.com.unity Forums - Basic Multiplayer tips wanted

In order to win multiplayer games, you need three things. They are all of equal value and if you dont have any one of them, likely your nation will be destroyed by someone who does:

1) Technical skill
2) Diplomatic skill
3) A coherent Full-Game plan

Technical skill is largely a factor of experience and there have been plenty of technical tips above so I wont go into it.

Diplomatic Tips:
* Every MP dominions game is fought on two fronts: Military and Diplomacy. Respect diplomacy as much as you respect the military and you will go far.

* There is no mercy in MP play (unless you are playing an RP-style game). It is perfectly acceptable to invade someone for the simple reason of "you are weak" or "I need to invade you before someone else does"

* Unless you are absolutely gauranteed victory, make war pacts against an enemy instead of going in alone.

* Always join a war pact in the early game or you will quickly find yourself on the receiving end of one.

* Diplomactically "scout" your neighbors (and thier neighbors) often to see what thier alliances/wars are and how you can navigate them to benefit your nation

* Diplomacy is the strongest defense of the super-nation

Game Plan Tips:
* Before you even choose a nation, decide on an overall strategy you want to play.

* Select the key spells which will support your strategy.

* Choose the nation with the best units and magic paths to support your military and magical choices above.

* Design a pretender which specifically augments a strength or shores up a weakness of your nation.

* Make sure your setup has a specific strategy for killing indies and expanding quickly. Test it.

* Choose an overall battle-field strategy for your setup and always push for it.

* Make sure your nation has a way to trap/kill enemy SCs

* Make sure you can summon and equip your own SCs