Just some thoughts from a Noob

Jazzepi · #1 March 13th, 2007, 01:27 PM

Gandalf Parker · #2 March 13th, 2007, 04:16 PM

Im surprised that there arent more youtube movies on Dominions. I only found one Dom2 and one Dom3

jimkehn · #3 March 13th, 2007, 07:26 PM

Ironhawk. Point taken. The problem was that the turn before, Ulm had decimated my real army, and there was no way I was going to be able to hold the province (or the next 5 or 6) without the PD. Yes, I could have just let him have the province and hopefully taken it back at a later time, but until then, it is hard telling how many more provinces I would have lost (and the fortresses, temples, etc) until I could muster a force to face him.....if ever. I had a large treasury and a good number already there. By adding that many, I had an instant army where I needed it, when I needed it. But, generally, I would agree with you.

Taqwus · #4 March 14th, 2007, 12:28 AM

I've thought on more than one occasion that a battle recording playable in a stand-alone viewer would be good for marketing. Might be that YouTube's obsoleted the concept.

On huge battles... heh, I had a Seraph leading an army of summons (fewer than two hundred, I think) successfully defend against an AI army of approximately one thousand units, IIRC. Late game so lots of splashy Astral Fires and so forth.

LA Ermor vs LA R'lyeh could lead to some extremely large battles. Not necessarily *long* ones if there's Rigor Mortis, Astral Tempest, or other fun battlefield enchantments, but large ones, yes.

llamabeast · #5 March 14th, 2007, 09:06 AM

Hey jimkehn, if you want people to join your demo, I'd do the following. Make a thread on the Multiplayer forum called something like "Anyone for a demo game? (open)", and explain in it how people can join your game. One thing to emphasise is that people shouldn't hit the "start game" button unless you reckon there's enough of you already. Good luck finding an opponent!

jimkehn · #6 March 14th, 2007, 10:35 AM

Thanks llamabeast. I am registered for one on Gandalf's server, but so far only two have showed up. Me and another guy. Was hoping to get 3 more. I'll get my *** kicked anyway. I'm Kailasa. I'm playing a solitaire of them now, and they seem pretty weak. Those darn little monkeys run at the sight of the enemy. At least they're cheap to build.

llamabeast · #7 March 14th, 2007, 10:44 AM

Well like I say, if you advertise it on the MP forum you're much much more likely to get players.

The little monkeys are a bit rubbish. I started an MP with the cunning plan of massing so many markatas that I'd overwhelm all opposition. It backfired hideously unfortunately, and I was annihilated with a peak empire size of two provinces. I still think it could work if done correctly though. If those markatas were given Strength of Giants, I reckon they'd chew through anything.

Oh, Gandalf if you read this - how does it work with non-demo people playing the demo game? Can they play races other than the 5 in the demo? Can they research higher? And do they have to be using version 3.0? Just out of interest.