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[Xietor]

I am not a fan of the wrap around. Sure it is an advantage to start in a corner-or is it? In my area of the map NW Corner the race in the corner(MA Caelum) was one of the 1st killed because other races wanted to be in the corner.

Typically races not in a corner will fight towards the corner or edge.

I think the race selection process is much more determinative of one's fate than a corner.

MA Ulm or EA Lanka-you decide.

[Xietor]

No arbitrary winning conditions. People that start out with more challenged races need more time to amass provinces than races like LA Ermor/EA Lanka/LA Ryleh etc.

To give the more balanced races a fighting chance to win, there cannot be a race to reach a certain number of provinces by a certain turn.

If players get bored after 9 months, they can resign or go ai.

[Gandalf Parker]

Personally Ive always liked multiple winning conditions for a game like this. The way that some other games allow. Something like

A) xxx number of Provinces
B) xx of Forts
C) xxxxx Income
D) xxxxx Gem Income
E) xxxxxx Research
F) xxxx Dominion
G) xxxxx Army Size
H) xx Victory Points
I) xx ownership of uniques
J) casting a particularly difficult to reach/hold global

Also maybe something like "no winner for the first 100 turns" and "must fill 4 of the above conditions".

I like that a game setting like that can open the door for many strategies including turtling, or rush-research. And making an unexpected grouping of lesser conditions to slip by others expectations.

Gandalf Parker

[Zaramis]

Strongly agree with Gandalf.

Multiple winning conditions would be nice for a game this big, where we can actually take our time and plan for the extremely long run At least with the right peaceful neighbors.

[llamabeast]

Szumo, that map editor looks awesome! You should make a thread on the maps/mods forum section.

Some kind of well defined victory conditions/turn limit sounds sensible to me. If it goes on too long people will drift away, and then its somewhat ruined for remaining players. To me the early turns of a game - 0-75 perhaps - are the most fun. 125 should be plenty. However, I won't be playing, so you should probably disregard this opinion!

[Jazzepi]

Gandalf Parker said:
Personally Ive always liked multiple winning conditions for a game like this. The way that some other games allow. Something like

A) xxx number of Provinces
B) xx of Forts
C) xxxxx Income
D) xxxxx Gem Income
E) xxxxxx Research
F) xxxx Dominion
G) xxxxx Army Size
H) xx Victory Points
I) xx ownership of uniques
J) casting a particularly difficult to reach/hold global

Also maybe something like "no winner for the first 100 turns" and "must fill 4 of the above conditions".

I like that a game setting like that can open the door for many strategies including turtling, or rush-research. And making an unexpected grouping of lesser conditions to slip by others expectations.

Gandalf Parker

I'm definitely not playing in a game like this.

Jazzepi

[Wikd Thots]

Yeah. Crap if we have a game like that then we can't have all the discussions and betting early about who will win. No one would be able to say ahead of time who is strong or not. Leave it just "my army can beat your army" until only one is left standing. So those with more experience will know where they rate. It doesn't matter if a game this big can never finish a game that way. Because that's the way the game is supposed to be played.

[Zaramis]

Yeah, it would suck to have actual strategy in Dominions. Damn, who came up with that stupid idea.

[BigDisAwesome]

In a game that is basically ALL strategy, I'd have to agree with Wikd Thots.

Image a small nation with NAP's to all it's neighbors. It is free to spam forts, research, and cheap units. And if it played it's cards right it could win the race to the uniques.
All of a sudden a nobody non important nation just won the game.

[Velusion]

Szumo - the map does look cool - but I'm looking for a randomly generated one with the types of lands spread out (imagine starting in the middle of the sahara)