Question: Overcoming the barrier to understand Dom 3?

[Yskonyn]

Fantomen, I understand what you're getting at. Thank you.
I also understand that a lot of the tactics you might devise -or actually need- are in no way representative of the things you will need to come up with, or taking into account when playing a MP game.
But the fact remains that I feel like standing in the twilight zone by just going for PBEM games alone.
You can only see what to alter, or what not to do if you have a basic foundation of what CAN be done in the first place.
So, playing against the AI might be a good place to begin laying that foundation afterall.

On a lighter note; at least the game still feels fresh after the years I've had it now.

I've been thinking about starting a Let's Play series where I get to learn the game. The community would be able to follow through and provide some advise.
That would become a very powerful tool to learn the game with I reckon.

[Valerius]

Originally Posted by Yskonyn

You can only see what to alter, or what not to do if you have a basic foundation of what CAN be done in the first place.

As far as this goes, I recommend setting up test games where you play two or more nations. Maybe there was a certain nation or unit you struggled against in MP or maybe you're not sure what certain spells do - test games can let you run through battles repeatedly, changing things each time around so you can see what works best in different situations.

Admittedly, running test games isn't necessarily the most exciting thing but it can be very useful.