[HJ]

Thanks for the replies. I've been dilligently playing for the Last couple of days, and I'm starting to figure things out now.

I once saw one of my group of 10 heavy infantry rout because one was *wounded* by a single barbarian chief. Thats talk about critical morale failure!

Yes, I noticed this as well. I think that the random dices are a bit too liberal, since the difference of having 10 def or 11 def matters little when there is a 2d6 to add to that. I know this is so that all units have a chance to hurt some tough guys, but it makes units far too similar in capability to each other, and the number of soldiers is the only thing that counts pretty much. This detracts from the individual flavour of the units, and it's also something why I didn't like AoW - too much randomness make units too similar in what they can do.

in fact no... dominions is so vast that even a big manual would not give more 5% of its mechanisms. You will have either to discuss with others, or to find them yourself. This is one of the joy of the game.

Well, I usually appreciate the game more when I know the intricate mechanics of it. Otherwise, it's more like a frustration than a mystery feeling I get when playing, and I just see the sets of numbers and attributes that don't make any sense. I would prefer to have a manual compenduum that would explain formulas and similar things, than the spell manual which is useless since all the spell descriptions are already listed in the game.

That's why, and also because of the lack of any semblance of control over what's happening on the battlefield, I'm still kinda deciding on this one right now, after the inital awe I had when I saw the diversity of features.