Hi, I'm new! And.. uh.. help?

[Meglobob]

nonsense said:
Thanks for all the replies; judging by the fact that most everyone is recommending something different, I probably can't go too far wrong.

I have to say, avoiding R'lyeh is... well, it's something that won't last too long. Unleashing an army of shapeless ctulhoid horrors is probably what sold me on the game. Still, they sound fairly tricky, so I'll play around with more straight-forward stuff first.

So, to summarize:

1) I should research as much as I possibly can.
2) Temples everywhere.
3) Play a "standard" infantry-archer-cavalry race at first.

Good advice.

One last note, what I struggle with the most in Dominions (and continue to struggle with) is the magic system. Its so huge it takes alot to get yr head around it.

By this I mean what path of magic to research and in what order to be most effective, spells to aim for etc, etc...
It's also different for every nation as well, so only after playing 1 nation 3 - 4 times do u start being near 100% efficient in yr research/spell selection/gem spending choices.