What do you like to do when you're not dead yet? - Page 6

lch · #51 January 9th, 2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thejeff

As soon as I lost the capital, it was game over.

As far as I can tell, you need to hold one province at all times.

You lose the game if you have no dominion left. If you lost all your provinces and forts, then you are being killed and all the dominion that you had in provinces (black candles in the provinces for your enemies) vanish on the next turn, after the message that your god's reign is over. It might be, but very unlikely, that having something like a stealthy pretender which generates Dominion right after the Dominion was removed might survive that he lost everything. But it probably was something else like still having a fort under siege somewhere, which means that you'll have zero provinces under your control, but you're not dead yet.

cleveland · #52 January 9th, 2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeldor

I still remember that battle in Alexandria

That battle is forever burned into my memory.

Your golem was the first real SC I'd ever encountered.

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Originally Posted by DonCorazon

...it always bothers me how turtlers or dogpilers have an edge over those who fight a fair one on one war.

Agreed! I make it a point to get into as many wars as possible as soon as possible. Much more satisfying to stomp foes as the pile-ee than as a pile-er!

DC, I never asked: how did the Storming of Eriu go in Kingmaker? I remember taking great cares to script as many fireworks as possible in celebration of the Giants' arrival...

Gandalf Parker · #53 January 9th, 2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison

XXXX, the god of XXXX has been permanently vanquished, at the end he did not rule a single province, and he now has nowhere to return.

You are right.
Serves me right for not keeping my tactics list up to date.

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* Dominion sometimes spread in incorrect ways, fixed.

Thanks again Johan.

I just did a test game and Im not even sure how the game ended. I had hidden preachers all over the place with many of my candles showing, still had my god and my castle. But the game suddenly declared a winner. Seems like it might be over-corrected but I will need to try it more times first.

lch · #54 January 9th, 2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

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* Dominion sometimes spread in incorrect ways, fixed.

Thanks again Johan.

That wasn't what you described, though. It was the "scales bug", which was encountered when a province had too many neighbor connections, IIRC.

Gandalf Parker · #55 January 9th, 2009, 01:37 PM

He says he did fix it. He did make a comment at the time of the game about "the never ending game". My large "mercenary" army available to other players was not right in his view.

Too bad. In that game I had arranged with an ally to get a corner province and make a return. But I do see the point about a never ending game. Especially with so many stealth units in the game now.

MaxWilson · #56 January 9th, 2009, 03:26 PM

When I'm not dead yet, I like to find an unguarded province and move my pretender there. Then he whips out a copy of Dominions3 and starts playing to escape from the brutal reality of it all *sniffle*. Then his pretend pretender does the same thing (only at a speeded-up time rate, 1 month : 10 minutes) until the universe throws a stack exception.

-Max

Gandalf Parker · #57 January 9th, 2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MaxWilson

When I'm not dead yet, I like to find an unguarded province and move my pretender there. Then he whips out a copy of Dominions3 and starts playing to escape from the brutal reality of it all *sniffle*. Then his pretend pretender does the same thing (only at a speeded-up time rate, 1 month : 10 minutes) until the universe throws a stack exception.

-Max

: that is one of the more creative ones.
CORE IT! CORE THEM ALL!