New Poll: What is it you want most from Dom3?

[Oversway]

It was tough to choose. The only things that didn't matter too much to me were graphics and new functionality. I wouldn't be upset to see those, either. Otherwise, I want some of everything

[Bummer_Duck]

The things that bug me the most about Dom...

1. No "Q" for recruiting commanders, and none for troops unless you already have cash.

2. No "Q" for Commander orders. Example: Cast Gnomelore on this province, then this province, then move here.

2. No multi-turn orders for movement. Very MM intensive, and doens't allow for orders while missing a turn.

3. No visual history for provinces you have already seen (scouts, etc), but can't see currently. Leave the last known info on the map! put in red that the info is x months out of date!

4. For the love of <insert deity>, if I tell my mage to cast something, CAST IT! I don't care if the AI thinks it's a bad idea! I WANT to cast it.

Case in point, 3 of my dwarfs are set to cast Bladewind first thing. Only 2 of them cast it, and the other casts "legions of Steel" on other troops. Well that's stupid. I already know my opponet is going to lose. I already know he has crappy troops. I want to mow through those buggers so that there are less of them to deal with later after they route. Sure 'nuff, instead of 3 castings of Bladewind, only 2 drawfs cast Bladewind. His troops route right off, so the 3rd drawf casting "LoS" is a waste. Get rid of this please, or make it an option.

[The_Tauren13]

Bummer_Duck said:
Get rid of this please, or make it an option.

Dont eeeven think about removing it. But making it optional is fine. I love the tactical AI.

[silhouette]

4. For the love of <insert deity>, if I tell my mage to cast something, CAST IT! I don't care if the AI thinks it's a bad idea! I WANT to cast it.

Case in point, 3 of my dwarfs are set to cast Bladewind first thing. Only 2 of them cast it, and the other casts "legions of Steel" on other troops. Well that's stupid. {snip}

Well that may be good for SP, but you know if you plan like this in MP your armies will get eaten alive by teleporters. All an opponent has to do is "bait" you with a large army next door you can scout and plan for, and then when you have prepared unalterable orders, a surprize force trapezes on top of you. The point is that you can't plan what the next battle will be to 100% certainty. If your commanders don't get to alter their tactics, you should plan on losing them all to a surprise tartarian squad while you vainly cast falling frost and poison spells you intended for that army of devils next door.

Sill

[Bummer_Duck]

Well that may be good for SP, but you know if you plan like this in MP your armies will get eaten alive by teleporters

This was an mp game, and I knew my opponet did not have teleporters. I <prefer> the ability to specify the orders I want. If I am wrong, then I am wrong, part of the game.

You can go round and round about this won't work, or that won't work, but I am from a gaming background, and I like to decide. If I am unsure, than yea, I'd like the <option> of letting the AI control things.

[tinkthank]

Hey great, thanks for the 100 votes.

Despite the really kind of bizarre way these boards display the results (I find it hard to read), I think they are really pretty neat.
I was surprised by quite a few number of votes for "Balance Changes" as the #1 choice (less so #2 and #3) -- I added this option in later. I, too, would like this, but it surprises me as a #1 vote (and this could also be done in dom2 patch).
Tac Engine and UI improvements as the clear #1 choice winners do not surprise me (I voted for New Functionality).
I also like the fact that New Major Rules get lots of votes, especially for #2 and #3.

Well, that was fun.
I hope this proves useful, or at least informative, or perhaps at the very least interesting to the Powers that Be.

[The_Tauren13]

Well I voted for Balance changes as the #1 priority, with a specific thing in mind: life drain. Other balance changes can be fixed in a mod, but not lifedrain. It should be changed to draining hitpoints only, not fatigue. You may think this trivial, but because lifedrain dictates equipment and buffs, to me it ruins much of the game's diversity, rendering most other weapons useless.

[Kristoffer O]

Life drain is altered in dom3. Sleep well.

[The_Tauren13]

Kristoffer O said:
Life drain is altered in dom3. Sleep well.

Sweet!!! I'm buying it. lol, as if I wasnt otherwise

[Fate]

All right. I do not personally have Dominions II, but i have the demo and loved the game. I was looking for the community when i came upon this site. I heard about Dom III and i decided to vote myself (maybe add a little outsider flare). I was looking at the polling numbers and decided i might (in a way) crunch and rank the choices. I averaged the scores from all three categories (later I might do it again with emphasis on the no. 1 category) and i got these figures:



1) Interface improvement with an avr. of 22.64%

2) Tactical eningine with 17.51%

3) = AI improvements tied with 15.46%
= New Rules tied with 15.46%

5) New Funcionality with 10.75%

6) More Content with 10.42%

7) Balance changes with 9.47%

8) Easier modding/externilization with 6.72%

9) Graphics with 4.03%

10) Other(really its own category i think) with 3.02%


I hope i haven't offended anybody. I can't remember exactly what i voted for, but graphics was third, something like interface second i believe and maybe either new content/rules/or functionality first. Have a great day.

- Fate Triarrii XX544