Suggestions for more informative messages

[Twan]

I you don't like the suspense you can click on the messages. If you like the suspense you cannot avoid to see the titles. It's the only problem for me. As an option I've nothing against the first idea, as well as I'm all for more informations *inside* the messages.

[Morkilus]

I could do without the "suspense" of knowing whether or not my third of twelve Dark Knowledges was successful.

[Twan]

Morkilus said:
I could do without the "suspense" of knowing whether or not my third of twelve Dark Knowledges was successful.

I think there is a consensus on this one.

[Nerfix]

There is.

[Chazar]

All good, except battle: I like the suspense too!

[Nerfix]

I don't like checking if it was the Storm General or my pretender god who kicked the bucket.

[Graeme Dice]

The battle summary needs to provide more information. Ideally, it would tell you which of your and the enemies commanders was killed, as well as how many of each type of troops you lost.

[Leif_-]

Twan said:
I you don't like the suspense you can click on the messages.

What I want is to be able to get a quick overview of how the turn went, and suspense be damned. To me, Dominions has never been a game of suspense in the first place. To me it's a strategy game, and I want information, not suspense.

It really is an either/or choice here. Either a quick, easy overview of information, or suspens. We can't have both; and my vote goes towards information.

[Endoperez]

I'd prefer to see more for everything except battles. I'm not sure about battles, but there's no suspence in "A mage has cast X to look for site of Y - did he find anything?". The suspense in most cases comes from "A forest, and a mountain, the mountain one was at Death 3 when I conquered it, and it didn't have that high dominion then, but there's a Library there already." or from when the target province for a spell was chosen.