The Virtual Kingdom 1st Draft

[StratOcastle]

Hello.

Each age I build a Virtual Kingdom. The excercise is to build a 25 player kingdom with the following constraints: distribute each race x 3, each personality x 3, and 1 more that can't share the same race/personality combination already represented in the 24 other provinces. For example, you can have 3 faery warriors but a 4th faery would have to be a different personality.

This is both pageantry and strategy. I invite you to submit your version of The Virtual Kingdom. You're welcome to add commentary, explaining your choices.

Thank you for your time and I wish you a fun age 70.

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Avian - cleric
Dwarf - sage
Elf - mystic
Faery - heretic
Halfling - rogue
Human - tactician
Orc - warrior
Undead - war hero

Avian - tactician
Dwarf - war hero
Elf - rogue
Faery - mystic
Halfling - heretic
Human - cleric
Orc - warrior
Undead - sage

Avian - warrior
Dwarf - sage
Elf - heretic
Faery - rogue
Halfling - mystic
Human - cleric
Orc - tactician
Undead - war hero

Faery - sage

[Conclave]

interesting exercise :) I personally wouldn't even run a lot of the persos, but in accordance with the rules set, i would run this probably:

3 of each of these:
Avian - cleric
Dwarf - war hero
Elf - mystic
Faery - heretic
Halfling - rogue
Human - sage
Orc - warrior
Undead - tact

and 1 fae/rog


kinda boring i know :) just has the most race/perso synergies within the rules imo.

[StratOcastle]

@ Conclave.

It's fine. Some of my choices are based in player enthusiasm or race/persona that've kicked my a**. I've encountered avian players who love playing warrior and I've twice been bested by undead war heroes in single combat. Your choices are sound in my humble opinion.

Thank you.

[Conclave]

Yea i like more original combos as well. Ones that allow built in abilities/mechanics that cant be achieved through normal pumping/activity/build strat means (ambush immune and attack speed regardless of BE/built rax acres on avian, dwarf's build speed/conversion and BE boost, UD to an extent fits as well but i dont like ud/orc and having to anon constantly) loved playing Av/sage last age. Would probably play av/dw sage this age if rogue hadnt been repaired :)

[Uhm hoi]

I'd go with

3 avian war hero's. Able to hit oow for honour a lot to abuse that +100%, leet conversion + extra speed is nice, makes it more durable.
3 dwarf heretics. A nice hybrid where dwarf fast free rebuild can turn it from aggressive to turtling whenever needed.
3 Elf tactician. Attacker/mage; with rogue this strong any mage would need clear sight.
3 faery mystics. Again, cs on casters
3 Halfling rogues. Obvious choice
3 human sages. Revelation + sage bonus should be nice
3 orc clerics. -losses and extra kills on the opponent. great combination
3 undead warriors. I love bloodlust + the -losses
+1 faery rogue. Rogue is just that good this age.

[Madchess]

3 Avian cleric Only choice there I think for durability fast attackers
3 Dwarf sage gotta add possibility to max sci at a higher level on them attacker/bank
3 Elf heretics seems best pure t/m
3 Faery War Hero Unconventional but strong use of their +2 specs and high def elites, you only really need to pay for specs and it does not make much sense for elite conversion on provinces that would run a 100% offensive elite army a/m
3 Halfing Rogues, most naturally, and while I'd like to utilize mages fury better the oppotunity to propaganda with a very strong thief should not be underestimated t/m role
3 Human tacticians faster with quick feet, possible to sync with avians and maxed science gives 82% higher income so can do without sage as fast attacker part bank
3 Orc warriors for smashing everything to pieces heavy attacker
3 Undead Mystics Just got left with mystics, but it might work out if dedicating a big % on guilds towers and wt's for protecting them as A/M.
+ 1 Human Sage since it looks badass to get the ecconomy with even better sci, faery heretic also looks good and would do justice to the sabotage dammage which would be hard with war hero.

Probably not the strongest setup, but I'd like speed and durability/income, and I really feel tempted to go for faery war hero because of conversion of powerfull off specs into powerfull defensive elites, the conversion rate would hardly matter to most other races, as you are better of with elites as offenses.

[Rusha]

Surprised to see someone else offering up elf tactician. I think they will make a strong attacker mage. Will be able to pitfall everyone and fireball the chastity target. Fools gold on the rogues and heretics trying fund the dragon. Wise attacks will stop massacres and being chained. Only will need 1 tpa and can take care of sot for entire kingdom. Real good role this age.

Max channeling ASAP.

[StratOcastle]

I've run elf tac but when they had low losses and NM. The age 70 version with invisibity can make tac intel easier. I'll look at this and see if I can make it fit.

My reservations about putting all my rogue eggs in one basket were that the undead sage I was running showered 14 amnesia spells on a rogue in one sitting. From 5k to 2.3k days per cast. I'd imagine he was still effective, but my aim was to cripple his versatility. As undead I was well aware of the threat level I was facing. No denying halfer effectiveness plus extra stealth though. New animal this age.

[RedPanda]

3 Avian War Hero A/t (cant be ambushed = more wartime heros that make it home.... figures)
3 Dwarf Sages A/T/M (build farms you cupcake)
3 Elf Warrior A/t/M (build towers you dunce, No your not drizzit)
3 Faerie Heretics T/M (Ops + Iphone = #1 leading cause of Arthritis)
3 Halfings Mystics T/M (Ops + Ipad = #2 leading cause of Arthritis)
3 Human Cleric A/t/m (Stick smash undead, heal party, no your not a paladin)
3 Orc Tactician A/t (No you are not allowed to wear wings on your back)
3 Undead Rogues A/T (use your stealth damn it!!!)
1 Elf Heretic A/T/M (Closest thing to a Dark Elf though Dark Elves won vs High Elves...... no your not allowed to name yourself Drizzit)

[Wilmington]

Avian Cleric: Fast attacks no good if you lose all your army unless you can afford to double speed build. You really can't rely on hosps.
Dwarf Sage: +47% BE with 6 hr free build is crazy. Doubling food science huge here.
Elf Heretic: Always stack multiplying bonuses > 1. ^
Faery Mystic: +1 mana
Hafling Rogue: duh
Human Warrior: Orc wannabe
Orc War Hero: Sustainability
Undead Tactician: intel

Orc Warrior too powerful, hence will be gone immediately. Besides, Orcs need offensive replacements more than UD for sustain. Since UDs can only do intel, tactician is the obvious choice there. The -20% attack time really means no rax to keep with rest of attackers giving them another land bonus. Warrior gives Humans the offense of a UD with the kills of an Orc (almost). Kind of an Orc wannabe. That's a good thing. Balance.

[Persain]

i would try to link up/sync up my kd the best i could. to that end

Avain Cleric
Human sage
orc tact
All 3 of these have similar attack times and mesh well with the given race

dwarf warrior
undead mystic
these 2 races have the build space to pull of these personalities (and have rax to match above). dwarf needs the extra rax and farms....undead just say @!#$ to hospitals and size up with lots of towers and "pray" they do enough MS before crushed

elf heretic
halfer rogue
my t/m's elf heretic for nm waves "if possible" otherwise they can endlessly spam NS for 0 losses for rogues that open people up via prop/GA

feary war hero
has the same attack times as the attacker core and converts offense into defensive leets for quick unbrekables...can run slighterly high tpa to start for extra damage after nm wave/pop hits hard.

EXTRA
Feary Rogue--another t/m...its focus is on easier "rogue" targets that are to hard for normal feaiers/heretics to spam succesuflly.

[Wilmington]

For all attacker/hybrid.

Avian Cleric: Same
Dwarf Rogue: Max TDs always.
Elf Mystic: only one with tpa for MS.
Faery Sage: Could be OP attacker. I might just do this instead of Dwarf Sage
Halfling War Hero: Attacking in greater numbers for more conversions. Finally, decent elites.
Human Warrior: Same
Orc Heretic: hehe
Undead Tactician: Same

[StratOcastle]

Thank you all very much.

I truly appreciate your input and love seeing the different ideas.

Oftentimes I'll blend strats so that the final version may not seem to reflect a specific one listed here. Persains Swiss watch assembly reflects his mastery; something I could never match, only copy.

Again, thank you all and feel free to drop any other ideas here that may pop into your head.

[feast]

Avian/cleric -speed requires sustainability
Dwarf/war hero - super for growth
Elf/heretic - landing nm chains
Faery/mystic - ms coverage
Halfing/rogue - aw/prop
Human/sage - amnesia
Orc/warrior - big bad breaker boys
Undead/tact - another avian/cleric type guy

Dwarf/cleric monarch - needs protection as monarch and I believe this combo will be extremely diffulcut to take down effectively

[StratOcastle]

~ Virtual Kingdom Divisions ~

Western

Faery - heretic
Faery - rogue
Orc - cleric
Undead - warrior
Undead - war hero

Northern

Avian - warrior
Elf - sage
Halfling - rogue
Human - sage
Orc - tactician

Central HQ

Avian - tactician
Dwarf - heretic
Dwarf - sage
Faery - mystic
Faery - sage

Southern

Dwarf - war hero
Elf - mystic
Halfling - rogue
Human - tactician
Orc - warrior

Eastern

Avian - cleric
Elf - heretic
Halfling - mystic
Human - cleric
Undead - war hero