Just purchased Dominions 3...

przy · #1 May 18th, 2007, 09:28 AM

....OK, I took the plunge, now do any of you have any suggestions/tips/hints on what I should do to get started once I receive the game? Any replies would be greatly appreciated.

Evilhomer · #2 May 18th, 2007, 09:37 AM

Well if you are unfamilir with dominions a good start is probably the tutorial (info in the manual). If you played dominions 2, a good start is probably to check out the new ages/nations in sp and later on sign up for a few mp games.

Eressil3 · #3 May 18th, 2007, 09:49 AM

Welcome !
Usually I jump in games without opening the manual. But for this one this was the first thing I did : to read.

After few SP games I jumped into MP. This may not be a thing to do, but I couldn't wait any longer. I don't regret it. I feel I learn faster seeing others tricks.

Edi · #4 May 18th, 2007, 09:56 AM

Well, the order of things to do is install, patch, read manual, play.

If you're familiar with Dom2, you can skim the manual instead of reading it in full.

Gandalf Parker · #5 May 18th, 2007, 11:24 AM

a couple of small hints.
Late Era is probably easiest for totally new players to understand.
Something like Arcos, Man, or Ulm might make good first nations
Late Era Ermor needs to be fought by priests.
Turning the indepts HIGHER will slow down the AI's.
There is a reason that the game is called "dominion" so dont ignore it.

Sombre · #6 May 18th, 2007, 11:46 AM

I played without reading the manual and found people had been making far too much of Dom3's complexity. It has hidden depth, but it's not /that/ hard to get into. You sure as hell don't need to have read the whole manual first.

llamabeast · #7 May 18th, 2007, 11:48 AM

I agree with everyone else!

When choosing a first nation, I reckon Arcoscephale is a very good choice, particularly if you are playing Late Age. They are interesting but fairly easy to get a grasp of. If you choose Middle Age I'd go with Marignon (exciting fire mages), Man, Ulm or Arco, and if you choose Early Age I think Sauromatia is great - or Arco again. But all the nations are very interesting and cool, you can't go wrong really.

Oh, these names will of course seem very weird, so here's translations for the ones I've mentioned:

Arcoscephale - Like the Greeks, with hoplites and also elephants
Man - A bit like Arthurian England, I think
Ulm - Germanic, lots of heavy armour
Marignon - Feels Spanish to me, apparently French in fact - anyway, it's all Inquisition and "burn the heretics!"
Sauromatia - Based on the Amazons (not the South American kind) - great cavalry, great archers and great mages so lots of fun