New, trying to get into game-but i am failing

[tkobo]

Thanks, that helps some.
Can someone explain dominion (those scale things)to me ?
Also,how do i raise those huge armies of undead my foes always seem to have ?
Oh and some explanation on tax settings and their effects, as well as how to counter them would be nice also

[ October 28, 2003, 12:20: Message edited by: tkobo ]

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by tkobo:
Thanks, that helps some.
Can someone explain dominion (those scale things)to me ?

I think it was a little easier to understand the way it was done in Dom 1.

The "power" felt in the world by the strength of your new god and his followers is the dominion. If you were a god of death then thw power of your dominion spreading before you might push the scales in that area toward death, chaos, bad luck. If you were a god of nature maybe it would push the scales in a province toward growth and magic. An Abyssia god might take high heat and use his dominion to push a rise in temperature so that enemy troops would fight at a minus. Caelum might push cold.

Also, since dominion afects the stats of your god and prophet, you can use it to kill a god trapped in his castle by bringing in lots of priests to push his dominion completely out. This can make some really powerful gods very weak before you finally charge in.

Is that the kindof explanation you wanted or did you want the formulas and effects? (like what does growth +3 do vs growth -3)

Also,how do i raise those huge armies of undead my foes always seem to have ?

If you mean Ermor then the only way is to be Ermor. Thats his advantage. A mage with death can summon undead every turn at a lab but it wont ever match the automatic generation of undead troops that Ermor gets. While learning the game Ermor is one of the AI's I would leave out.

Oh and some explanation on tax settings and their effects, as well as how to counter them would be nice also

Im not the best bet for that. One of the formula folks can help. All I would say is that taxing makes a province mad and can make people leave (lower the population) unless you patrol heavily. By the way, once the unrest gets to 100 you cant recruit units there so thats a magic number to avoid. Especially in your home province.

[ October 28, 2003, 16:36: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[st.patrik]

Originally posted by tkobo:
Also,how do i raise those huge armies of undead my foes always seem to have ?

You don't. You get some elite units on 'guard commander' and then about 10 priests. The elites protect the priests while the priests banish the undead.

[tkobo]

Okay, how about giving me an example of an army you would field and the orders the units are under in it ?

Also is there anyway to actaully control the units during the battle ?It all seems to happen automactically during a kinda "turn resolution" process.

[licker]

Originally posted by tkobo:
Okay, how about giving me an example of an army you would field and the orders the units are under in it ?

Also is there anyway to actaully control the units during the battle ?It all seems to happen automactically during a kinda "turn resolution" process.

There is no control of units once TC has started. You can script them for certain actions though, and that is what you'll need to do to maximize their efficiency.

Without knowing what exactly you are using as a nation I'd recomend that you take your archers and locate them behind some infantry. Give the archers the fire at closest, or fire at enemy archers, give the infantry the hold and attack command. Depending on how well you figure your commanders will survive you can stick them waaaay in teh back so they won't get attacked, or stick them with the infantry and let them deal some death to the enemy.

If you have mages then you can use their specific spells by scripting it. I won't go into that as I don't have enough experience with Dom2 (or 1 for that matter) to really give good advice.

[Daynarr]

Originally posted by tkobo:
Okay, how about giving me an example of an army you would field and the orders the units are under in it ?

Ok here are some general advices.

1) Place heavy infantry to the center right of the field (closest to enemy) and give them attack closest order. They are your front line and they have to engage and hold enemy units.

2) Place cavalry at either top or bottom (or both) right side of battlefield (they will be at the flanks of your heavy infantry) and order them to attack rearmost units. They will try to outflank the enemy and strike at their archers or commanders.

3) Place archers behind those front troops and order the to fire NONE. That will allow hem to choose their target for themselves. This is important if your opponent is fielding units with high protection. If you order them to fire at closest enemy, that enemy can be heavy cavalry and their arrows will be completely ineffective against them. They will often choose targets they can damage and sometimes they even target commanders.

This is just basic design and there are, as you will surely discover, more effective ways for dealing with various opponents. A big fun in the game is discovering new tactics and seeing their effects on battlefield.

Hope this helps.

[tkobo]

Arrgghhhh, im getting slaughtered by armies 1/2 my size !

Thats when im lucky enough to not be outnumbered.

How do i place units in specific formation locations on the field,this must be my problem.

The AI is on easy also,so there must be something i am doing horribly wrong.