Player controlled battles???

[st.patrik]

I guess the reason why I am a little skeptical of some of the suggestions that have been raised is because they strike me as fundamentally changing the good thing that is Dominions.

To my perspective you have to play the game quite a bit before you understand its peculiar charm - before you start appreciating the things that make it truly great. To be honest I find myself suspecting that a lot of new players come in and want to re-make Dominions in the image of other games that they liked.

The most extreme example of this would be the people who come in and say something like "ugh - the graphics are just horrible. you guys (IW) should remake the game with 3d models of all the units which move in lifelike ways". Of course anyone who would say that is simply missing the point: dominions isn't about incredible graphic fx, it's about having more than 1000 different units, etc.

So when I hear someone suggesting player-controlled battles it makes me think that person hasn't fully appreciated the joy of the way it is right now.