Illwinter Next Project

[Spendios]

Will it be Dominions 4 ?

[Gandalf Parker]

the last word was "no dom4 in the pipeline"
Looking historically at Illwinter I think their "next project" will still be CoE3 for quite awhile.

Id be happy just to see more patches. I keep making requests for CoE3 based on "like we had in Dom3" but a number of things have come out in the Conquest of Elysium 3 release which I would love to see ported backward also

[NTJedi]

Originally Posted by Spendios

Will it be Dominions 4 ?

Dominions_4 would be 2020... at the earliest yet could be longer.

[legowarrior]

I realize it is a ways away, but I'd like to see more control of the nations picked. Perhaps you equip units yourself (from a set list available to that nation) and have similar control over leaders and mages.

Also, what would be fun if mana wasn't so tied to special sites. In my limited experience, the nation focused on few elements (like the Agatha) will almost always have fewer gems than a nation like the T'ien C'hi (with more diverse magic). I realize that Agatha have other advantages, but it would be cool to see a way to equalize specialized nations and diverse nations when it comes to gem income (one suggestion would be more Gem Generating Globals or a Domain that is prone to produce a certain type of gem).

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by legowarrior

I realize it is a ways away, but I'd like to see more control of the nations picked. Perhaps you equip units yourself (from a set list available to that nation) and have similar control over leaders and mages

You might have liked a game Im watching get set up now in one of the Dom3 IRC channels. Its done as a draft pick
Each of the nations unit slots are done in a round of picks. Pretender, then Recruit Everywhere Commander, Recruit Everywhere Troop, Cap-Only Commander, Cap-Only Troop, capitol site gem income, etc etc. Each nation is built into one big mod, and the game starts.

[Thilock_Dominus]

Originally Posted by legowarrior

I realize it is a ways away, but I'd like to see more control of the nations picked. Perhaps you equip units yourself (from a set list available to that nation) and have similar control over leaders and mages.

Sounds like little bit of the old dos classic game from SSI; Sword of Aragon. Every army units you have to equip - quite fun actually.

I can recommending that you try the game. It's a gem.
It runs out-of-box with dosbox/DBGL.

[legowarrior]

Originally Posted by Thilock_Dominus

Sounds like little bit of the old dos classic game from SSI; Sword of Aragon. Every army units you have to equip - quite fun actually.

I can recommending that you try the game. It's a gem.
It runs out-of-box with dosbox/DBGL.

I don't think I've played that one. I just remember how much fun it was to make my own ships in Master Orion 1 and 2.

Still, there is Fallen Enchantress out now. After I am done with the dozens of games I have to play, I might go for that.

[JonBrave]

Originally Posted by legowarrior

Still, there is Fallen Enchantress out now. After I am done with the dozens of games I have to play, I might go for that.

"out now", as in, there's a Beta, and no release date?

What are the "dozens" you have to play, I haven't found much since I got Dom 3 a couple years ago? (But I'm SP only, maybe that makes the difference.)

[Gandalf Parker]

You mean like modding?
and then you mean like gem generator items?

[legowarrior]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

You mean like modding?
and then you mean like gem generator items?

No, not like modding, but actually having more options in the game itself. And no, not like Gem Generators items, I find those awkward and cumbersome.

I guess the best example I could come up with would be 4x games, like Fallen Enchantress, Master of Orion (create your own ships) Swords of the Stars and the like.

Also, Domain generated gems would be a great way for nations to specialize in a single magic, but not feel like they are handicapped in later games.