Surrender, Routing, and Pacificm

[Starfighter08]

Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by Alarik:
But for SP something along the lines of MOO's Galactic council would be nice. Hereditary hatreds and natural alliances only spice up the action. Do some of you think a "Council of the Gods" would be interesting even if it were just an option?

Dom 2 is quite a different game in concept than a typical 4X like MOO3 or Civ3. In them you can win by diplomacy and/or simple domination (having the largest empire). You do not have to win by being the sole remaining race (though you can if you wish). In Dom, you MUST wipe out ALL other "gods". There is NO room for compromise of any sort. Nothing short of the total annihilation of everyone else is tolerable. A "Council" implies cooperation. The idea that more than 2-3 gods would ever agree on anything in a setting like Dom's is ludicrous.

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From the point of view of a monotheistic religion this is certainly true. But with all the pretender gods that are around who says that you couldn't create a polytheistic one.

I think a second kind of victory would be acceptable too: become the King of Gods (like Jupiter/Zeus) in a pantheon of gods. That opens up a whole new world of cooperation and intrigues among the gods like in a greek drama.