[Bard of Prey]

Originally posted by klausD:
Hi,
sorry to ask you some silly questions, but I am new to the dominion 1 game and I am playing the demo at the moment. (seems very interesting)

-is it possible to have ships? (each castle has so many units but up to now I did not see any galleys or similar)

-if there are no ships in the game, how can I cross oceans? There are some sort of sea-lanes, but I cannot move an army across it to enter the land on the opposite end of the lane.

There aren't any ships as such (although certain Vanheim units gain the ability to cross seas to represent their navigation skill). Sea provinces can only be entered by aquatic or amphibious commanders and troops (or by commanders with water magic or special items). I believe they can be crossed (but not entered) by flying troops as well, but I'm not certain about that...

Originally posted by klausD:
-what are the different heavy infantry slots in the castle counter mix for? (ULM). I mean there are axeman, flailman (alle labeled HI) etc. Just to show different icons? Because it seems that the HI has almost the same stats. (some small differences in protection, but not spectacular)
The same is for the ULM commanders. Many icons, same name, almost no stat diffence. Weird. Maybe a bug in the demo?

The weapons themselves actually have different stats that may not be reflected in the unit stats. Right-click on the name of the weapon in the unit's description for details. Also, some of these troops have different armour and shields (these bonuses ARE reflected in the main unit stats though).

Originally posted by klausD:
-how can I build temples?

You need to have a priest commander (or a prophet) in the province. Click on the orders for that commander and select 'Construct Building'. Temples will be listed there.

Originally posted by klausD:
-Is there an easy way to explain how the combat is resolved? (what are the stats like protection, att, def, Hitpoints etc. for)

Check out this link. It has a lot of useful documents, including FAQs and at least one full tutorial. I'm pretty sure the answer to this is in there somewhere (probably in the FAQs), plus there's a lot of other useful info as well.

Originally posted by klausD:
Thanks for your time.

bye
klausD

No problem. Enjoy.

[Edit: Or, you could just read Psitticine's more timely post with most of the same info (and more)... That'll teach me not to post and watch TV at the same time... lol ]

[ September 29, 2003, 02:37: Message edited by: Bard of Prey ]