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One of my favorite games ever was playing as Mahact. A minor early lead by securing the first point off MecRex combined with some minor ship sniping for faction tokens had earned an exaggerated amount of animosity across the board. By early mid game, a combination of a tactical phase and agenda phase had every single player take their turn twisting the knife into me. With cold fury I prepared for what would later be known as "The Round of Revenge". With my entire stash of command tokens saved, Leadership in my hand and Integrated Economy & Fleet Logistics researched, I declared war on the galaxy. Scouring the planets of my enemies one by one, using IE to reinforce the fleet & army as it moved through weakened systems, surrounding and cutting off routes of retreat for enemy fleets and forcing them into battles of total annihilation. Popping leadership to refresh my tokens after destroying one players slice and taking MecRex from another. I continued the rampage. Of course the board didn't take this lying down. Two massive fleets from the most powerful players left came to confront me near MecRex. The Fools. My Hero forced them to fight each other, completely destroying both fleets leaving essentially nothing left for the victor. With only one player left to contest, but finally economically exhausted & weakened, we clashed over their territory where I was turned back, but not without seeding mechs and legions of inf at strategic positions all over the map to slow any counter attack. After the table was completely shattered, they did attempt to break through to my home world and end me but it was too late. I won the game holding no Supports for the Throne. No Compacts. No Terms. Kneel.
Another great video that highlights one of the more powerful (and complicated) factions to play! 🖖 I would like to hear your thoughts about how Mahact should approach their Imperia ability, as not all commander-related abilities are created equal. The ones displayed as the example would have created a Mahact juggernaut- Nomad's "free" flagship; Empyrean's system de-activation; Titan/cabal production bonuses; Naaz's exploration. Depending on your opponents, the potential combos could make Mahact very disruptive to the standard TI4 gameplay (think Argent, Barony, Keleres, Mindnet, Hacan, Jol Nar or even Winnu). These blended abilities may even incentivize other factions to delay their commander unlock or not even unlock them at all, which then has its own downstream effects on the player decision spaces.
Thank you. I really like the idea of making a video with commander combos. I'll add that to my list of future videos. Do you have any other tips on playing Mahact? :)
I must say, the audio is fantastic in this video, much improved sir. I love your videos and find the content so helpful, hopefully I will be able to use it to actually win a game soon - I've been close a few times now!
Thank you! I am so happy to hear that the audio has improved. I didn't imagine it would be that hard for me, when I started making these video! I hope you first win will come soon! Which factions have you played so far?
Thanks for the subscription! I appreciate it. You're the first one to mention the ships in the background. I was just playing around while editing, and found myself laughing when I did the animations. So I thought, why not just include them as funny little thing :)
Tomorrow i am going to play an Alliance game as the Mahact with The Nomad as my Ally. Free Flagship and commander directly unlocked, this is going to be so much fun 😊
@@essersgamingcave We couldn't finish the game because of time, but i did manage to score 11 VP's and was in the lead. It was a whacky game because of the commanders, a lot of fun.
I freaking love your videos, man. Taking MR in first round seems nice, but its too risky for me. I would rather trade the agent abilty with my neighbour for one of his lonely destroyer units ( for sacrifice ) to gain his fleetpool command token :). This neighbour should be your peace-buddy with support of the throne card-exchange... and the other neighbour should be the prey for your fleet that you start to boost up with the Trade Strategy card in round 1, because you want his fleet- token and commander-ability, too. With your frontline- placed Mechs you can easily avoid counterattacks and even place space docks there to build more units... This race is made for dominate other races...so go this way and show no mercy :) .. AI- Tech is a must- have :) I would go for cruisers 2 and fighters 2...with your commander- ability they are damn fast and reach every place on the board if you want to get the other fleet tokens/commander abilities from the other players :)
Thanks Michael! Yes, taking MR in round can be risky, so I think there are days to do it and days not to. How aggressive is the table? Do I feel like a more bold play through this time? But it also sounds like you have played Mahact more once? :)
@@essersgamingcaveactually no, not even once :) But I would take them if I had the choice :) But with Mahact I would try the way as I had written. So. Now back to work...Have a nice day :)
Great video. Mahact are an interesting faction to play in that the bonus commanders they get can influence how you play. Have you thought of doing a video on good commander combos? I played a game recently as Mahact where i had the commanders from The Empryean, The Nomad, Sardakk Norr, Ghosts of Creuss and The Naalu. The Empyrean and Sardakk are particularly nice but the Ghosts' free fighters were amazing with small cruiser fleets, absorbing PDS fire when I moved.
Thank you! That is a great idea with a video discussing the commander combos. I'll gladly add that to my list of videos to do :) How did that game go? Did you take the win?
@@essersgamingcave Unfortunately no. I spent the last round systematically dismantling The Naalu's ability to score before me, I used the Sardakk commander to get mechs into his HS. However the Ghost player, whom I had discounted, managed to sneak a win before me. Was a great game though.
Mahact are really powerfull! And hard to predict where they will strike next. Played once, want to play again at some point. Taking MR first round will not make you any friends, I better wait. I think I lost most of the games where I got MR very fast :D
Yes it can be risky to take MR in round 1, but you also get 1 point ahead of the others. So a little attention is to be expected. It will be good to produce lots units fast and probably dont take Imperial i round 2 😂
Please let me know your tips and tricks for this faction in the comments. And you can nominate the next faction to cover here: czcams.com/channels/hTopbuDktyYaH-kDbru-qA.htmlcommunity
One of my favorite games ever was playing as Mahact. A minor early lead by securing the first point off MecRex combined with some minor ship sniping for faction tokens had earned an exaggerated amount of animosity across the board. By early mid game, a combination of a tactical phase and agenda phase had every single player take their turn twisting the knife into me. With cold fury I prepared for what would later be known as "The Round of Revenge". With my entire stash of command tokens saved, Leadership in my hand and Integrated Economy & Fleet Logistics researched, I declared war on the galaxy. Scouring the planets of my enemies one by one, using IE to reinforce the fleet & army as it moved through weakened systems, surrounding and cutting off routes of retreat for enemy fleets and forcing them into battles of total annihilation. Popping leadership to refresh my tokens after destroying one players slice and taking MecRex from another. I continued the rampage. Of course the board didn't take this lying down. Two massive fleets from the most powerful players left came to confront me near MecRex. The Fools. My Hero forced them to fight each other, completely destroying both fleets leaving essentially nothing left for the victor. With only one player left to contest, but finally economically exhausted & weakened, we clashed over their territory where I was turned back, but not without seeding mechs and legions of inf at strategic positions all over the map to slow any counter attack. After the table was completely shattered, they did attempt to break through to my home world and end me but it was too late. I won the game holding no Supports for the Throne. No Compacts. No Terms. Kneel.
Thank you for sharing this awesome story! Can this be turned into a movie, please? I love your writing!
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Another great video that highlights one of the more powerful (and complicated) factions to play! 🖖
I would like to hear your thoughts about how Mahact should approach their Imperia ability, as not all commander-related abilities are created equal. The ones displayed as the example would have created a Mahact juggernaut- Nomad's "free" flagship; Empyrean's system de-activation; Titan/cabal production bonuses; Naaz's exploration. Depending on your opponents, the potential combos could make Mahact very disruptive to the standard TI4 gameplay (think Argent, Barony, Keleres, Mindnet, Hacan, Jol Nar or even Winnu). These blended abilities may even incentivize other factions to delay their commander unlock or not even unlock them at all, which then has its own downstream effects on the player decision spaces.
Thank you. I really like the idea of making a video with commander combos. I'll add that to my list of future videos. Do you have any other tips on playing Mahact? :)
I must say, the audio is fantastic in this video, much improved sir. I love your videos and find the content so helpful, hopefully I will be able to use it to actually win a game soon - I've been close a few times now!
Thank you! I am so happy to hear that the audio has improved. I didn't imagine it would be that hard for me, when I started making these video! I hope you first win will come soon! Which factions have you played so far?
Great video, love the ships in the background, shows the extra effort. subscribed
Thanks for the subscription! I appreciate it. You're the first one to mention the ships in the background. I was just playing around while editing, and found myself laughing when I did the animations. So I thought, why not just include them as funny little thing :)
Nice editing and effects. You've continually upped your skills 👏
Thank you! Im unlearning the powerpoint presentation format, 1 film at a time 😀
Ohhh, audio improved so much. Also loving the time stamps.
Thank you. It helped with a new microphone
Good advice on the faction techs; highly situational. They really don't need them because of they're overall good faction abilities. Good video!👍
Thank you! :)
Thank you! :)
Tomorrow i am going to play an Alliance game as the Mahact with The Nomad as my Ally. Free Flagship and commander directly unlocked, this is going to be so much fun 😊
Nice! How did the game go? :)
@@essersgamingcave We couldn't finish the game because of time, but i did manage to score 11 VP's and was in the lead. It was a whacky game because of the commanders, a lot of fun.
@@RickarRickani Nice with the 11 VPs and the lead. A shame you didn't finish though! Thanks for the follow up :)
I freaking love your videos, man. Taking MR in first round seems nice, but its too risky for me. I would rather trade the agent abilty with my neighbour for one of his lonely destroyer units ( for sacrifice ) to gain his fleetpool command token :). This neighbour should be your peace-buddy with support of the throne card-exchange... and the other neighbour should be the prey for your fleet that you start to boost up with the Trade Strategy card in round 1, because you want his fleet- token and commander-ability, too. With your frontline- placed Mechs you can easily avoid counterattacks and even place space docks there to build more units... This race is made for dominate other races...so go this way and show no mercy :)
.. AI- Tech is a must- have :) I would go for cruisers 2 and fighters 2...with your commander- ability they are damn fast and reach every place on the board if you want to get the other fleet tokens/commander abilities from the other players :)
Thanks Michael! Yes, taking MR in round can be risky, so I think there are days to do it and days not to. How aggressive is the table? Do I feel like a more bold play through this time? But it also sounds like you have played Mahact more once? :)
@@essersgamingcaveactually no, not even once :) But I would take them if I had the choice :) But with Mahact I would try the way as I had written. So. Now back to work...Have a nice day :)
Great video.
Mahact are an interesting faction to play in that the bonus commanders they get can influence how you play. Have you thought of doing a video on good commander combos?
I played a game recently as Mahact where i had the commanders from The Empryean, The Nomad, Sardakk Norr, Ghosts of Creuss and The Naalu.
The Empyrean and Sardakk are particularly nice but the Ghosts' free fighters were amazing with small cruiser fleets, absorbing PDS fire when I moved.
Thank you! That is a great idea with a video discussing the commander combos. I'll gladly add that to my list of videos to do :) How did that game go? Did you take the win?
@@essersgamingcave Unfortunately no. I spent the last round systematically dismantling The Naalu's ability to score before me, I used the Sardakk commander to get mechs into his HS. However the Ghost player, whom I had discounted, managed to sneak a win before me. Was a great game though.
It sure sounds like a great game. The best ones are the ones, where all or most players can win in the final game round
Mahact are really powerfull! And hard to predict where they will strike next. Played once, want to play again at some point. Taking MR first round will not make you any friends, I better wait. I think I lost most of the games where I got MR very fast :D
Yes it can be risky to take MR in round 1, but you also get 1 point ahead of the others. So a little attention is to be expected. It will be good to produce lots units fast and probably dont take Imperial i round 2 😂
But someone has to take it 😃 And by the example in this video it dosen't seem that Mahact is spread out thin. I like it 👊