Hey all,

I started out a game with the Malakim yesterday on the current WM 8.11 build (Emperor difficulty + adaptible difficulty option, it shifted to immortal around turn 70-80 or so).

Apart from the usual barbarians smashing themselves against the walls of my low hammer high food/gold capital, in the last 50 turns (am currently around turn 100) I was assaulted by three 7/6 strength hill giants, two of them enraged. Is this normal? Because it seems pretty crazy, and I haven't encountered them popping out in such numbers in previous games. Not to mention that desert terrain provides an inherently lower defense mod for cities, mitigated somewhat by Malakim +20 strength on desert terrain, however. Plus, low desert hammer yields make constant warrior pumping to stay alive a pain. So...

but your research and economy are unmatched by anyone else. One of the challenges / benefits of the Malakim.

Hey all,

I started out a game with the Malakim yesterday on the current WM 8.11 build (Emperor difficulty + adaptible difficulty option, it shifted to immortal around turn 70-80 or so).

Apart from the usual barbarians smashing themselves against the walls of my low hammer high food/gold capital, in the last 50 turns (am currently around turn 100) I was assaulted by three 7/6 strength hill giants, two of them enraged. Is this normal? Because it seems pretty crazy, and I haven't encountered them popping out in such numbers in previous games. Not to mention that desert terrain provides an inherently lower defense mod for cities, mitigated somewhat by Malakim +20 strength on desert terrain, however. Plus, low desert hammer yields make constant warrior pumping to stay alive a pain. So...

I would say YES this is normal because of your higher difficulty settings. I test on NOBLE and it is not unusual for a lone Hill Giant to attack my cities from time to time, or for animals to go RABID, as I like to coin it, and attack a city.

It is recommended to have workers escorted while they work until your culture has created some "safe" zones.... :devil:

Ah, good to know. Am around turn 300 now (the game's Marathon speed), the difficulty jumped to deity, but getting the conquest civic pretty much ended my defense problems!