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PvK said:
My one main gripe with D2 was the one Fryon mentioned first. They seem to have implemented pretty close to my suggestion for how to fix that issue, in a patch I assume Fryon hasn't tried. Friendly fire and wild missile dispersion is now much more under control than it was.

That is good to hear. Of course, never having purchased the game, I am not privvy to patches...

I like the morale system, and think it works well except for the case where someone tries to use only super-fighters with weak troops that get wiped out.

All I am saying is that the extremes need smoothing out... too often my troops would begin to flee and run to different territories after having routed the enemy... When you have won or are about to win, half of your troops should never begin to flee.

Fryon's "lack of customization" comment is only true if you expect the same kind of customization as in SE4. Personally, I find the "customization" in Dominions II quite rich and interesting. Certainly the characters in D2 can become at least as unique and interesting and storied as the ships in SE4.

I was refering to the lack of ability to choose what your troops have... Who is to say that I can't train troops with slightly less than optimal equipment to save time and money? Why does every soldier have to have the exactly specified equipment? Why can't I give a particular soldier better equipment if I can afford it? Sure, I can train overall inferior or superior troops, but the grades come in big chunks (in terms of abilities), without any option to go into the middle ground...

Saying D2 isn't a good game is just Fryon's typical trademarked "egocentric truth" mode of expression. Of course everyone can dislike certain elements of a game, or the whole thing...

Slick asked for the opinions of others on the game, I posted mine. Due to the nature of this medium of communication, it should be assumed that pretty much anything posted is an opinion. Thus, it is pointless and a waste of time to type "in my opinion" in every sentence... There is no "egocentric truth" present. There is no assumption that because something is true for me, it is true for others... There is merely the expression of my opinion of the game. Are you saying that a positive assessment is not an "egocentric truth," but a negative one is?

...but to say it's not a good game is trolling.

Saying that it is not a good game for various valid reasons is not trolling in any way. Trolling would be posting something like, "Dominions 2 sucks." And that is it. "It is not a good game" is the same statement as "I do not like it." Why else would you not like a game than you believe it is not a good game? Other people enjoy the game and would say that it is a good game. This does not mean I have to lie and say it is a good game when I certainly do not think that it is. It would be entirely pointless to have a discussion forum if nobody ever posted a contrary opinion... Posting a negative assessment is not trolling by any measure of the word.