A general inquiry about Dom 3 gaming habits.

[Valandil]

well, seraphines with black hearts are assassins.

[Shovah32]

And caelums just rolling in blood slaves arent they .

[Saulot]

Have to say that I like the small 45 province map (Silent Seas) to test out a nation, and try out some strategies. Afterwards, if I enjoy the playstyle of that nation, I prefer 250-300 province maps, with 10 AI games for a longer game.

I tend to lean towards kitted thugs/SC's over bless/armies.

[CelestialGoblyn]

I mostly play:
small random map - because I like things simple and easily manageable
6 Mighty AI opponents - because I am a masochist type of a person and I enjoy losing the game after a hard fight. I'm also steadily improving and it will be good fun when I'll win.
Always try a different facion - I like variety

I set some my opponents to play human, medieval-type factions because I enjoy fighting humans much more than monsters. I also like to set my opponents to be 'in character' for my faction, for example if I play Utgard then Midgard will be amongst my opponents.

I enjoy using large armies of good troops and experimenting with thugs and SC's. I like to go a different way in every game. In some, I'll be all SC's, in others i'll use chaff+wizards, in others I'll summon trolls.

[Tuidjy]

I play Parganos against 7 impossible AIs in single player. The favorite setup
with my friends is Parganos with 4-5-6 players. (That's how many of us there are)
On here, I look for games with less than 10 players, with no more than 15-20
province per player.

[Archonsod]

I prefer to come up with the perfect, unbeatable plan, then deviate from it as much as possible until my inevitable defeat.

Failing that, I often enjoy setting little challenges for myself. Like totally forgetting to assign magic to a Pretender, or forgetting that the cool sounding guy I saved in the Pretender Designer was designed to play Ulm in a specific way, and is completely useless for trying to play LA Ermor for example.

If I'm feeling particularly vicious, I sometimes even play a turn for one game while pretending I'm actually playing another game entirely, thus relying on research and items I don't have yet.

[jutetrea]

SP Fan of larger maps with as much random/special provinces as popular. Love the mid-late game transition, which unfortunately the AI can't handle too well. Love SCs/thugs/heroes, can almost play like an RPG... favorite unit gets a bit of experience, gets new items, takes on whole armies solo or leads your armies vs nasty specials or huge AI nations. I like to cheat on behalf of the AI when possible, but at the same time i'll restart when a favored SC or God dies stupidly.

In MP I'm finding that I'm not a huge fan of the hour long micro sessions around turn 70+. Still relatively new to it so I think i'll try out some <10 player maps or blitz games.

Don't play SP at all any more except to test stuff, especially new mods/nations.

Still liking MP though, although hate having to wait for my next turn.

[Roghain]

I don't MP. I don't have the skill so I am a worthless opponent - there would be little challenge.

I enjoy playing a huge map as random as possible. I find the must fun for me comes from trial and error - playing a nation/age never tried before and making it work. I dislike the graphs so I turn them off, otherwise I become pre-occupied with finding a counter-strategy for the (then) known opponents. i develop my ow (for better or more likely worse) and damn the torp... uhm... black knights.
I haven't touched the full depth of the game so I am not bothered with mods - though I am rather curious about the Greyhawk mod, as I am a GH fan from day one (yes, I am THAT old)

[Saxon]

I think that the real world has a huge impact on how I play the game. I get an hour a night, at most, after baby and wife go to sleep, so I can not mess about much or commit to MP. I tend to play one nation, for good or ill, on a medium map for a couple of weeks, then switch to a new nation. A large map just takes too long and the small maps don’t let me develop the nation beyond the low levels. Victory points are sometimes used to add extra excitment and challenge, but I have found the AI is fairly easily outwitted in that area.

I learn a lot about each nation, but do not become an expert by any means. I just don’t have the time to try out all the different options or ways of playing one race. I also don’t have time to manage the huge empires a large map would bring or to power game a MP match like my competitive spirit would demand.

I play with max gems and easy research. I love the magic and turn it up as high as I can. I also have not even touched MA or LA, as they have less magic. With so many different nations to play, I just love the idea that I have been playing for months and have not even looked in on two thirds of the game's options.

I play with the sound off, purely because of the child in the next room. I love the fact that I don’t need to upgrade the computer to play the game, as the household budget does not like the idea of a new computer. I should have taken different scales!

[JaghataiKhan]

Gandalf Parker
-- After years of playing Dominions I have not come up with a winning strategy, but I have found hundreds of ways to lose in creative and interesting ways.

I laughed hard.

For a Mod, you seems to be very active in forum likewise.

Anyway, you guys are interesting gamers.
Celestial Goblyn's "Roleplaying" style opponent setting is a good one.I do the same, with Playing R'Lyeh against Atlantis and Oceania.