Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Someone start Newbie 3. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Hmm, since we need another water nation you can put me down as Atlantis http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

CharonJr

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Okey, since Sheap offered to host, but he is busy right now the starting/uploading will be delayed until he cames back.
If noone has a better idea, please take a look at the map mentioned in the first post, and try to make good pretenders.
Sincs noone chosed Mictlan or one of the Heims, there are no limitations in pretender creation.

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Hmm, bit land heavy for 2 (or more like 2.5) water nations IMO (about 22 land provinces per player, but "only" 13 water provinces per player).

Since water nations generally have an easier time moving to land than land nations moving into the water I have no idea if this really is an issue or just looks like one.

Any ideas ?

CharonJr

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Indeed, but if you take a closer look on the map you will see that the two water nations are separated by a huge landmass and very unlikely to confront each other, so if you are a water nation you will be theoretically unharmed for the first half of the game in those 13 water provinces, while the war will rage in the land.

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

I would suggest a random map, to allow re-naming, and to ban high bless rushes for all nations rather than just for the few mentioned.

Many nations have great blessables for which a high bless strategy is still incredibly powerful- TC, Pangaea, Ulm, Agartha and Abysia, for instance.
Re-naming is just fun. How else am I going to work the A-Team into Dominions 3?
The pseudo 3d style of that map appears very strange to me. I prefer the visual style of the random maps or silent seas more, but that's just me.

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Excuse the noob question, but how the map and the blessing thing are related? Thank you

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

If there are few provinces per player then some-one with a powerful bless can quickly reach another nation and destroy them before they create any sort of counter-measure.

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

Then again with Abysia I will not play high bless, and it is not possible in 3.00 since the Burning Ones are bugged (fatigue bug). Silent Seas is good too. If more people would love that we could run on that, so let's agree on something before the host returns home.
If there are more people who think high bless should be banned for all nations, please write, we could ban high bless then with excludeing inprisoned pretenders.

Re: Newbie game 2 [Open]
 

I don't think there should be any house rules like that. I don't think anyone is going to waste their time, using high-bless to beat down on some noobs.

I think if someone goes for highbless, they run the risks of being ganged up on. I think everything eventually evens out.