness of reality.
How do you you roll in Perdan?

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East Island / Re: Stegman Hemmings is ruining the conflict

« on: June 06, 2016, 09:32:29 AM »

Hemmings don't get caught and executed.

They occasionally visit your prison for a free meal and game of checkers, but always wander off home before getting bored.

Alone Stegman's contribution to this concflict is larger than the rest of Minas Nova and Perleone combined (you could perhaps throw in Alara too, with exceptions of the walls and militia they built in Itorunt).
I'm amused!

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Beluaterra / Re: Empire of the Shattered Vales

« on: June 02, 2016, 10:43:41 AM »

Well, that was rather eventful!

My character spent the week in prison...400 messages to read. Many of them rather lengthy too..

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East Island / Re: East Continent Concerns About Xavax and Perdan

« on: May 28, 2016, 04:38:56 PM »

I want to make it very clear that nobody wants to annihilate Xavax. The goal here is to preserve plurality in the south.
If Xavax plays smart they will come off with more regions than they had before the war.

Plurality...
Basicly, you wish the south to remain filled with miniscule, idle realms that are no threat to the current powers?

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East Island / Re: East Continent Concerns About Xavax and Perdan

« on: May 28, 2016, 04:32:38 PM »

I want to make it very clear that nobody wants to annihilate Xavax. The goal here is to preserve plurality in the south.
If Xavax plays smart they will come off with more regions than they had before the war.

I hope you are right.

The first thing that's scary is that Xavax Imperium claims lands that are resembling the good old Ibladesh - with Isadril added on top as an extra super bonus. Not exactly something that can be ignored by any realm remotely close to the south...

...I know Perdan joining in so closely after Vix did isn't well received in the player base of Xavax (and to a lesser extent the other realms), but this entire war and the many, many side events that spilled over into the Perdan/Vix-Eppy/Nivemus war made temperatures rise. Slap on to that the well stated intention of Xavax to conquer pretty much the entire South (though they offered Perdan Al Arab if we joined on their side, way back), it's pretty fair to say Perdan aims for a divided South rather than a behemoth who clearly hasn't any qualms about declaring war.

The first Xerarch left a mess on the rulers channel, but he was removed in a coup, partially because of that. OOC  you can't hardly take his statements to proof of the current strategy.

To my Characters knowledge, Xavax has only claimed Alaran lands, which of course is bad enough.
It's the only realm which we have declared war -  and Alara did try to assasinate the Xerach.
Although, I can admit some leaders - none mentioned - have a quite aggressive tone towards opponents...

But how is the war Xavax towards Alara different from Perdan's war on Eponnlyn?
Hasn't Perdan grown to a Behemoth, on the spoils of another, defeated realm? 
Hasn't Perdan warred more realms than Xavax?

Thirdly, Xavax made a giant fuzz when Stegman bought Isadril (perhaps rightfully so, though let's be fair, it should have had a lord anyway) and Fallangard decided to join that nuisance when they got some regions of Eponllyn. Essentially delaying Perdan for such a long time might be perceived as an anticipation of Perdan joining the Souther War. If that was the intention, well, they succeeded at least in delaying Perdan from intervening by two to three months. In summary though, the way Xavax/Fallangard treated regions that came under their rule while Perdan clearly said they would take it, didn't help relations.

I suppose this is a nice example on how how events are perceived differently based on the different perspective and added information.

Stegman bought Isadril in the wake of the coup agains Magnus Aurea  and before our war with Alara started.
I can assure you, there were noone in Xavax internally portraying Perdan as the enemy before or after that event, and Perdan intervention to a war that was yet to start wasn't given a thought.

When the Eponllyn regions fell to Fallangard, Xavax were fully occupied with our war on Alara, MN and Perleone - and, if discovered at all, the issue was not discussed.

I can see how, these events has built anti-sentiment for Xavax in Vix and Perdan.
However, the nobles of Xavax does not consider themselves in entity with Fallangard (with a plausible exception for a certain mastemind on top).
IC in Xavax, and OOC, one can hardly consider Xavax/Fallangard as a single entity of now.

Again, IC we might have messed up - and we are happily enjoying the consequences.
But I truly don't hope that a majority of BM players are OOC considering Xavax an evil that must be stopped in order to save the game of BM.

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East Island / Re: East Continent Concerns About Xavax and Perdan

« on: May 28, 2016, 10:17:09 AM »

...but because you're pulling a CE and it's worrisome. That's empty rhetoric if end result is a single superpower dominating the entire south.
No one said Xavax did not have a casus belli. What's problematic is it's obvious desire to blob Atamara-style.

I can fully accept that the international politics of Xavax to be a cause for warring Xavax.

However, I find these constant analogies to the Cagilan Empire of Atamare to be utter nonsense.

Who of you were around when CE became a great power on Atamara??
How does the Xavax today resemble the the creation of CE?

If Xavax were able to take Itorunt, Xavax would still be less powerful than Perdan and Caligus (in gold and nobles), and poorer than Sirion and Nivemus.
Xavax has this far not been a prime example of internal stability.
After defeating Xavax, I expect everybody complaining about Xavax blobbing up to be the new CE of the East Island to take instant affair and dismantle every other realm at par of above the Xavax of today.

Xavax is full of characters who've experienced the pointy end of CE power on Atamara.
Xavax is in general full of active players. We're having a very nice time with these wars now.
What I would worry about is more realms jumping in to annihilate Xavax in order to preserve a status quo.

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East Island / Re: East Continent Concerns About Xavax and Perdan

« on: May 27, 2016, 09:49:35 AM »

I suppose that we've truly had the upper hand up until now in this conflict.
Our suicide attack on Itorunt gave the Alarans some leeway.
If more realms are joinin in with Vix, I consider the tables to have turned. At least in the numbers.
But the military quality and the activity of the players may still tip the scales!

As for international diplomacy, Selenia's got the biggest balls on the continent and you are just envious! 
Xavax is a nice place to play, people.
Join us and our arrogant ways!

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East Island / Re: Xavax Imperium

« on: April 28, 2016, 08:43:20 AM »

No, that's not exactly true from what I've seen.

You can hardly blame the setbacks of Xavax in this war on the Strategos.

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East Island / Re: Oligarch gang-bang

« on: April 03, 2016, 12:29:07 AM »

And the only way to combat that is to go to war. Which means risking the existence of the realm for a time period before you attract those war-hungry nobles. Because players restraining themselves to limited war aims is rare, even when they set out to do just that initially. So most prefer to sit and enjoy their titles than risk interacting with others.

I applaud the leaders of Alara and Minas Nova's boldness. They raised their relations with Xavax to hateful a few days into the war. Now we Xavaxians avoid that point of getting moral hesitiations when our limitied war goals inevitable transforms to an urge for total annihilation

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Beluaterra / Re: Netherworld

« on: March 03, 2016, 10:31:36 AM »

A massive force of undead and monsters just recently assaulted the Daimons in Xinjin.

Absolutely shattered the Daimons.  Even killed their leader.  And in the chaos of the battle a Nothian adventurer walked in and used some portal stones to close the portal.

But the Daimons rang a bell in the temple that destabilized the portal stones and the dead Daimon leader returned through the portal with a large enough force to kill the entire monster and undead horde.

So while we know the Daimons and the rogues are at war, it doesn't seem to make any difference since the GMs will just resurrect any Daimons lost in battle.  And they made sure we couldn't close the portal too...

*sighs*

I join your whining-choir.
Was annoying to see just that move by the GM: quick-save and reload.
At least they could've opened the portal somewhere else, we've got enough with the rogues...

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East Island / Re: Xavax Imperium

« on: February 12, 2016, 08:23:20 AM »

There were also lots of talks going on behind the scenes, which seems perfectly normal when planning a coup. Both the military and diplomatic channels were also aflutter. I think Iuz's initiaition of the rebellion took even most of the plotters by suprise though.

However, it did not take the characters from Atamara by surprise...things usually don't get boring with a Crownguarth around