Interesting behavior re: magic domain

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Originally posted by rabelais:

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Originally posted by Nagot Gick Fel:
Mages aren't supposed to benefit from a magic scale dominion in a neutral or enemy dominion. I just ran a quick test with various mage types, and for some reason - probably an oversight in the code that makes them unaffected by drain wrt research -, Master Smiths are not subject to this rule.

It seems to me like denying benefits in *neutral* dominion is unnecessary and a little weirdly punitive. Is it intended?

i.e. if it goes neutral from positive dom for the occupier, are bonuses similarly lost?

This is hardly a game destroying edge, IMHO.

If someone is willing to go to the trouble (and believe me it is a *HUGE* pain in the butt) to
micromanage their dominion drawbacks, there should be some benefit. Particularly given that benefit will be available far less than 50% of the time, as enemy dominion creep upsets the neutrality, since one dares not overpush one's own.

After all you've purged the presence of the other pretender... you're just showing a certain mercy to the exceptional local ecology.


Rabe the Environmentally Sensitive

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In the majority of cases any dominion effects in a neutral dominion would be leftovers from an enemy dominion. Should you get bonuses from that? I would say no. Is it worth coding it to differentiate between that case and the small number of cases where the dominion is intrinsic to the province? Again, I say no.