The Dominions of Khaldun

[Potatoman]

We're just waiting for people to get their copies of Dominions 3 in the mail now, I think. If you're still waiting for your copy, post in this thread. Otherwise, I'll assume that you're ready to go!

Aran should be fine.

[Slobby]

I'm still waiting sadly. Surprisingly it's quicker to get something shipped from France to Canada then the States to Canada.

How are we gonna set the game up? 24hour turns?

[Excist]

I just received mine yesterday (actually arrived on Saturday....just not to me )

Niarg, I was not expecting Agartha to be so hotly contested. I have had some fun playing around with some of the other nations yesterday, and so would not mind picking a different race.

I'll just have to do a little research tonight about which nation would fit best with a Ravid kinda guy

Ravid should have a magic background of Stone or water/air (whichever does the +dev) for the defensive bless and be able to cast high level air spells.

And I think he will like a nation of civilized, efficient peoples skilled in commerce and growth.
The more I think about it the less likely it is that Ravid would fine himself hanging with the Agarthans

Consider the Agarthan spot open, and please reserve the 'sidhe' race for me until I have a chance to check which nation that is, what they're like and officiate it, or another one

[llamabeast]

The 'sidhe' race is Tir na n'Og.

[Niarg]

My copy hasn't arrived yet, hopefully it should arrive soon...

Excist, the only reason I chose Agartha is because I randomly got them a couple of times in the demo. I might choose them but it's more likely I'll settle on a new race.

Lazy_Perfectionist, I haven't really got a playstyle yet, I was just looking for targets that I should try to aim for in the early game (get how many per year, research what?). When my copy of the game arrives I'll have a read through the manual and try to work things out.

[Excist]

I'm still a noob so take this how you would like


However, one of the things that has me in love with this game already is that there are SO many different ways to slice the cheese

I am sure some methods are better then others, and a lot of that depends on how you have your dominion and pretender set up. But, the game is suitibly complex enough that it is impossible to come up with the 'ideal' strategy. So if you plan well and react intelligently you can have viable builds around massing enourmous troops, expanding dominion and territory early with a fairly strong awake pretender vs having a strong dominion scales and expand slower, but by the time your pretender is awake you are in a good position to suddenly own the map.

I have not seen this, but according to the game manual you can even play this as an rpg with a few heroes fully equiped wading through millions of foes, and that too can be a viable strategy with good choices of magic items.

My impression is focusing on research, focusing on gem production and summons, focusing on gold income and national troops and focusing on creating powerhouse heroes - you can set your priorities there anyway you want as long as your dominion is growing since that is the point and name of the game.

[Excist]

Is anybody planning on doing the dorky thing of naming their god after a kohan?

If nobody is then I'll stick with Agartha and take along one of my (now) many Agartha gods into this epic game.

If so, then I'll switch to either the Sidhe race or the Eaglelord race.

I haven't played either of them yet, but they probably would be most in line with Ravid and his Council Ways.