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Welcome!

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Hello forum

Anther DOM3 noobie gamer here :) . I’ve been playing the Demo version for a few day now, and this is exactly the type of game I enjoy most (4x turn based strategy). Guess I’m considered a hardcore wargamer, coming out of the strategy boardgame genre (ASL with VASL is my main game, though I play PC SP computer games more often these days). Love the old AH games, Third Reich was my first wargame (mid 70’s). I think either Civ(first version), Empire, or the old gold box DD (Pool of Radiance) .. can’t remember exactly now .. from the mid/late 80’s, was my first computer game. The most disappointing computer game I ever purchased was MOO3 (MOO2 probably being the most enjoyable PC game I ever purchased), the experience completely changed my PC game purchasing approach/mode :shock: .

I enjoy Railroad games too; they tend to focus on efficiency over unlimited expansion which is another dimension I like to see in PC games. I don’t particularly like FP shooters & RTSs with a couple of notable exceptions (Age of Mythology comes to mind: very good game with very good AI). I generally don’t buy games much anymore (lack of time on my part for one thing, and as to computer games in general: the AI seems to have been on the decline for years now in newer games these days IMO [which I see as a generalized quality decline], an emphasis on graphics over substance, and the ship-it-with-patches-bugs-and-all-mentality & fix it later :() ... anyway, I’m just saying if I shell out to buy something these days, you know it’s gotta be good!

I ordered the full version of Dom a couple of days ago, and I just checked the tracking #, I should be getting it today, feels like Xmas as a kid, can’t wait ! :D I do have a couple of noobie questions based on the demo version that I plan on posting in the main section below later on. :eek:

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Welcome aboard, I'm also a newbie, so we may see each other in a newbie game or two in the future. :)

Plenty of information here and playing the game will help you learn a heap. People have told me that there is a rather big difference between SP and MP, so there are certain tactics which need to be altered between game styles.

I'm still waiting for my shipment to arrive as well.

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Welcome! Be sure to read the sticky threads posted at the top of the forum. The FAQ and the various links from the strategy index are probably of the greatest interest, though some information has been obsoleted by patches (e.g. automatic site searching mechanics have been altered from what most references say they are).

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Relatively recent convert back to the strategy fold here, picked up dom3 after hearing about it on three moves ahead. Finished the demo four times while waiting for the full game to arrive, have been playing for two weeks now, trying out factions and trying to get to grips with the unqiue arc of a dom 3 game before I start jumping into MP, which I'm very much looking forward to.

I hope to see all around soon, even if it is in the process of getting annihilated...

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Welcome! :)

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Hi,

I'm a 43 year old software developer in Los Angeles.

I've played Dominions 2 and 3 quite a bit, but never multiplayer. I spent quite a bit of time travelling during the last two years, and played Dominions 3 in some interesting places -- Mongolia, China, Russia, Tanzania, Namibia, Bolivia, and Peru, for example. It was an ideal game for me; I had plenty of time and it would run on my ultralight laptop.

I'm looking forward to playing multiplayer at some point but I'm a bit intimidated by the regulars here! I'd like to get in a newbie game.

Ken

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Welcome kenmtraveller! :)

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Hallo there everyone! I've had the game for a couple months but just now getting around to investing a lot of time in it, and I thought I'd go ahead and join the forum :)

I'm a long-time lover of strategy games, and I've gotta say; Dominions 3 is a game that I've been searching a long time for. Many thanks to the amazing developers for putting pretty much everything I could ever want in a turn-based strategy game into one awesome package.

Anywho, I'm not very good yet, but I would like to get into multiplayer games. Best way to get better, I'd bet ;)

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It is. Welcome to the forum! :)

The FAQ is a good place to start, as is the strategy index. The latter will help you accelerate the 'getting better' process.