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Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 2nd, 2004, 01:42 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 10,617
Posted By Lex
Re: Underestimate the AI: Reap the consequences.

"He already gets to pick what spells to cast in battle without having to script them, which is enough of an advantage as it is."

umm, if you don't script your casters, they use the same combat AI...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 1st, 2004, 06:30 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

oh, and lets put him on AI if he doesn't respond. it sucks, but its holding the game back (not to mention that the longer he stays AWOL, his nation suffers, and becomes too easy of a target for...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 1st, 2004, 06:23 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

"etheral effect is canceled by magic weapons"

yup. But this tactic doesn't stand on only one leg. Luck stops 50% of hits. It's also counting on the units special ability. Using this with...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 1st, 2004, 05:41 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,601
Posted By Lex
Re: The spell Body ethereal

having the spell only affect an adjacent square is not so bad. If you order your fighters to hold a turn, any flyers attacking your rear will find your casters embeded in your army and will be cut...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 1st, 2004, 06:13 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 10,617
Posted By Lex
Re: Underestimate the AI: Reap the consequences.

i think its more appropriate to say that Humans have a handicap by not getting access to those special orders. If the AI could talk, it would be saying Humans cheat because they are creative... or a...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars August 1st, 2004, 02:02 AM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

yeah.. i figured standard vanheim was better. and sloth3 prevents you from building a bunch of 20 unit squads of skin shifters within a few turns.

but today i started playing around with the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 10:04 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

"Cheers, and here's hoping you recover quickly, alexi."

thanks!

Edit: i just thought of some useful ways of using the units available to the Midgard theme even with low resources and no...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 09:30 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

"You know I'm just tryin to yank your chain."

i know.. and i'm just playin along http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

"Alexi lost his god and may be weak but also may not...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 05:05 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

very funny.. but my Pretender's to busy being dead to laugh. http://www.ematerialstudios.com/stuff/dry.gif

has anyone ever tried playing WITHOUT their Pretender? or is that just crazy? If the...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 04:22 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

plus he was flying too.. just doesn't make any sense, he should have made it back to a friendly provence even if the troops wheren't able too.

i guess the lesson here is just simply NOT to lose...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 04:01 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

mind you, that was my Pretender http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 31st, 2004, 04:00 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

AHHHH http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

my stupid SC got killed because my cheap army retreated into the water rather then get back on the boat that brough them there!

I...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 29th, 2004, 09:41 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

yeah, caelum definitly needs mercs at the beginning (from what i've found in SP)... and Vanheim is definitly not a beginner race (my national units don't exactly scream how to use them best, and I've...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 29th, 2004, 08:32 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,708
Posted By Lex
Re: common high end sc protection/defense values ? possible defeat with common troops ?

ummm, the description of the spell says, and i quote: "Magic resistance negates"
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 29th, 2004, 01:56 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,678
Posted By Lex
Re: Stealthy Gandalf

or what about the opposite.. taking restless worshipers with high dominion and droping castles strategically in the heart of enemy's empires. add alot of looting to cripple their economies, and maybe...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 28th, 2004, 11:35 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

is there any practical way of being alerted when a new turn is generated (ie by email?) or maybe by leaving the game running in the background? would that work? (like does the 'turn' screen refresh...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 27th, 2004, 03:43 AM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

i've been having second thoughts about my pretender config all day, so to hear people thinking about restarting sounds good! Plus I completly forgot about a password (you'd think they'd remind you...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 10:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,769
Posted By Lex
Re: sunrays dominion site frozen :(

its funny that they would advertise their services on such a page.. do they expect someone to actually want that to happen to their own site?
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 06:52 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,945
Posted By Lex
Re: newbie questions and comments

has anyone ever tried, or calculated the benefit of doing 200 tax on your capital for the first 10 turns and patrolling heavily (with your starting troops plus a few extras) to keep unrest at 0... In...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 05:24 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

but if everyone finishes their turn early, it'll autogenerate the next turn.. and it only forces a turn 24 hours after the Last turn. so really there's no way to nail down a deadline every day, since...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 04:22 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,945
Posted By Lex
Re: newbie questions and comments

is the general strategy for recruiting tons of blood slaves to pick poor provinces with little income and just ignore the unrest that builds up?

and how useful are blood sacrafices (is it a...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 03:50 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 9,078
Posted By Lex
Re: Lab Secrets

i'm fairly new, but i've been reading alot of threads on this forum going back a few months, and everyone talks of gathering lots of clams to produce astral gems. But they only produce one every 4...
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 04:56 AM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

i'm finally uploaded.. it looked like Drool was the only one left..
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 26th, 2004, 03:15 AM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

wow, things came together quickly. give me a few minutes and I'll settle on a pretender.
Forum: Dominions 2: The Ascension Wars July 24th, 2004, 07:31 PM
Replies: 457
Views: 119,034
Posted By Lex
Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)

I'll try Vanheim.. gonna play a few SP with them in the next few days to try it out.

Got a question: if someone takes a water race, and nobody else invests in equipment or spells or themes to go...
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