Starting w/High Dominion vs. Using Temples

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Originally Posted by chrispedersen

1. temple spread is based off of max original dominion - not modified dominion. This is general consensus, but not proven as far as I know. this can be a huge difference on how fast dominion will spread.

The in-game interface suggests otherwise, though my personal experience tends to concur. Playing with a low initial dominion makes SP quite a bit more challenging, because you'd have to constantly make effort to push back hostile dominion (particularly those with horrible scales or effects like Miasma), and you'd be almost obliged to build lots of temples just to protect your dominion.