Province Defense

DominionsFan · #1 October 4th, 2006, 05:31 PM

wow, nice changes, I like them!

Ygorl · #2 October 4th, 2006, 07:17 PM

I got PD of 40 in my hometown, and it has beat a couple solid AI midgame armies... Not that it would withstand a serious or intelligent attack, but it makes a lot more of a difference than it did in 2.

Meglobob · #3 October 4th, 2006, 07:36 PM

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Ygorl said:
I got PD of 40 in my hometown, and it has beat a couple solid AI midgame armies... Not that it would withstand a serious or intelligent attack, but it makes a lot more of a difference than it did in 2.

Is it worth the money, however?

In Dom 2 I get PD to 10, because its very cheap to do so. Perhaps PD to 20, in provinces where u get that random event which raises it to PD 15.

But 40?

Isn't it better to spend the money elsewhere?

Or in Dom3 is PD really worth investing in?

NTJedi · #4 October 4th, 2006, 07:45 PM

If province defense has been improved... hopefully the AI opponents are investing more into province defense as well.

Perhaps the developers can comment on the AI opponents and how they invest in province defense.

Daynarr · #5 October 4th, 2006, 09:14 PM

Depends on situation Meglobob. If you are defending some chokepoint its well worth the investement. You can improve them by placing few artillery mages and maybe priests for sermon of courage. The fact that they all get back to full numbers after each battle makes them very usefull for defending critical provinces.

Meglobob · #6 October 5th, 2006, 02:10 AM

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Daynarr said:
Depends on situation Meglobob. If you are defending some chokepoint its well worth the investement. You can improve them by placing few artillery mages and maybe priests for sermon of courage. The fact that they all get back to full numbers after each battle makes them very usefull for defending critical provinces.

Errrm...thanks, not considered putting a priest/mage in as backup, yea scripted to cast spells, then leg it at the end. Give that a go.

Ygorl · #7 October 5th, 2006, 02:26 AM

Cainehill, right on. In Dom2, I'd rarely buy PD above 1-3 points... Maybe knock it up to 10 as a surprise for a predicted invader, but I almost never went higher. In Dom3 I'm finding myself with the money to put it at 10 as a matter of course, and raise it to 20 or 25 as the situation warrants. Raising it to 40, though, would be *really* unusual.

Morkilus · #8 October 5th, 2006, 01:49 PM

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Daynarr said:
Depends on situation Meglobob. If you are defending some chokepoint its well worth the investement. You can improve them by placing few artillery mages and maybe priests for sermon of courage. The fact that they all get back to full numbers after each battle makes them very usefull for defending critical provinces.

I was very pleased to see (after back-to-back indie attacks on my capitol) that EA Abysia gets an Anathemant Salamander after 20 points of PD. With the regular troops and some very sturdy infantry, this is a nasty wall for halfhearted attacks. When splitting up larger armies in a blitzkreig-style offensive, backing up your rear provinces with PD actually works.

Daynarr · #9 October 4th, 2006, 09:16 PM

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NTJedi said:
If province defense has been improved... hopefully the AI opponents are investing more into province defense as well.

Perhaps the developers can comment on the AI opponents and how they invest in province defense.

Since there is more gold, there is more PD for AI as well. Not too much but you will run into heavy PD often enough. I guess it depends if AI has enough money to invest in them.

Cainehill · #10 October 4th, 2006, 11:25 PM

I'd guess he got 40 PD via the random events, which have often given me 20-40 PD without spending for more than 5 - 11.