Re: combat
That's not necessesarily a bad thing. I.E. America technically had a "stronger" army than the Vietcong yet we still got beat (note: generalization). The problem I see with tactical combat in the Dom games is one of focus. Tactical combat is cool, yes, but I think it would draw too much away from the rest of the game. Take Medieval Total War for example. It has a great strategy portion of it, but the main bulk of the game is tactical combat with most things geared towards it. I'd rather have future Dominions games stay as they are, with their hand in each pie equally.
Another point is that it does give the game a sense of yes, you ARE the ruler of this nation because you're somewhat detached. In real life, George W doesn't go out and personally command the troops and lead them into battle. He and his cronies just give the orders and down the chain of command and so on and hope they get carried out, which all depends on morale, leadership etc which is exactly what Dom models.
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