Re: Does Dominions II have maps from Dom I?
 

This is a little hard to estimate, it is more or less the same but since many of the sites are tied to terrains now the balance might have shifted somewhat from dom 1. There is also more sites in the poorer terrains such as mountain and wastes compared to farmlands.

Also there is a somewhat indirect solution of setting the research cost to high or very high. Then the gems will not have quite the same game impact since the spells and items you can make with them will be more of the low end features.

[ October 07, 2003, 19:17: Message edited by: johan osterman ]

Re: Does Dominions II have maps from Dom I?
 

Sweet, a research cost slider! I've been wanting that, too, but it was subconscious until you mentioned it:)

Re: Does Dominions II have maps from Dom I?
 

MULTIPLE START LOCATIONS

Multiple start locations as suggested by "ADVISOR" would, to my mind, be most appropriate in a scenario setting: eg an empire has shattered and thge remnants are scattered all around the plcae.....would this not require knowledge of the whole map and provinces from outset...after all, this is territory that has been recrossed again and again.

However, in more open play, the idea of a single start location makes sense in terms of the ebb and flow of empires.....eg rome started....in Rome! and spread out after that...same for any other nation etc etc