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Post by ular on Feb 1, 2006 4:05:40 GMT -5
okay... so i got elected president and i'm also a papal heir, despite not really knowing how to play. how does anyone afford enough pope points to buy anything? it takes me forever...
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Post by Lynx Shaman on Feb 1, 2006 10:22:16 GMT -5
A lot of patience. Most of the quick ways of doing so have been taken out to prevent people from increasing too rapidly.
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Post by assmonster on Feb 1, 2006 14:37:44 GMT -5
a good way is to build up to become pope. when you become pope you automatically get 3 pope points. then the key is to find some temples belonging to a papal heir as they give you 2 PP when you destroy them (when you're pope) instead of 1.
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Post by Rasteroid on Feb 1, 2006 15:26:10 GMT -5
The game has problems.. if the number of players increases, the chances of being or interacting with the pope reduces correspondingly.
It needs some work done to be more scalable.
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Post by assmonster on Feb 1, 2006 16:03:46 GMT -5
if the number of players increases you can always make the top 5 be papal heirs which would give more people access to pope points.
unfortunately i think the current problem is that there aren't enough players. i think there's at least one idle player in the top 5. of course there are also lots of active players out of the top 5. go figure.
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Post by spamwise on Feb 1, 2006 16:19:35 GMT -5
If you're the pope, or a papal heir (and thus, the destruction of your temples leads to Pope Points)... do you get any points for destroying your own buildings?
I'm not suggesting it as the best strategy, as you'd be working your way out of raking, but I'm just curious if the code requires you not own the targeted building.
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Post by Rasteroid on Feb 1, 2006 20:02:05 GMT -5
I don't think so.. not 100% sure though, check it out.
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Post by Lankor on Feb 1, 2006 20:17:26 GMT -5
Nope, you don't.
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Post by Severian on Feb 3, 2006 10:32:09 GMT -5
I used to spend more time building up, but since altarboys know where even invisible popes are, and Assmonster has figured out how to use fireworks, I have to work hard to stay out of the top 3 or 4. Since then it's been all about destroying temples for pope points.
Naturally, for non-QM's, the popeship is good reward for the risk, and those 3 pope points can add up fast. That's probably a good thing to shoot for.
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Post by assmonster on Feb 3, 2006 13:12:05 GMT -5
the altarboys work against non-QM's as well. many-a-time i've heard that pope so-and-so was in the wastleands or swamp and a few temples laid down later, i'm pope in the wastelands killing their ass.
but yes... the 3 PP's for becoming pope do add up very quickly if you have some good pope-switching going on.
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Post by Rasteroid on Feb 3, 2006 18:11:32 GMT -5
Should be a pretty different dynamic with the new rule.
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