Convinced! Now looking for MP game...

LordArioch · #1 February 6th, 2004, 02:23 AM

I'd say in Dom 2 games start more than once a month, since there's alot more people than when Dom1 was around. And also if no game starts just say you want to start a game and people will gather round.

And Norfleet, maybe that needs to become a marketing slogan.
"Dominions II. It's !Warcraft."

[ February 06, 2004, 00:23: Message edited by: LordArioch ]

Gandalf Parker · #2 February 6th, 2004, 02:37 AM

How about a T-shirt that says...
"DOMINIONS 2: It's not your childrens Warcraft!"

Goes well with..
"DOMINIONS 2: there can only be one."
"DOMINIONS 2: more strategy than joystick"
"DOMINIONS 2: if you can learn it, you will never delete it."
"DOMINIONS 2: like RISK on steroids"
"DOMINIONS 2: like MoM *10"
"DOMINIONS 2: like Stars! played pre-science"

Norfleet · #3 February 6th, 2004, 04:10 AM

The one thing I should note about Dominions II is that, for me, this game has really hilighted the fact that people's attention spans these days are simply not what they used to be: Everyone seems to suffer from attention span problems. In *MY* day, if somebody couldn't concentrate on something for more than about 20 hours at a time, something was WRONG with him. Now people are whining that they're "tired" after a mere 6 hours. Wimps.

Adept · #4 February 10th, 2004, 08:45 PM

R Zombie. Dom II works very well as a LAN party game, or over the net.

The way my group prefers it, is to set the turns to run as soon as everybody has played their turn. We organize everybody Online whenever we can (usually for a few hours at a time) and when we can't we still play 1 turn / day.

If the host has a DSL line and a dedicated host, one can just leave the game running. Works like a bomb.

PhilD · #5 February 10th, 2004, 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by Adept:

If the host has a DSL line and a dedicated host, one can just leave the game running. Works like a bomb.

Hmm, I'm not sure how to do this (I only teach computer science: I don't actually know much about it

)...

I have a home LAN, with an ADSL modem/router as the gateway, so my ISP only gives me one IP address, and the rest is done on the LAN. Is there an easy way I can setup a TCP/IP game?

(I'm not necessarily offering to host, but I'd like to know if it's actually an option...)

Tricon · #6 February 10th, 2004, 10:17 PM

For me the PBEM mode is very good. Though I'll definately come around to play this game in regular MP games, right now it's PBEM for me.

My PBEM partner lives in germany, is a cop, and very busy... as am I. Given that, and the 8 hours he's ahead , we don't get to play many MP games against each other.

We're in our first game, and it will probably take a few more months, but already you can see the usual advantages of PBEM. (for one ... if you're a slow planer, you won't p1ss anyone off by delaying a game...., and your long term strategies improve ... )

Tiltowait · #7 February 10th, 2004, 10:22 PM

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Originally posted by PhilD:

I have a home LAN, with an ADSL modem/router as the gateway, so my ISP only gives me one IP address, and the rest is done on the LAN. Is there an easy way I can setup a TCP/IP game?

Yes, should be easy. Set your router to forward traffic on port xxxx (whatever port you tell dominions to use when you set up the game) to computer 192.168.y.z (the host). Give players the IP address of your router and the port and you are good to go.

If your IP address is prone to change often, use a free service like http://www.dyndns.org/ and give players the server name instead of the IP address.

Edited to clarify- local clients must use the hosts LAN address (192.168.y.z), remote clients must use the router's address.

[ February 10, 2004, 20:24: Message edited by: Tiltowait ]