Who else pre-ordered...

Gandalf Parker · #1 May 5th, 2006, 06:06 PM

I did. Thanks for the reminder since I have more I need to order also and I wanted to spread them out on the credit card. Its time for me to order another.

NTJedi · #2 May 5th, 2006, 09:38 PM

I will be pre-ordering soon... the game will most likely be very good.

The only thing us gamers have to worry... is if some bad feature was introduced into DOM_3... such as the 'auto_surrender' seen in AOW:SM. Luckily the AOW community pulled together and convinced the developers to move this into being an option.

If one or two nations are much stronger... I see this as a good thing because it will provide more challenging SP games and new gamers would have a better chance in MP.

Gandalf Parker · #3 May 5th, 2006, 11:04 PM

Of course one or two nations will be much stronger. Dont you remember the early days of Dom2? What we all saw later in new players, all the players went thru at the same time in early Dom2. We all, at the same time, decided that Ulm was too powerful. Then we all decided Ermor was unbeatable. Then Arcos had too much magic. It took forever for us to get thru the whole list to figure out that there was some balance. Then years more to pin down some imbalances we could actually agree on.

And Dom3 will have at LEAST 3 times as many nations?!?
Of course one will be too powerful, and then another, and then another

WraithLord · #4 May 6th, 2006, 06:57 AM

I have much faith in IW and I've preorderd as soon as it was possible

alexti · #5 May 6th, 2006, 07:13 PM

Quote:

NTJedi said:
If one or two nations are much stronger...

I am sure there will be few nations that are much stronger. And there will be a lot of arguments in this forum about which are those nations

Tortanick · #6 May 7th, 2006, 12:36 PM

I preordered and I can't wait to get Biblical on someone, fire and brimstone style

Oversway · #7 May 8th, 2006, 11:02 AM

I preordered

PrinzMegaherz · #8 May 9th, 2006, 01:03 PM

It would be nice if those who preordered (like me ;-)) would be part of an open betatest.

Gandalf Parker · #9 May 9th, 2006, 01:24 PM

An open beta-test would happen after the beta group felt it was ready for release. It would fall between the closed beta and offering it to the public. Do you feel there is an advantage to putting off the general release for that? It would be cool but I cant really come up with a justification other than that.

Personally, I felt that Dom2 was in "public beta-test" right up until the point that Illwinter started working on Dom3.

Tortanick · #10 May 10th, 2006, 12:51 PM

I agree "open beta test" means something like here is the game, bugs and all. By accepting it you take all risks for a destroyed system. See you when the real game is done.

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