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Also my key is broken so I can't access servers with a letter in their name, too ba for ominions3 servers :(.

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Greetings!

I was introduced to this game from paulsoaresjr's youtube video about Conquest of Elysium 3, where he referenced this game. I have played it for less than a week now and am thoroughly addicted.

So, with that out of the way I will now continue my search for a multiplayer game. Fun fact, Conquest of Elysium 3 comes out on my birthday.

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Hello.

I use to be an avid player of Dom3 years ago, but I lost interest then. I've now recently gotten back into it again, and would like to start playing MP again.

:)

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Hi Yurasis_Dragon,

Yep, lots of people still play, in fact there still seems to be a steady stream of new players. Both the multiplayer and modding communities remain active.

If you go to the "Multiplayer and AARs" section you can see if there are any games starting up for new players. If there aren't I recommend setting one up yourself (there are a couple of stickies in that subforum on how to do this). Generally there are lots of new players waiting for someone to arrange a game, so if you set one up you're likely to get enough players pretty quickly.

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It seems the Conquest brought a few people our way. Cool.

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Yes, we do! :)

Marverni are good at making GIANT FLAMING METEORS OF DEATH fall onto enemy heads. And you need to understand how astral magic (particulary communions) works. There are some guidesto help you with it. :)

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I guess there are still plenty of people playing. :)
I know of at least 3 servers that are kept busy with lots of Dom3 games.

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Hola! :)

Well, I have an olde school mindset in everything in life. So it's no surprise that I like this game :o.

Roberta Williams said that computer games were for patient people, and it's why I liked them to begin with, they were so different from the arcade and console games. Of course today with computers being more wide spread, the games have changed too on a wide scale, and they now resemble console gameplay more than anything. So I was happy when I found the Dominions games :happy:.

I've been playing Dominions 3 for around nearly a year now. I really like the descriptions in the game, it gives way to my imagination. I like games like Betrayal at Krondor and Darklands. They provide good text and just enough graphics so you can use your imagination. I also like the graphics in Dominions 3, and that's no joke. My favourite graphics of all time is in Heroes of Might and Magic 2 for example, so something being shiny doesn't mean better for me.

I mostly played against the computer, but I also played a few games with friends. I haven't played multiplayer with the community at large yet, and I doubt I will. Maybe it's just bad luck, but whenever I play multiplayer in a game, it seems to be filled with jerks that cuss at you or say vile things. Or mayhaps I don't have the mindset for multiplayer with strangers on the internet. I'm not saying the multiplayer community in Dominions is bad, just my experience in every game I tried to play in.

It's a good game, I have lots of fun playing it :). I generaly play not to min and max, or be the best, but to role play my side with barbaric romanticism, even if it's just against the A.I.

Katie, an olde fashioned mind in a young body :wave:

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Well, I hope you do try mp sometime. It took me 3 years to do an MP game, and now I am regretting not getting on board earlier. One thing to remember is that people who are jerks usual get ganged up on early, so you don't have to deal with them as much.
Still, in MP games, diplomacy is key. “In war, resolution; in defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity” as churchill said.

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great quote, lego. chruchill sure could speak.

and katie, i hope you try MP. for the most part, the people i've played with have been really cool and helpful. if you want, we may even be able to start up a game specifically for people who are polite!

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Ok so I took the plunge.

I have flirted with this game for quite some time but the price tag kept me at arms length (I enjoy bargain shopping Gamer's Gate). With my wife's permission (you know what I'm talking about :re:) I downloaded last night.

I'm coming from a Dwarf Fortress...CIV...Various Rouges background...sprinkle in a little Hearts of Iron and Football Manager.

Going to tool around with SP for about a week or so and then find a newb friendly match or twenty.

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Hola, I'm one of those (not so rare I'd guess) people who actually came here due to Conquest of Elysium III. I tried it, liked it but felt it lacking in depth department. And so I saw Dominions 3 mentioned and stumbled all the way here to get a copy.

I've been playing for around 3 weeks. As I've always had a thing for complex strategies, I'm enjoying it immensely but obviously the complexity goes only so far in single player. So I am contemplating making a switch to multi player in some very close but unspecified future.

As such I have a question, which will hopefully spare me browsing all the ongoing/finished game threads in search for an answer. Do any people actually play medium+ games without use of the PBEM? By medium I'm thinking 10 players or more average here. Would it actually be plausible to organize long sessions of TCP/IP to play a match that size, or would there be, in your experience, a complete lack of people interested?

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Many of the direct connect games are played on my server www.Dom3Minions.com
(nearly all of the PbEm games are done on www.LLamaServer.net )
Ive never lacked for keeping it fairly maxed out (100 games) altho lately not so many from this forum.
But you can always try. :)

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Thanks for a fast reply, I'll definitely give it a shot then. :) It is nice to see that the community is still so active here, apparently niche games are best for that!

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Same here, purchased CoE last week and it just wasn't doing it for me...I may go back to it after a year of patching.

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Ouch...

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Hello everyone, I thought here might be a good place to start.

I'm 24, living in Denmark and currently studying history. I ran across Dominions 3 while looking around for God-styled TBS games.
I was initially dissuaded, but have bought and played the game single player a bunch. During this time, I've also been lurking around the forum here a bunch :)

I suck at it, but I'm having a blast anyway. Though I actually found the AI somewhat challenging (I still trust PD too much and forgot to give my SC's things like Etherealness when against huge armies), I am toying with the idea of multiplayer.
This is not because I'm a masochist, but more because so far my games have resembled the uncoordinated flailings of a drunk koala far too much, on both sides, and I'd like to streamline my own play and fight actual people who can put considerations behind their actions :)

Hope to have fun around here!

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Welcome aboard Grimgor.

Regarding MP play, you will probably learn more by watching how real players crush you than anything else. Pay special attention to what sort of equipment their thugs are pounding you with and what their mages script. Then give it back to them in the next game :)

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Reading that I couldn't help get associations of letting someone kick me in the stomach repeatedly, so I can learn the benefits of his technique :P Nonetheless, I'm sure it'll be fun :)

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It is a lot like that. But, it took me a long while to get into MP games, and it makes a huge difference over SP games in fun.

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As most people will attest, they had a lot of fun with the game for a long time.
And then got into MP and had more fun for a longer time. :)

To avoid the "kick in the stomach repeatedly" syndrome you might watch the MP forum for chances to substitute. Particularly to sub for angry players dropping out. The other players will welcome you. You dont have to do good. And you will get a chance to see how more experienced players do things.

Of course you will probably see them as you are getting your asskicked. But there is no pressure. You have the excuse that you took over a losing position. And you arent playing a nation you chose nor with a pretender-god that you built. The only hope anyone has for you is that you will be slightly more fun than turning it over to AI play. You get to go down swinging in grand and glorious epic battles with no regrets.

And remember to view the battles carefully, and ask questions. :D

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I can absolutely imagine that. And human intelligence is exactly what I'm missing from the SP games :) I had a strange experience recently in a game where, even though I could tell I wasn't playing very well, I could see the AI play so much worse. Was actually the motivation for me to join up here :)

Good idea, Gandalf :) That seems like a good way to get a taste of MP.

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Hi all,

Finally took the plunge on Dominions 3 after weighing it up for ... ooh, about 5 years.

Taking my first faltering steps in SP with EA T'ien Chi right now but what's a good way to 'learn' to the point that I can play MP? I've heard a lot of varying comments - play MA Man and use general strategies, pick one nation and play specific strategies, play the AI, don't play the AI as it builds bad habits etc.? Presuming SP is useful, should I wait until I can beat the AI, beat several AIs, beat AI consistently etc.? How long is the normal incubation period? I enjoyed the tutorial but got a lot from reading a few something awful LPs.

I like the idea of 'subbing in' as an intro down the line a bit but I'm scared the sheer number of decisions would be a little overwhelming!

Excited to be here!

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Yeah, subbing in isn't my favourite. To much at once.

You could try one of the newbie games at dom3mods. http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?act=idx or participate in a blitz on irc and get slaughtered. :D (blitzes are game that are played very quickly. With everybody on the same chat channel usually).

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IMO, if you're playing to be able to play multiplayer, what you need to do isn't really to learn how to beat the AI. You need to learn how to expand, and you need to learn basic scripting, site searching, and maybe figure out a few good early game go to spells. Then you should be fine for noob games and can start learning more in depth.

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Cheers guys. Both sound bits of advice. The early game especially I think it's worth me practising as my expansion gets gummed up, my spell choices go wrong - already seeing the mistakes. After a bit, when I'm comfortable there, I'll batter into a MP noob game and lose horrifically a few times.

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Hello Dominions Community! (wave)
Cunknown brought me back to Dom3 after about 5 years away. Dominions rocks!!!! It's even better then it used to be!

@Datom: We're playing Waarrrggg game together. Your expansion is Unmatched! Next you need to work on Diplomacy. Graphs are on, so everyone see's you are kicking butt! Don't start more then one war at a time! Good Luck!

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Hello everyone. I'm new to Dom3, have been playing AI for about a month and am just getting into my first MP games now.

I'm an old dude (45) and a long time strategy game fan, with my favorite offline games including Star Fleet Battles and Mechwarrior (20 years ago) and Small World more recently and my favorite computer games including Civ 4/5 and EUIII.

Worked for years in the computer game industry as a Designer / Producer for Microprose back when it was one of the top companies in the industry. Worked on the original X-Com, Civ1 Windows, MOO, MOM & Magic the Gathering.

Nowadays have my own Tech Startup in the mobile space which is doing really well.

Been looking for a deep online strategy game experience for years and been dissatisfied with everything prior to coming across Dom3. Looking forward to getting to know you all and becoming and active member of the Dom3 community.

Also, I'm up for Blitz games on the weekend, so look me up if you are forming a game and need players.

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starcryst: Wow, you worked on a lot of cool things!!

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Welcome!

And that's a seriously awesome list of stuff you've worked on in the past! Aside from MtG (which I never played), all those titles are among my all time favorites!

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Thanks! :)

Just in the right place at the right time. I wasn't the lead on any of those projects, just lucky enough to be on the QA and / or Dev team. But MicroProse was an amazing company back in the early days.

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I think almost all my pocket money way going into Microprose games at one point in the late 80's/early 90's. Although I have a Question for the Q&A guy... why didn't Microprose make their keyboard overlays out of stronger card?...

... as the pockey money I didn't spend on Microprose games went on buying sellotape to hold keyboard overlays together :)

Didn't you guys realise they would need to hold together even after hundreds of hours of use? Cheap card would've been fine had you been making average sort of games, but when making the games you did, no way was the cheap stuff going to last the distance!

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Hello, Beloss here. 20, living in Cal and a big fan of Civ games and Age of Wonders before I was introduced to Dom. Relatively new to Dom 3, have played a long hot seat against a friend but we were basically just throwing troops at each other with minimal utilization of the finer points of the game, so I'm basically still a beginner.
One question I was curious about (And considering the cost of gems I know that this would be suicide in any competitive environment)but I was surprised to find that its possible to raise a units magic power over 9, and into 10 and even 11. Is there any benefit to this? Any bonuses one would get to having Fire power 12? I know that the more death you have the more undead troops you can lead, I also know that higher Nature lets you feed more live longer, but do you get any spell bonuses to having scores above 9?

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Welcome Beloss,
Your general question 'Is there benefit to raising magic path levels above 10?'
An answer but not the most experienced answer 'Yes. Some spells generate more units or magic effects based on path strength. Also, Global Enchantments get a saving throw versus dispel attempts. Having high path usually helps!

Welcome to the forums!

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Usually "is there a benefit" should be changed into "is the benefit I get cost effective. Aren't there other things I could do with these gems that benefit me more?"

Only natural magic levels count for boosting globals. (Empowering counts as a new natural level. Magic items do not).

There are no (known) cutoffs for high magic levels. If you want to try pretenders with high natural levels 8+ etc. The mod Awesome gods has a few. It is a favourite in the Something Awful community. And not as unbalanced as you would think. (Actually not unbalanced at all, ninjadebugger did a good job).

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Thank you very much. So the answer is no for most practical cost effective purposes outside of mods. In any case, thanks for the welcome. If anyone could direct me to a strategy thread that they think is particularly good I would be most obliged. :)

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Sticky: Guide: The Strategy Index

That's a good read, but the only real way to learn the game is to play in multi-player. Go to the multi-player thread and volunteer to Substitute in an ongoing game. And keep your eyes open for games that are starting. Have Fun!

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Much obliged.

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Note that a lot of the strategy advice regarding CBM is outdated. Sadly, most guide writer do not add the versions of the mods they are using to the guides.

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I am Claes and I have not but a single multiplayer Dom 3 game under my belt. So consider me green but interested in becoming a part of this larger community. Cheers.

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This forum is mostly empty now. Go look at the dom3mods or desura forum for other players. And welcome to the world of dom3.