New to Dom world

bruce205 · #1 September 22nd, 2006, 10:58 PM

Thanks NTJedi, exactly what I was looking for!

PashaDawg · #2 September 23rd, 2006, 08:57 AM

Don't be bashful about playing multi-player! Playing against the computer is fun, but playing against other players is even FUNNER!!

Gandalf Parker · #3 September 23rd, 2006, 12:33 PM

When learning Dominions 2 I recommend turning UP the independent setting. The default of 3 will frustrate you. It lets the AI rush you too soon. A setting of 5 or 6 will give you an advantage. You are more likely to make logical choices of who to attack while the AI gets the tail kicked trying to take on the wrong province too soon.

Pay attention to the candles. The name of the game is "dominions" and thats the measurement of your dominion strength.

Try each nation and dont be discouraged if you cant win with some. They are very unique. Everyone has their own style of play. Barbarian horde, stealth and sneak attack, defense and research, army of tanks, just to name a few. What you are trying to do is figure out which nation allows you to play YOUR way the best.

Gandalf Parker

Endoperez · #4 September 23rd, 2006, 12:37 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
When learning Dominions 2 I recommend turning UP the independent setting. The default of 3 will frustrate you. It lets the AI rush you too soon. A setting of 5 or 6 will give you an advantage. You are more likely to make logical choices of who to attack while the AI gets the tail kicked trying to take on the wrong province too soon.

That's been changed to be the default setting in Dom3 as well, so using it in DomII games will help you to get into Dom3 more easily.

Meglobob · #5 September 23rd, 2006, 04:52 PM

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Gandalf Parker said:
When learning Dominions 2 I recommend turning UP the independent setting. The default of 3 will frustrate you. It lets the AI rush you too soon. A setting of 5 or 6 will give you an advantage. You are more likely to make logical choices of who to attack while the AI gets the tail kicked trying to take on the wrong province too soon.

Pay attention to the candles. The name of the game is "dominions" and thats the measurement of your dominion strength.

Try each nation and dont be discouraged if you cant win with some. They are very unique. Everyone has their own style of play. Barbarian horde, stealth and sneak attack, defense and research, army of tanks, just to name a few. What you are trying to do is figure out which nation allows you to play YOUR way the best.

Gandalf Parker

This is spot on.

If u turn indies to 9, the AI has a hard time expanding. Giving u the player time to build up, thus making the game much easier for yr self.

When u want a really hard, testing game put indies to 1 and AI to difficult or even impossible. It's really hard to survive the 1st 20 turns as one AI will declare war early and attempt to steamroller u. It's good fun thou, especially when u survive and get yr revenge.