[Norfleet]

Aiee! My eyes! I think I'm blind now. Thanks a lot.

Okay, let's address the points I actually understood.

Dominion is a good thing. It spreads your national scales of choice, which, depending on what you picked, may or may not be any good. It also gives you an income boost percentage equal to your dominion strength, and allows your lich to, obviously, respawn if killed inside it. It's usually a good thing, unless your scales suck. You can also wipe out other players entirely if you replace all of their dominion with yours, and you lose if you run out of dominion.

If you're running into armies of 100-200 enemies, your options are to simply try to overcome them by brute force, I.E., have more men than them, and simply crush them in an overwhelming wave, or you can fight dirty: Summon powerful commander units, equip them with magic items, and watch as they mow down entire armies like grass, singlehandedly. Search the Boards for the relevant information on "SCs" and "Bane Lords", since this seems to be your most immediately accessible option.