Best Roleplay nation

[Doo]

Originally Posted by 13lackGu4rd

there was a thread about the historical civilizations some of the dom3 nations represent, such as C'tis being ancient Egypt, Marignon being France/Spain during the Inquisition, Man being Ireland, etc. pretty sure you can still find it here, or at the very least google. there's also the dom3 lore in the guide IIRC. would help with the whole fantasy aspect if that's what floats your boat.

I remember that thread, I do find the mythology behind the nations interesting. I've wanted to play as EA Mictlan for this reason alone but the micro puts me off.

I usually tire of computer games quickly but not this one, I'm amazed I'm still playing it. My next game will be the blood sacrificing Mictlan, mythic winged serpents and tzitzimitl's lead by the dark onaqui's....

Excellent!

[Numahr]

Generally I like human nations for the RP aspect. To imagine "normal" humans trying to survive and build an empire, with all their weaknessess, in this strange magical world, is inspiring to me.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by Numahr

Generally I like human nations for the RP aspect. To imagine "normal" humans trying to survive and build an empire, with all their weaknessess, in this strange magical world, is inspiring to me.

Not only that, but i would argue human or near human civs are the only ones you can really roleplay, because you can understand how they think.

I mean, Eagle Kings are fricking celestial beings. They've descended from the heavens to lord over mortals and guide the race they fathered. How can you possibly roleplay that - its so completely alien as to be an incomprehensible mindset. It could very well be the case that today the color orange is the most important thing in the heavens for theological reasons, and so the EKs decree that no one wearing or displaying the color orange is to be harmed. Why is orange so important? Its beyond your comprehension - you're only human.

If anything Rlyeh is like 10x worse.

Anything sufficiently divergent from human might as well act as if it were insane, because from a human perspective that's what it would look like.

[Gandalf Parker]

I tend toward roleplay for all my nations even in mp dom3 games.

My favorites for roleplay would be Pangaea, Marverni, Tir na n'Og, Arcoscephale, Caelum, Kailasa/BadarLog, early Ulm, Marignon. Oceania.

I have seen and very much understand the RPG factors for nations such as Ermor, R'lyeh, Sauromatia, C'tis, Hinnom, Tien Chi but the appropriate attitude for those just doesnt match me. I cant seem to get into them altho I do appreciate it when someone else in a game Im in does it.

[Foodstamp]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

I tend toward roleplay for all my nations even in mp dom3 games.

My favorites for roleplay would be Pangaea, Marverni, Tir na n'Og, Arcoscephale, Caelum, Kailasa/BadarLog, early Ulm, Marignon. Oceania.

I have seen and very much understand the RPG factors for nations such as Ermor, R'lyeh, Sauromatia, C'tis, Hinnom, Tien Chi but the appropriate attitude for those just doesnt match me. I cant seem to get into them altho I do appreciate it when someone else in a game Im in does it.

Pangaea and Tir na n'Og are my favorite nations for roleplaying in MP.

[Doo]

[quote=Squirrelloid;754551]

Originally Posted by Numahr

Not only that, but i would argue human or near human civs are the only ones you can really roleplay, because you can understand how they think.

I see it as, yeah they are divine magic beings but the wanna-be gods of the world are driven by the desire to kill all the other wanna-be gods and send them to the plane where they get summoned back after 10,000 years as crippled crazed Tartarians.

In Dom3 Divinity = Organised crime family in the middle of a turf war.

So Eagle Kings are very understandable, your either with them or you fry.

[Squirrelloid]

Originally Posted by Doo

I see it as, yeah they are divine magic beings but the wanna-be gods of the world are driven by the desire to kill all the other wanna-be gods and send them to the plane where they get summoned back after 10,000 years as crippled crazed Tartarians.

In Dom3 Divinity = Organised crime family in the middle of a turf war.

So Eagle Kings are very understandable, your either with them or you fry.

No. The pretender is totally distinct from the nation. Sure, the pretender just wants to kill all the other wannabe gods and send them to tartarus. But that has nothing to do with what the *nation* wants. Roleplaying a pretender chassis is totally different than roleplaying a nation.

Now, the nation ends up worshipping the pretender gods. But why? How? Of course, there are many possible answers, but all of these are going to have nuances based on the people in charge. And since I don't know how an EK thinks, because its totally incomprehensible to mortals, I can't figure out why they follow a pretender god.