Dom 3

[Gandalf Parker]

Morphem said:
been playing for a month using a self made plug in that adds the scroll system (see original post) to dom2.
Mostly we play 1 versus 1 & now i don't think we could play without.
It's just awesome

I think I would enjoy that, especially in solo play. But many of the MP strategists want to be able to create/test strategies against each other. Its a long scale which can include, at the most extreme, those who want chess-piece matching units, and chessboard fair maps. But at the more reasonable level there are many who prefer less randoms which are able to change the outcome of a game.

Personally, I love such things and want as much as they feel can be added. More randoms! More! MORE! But for what Dominions is.. I have to hold off from thinking that much of that would really be a "game improvement". It would be for me but I think its a change in a direction of the game. I probably need to get my "random fixs" somewhere else.

[Cainehill]

Yeah - it might be fun, if it were an optional game mode, but as others have pointed out, the luck scale is already way too weak (primarily because of the random nature of magic sites, imo*). Making spell acquisition random as well...

Maybe if the spells to be found on the map were predetermined, but not their location, and luck/misfortune modified the chances of finding a scroll in a particular province? Still, the possibility of getting ... fire spell scrolls while playing Pangaea, for instance, might still make it too random for good MP experiences, and it would also devalue research and research strategy.

* Having Luck 3 or Misfortune 3 doesn't affect finding sites, which is certainly a matter of "luck" in the game. If I find ... the summoning circle, or the Oak of Ages (enchantment 50 bonus), or various sites that allow cheap blood/death mages or loremasters, etc, that is such a huge lucky event that the events from luck or misfortune are trivial in comparison.