average dominion scale.
 

I suppose I could have done this in a poll but i'm not going to assume other people are interested in this.

I'm wondering what is the 'normal' dominion rating you take for your nation.

no need to comment on CW or SG/AE that's pretty obvious.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

With Abysya usually I take 7 in dominion.
It depends from pretender however, but I try to boost it at least to 7 to ensure good heat in my provinces, and to earn the magic/productivity bonus.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">For human nations, I like to take 6, sometimes 5 if I'm planning to expand and build more temples fast enough. For Mictlan I take 6 or higher. For the temperature dependent nations I try and take 7 or 8.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, if the map was big enough, like the world map, then I might lower the starting dominion down to 6 or 7 for these nations, since they will probably have at least 15 or 20 temples at some point.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

I didn't see anything in the manual describing a productivity/magic bonus to provinces with a high dominion rating.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

Depends on who I am playing and why. If Im playing Marignon against Ermor I will often play with 7 or 8. With someone using extreme scales Its usually that high also. With Pan playing stealth armies, or if Im pushing maximum bless effects, I will often play with as low a dominion as I can arrange.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">They don't directly, but scales do, and scales are spread by dominion.

PvK

Re: average dominion scale.
 

It depends which race I choose and how I will play them. But when I'm playing C'tis - Miasma which is my favorite I'll choose to set the dominion scale at 8 with a combat Pretender.


Thilock

Re: average dominion scale.
 

Usually, I take 6 dominion. If I need more magic paths sometimes only 5, but that's the exception.

Re: average dominion scale.
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I haven't played Pan much, could you explain why you like to have very low dominion with stealthy Pan armies Gandalf?

Re: average dominion scale.
 

Probably his intent of taking low dominion is to avoid having his dominion be visible and therefore provide a means of tracking him easily back to his home province.