The Gods
Mostly Groentje:
At the altar of darkness you can offer geld to gods, and they MIGHT give you
FAVOURED status in return.
Directly after bidding, a god might give you a gift:
- make you feel lucky (sucky, 'cause you can get lucky yourself by clicking
banners)
- restore some 50-100K m.p.
- give you a lesser item
- fanatics (troops with 0/0/0 upkeep...)
- random unique item, assuming there is one left
- give you a hero (cheapest way to get one ;P )
- Cast a good spell on you for 10-20 turns (level 666 !)
These spells include: Mindbar, Halucination (?), Concentration,
WheaterSummoning, Sunray, Resist Elements. You have to pay upkeep, and they
work in addition to your own spells.
Once you have the favoured status, it lasts for 48 hours (that is 576 + the turns
you have saved while bidding turns) - there is a hidden benefit:
There are 7 gods:
NATURE - gives 10% extra geld income while favoured
SUN - gives 10% attackpower to all units while favoured
MOON - gives 10% extra m.p. income while favoured
MAGIC - gives +20 points spelllevel increase DOES NOT SPEED UP RESEARCH
SCIENCE - gives +10% item generation + speeds up research
SATAN - gives 10% less upkeep (m.p.,pop,geld) of units
LUCIFER - gives 10% more units while summoning
If you have favour, the god might BLESS you during battle..
- The gods don't like each other.. they are of the jealous type...
So basically it is hard to get favour of more then one god at same time. You can
enter DISFAVOURED status.
Disfavor is not fun- the Gods can cast nasty lvl 666 spells at you, steal your mp, or even make your heros go away.
How much should you offer?
To get favour donate at least 10% of your geld, and preferably bout 20-40% - the
more you bid (%) the better the gift. Basically: bid while you are broke...
Don't try to fool gods with putting momeny in Black Market (waiting to get
overbid, but having less geld in cash, so less % to donate...)
Bidding many times 10,000,000-15,000,000 might work also.
WHen should i offer?
AFTER getting LUCK status, to enhance the odds
Remember FAVOUR status stays for 48 hours -
but spells like Mindbar, Sunray casted by gods only last 10-20 turns
I always bid somewhere in my last 10 turns of the day... that way the level 666
spell stays on while i'm saving new turns.
You might want to bid on MAgic once every reincarnation, after researching, to
push up your spelllevel for casting your upkeepspells (i have 367 spelllevel, but
my Plant Growth is at 387... - allthough i lost favoured status of PG days ago)
Offering cost 0 turns - it just cost geld.
Maintainting FAVOURED status is possible:
start bidding geld to the mage between 24 - 48 hours after getting favour. DO this
until you feel at ease. Then stop, wait 24 hours, and bid again... I managed to
keep Moon's favour on my 10 stacks green mage for 10 days on a row.
There are rumours that some gods like some colors - i think that is bull. There
are rumours that you should bid on the right turn - like turn 666 or a multiple of
666... i think that is bull. There are rumours that you should have a certain
number/composition of stacks to get a god to favour you - i think that is bull.
These things could have something to do with Most Favoured status...
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Some find that it is easier to get Moon's favor at night time, and Sun's favor during the day.
Moon & Lucifer or Satan have been known to coincide their favors peacefully.
Magic & Lucifer or Satan have been known to coincide their favors peacefully.
Sun and Nature have been known to coincide their favors peacefully.
