Sitting on the fence

Alneyan · #1 June 15th, 2007, 05:33 AM

As the title goes, I've been thinking about taking up Dominions again, but I still need to overcome my initial inertia. So, how would you convince someone to jump back in the arena?

I'm mostly interested in MP, so I'm looking for the crazy game ideas you came up with, or how Dominions 3 makes betrayal so much more pleasurable. In other words, what's the Great and the Brilliant in Dominions MP these days?

Jurri · #2 June 15th, 2007, 08:06 AM

I am the Great and the Brilliant!

...errr, that is to say, many of your old Dom2 buddies like me and Pashadawg still play regularly: what more reason could you need?

Kristoffer O · #3 June 15th, 2007, 10:18 AM

Something interesting and fun, but not necessarily playable, is the 62 player perpetuality game. Gandalf or some other freako

has made a mod that enables all nations of all eras to play simultaneously. I do not play in the game, but have been following the discussions occasionally, and it sounds quite fascinating. I believe there is talk about starting a new one.

Morkilus · #4 June 15th, 2007, 11:49 AM

It's been playable and fun for now... it's exciting knowing that beyond your initial politics of 6-10 nations, there's another 50 out there you haven't even contacted yet. Trading becomes much more important, as well.

Anyway... welcome back, Alneyan! Stop by the IRC channel sometime.

Shovah32 · #5 June 15th, 2007, 11:51 AM

Welcome back! As morkilus said stop by the IRC channel, im sure someone could fill you in.

Salamander8 · #6 June 15th, 2007, 12:42 PM

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Kristoffer O said:
Something interesting and fun, but not necessarily playable, is the 62 player perpetuality game. Gandalf or some other freako

has made a mod that enables all nations of all eras to play simultaneously. I do not play in the game, but have been following the discussions occasionally, and it sounds quite fascinating. I believe there is talk about starting a new one.

I'm loving the megagame, and it's only my 2nd ever MP! It had a couple early bugs, but has been great fun with lots of diplomacy.

Velusion · #7 June 15th, 2007, 12:52 PM

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Kristoffer O said:
...or some other freako

Hey!! I resemble that remark!

Amhazair · #8 June 15th, 2007, 02:15 PM

Not mentioned yet are a couple of games (hosted by Ironhowk I think) that had all players start out with 9? provinces, and a stack of sages in their capitol, so the early game is pretty much skipped. I had the impression those playing it found it refreshing and fun.

Ironhawk · #9 June 15th, 2007, 03:05 PM

Yeah I ran a couple of Accelerated Games as I've been calling them. VPs, 9 Starting provs, Easy Research, high gems, small map w/ only 1-2 indy provs per nation. The wars start almost immediately and rapidly proceed to late game mega-magic. Quite fun!

Think of it as the middle-ground b/w a Blitz and a 3-4month Long Term game.

Alneyan · #10 June 15th, 2007, 04:26 PM

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Jurri said:
[W]hat more reason could you need?

Giving you the beating of the year, for starters.

Gandalf & QM: I was mostly looking for the new craziness offered by Dominions 3, like the titanic game or the civil war. Are there other such ideas floating around that could not have appeared in Dominions 2?

Well, I have two weeks to make up my mind about Dominions 3, so I'll be lurking now.