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An interview with Team Illwinter has been posted at Tacticular Cancer. Enjoy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Quote:

Is there anything in Dominions 3 that will surprise veteran Dominions players?

It's them all right! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Thx! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Awesome. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Looks Great !

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Give us more interviews and screenies!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Speaking of press....
here is a nice article. Sounds like it must be by one of us. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
http://pc.gamezone.com/news/05_18_06_03_43AM.htm
Too bad he didnt have the new numbers. It looks like the units and spells might be Dom2 info which Im guessing (fervently hoping) is much changed for Dom3?

Gandalf Parker

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What are the numbers for Dom2? The numbers in the press release are the same as listed under features for Dom3. It was my understanding that Dom3 would have many more creatures, magic items and spells.

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Those numbers seem like they could be accurate, except I think nations has been quoted as closer to 60 than 50. Dominions II had more like 1000 to 1100 troop types, so 1500 seems reasonable. But it's a monotonic function, so by release it could be 1600, and by patch 2 it could be... one hundred beellion!!

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Current number is 1649 units.

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1649 eh? Now that's a good omen. Yay to the Kingslayer!

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So, that's only about five hundred new ones to document, except all the old ones have to be done too. I'll be slaving night and day all summer to get a Dom3 Unit DB out...

Edi

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LOL. We can hopefully give you a helping hand. But it will probably be a lot of work http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

1650

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I was wonderinf if Illwinter could perhaps give a fan interview type of thing for dom3minions.com...?

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Ask Shrapnel http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Maybe I will. http://www.cncreneclips.com/forum/st...cre/shifty.gif

Meanwhile, does anybody know how to contact the TCancer people? I'd like to ask for permission to put/link to their interview wiht Illwinter.

I presume this would be OK with Illwinter and Shrapnel...?

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Huh??? You can link anything what you want, theres no restrictions on that, it is public information.

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Yes, it is certainly okay with us, but you are correct to ask for Tacticular Cancer's permission as they wrote the interview. I've sent an email address for my contact there in a pm, Nerfix.

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Better safe than sorry. I got scolded once for linking without permission (the contect was public), and it's a polite thing to do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I dont get it. If they are posting an interview on a site, it is public information. If you only link the interview, it cant be "illegal". Copying out the interview, and posting it like your own interview might be illegal...but a link?! Anyways, maybe you are right, it is still better to ask them...

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short answer
Some would prefer that you send people to their site, not to the article. It might not be required to ask but its always nice to at least make an effort to ask.

longer answer
Its another good idea that got abused on the net. People used to be able to freely link to any graphic or article or animation or download file. But some people got slick at creating really fancy sites that used generated no bandwidth charges (I even used to suggest it). But some small sites got totally shut down by the hits on one graphic or file, and none of the traffic went thru their site to see their ads and stuff. Now many sites watch for things like that and block it.

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I would have been happy for Nerfix to include the interview on his site with or without our permission. However, his asking was a classy and polite thing to do. Plus, now I know about a Dominions site I didn't know about before.

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Welcome!
Its always nice to have the game sites represented.
Its much more fun to pick apart the articles that way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
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Hi,
We (at Cyberstratege) just agreed with Nerfix posting our Dom3 interview on his site.
...and ... I'm just writing a "first hands-on preview" of Dom3 for our next issue (15th of June) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Sorry but I've to go back to Bandar-Log now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Just a question. How can you name a gaming site "Tacticular Cancer"?? Its kinda weird isnt it? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/shock.gif

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I bet you remember the name, though. Alot more interesting than "gamerd00dz.org" or something. I was scratching my head about it as well http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Hmmm a tactic that spreads until it kills the host game?
Ive known a few of those. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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True. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Our wonderful name was not of my choosing. It came from a drunken IRC conversation between some of my *ahem* esteemed colleagues who thought it was funny to combine 'tactical' and 'testicular cancer'. I'm not very fond of it, but, as Morkilus pointed out, it's better than "gamerd00dz.org" or "StrategyPlace" or something else generic.

Plus, it lets us use slogans like "We'll Have Your Balls!"

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Hehe. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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I'm stepping OT, but "tacticular cancer" makes me think of current state of the Pentagon http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif..
They surely grew it, are obsessed with tactics to the point they forgot everything about strategy (starting with the meaning of the word).

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Heh, that's the best part of the name. Mock it all you want, but you'll certainly remember it. I guess it would've been more accurate to call the site Strategicaluar Cancer, but that doesn't sound as cool (Strategical Cancer may have worked, but it doesn't the charm of Tacticular Cancer ahehe). Besides, if you're so ASHAMED of the name, baby arm, you could just call it Tcancer or woteva.

Anyways, yeah, you can link to our stuff all you want as long as you put a humongous link on the page that says "WE GOTS THE ARTICLE FROM HERE: HTTP://WWW.TACTICULARCANCER.COM"

Staying on topic: Can't wait for the retail version of Dom3 to be released so I can give it a nice and proper review. It's actually one of the few games I look forward to reviewing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Hehe, I visit TC daily...thanks to the Doms 3. previews, I bookmarked the site already. I really like the "style of the writings" there. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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From the tc preview...

That is interesting.

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I don't think it'll come back to Dom2 "choose your building", the fortress choice has been completely removerd from Pretender design...

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And will it be available in another form in DOM-III?- Or was it completely removed from the game?

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It is removed from pretender design. Nation and province terrain will determine what kind of fort is built.

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Oh nice, I really like this! This is good for SP [easier for the AI to handle the fort building method] and for MP [no cheap tactics] aswell. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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I second your opinion.
Sounds really nice.

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Explain how it helps the AI and what cheap tactics are you referring to? Thanks!

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Well, now we wont be able to choose, that what kind of forts we gonna build in the game. The AI cannot make any bad choices regarding fortress type, but it will be forced to build the one and only possible fort for that province, just like the human players. -> Balance.
As for multiplayer, we wont see watchtower spam, it was possible in Dominions 2. Also, provinces gonna be even more valuable strategecially, since the province terrain will determine what kind of fort will be built. -> This means, that some provinces will be able to build the best fortresses available in the game, while the other provinces wont have the ">>best fortress for sale<<" signpost. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Overall, I think that the devs choose this way in Dominions 3, because of the balance, and I must say that I like it.

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OK, that makes sense. I think I will like it as well.

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So we can build those mountain fortresses overlooking a pass and not have crap resources! Yay! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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New preview @ Worthplaying with lot of new screenshots. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=34787

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Neat, thanks for the link

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Hey, does anybody know how to contact WorthPlaying? Or the guy who made the preview?

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Try judy@worthplaying.com

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Thanks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I guess since nobody else said it in the "press" subforum...

Dominions 3 Goes Gold!

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A great birthday gift.