average dominion scale.

[djtool]

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.

[Cohen]

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.

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by djtool:
I'm wondering what is the 'normal' dominion rating you take for your nation.

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.

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

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.

[djtool]

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

[Gandalf Parker]

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.

[PvK]

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

They don't directly, but scales do, and scales are spread by dominion.

PvK

[Thilock_Dominus]

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

[reverend]

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

[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
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.

I haven't played Pan much, could you explain why you like to have very low dominion with stealthy Pan armies Gandalf?

[Norfleet]

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.