Approved Abbreviations

[PhilD]

Well, Dom2 was a reasonably good abbreviation, so I'd say "Dom3" should be fine...

[JaydedOne]

NTJedi said:

So you'll be sleeping well when Dominions 3 arrives... I know I'll be sleeping less upon its arrival.

You know, that was -exactly- what went through my head when I read that quote from him.

I anticipate little sleep and many Dom3 sprites flooding through my head in the little dreamtime I -do- get.

[BigJMoney]

Someone just shoot me, now.

=$=

[Endoperez]

The chages are THAT different. There might be few new units that get abbreviated, some bless strategies might get abbreviations, etc. Also, there might be some new abbreviations or nicknames for nations whose name changes in all eras but that can be clearly distinguished. As an example, EA Kailasa, MA Bandar Log and LA Patala are all monkey nations, and they might get an abbreviation at one point or another. If you are familiar with the Dom2-spesific abbreviations, you won't have any problems.

It's Dom3, not DomIII, though. I'd rather have roman numerals, but 3 is the official number, so 3 it is.

[DominionsFan]

Endoperez said:
It's Dom3, not DomIII, though. I'd rather have roman numerals, but 3 is the official number, so 3 it is.

Eh yeah, I dunno why, but personally I would prefer Dominions III. over Dominions 3.
No idea why was it needed to change to arabic numbers from roman. Anyways this is just some minor stuff, I just wanted to post my opinion in the topic.

[Morkilus]

I do believe we need a poll. I vote for Dom3 regardless.

Other abbreviations I've seen used regularly:

Magic:

A: Air
E: Earth
F: Fire
W: Water
S: Astral
D: Death
N: Nature
B: Blood
BoW: Breath of Winter


Nations:

EA, MA, LA: Early Age, Middle Age, Late Age
TC: T'ien Ch'i
Don't know much about these! Will the old names stay the same if they're not changed? If so:
BK: Barbarian Kings (TC theme)
BF: Black Forest (Ulm theme)
BE: Broken Empire (Ermor theme)

Units:
VQ: Vampire Queen
GK: Ghost King
ID: Ice Devil
AQ: Air Queen
HI: Heavy Infantry
LI: Light Infantry
VO: Vine Ogre [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Envy.gif[/img]

Misc. Gameplay:
PD: Province Defense
VP: Victory Points
SC: Super-Combatant
LD: Life drain (usually refers to weapon effects)
AoE: Area of Effect


In other news, I'm having a hard time waiting to get my hands on this game. Perhaps I'll go into hibernation... wake me up when September ends. (ducks)

[Caduceus]

Thanks Morkilus, that's what I meant.

I was kidding about getting more sleep when Dom3 arrives, but it is hard to tell when one is being sarcastic without a wink.

Illwinter/Shrapnel went from Dominions II to Dominions 3...

Why the change from Roman to Arabic numerals, I don't know.

[Endoperez]

Oh, and of course, here are few more:

EA - Early Age
MA - Middle Age
LA - Late Age

And then we'll have to come up with some kind of a system for special randoms. What is 100% chance of FAWEN and 10% chance of FAWEN? 110% x FAWEN, or 110?FAWEN, or something else?

[Manuk]

wake me up when September ends. (ducks)

I'll go with the same theme. lol.[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif[/img]

[DominionsFan]

Morkilus said:

In other news, I'm having a hard time waiting to get my hands on this game.

We all feel the same, don't worry.