Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

i don't really get your question, but...

I'm basically saying any newb will get frustrated easily with Dominions 2.

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Err... just curious... in this context, what can be the meaning of this word?? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I assume you mean 'gay'. Basically it means 'silly' or 'foolish' in this context. Perhaps not the most PC choice of verbage, but then again being PC is just 'gay' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

OMG... not another english lesson. Gay can mean "happy" too.

I don't expect anyone to think there's anything homosexually wrong with Dominions 2. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

Arcosephale has Heart Companions...
...not that there's anything wrong with that.

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Heh, from the context of your prior post it is highly unlikely though that you meant 'gay' as happy, isn't it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

No you meant 'gay' as strange, annoying, bizarre, wierd, silly, swishy, ... and that's ok... at least by me, but I love tweeking the nose of the PC crowd, not that there appears to be a large contingent of them around this board... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't even know what that is. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't even know what that is. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are some benefits to a Classical education.

Try reading up on your Greek ancient history. Or do a Google search if you are of the no-patience Gen-X/Y/Z/whatever crowd. Wonderful tool, Google ...

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

I think this is supposed to be my cue for a long and extended rant about the decline of the educational system. Since I just gave this rant elsewhere 5 minutes ago, I don't feel like doing it again, so just consider it ranted about.

[ February 12, 2004, 23:49: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

Hey, I got a public education in Georgia, home of (officially) the worst high school system in the union, and I get that stuff . . . sometimes it is getting out of something what you put into it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I'm not saying the education system is not guilty, but it isn't completely for to blame.

Splooger (and by the way that's a . . . unique username), don't get frustrated with the game. The bright thing to do is, at first, to play smaller maps as conventionally powerful countries such as Jotunheim or, heck, even Ermor. Or you can jump into the complex countries, but take care to do your homework on them. Even on easy, this game presents a challenge, particularly because there isn't an autosave function or any save function like in Civilization where you can try out different strategies in the short term via the save games. In the end, though, it makes for a more complete, rounded game.

[ February 13, 2004, 00:23: Message edited by: moodgiesanta ]

Re: Starting to get frustrated with this game
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Sure it is. Nowadays, you need to actively desire to learn to figure anything out. In MY day, it was MANDATORY, and if you failed to pay attention, the teacher would beat you! It was a great incentive system. Now it's "child abuse". Bah! Children NEED to be regularly beaten, particularly if they're being stupid. A desire not to receive a painful thrashing is a VERY powerful motivating force, and don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise! If YOU ever have children, be sure to regularly beat them.

Playing Ermor is probably not all that great of a choice for a new player: While easy and highly effective against the AI, Ermor is very one-dimensional, not nearly as effective against other human players, and the AI isn't really programmed to cope with it. Ermor experience doesn't really translate well into managing other empires. Jotunheim is a good choice to start, particularly since there's a tutorial written by a Bruce Geryk, or Cinnamony, or somebody. I've seen it under two different names or so. Are they the same people?