Ooh, ooh, new info on patch page!

[Kristoffer O]

Regarding the R'lyeh pop-kill:

The dreamland was originally intended to kill population, in the sense that people fell asleep and quit working, succumbing to the dream-lure of the void.

I don't remember if there was a dreamland theme in dom2, but the early mechanic was similar to that of ermor. With a slight change of mechanics all pop-kill dominions got reduced by a factor of 10. Ermor was recently fixed, but apparently R'lyeh was forgotten. Thinking about the possible effect it would have we decided not to go the full length and went for a factor of 5 instead. Since this has not been tested since the release of dom3 (although we did play with it before the release and the change in mechanics) we are a bit uncertain about the effects, especially combined with the freespawns and their upkeep. Input on how the reinstated pop-kill works out will be appreciated.

Feel free to discuss possible effects now already, but we will probably not make any further changes until we have actual experience to back up opinions.