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I really want a pause for this weekend as well. I'm going away for my brothers funeral and there will be no chance at all that I can play from 07.00 CET saturday to approx 17.00 CET sunday.

I don't have any Dominions friends (yet) and I really would like to play these first turns myself but if the game is not paused I need a honest sub that could fill in for me.

Daniel

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I think I did my first turn correctly, let me know if I screwed up (R'Lyeh).

Wow, there ain't much water... there goes my "hide in the water until game ends" strategy.

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Gonna be totally drunk and dressed like a german woman saturday night (No I am not kidding), so a pause would be cool with me as well because my play time will probably be limited to sunday evening. If we can't get a pause, that is fine as well http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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A death in the family is an completely valid reason to pause. I will turn off the timer for the period you requested. People will still be able to play thier turns but the server will not auto-host.

My condolences, Saarud http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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I am really greatful for that. Really. Thank you Ironhawk.

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Condolences and safe trip.

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Take care Saarud.

I'll be doing something along those lines aswell on saturday night. The pause will keep me from having to play a really stupid, drunk turn. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Alas, the great Ermorian capital city of Eldregate is beset on all sides by powerful independent forces of heavy cavalry. This has stalled expansion as even the mighty and disciplined legion of the sons of Aurelios would be better served by going into battle comfortably outnumbering these well armored beasts. In time, however, they will fall, and their sons will one day serve under the same banner which vanquished them.

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The key to defeating heavy cavalry is negating thier devastating one-time Lance attack. Normally this is done with chaff troops. Once the lance is out of the way, they are just very good heavy inf.

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The other way to defeat heavy cavalry is really big, hard hitting weapons (massed barbarian mauls are nice) or crossbows.

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Ok guys, the turn timer is back on.

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wait, can you reequip standard troops?

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You cannot give items to regular troops. Only commanders.

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I believe C'ts, Theonlystd, is holding up the show. Whats going on man? I'm sure everyone would like to get thier turn.

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So, whats news, guys? You've got a couple of turns under your belts so far now. Anything interesting going on?

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I forgot to specify a sneaking unit to 'move' for an attack. So my army snuck in, and my Dai Oni went in to attack alone by mistake. To die a terrible death. he cut down like, 20-30 barbarians before they swamped him though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif.

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Ack, I hate when that happens!

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Especially to a 500 gold commander :|

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Sauromatia, Ctis, and Kailasa staled on their last turn.

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not a lot happening in Arco land
finally got a successful attack
first one failed miserably

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Funny thing to imagine. Squads of archers, melee, and cavalry dutifully hiding behind trees and laying in ditches while their commander does all the fighting.

Perhaps the Dom version of "Fragging"?

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Muttering amongst eachother in the bushes, "Wow, he is screwed"

P.S. Theonstyd, who is C'tis in this game, who held up the last turn, appears to have vanished. He is holding up another game I am in, as he hasn't played a turn in many days (and its a 48 hour quickhost http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif). He may just be out of town for a few days, but how long do we wait untill he is declared MIA? He hasn't said a thing since he signed up.

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C'tis has been slow on a lot of turns it doesnt surprise me that he is staling some. There is almost always someone who does when you get this many players together. For me tho, that is the mark of death http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I go after those players with a vengeance cause I know

1) the war will be relatively easy (with them staling)

and

2) the game will speed up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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If you want I can do a few turns of subbing for Ctis until you guys find a sub?

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There was another player who wanted in when the game filled up originally. I will run the position by him. Last night I authorized Sheap to sub for CTis until a real replacement is found. If we cant find a suitable newer player then I will just turn Ctis AI.

Ryleh is also under consideration for being replaced as I note they have been staling some. I'll let you know if I need a temp replacement for them Kissblade.

First signs of a war
 

Greedy Ermor threatens to attack our peace loving nation,

Today Vanheim receved an threat of attack against our mighty, peace loving nation. Ermor claimed that they already had ordered their armies to march against Vanheim.

This is outrageous!

We have sent dozens of negotiators and offered to exchange the province that Ermor has fixed its greedy eyes upon. If Ermor stops its bloody legions and gives us adequate compensation for the province Vanheim liberated from the hands of evil heavy cavalrymen the peace may still be a possibility.
...And on the other hand peace is the only guarantee that could stop bloody legions from stepping into their graves that are already being prepared.

We in Vanheim dearly hope that reason wins and Ermor wont start any hostilities against us.


-Vanherr Thanatos

Re: First signs of a war
 

Ah, bitter scent of ashes of collapsing Ermor.

Ermor attacked as we feared. First legion of 60 men drove our 5 defenders away (pd).

But elsewhere Ermor took the step to the grave. We are sorry to announce that another legion (circa 35 men) died soon after they had driven neutral army from the field. the Vanir arrived and only Ermorian centurion managed to escape.
Not a single Vanir perished.

Vanheims retribution shall be swift and devastating.

Re: First signs of a war
 

Ah, I see Helheim's brothers have already been involved in a war! I admire you. Helheim has spotted it's first meal and can barely wait for the feast! A simple death threat has been seen to the pink flagged nation. Stand down or be cut down!

Re: First signs of a war
 

That would be Tien Chi. Our capitol is to the South of your god, come and get your love.

-Frank

Re: First signs of a war
 

P.S.: You'll be racing Pangaea's forward army, they are an equal number of provinces from my capitol.

And those temples are doing important duty liberating tritons from Rlyeh. I'd prefer it if we just had a climactic battle at my home castle then play scorched earth in the north.

-Frank

Re: First signs of a war
 

This is true folly. There was naught but offers of peace from Ermor and a fair trade of provinces. We do not consider it greedy to seek through trade a border province to our own capitol. Would the mighty Vanir tolerate such an incursion? We think not. The legions were sent when our offers were denied.

Still however the senate of Ermor sees hope for peace. We have sent terms and await a reply. The city and senate of Ermor may indeed fall to the barbaric might of these fey creatures who mask their appearance with play of light, but they will do so honorably, and any attempt to color our glorious nation as one of greed will be dashed by the blinding white light of truth. It is not the perogative of the stronger nation to castigate the weaker as greedy and threatening, while their troops stand before the weaker nation's gates! All who possess sense can see that.

For the glory of the white shroud, the legions of Ermor may be cut down to a man, but they will do so in defense of their homes, and not in agression.

Re: First signs of a war
 

Watch out for that Whollaborg! He's a scoundrel! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: First signs of a war
 

Tien Chi has been watching the conflict carefully.

Vanheim did indeed make a marginally successful incursion into the Fields of Abul (Province 58), which could only rightfully be considered Ermorian territory (being as it was adjacent to their Capitol). Realizing that they could not possibly hold it with the units they had available, they pulled the Van back into their own dominion (where they are invisible) and left only a token force of province defense.

On a similar note, armies of Pangaea and Helheim are rapidly approaching the gates of Spring and Autumn. It's almost as if all the Chinese forces were preparing to defend themselves behind some kind of wall...

The Great Catsby has spoken.

Re: First signs of a war
 

OOC

I need some more dang scouts. It seems everyone but me knows what's going on everywhere else http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif But I have to keep the mage production flowing, y'know?

Re: First signs of a war
 

Look for independent scouts. No one builds scouts at thier forts (some nations dont even have scouts).

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It seems Tien Chi has pressures mounting from all directions. I found The Tien Chi pretender in a province with 8 soldiers and decided not to attack.

Pangaea will not advance on Tien Chi, allowing them to face other potential threats. We look eastward for future conquests, as we would rather conquer easy independent provinces and spend the rest of our time in revelry for now. As long as Tien Chi respects our borders, they have nothing to fear from us for the time being.

Re: 3.01
 

I too am willing to step in and take over a nation if there is a need to do so. I've never played MP Dom before so I should fit right in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: 3.01
 

Ouch. So Helheim is indeed invading us with 19 Hlhirdlings (or so, it's hard to count them with Glamour). We're going to withdraw to our southern Lab and attempt to reseach a way through them before they can take down our walls.

Any assistance in countering Helheim aggression would be very much appreciated.

The Great Catsby has spoken.

Re: 3.01
 

I'm keeping a list of alternates who want to fill in for our slacking nations. We should have some good subs in a couple of days.

Actually, since many of you are newer players, I should point out here that it is normally the Player's responsibility to get a replacement if they can no longer play a game. I'm only stepping in here cause a lot of you are new to MP. Of course, if a player just vanishes without warning, like Theonylstd (CTis), then the host does have to intercede.

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I'm currently subbing for c'tis (so don't go invading willy-nilly just yet!), but rlyeh and sauromatia are also staling, you could probably sub one of them.

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i see the new patch is out
should we all DL the newpatch and upgrade?

Declaration of War
 

Pretenders and spectatores!

We indeed took Fields of Abul from nasty heavy cavalry, but as our progress was swift and wind wept on our heels. Thus we didn't have time to scout lands behind the province we liberated. And thus we didn't see a climpse of a sovereign nation behind the vast Fields of Abul.

As soon as our troops met Ermorian border patrols we sent messengers carrying maps and plans of our advance in the western wastes. We proposed peace and formal borders between our nations. We begged for negotiations.
But Alas Ermor just replied with an attack threat claiming that their troops were already on move. Staggering!

No sane word could help.
We offered them Fields of Abul in exchange of an another province.
But the Ermorean first Legion didn't stop as it was ordered by the foolish senate to attack Vanheim.

And as to strengthen the momentum of the armored glove that was directed against our very face Ermor took advantage of our revealed plans of progression in the west and they directed their second legion to province we had announced we were going to liberate. Thanks to Vanvathers, this resulted their death.

But more gravely,
Ermorean first legion of 60 men attacked our nation directly despite our propositions to exchange Fields of Abul to port city in the far west that had been taken by Ermorian fleet of triremes.

Fields of Abul had to be temporary abandoned as Ermor wouldn't listen to our trading propositions and they didn't stop their legions. Overwhelming force of ruthless attackers poured on to the fields and slaughtered our few defenders.

Now Ermor dares to claim that they showed willingness to trade provinces with the Vanheim. Nothing such happened! We were the only ones trying to negotiate.

The Ancestoral spirits of ancient Vanvathers would never forgive if we surrendered to naked powermongering and violence and disrespect of our proposed negotations.
On the other hand, if we would give in, we would loose respect in the eyes of opportunists of this bleak world and soon we would be covered by a mount of carrion crawlers trying to suck the very marrow out of our bones which would have lost selfrespect in the earlier phace of becoming a weakling.

Thus we declare War against Ermor!

Let all know that Ermor is thus nation doomed to darkness. Let the cold winds lick the blood from the wounds of Ermorian legionares!

All Four Ermorean provinces in the delta and to west from the Great River belong to Vanheim from now on - as a prize of foolishness of Ermorian senate.
The rest in the east is for the crows.

[edit: typing, which is poor english anyway, my apologies]

Re: 3.01
 

I am curious about that as well.

Re: 3.01
 

The host has not upgraded to 3.01 yet. It would be best to hold off upgrading for a little while. I will try to get the host upgraded this weekend.

Is a sub still wanted?
 

Heya,

I'm very much a newbie (just played a couple of games of single player), and really fancy joining a MP game. It looked from some of the earlier posts that a sub might be wanted, is that still the case? I'd be very keen to join, I don't mind what nation.

Re: 3.01
 

This post deleted - sorry, carry on.

Re: Is a sub still wanted?
 

The senate and people of Ermor regret that such ill tidings have come to pass. Nevertheless, though we recognize the overwhelming strength of the Vanir and their eldrich magicks, this is our land and we shall not abandon it. What we lack in glamour we make up for with morale, and where we falter in strength we will compensate with numbers.

Surely fate frowns upon the powerful and agressive, and other empires seeing the strength and ferocity of Vanheim and knowing they very well may be next to face its full force will enter the fray now and face it together rather than wait until they are picked off one by one.

The city of Eldregate prepares to defend its massive walls, the legions stand ready to defend our homeland, and the senate of Ermor bids the other nations of the world watch carefully, for as Ermor goes, so goeth the world.

3.01
 

I think patching the host to 3.01 would be great.

Re: 3.01
 

I have alreayd upgraded for another game. What sort of problems could occur?

Re: 3.01
 

Nothing good will come of having two separate versions. At best nothing will happen, at worst your orders will come out wrong and the game will accuse you of cheating.

It should be possible to run two versions of dom3 on the same system. It was possible with dom2. Just copy the game into a new directory before you upgrade, the copy will then have the old version. I think this SHOULD work. I haven't tested it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif