What the hell is up with Dominions 3???

[WraithLord]

PDF said:
Here they come, Nerfix (and the other too )!
Links to pics (images hosted elsewhere to preserve forum reading, and I don't know how to make thumbnails here) :
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Isn't all that nice ?

Very nice! Thanks PDF.

The thing I find most important are the reasons the devs contd. to work on Dom, those reasons (the fun factor and the supportive feedback from fans) make it less likely that they will drop Dom.
I find Dom to be *the* best strategic game and I hope it will retain its uniqueness. Here is to the longevity of Dom

[B0rsuk]

Great, now we get monkeys as sacred units !

[Endoperez]

Damn douple-post.

[ioticus]

How many people are beta testing Dominions 3? Just curious.

[Gandalf Parker]

That usually depends on what level of testing its in. Crash-tests, play tests, balance tests, then nitpicking over things like the intro screen and spell checking. And usually the NDA (non-dislosure agreement) makes it a no-no to say. But thats up to them I guess.

I dont want to start a flood but I figure that if its still early that its a good time to bring up the favorite wishlist stuff in case its a "oh yeah we were going to do that" kindof item.
But on the other hand, I dont want to move back the relase date any

[Endoperez]

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Ha! " Bandar means 'monkey' and log means 'people'" indeed! There's a divination for you!

The screenshots with monkeys were titled bandar_1 etc.

[Gandalf Parker]

Hmmm from what I see, it would appear that we have taught them not to consider their logical-based limits to be our logical limits (OK Im not logical. 1500 provinces? Im gonna have FUN). So Im guessing that the same thinking is present in every ceiling limit that we encountered in Dom2.

And what are some of those. Monkey Nation? Bandar? (I saw a god on their side of the battle)
And another that looks trollish with pale skin. Agarta by the screenshot name. Is that the "underground city" thing that was hinted at?

The map views show icon-style maps. Is that what the new random map generator built into the game puts out? Not like the DomMap random maps at www.Dom2Minions.com

More screenshots! More screenshots! less battle shots and more of the managment screens.
I take it that these are special gifts for PDF's magazine? I cant use them on www.Dom3Minions.com?
Can I link to the article at least? Or maybe this thread?

Are we getting a Dom3 shirt to replace the Dom2 one?
http://www.cafepress.com/shrapnelgames?pid=2837642

I guess that alot of this is still in flux due to beta testing. *sigh*

Gandalf Parker
-- Dominions 2:
The Ascension is yours!
(some assembly required)

[Cainehill]

Gandalf Parker said:
More screenshots! More screenshots! less battle shots and more of the managment screens.

Heh. At least now we know that plants can grow out of the backs of scorpions on the battlefield. But yeh, the management screens are what I want to see, albeit the more detailed units on the battlefield should help tell what's what.

[Nerfix]

I wonder if that's the early, mythological era C'tis we see in the pics...

[Nerfix]

Also, have you guys noticed how those chariots seem to be in columns insted of the typical boxes?