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Old October 27th, 2006, 06:03 AM

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Yes, even Awe+6 !
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Old October 27th, 2006, 06:37 AM
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I think it's pretty clear, given my near-Pollyanna love for Dominions, that I'm having a fun time. Playing in three MP games, getting ready to host a fourth, tinkering when work allows in SP.

Yes, as in every game I've ever played, going back to Chivalry and Aztec, my first two loves on the Apple II+, there are improvements I'm looking forward to, both from the devs and from the community. But I think for the gold release, it's a great start. I think we sometimes get so blinded by the potential of Dominions and how much we want it to achieve that we forget how much we like where it began. And I'd say we like that a lot.

That said, bring on the first patch! Or some patch notes!
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Old October 27th, 2006, 06:51 AM
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I'm having fun but don't think the game is perfect. I think many things may be improved, and it's logical to see people who like the game asking for these improvements. I see no post on this forum giving the impression that the author has as a definitive opinion "dom3 sucks" (except perhaps one or two Cainehill messages ), just players asking with passion for one or another thing that would make the game better for them.

PS : globally I also think that many of the qualities of this game may become defaults due to bad luck in the early game and give a bad opinion of it. In example the aging system is good but IMO having entire categories of mages starting more than old instead of 1-3 years before the old age limit is not, the event system is good but having a plague in turn 3 without a big misfortune scale is not, etc... After 2-3 tests by an unlucky player this game may appear far worse than it is.
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I'm having fun even though I don't have the game yet, just think of what it'll be like when I do get it.
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Old October 27th, 2006, 01:53 PM

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The thing I've noticed is that the complaints about Dom3 sound much less like customers griping about problems with a product they bought, and more like friends critiquing (usually constructively) the work of their friends.

And astral travel not working is a good handicap for playing LE R'lyeh SP. Otherwise it'd just be moidah! Make them all crazy and THEN drop an army on their heads.
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This game is awe inspiring. ...
Yes, even Awe+6 !
Obviously there's some high MRs around here because a lot of people manage to attack it anyway.

I'm most impressed with the random map feature. I play SP, and mostly Aran-sized maps. Now every game is different! All in all, it's a big step up from Dom2. The "griping" is inevitable, and I take it as a good thing. When people don't say anything, or just say it's bad, you have a problem. When people discuss what to improve, it means they like it.
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I hate this game.












For eating all my free time.
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Heh. It's fine entertainment for oddballs like myself.
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have much fun with the game (still playing Pangea, Early Age, but i'm learning!).
I also love to work llike mad at the strategywiki http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Dominio...le_of_Contents
but well, i'm strange :-)
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