Wish-List for Dominions 4

HoneyBadger · #1 April 20th, 2007, 06:17 PM

That's another good idea. I don't like the term "unholy" because my coffee-mug isn't-as far as I know-holy, but I think "holy magic"(another bad term) could use a split between angelic and demonic influences.

Managarm · #2 April 22nd, 2007, 06:47 PM

Not sure if somebody else has mentioned this before, but here we go...

I'll be great to have the "Army Setup" option available for PD troops and thus enable a much more rational setup.
It's rather frustrating when you have an intermediate PD value (say 20-25) and the province troops launch a frontal assault, get slaughtered soon and brake without causing (almost) any enemy casualties.

I think that nations like Caelum and C'Tis will benefit from this option.
The Flyers you get from Caelum's PD are not suited for a full frontal assault, they're more suited for flanking/killing rearmost units.
The combination of C'Tis' low morale values plus Militias mindlessly charging is destined to fail. OTOH, if you are able to arrange the City Guards in front of the Militias they'll crush a skull or two before routing...

Xietor · #3 April 22nd, 2007, 07:02 PM

I think there are a ton of magic sites already. Almost an infinite number. That is low on my priority list.

Ballbarian · #4 April 22nd, 2007, 07:59 PM

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I'll be great to have the "Army Setup" option available for PD troops and thus enable a much more rational setup.
It's rather frustrating when you have an intermediate PD value (say 20-25) and the province troops launch a frontal assault, get slaughtered soon and brake without causing (almost) any enemy casualties.

I like this idea. In my current Mictlan game, I had a province with 11 defense (1 commander) and remnants of misc indy archers that had routed from other battles nearby. The result was the lone tribal king commander charging to his death while his army stopped to throw / fire ranged weapons. Why he didn't just use his own sling escapes me...

Jazzepi · #5 April 22nd, 2007, 08:05 PM

There are a ton of vanilla magic sites, actually. I think that there should be a ton of magic sites with a small effect. Especially ones that alter the battlefield or the province in small ways. Like an A1 site that grants everyone in that province 40% air shield.

Jazzepi

HoneyBadger · #6 April 22nd, 2007, 08:07 PM

We do have a lot of sites, but new sites with new powers we haven't seen before would be great. Especially if we can play with them in mods.

Jazzepi · #7 April 22nd, 2007, 08:18 PM

I just think there's way too many vanilla sites that do nothing. Personally, to me, vanilla sites should be the exception, not the rule.

I play Magic the Gathering and there are "vanilla" creatures in that game. Creatures with no abilities, and that's exactly how the game is crafted. Vanilla creatures are the exception, not the rule. After you've played about 5 of them, they all start looking the same except for flavor text and artwork. Dom 3 doesn't have flavor text or artwork for their sites, so "howling cavern" looks just the same to me as "canyon full of wind gems".

I just think it'd be a small thing that would make finding low level magic sites more interesting. Sure it's great to get that castle that gives you fire, and earth gems, plus the ability to recruit mages, but I'd like to see that happen on a much smaller scale with level 1 and 2 sites.

Jazzepi

HoneyBadger · #8 April 22nd, 2007, 08:24 PM

I think it would be nice if you could do something with "vanilla" sites, either build upon them in some way-like you have to have a fire site in a province to cast a certain spell-or link them together, so that, if you have Site a, b, and c, it means such-and-such.

You could have other spells or whatever that can only be done in provinces with no sites (none revealed, anyway).

I like interesting, quirky things in games, and this game has lots-and I want more!