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Qui let me know when you wanna setup a new game. I am new as well and maybe we can agree upon some sort of Newbie-Alliance! ;)

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I suspect the main reason that even an inexperienced sub is better than the AI is that the AI isn't bound by previous diplomacy and nor are other players bound by any deals once it goes AI. Thus AI nations tend to get crushed, since they're likely to randomly attack you unexpectedly.

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heya fellas. I'm a 23 year old lad from sweden who finally decided to pick this game up after playing the demo a few years back ^^

I'm a big fan of deep strategy games like this, Masters of Orion, Europa Universalis:Rome and Knights of Honor.

I'm also a big RPG fanatic <3

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Hey so i just recently got this game after playing the demo like 7 times in a week and im absolutely addicted to the single player. Still i can tell that it is built for multiplayer and despite the fact that i have played many TBS game and games such as EU i have never really played a game designed so well for MP in the way it was meant to be played so i decided to join here.

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Good move.

Yes the game is well designed. But dont feel you have to rush it. Enjoy the game solo for as long as its enjoyable that way.

And DEFINITELY explore all of the nations. They are unique with different advantages and disadvantages. Some are built around specific modes of play. Offensive, defensive, research, horde, stealth, etc. Find the nation which best suits your style of play.

When you enter into MP you will feel that you have discovered the one obviously overpowered nation. But keep in mind that everyone else has also, and theirs is not the same as yours. Yours is "obviously overpowered" in solo play only because it works great with you as its master. Then the fun begins all over again. :)

Gandalf Parker

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Oh i can tell right now im thinking about subbing in for someone in a newbie mp game mainly because i want to see how other people play and get a glimpse of things that i very well may not discover on my own.

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Hi all,

I discovered this game some months ago and I definitively love it like all others deep strategy games.
I decided to register there because I only played solo and in a near future i want to join the multiplayer adventure too :)
The background of nations inspired me so perhaps i'll draw some artworks of units for fun.

Hope to see you in games soon,
Bye :)

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We can always use more artists. Themes, backgrounds, screens, YouTubes, and of course modding more sprites for the game. :)

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I can do some pixelart, perhapas if I try to create a nation on day, but I was thinking more about some fanart painting of units, just for fun :p(some exemples of what I do: http://pymous.deviantart.com/)

And I hope i'll be able to play some multiplayer game next week.

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Unit art can make you well known here also.
There are some units in the game that are frequently referred to, or jokes made, or little bits as if that unit were speaking its mind. Kindof our own version of LOL_kitties. It would be fun to have some images to link to other than the little sprite.

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and yet another newbie to help the dominion community grow :D
I'm a student(as in uni not high school) and a big fan of strategy games(both RTS and TBS). previous TBS games I played include: Civilization(both activision and sid meier's), Heroes of Might and Magic(2 and 3, never got further than that), Total War Series(especially Rome), etc. RTS games I played include: Age of Empires(1 and 2, not 3), Starcraft, Red Alert, Supreme Commander, Axis and Allies, etc.

I've only recently stumbled upon Dominion, from a rather obscure game review on a total war fan site(was on the 6th page or so of game reviews :smirk:) it sounded interesting and promising so I got the demo and instantly got hooked. than I found this site, and especially Baalz's guides and now I've ordered the game. should arrive sometime next week(I'm in Europe, not the US) and than I'll finally get to play more than 30 turns and all the nations+eras :angel.

now, if you guys don't mind I'd like to ask for some friendly advise. I usually prefer smaller but more powerful armies, with plenty of magic too. so early era seems like a good place to start, but I'm still at a complete loss as to which nation(s) to start with. tried all the demo ones, but they're all incomplete(all research limited to lvl 4, and of course only 30 turns) and as I said I read all of those guides Baalz put up in his sig, and a few others from other people. so in theory I already understand terms like SC, Thugs, etc. so now all that's left is to pick a few nations to start things out with, and hopefully get good on, so I can take them from single player to multiplayer and join the real fun.

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My advice may be different from most, but I'd say don't focus too much, at least at first.

Start up random games, see what you can do with what you get handed. Figure out which ones you like. Play around with early game in a lot of different nations in all three eras.

Read the guides, as it sounds like you've done, and try out the ones that sound interesting. Often for me those only click when they're a different way of playing a nation I'm already familiar with.

Half my SP games get started because someone posts something here that makes me go, "That sounds really cool. I want to try it." (And most of them end when someone does the same for another nation)

But the key is to play around with a bunch of them and find what works well for you and keeps you interested.

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Hey, what do you know, another noob!
I am a student, but still in high school though. And I am enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Nuclear Technician. Good thing the boats get internet everywhere around the world! Except the middle of the indian ocean. Don't ask me why. Well, I like this game, but like a good number of people here as I'm reading, I am still on the lower part of a pretty steep learning curve. Nothing that just some messing around can't fix eh? I look forward to spending time on this game, should be pretty fun. It also helps that I know a couple of guys who have been playing this game for some time.

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A hearty welcome to all newcomers! Glad to see so many joining in :)

The learning curve is quite steep indeed, but when you play, you learn. Try reading some of the guides when you have time. They're a great source of information.
If you're confused about some game mechanic or just have some free time in your hands, I recommend checking out the excellent Dominions 3 Wiki at: http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/

Luckily Dominions 3 has been blessed with very polite community, so if you have a question, don't be afraid to ask ;)

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Hi folks, another new player chiming in. I have found out about Dominions by accident, I went to the Shrapnel website to get the free version of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, and stumbled upon the Dominions page. I remembered having good times with Conquest of Elysium a looong time ago, and decided to give the demo a try.

The result: I am completely hooked, and I am anxiously waiting for the game to arrive in the mail, while my productivity at work is declining as I try to think up strategies for when I get the game.

I think I have fallen in love with EA Agartha, which, going by what most people say, does not bode well for my health and/or sanity in MP games... But let´s see!

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Hi everyone !


Friends of mine have bring me to dominion, and i like it !

I still need more experience but i am ready for my first big game here :)


IRL i am french, 30 year old living in Toulouse

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Hi,

Just registered on the forum, I have bought the game one month ago, and have tried a few single player games.

I have discovered Dom3 after looking a while for a new video game, and tried many games on the demo. This year, I liked Elven Legacy and King's Bounty. I hope to continue discovering Dom3 with fun, I like this kind of game (and loved the music and the background especially).

Living in France, in the suburb of Paris.

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i am Krec

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Glad we got that cleared up.

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Hi new and old friends!

Wow hasn't 2.5 years gone quick!

I've been across the continent, changed jobs, bought houses, had more babies, lost loved ones...and finally I'm ready to settle down and play dominions again!

I look forward to playing in MP games again!

See you on the field of battle...

There can only be one!

GE : )

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Hello to all!

I´m writing from Spain and joining up to this forum of this great game.

I ordered "Dominions 3" last Tuesday, so I´m waiting for receive it (maybe next week...; eager... :) ). I hope learning to play soon, and enjoy one of your MP (I´m reading some AARs and they´re spectacular! Amazing :up: ).

Best regards,


Rubeus

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you will not be disapointed, there is a little bit of a learning curve , but the game is very fun

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Hi guys.

Now that my first MP game has ended (for me anyway), I can say that I actually enjoyed wrecking the glorious empire of C'tis on the rocks of MP diplomacy and DRNs. I think I'll stick around a while. :)

I've been strategy gaming for 30+ years (AH games Midway, Tobruk, Richtoffen's War, Panzer Blitz,....). My brother and I used to go to the local hobby shop looking for the latest issue of Wargamer's Digest. Played Ultima V on my younger brother's Tandy 1000(I think), and started looking for good computer games. Finally broke down and bought myself a top of the line 486 dx2/66 with 8 MB RAM, and it was on! MOO was lots of fun. I still remember the galaxy layouts of some of my huge, impossible games. I still play MOM occasionally(DOSbox), MOO2, the Civ games, HOMM up to 3 (still have that one), Disciples2, and lots of others.

Hadn't bought a new game in years, finally got some time to play again, and got GalCiv2 & Dom3. GalCiv2 is fun, but I guess I'm not getting back to that for a while. ;)

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Hi, i´m 32 years old from Spain. I like Dominions 3 too much, is a cool adiction ;) Congratulations Ilwinter and Sharpnel, a Game that is a Jewel.

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I love this. A game that is years old and the "Introduce Yourself" thread still reads like an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. "Hi, my name is Gandalf. And Im a Dom3 Addict"

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Hi! There's another Dom3 fan growing the Spanish community even more :). This time 20 years old and from Barcelona, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Hi all,
33 from Italy here. You can find me on the IRC channel mostly, where I discuss high-level strategies without even knowing how to guard my commander.

But it's all about having fun isn't it? :D

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'Ello. 16 year old here, had Dominions 3 for several months now, and signing up to the forums because I want to play in a multiplayer game.

From the U.S., if that counts for anything (which it probably doesn't).

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Hi another fan from Spain. I'm 29 years old.

I bought this game one year ago but I didn't play any MP game until now. A completely new world.

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Hiya!

21 years old dutch guy here, just recently found out about this little gem of a game and I love it!
I usually am not really one for strategy games, more of an action/rpg/puzzle gamer mostly, having only second hand experience with the Total War series and some basic experience with Warcraft 1-3 (which didn't require much long term planning so it was easy on little me).
Still very much trying to get the hang of the game, but I love the depth and diversity of it, so I'll get trough it....eventually.

I'll also spend quite some time on helping to give the graphics some overall much needed polishing and maybe thinking up an own nation if I get to it, being a fairly creative 2d/3d artist myself. ;) (hoping to update some of the 3d as well in the game if I can figure out how, I know basic shader language if that'll get me anywhere..:re:)

Anyway, I'll see you around! And hopefully I won't bother you guys too much and actually contribute to the community. :D

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OUCH. A puzzle-gamer playing Dominions 3?
This game feels like it has hundreds and hundreds of puzzles that you can bang your head about. And the worst thing is that most have no answer. Or actually, you will come up with the perfect answer then find out that many people came up with a totally different one.
Have fun. :)

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Hello, I am 21 and I am a french student.

I have played strategy games for a long to but almost never on the internet. I also play quite a lot of board games.

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Hello everyone, my Name is Herr Heimlich, and I am a German Student of 23 years who is just stumbling into the fascinating world of Dominions 3:D

I´ve played quite an array of strategy-games in the past, be they turn-based or real-time, but always favored the former, so here I am, as a Fan of Master of Magic, and other such superb fantasy strategy gems.

Here´s hoping to some awesome turns ;)

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Hi People

I have watched a few games of Dominions 3 and have decided to have a go.

All's fair in love and Dominions!

:D Doo :D

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My name is Mike. I play this game with my brother in 2p and in sp frequently. I prefer to take an underdog or sub-optimal choice and see how well I can make out.

Favorite nations include (more thematically than numerically):

EA Ermor
EA Niefelheim
EA R'lyeh
MA Arcoscephale
MA R'lyeh
MA Marignon
LA Bogarus
LA Ulm
LA Man

I favor Astral Magic over all others. I always feel like I'm "cheating" when I take blood so I tend not to. I realize that revealing strategy is bad, but I prefer a challenge. I love Blood magic--I just don't like to use it. I have been dabbling in pretenders that do not employ any blood, astral, or death magic as well for flavor. I tend to favor unconventional or random tactics as opposed to ones that people expect.

I realize I've revealed too much, but you'll generally not know who I am in MP games anyway since my deity's name will not be "Verjigorm", Slayer of Dragons.

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Welcome zegc_ben, Herr Heimlich, Doo, and Verjigorm.

Always good to see new people around to help keep the community alive and healthy :) Hope you all enjoy yourselves learning the many wonders that Dominions3 has to offer, and look forward to meeting you all in MP games in the future.

Also don't hesitate to use the main forum to ask any questions you have about the game. There are lots of experienced and knowledgeable folks around who are usually only too happy to help new players with their problems. They also tend to have a pretty good responce time too :)

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Welcome folks.

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Hi, my name is lch. I like fwuffy kittens, Knitting Bunnies, Snuff movies and Bukkake. I recently got married to my long term partner Maud the goat. It was a very romantic pagan wedding, except for Maud eating her own wedding dress.

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Hello. I'm Cammorak and I've fiddled with the demo far longer than any man should fiddle with anything. I recently decided to dive into the full game and have had a blast with SP, but it's hard to keep playing after 100 turns of silent enemies, their cold beady eyes peering at me from the darkness of their realms. So now I'm trying to get into MP so at least the cold beady eyes might have some messages attached to them. Maybe Abysia has hot beady eyes.

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Hey everyone. I'm a new player from the Northeast of the US. I'm new in that I've only recently joined the forums here, however, I've been playing Dominions with my friends for a couple of years now. I've moved away from them and I still hanker for the need to play against someone. So here I am.

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Welcome, all new members! :)

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Hi, i'm 24, born and raised in slovakia. Lived in Ireland for 3 years. My happiest memories are from that time. Currently i'm in Slovakia preparing myself for University. Yes that means if they accept me as student i'll finish studying at 29 yay.

Most of my life i've been gaming. Started with czech pen&paper games and magic the gathering, went through heaps and heaps of rpg,strategy,mmorpg games. And i have a group to play D&D4e at the moment. My favourite pen&paper so far. I'm quite new to dominions 3 and hope i'll manage to play with u all eventually.

EDIT:Always love to hear other ppl love Master of Magic..It's just sooo sad there is no multiplayer for that

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Hi! First thing, sorry for my bad english. I'm an italian fan of Dom3. This game is truly exciting and, at the same time, really really really difficult to understand. It have a lot of mechanics, rules, combos ecc...thousands and many more. I'm 25 y.o., student, painter, comic writer, artist. I search a good ol' boy to teach me how to play with Dom3, possibly via mail. Please contact me people, I thank you :)See ya!!!

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Welcome MaxHeadroom. (love the handle, looking forward to seeing your avatar image)

As to Master of Magic:
I dearly love the game and Ive tracked a number of efforts to recreate it. Unfortunately, they tended to get carried away with adding things. Multiplayer is a big killer. The game wasnt designed for that. I wish someone would just do a bug-free version that will run on new OS's, then expand (slowly) from that. I also track efforts based on King of Dragons Pass, Magic Realm (boardgame), Space Empires IV, and Stars!

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Hi all.
I'm a male, 35 years old from Italy. I'm a medicine doctor, i'm married and have an almost 6 months old child.
I like sport, in particular the NBA and NFL.
I've recently found Dominions 3 and started playing...i find it a great game, really addictive. There's really strategy involved in this game!!! I'm playing singlepayer to learn the basics of the game, but soon i'll want to see how multiplayer is. The AI in sigleplayer is really good and, until i can't win agaist the AI i can't see how i can win against a human AI with knowledge of the game ;)
I really like this forum i'm reading from a month now...so i decided to register and be a part of the action.
I'll probably have questions i cannot solve in the near future and i know this is the right place to come.
All the best,
Immali

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Benvenuto ! ...welcome

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Hello...
I am new here,and I have found this forum on youtube...I am totally excited about this,as i can see there is still online playing of dominions:D...

Well to introduce my self...
I am Tomislav,from Zagreb,Croatia.17 years old still going to school for electrical engineer, technician for PCs...
I am interested mainly in PCs,history, sports and nature (biology)...

PS
I raly could use some help with this,so enyone who is here from the begining,can he help me:confused:...

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Welcome! :)

I suggest starting by reading the FAQ. The Strategy Index has lots of useful links as well and you can also ask on the forums if you don't find the answers on your own. The Dom3 DB linked in my sig and in the FAQ will allow you to see a lot of data about the units and other things in the game, but it might take a while to get comfortable with it.

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Ok...
I am redying some of the stuff,and I can see there is a lot of nice topics,but I did not found any of how to start playing online Dom3...
so pls can u help me...
Do I need some kind of patch to download,I have seen only the mods patches,and some things to do on DB v3.23,and do i need to download that also...

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You should download the 3.24 version patch for Dom3 and install that. Dom3 DB is a spreadsheet. Just follow the link in my sig for that.