Dominions 3 Now Shipping!

[Archonsod]

GamerMan12 said:
I just got my fulfillment email. I ordered on 25th Sep.

I just have to wait for it to get to the Uk and hopefully it won't get intercepted by customs.

GM12

You can pull a little loophole there. UK Customs duty only applies to goods coming into the country - according to UK law, software isn't classed as a good, ergo the value of the import is whatever the media and manual are worth.

The problem is it still has to work it's way through the UK postal system, which is all screwed up due to the new pricing thing. Last time I sent a letter first class it took a week to arrive. I remember when they were guaranteed in two days. Could be worse though - at least we don't need to worry about the Christmas rush.

[BigJMoney]

Does anyone know how sales from this game compares to Dominions II sales? Is it more, or "many times more"? I'm curious, because it would be great to see Illwinter be empowered to do things with Dominions or another game they had not previously been able to.

I suppose this question cannot technically be answered for several months, but only a forecast can be established.

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[Nerfix]

If this is bigger than Main Battle Tanks for Windows then this is Umor-freaking-some big.

[Tim Brooks]

Does anyone know how sales from this game compares to Dominions II sales? Is it more, or "many times more"?

Well, I can only tell you what we are projecting. First off, Dominions II did very well. We believe it could have done even better and that we, Shrapnel, dropped the ball with the manual.

As for Dominions 3, we are projecting that we will double, and maybe triple the sales of Dominions II. Of course that is just a projection. Alot has to fall into place. Reviews must be good, fans such as yourself will need to talk it up on other forums, etc. We are off to a good start though. Dominions 3 Pre-orders were over double those of Dominions II. And after-release sales, well, they are going very well compared to Dominions II. But it is very early and alot has to fall into place -- only time will tell.

[Nerfix]

Wow, sounds great.

[Caduceus]

Earlier, I noticed that 70+ people were on the forum. Don't think I have seen it that high before.

[RamsHead]

I got my shipping notice. Since I preordered mine the night before they started shipping, Shrapnel should soon be done with the preorders if they are not already. Wow! Two days before I expected it to be shipped!

[Nerfix]

Ooooh, cool! Good good. Since atul ordered the game for me today I might be getting it early next week...

[tromper]

Tim, as a strategy and role playing game player for years - pnp, board, online, single player PC - you're completely correct about the dropping of ball on the Dom II manual. I ordered. I recieved. I read the manual. I started playing and had no idea what I was doing. I didn't have a month straight to dicker with the uninformative interface. I moved on. Was awful. And the manual seemed so, uh, large. But the information available online was far too esoteric and time intensive for me to bother with forums, much less try multiplayer. Dom2 dropped off my radar within a month.

Got my shipping notice today and am very very excited (you guys have done a fantasic job of gettin' them out, and THANKS!!!). I hope it's different this time, regarding the manual. And that I'll be checkin' these forums daily as some of us have a propensity to do with other games. heheh

tromper


PS and completely OT: Is there a way to occlude 'signatures' when reading the forums? No offense to folks like DominionsFan of course, but for me, his signature is really obtrusive and wastes a lot of screen space.

[Endoperez]

On top right part of the screen, you can see Main Index, Who's Online, Search, etc. Choose My Home.

In there, near the bottom, under Main Configuration, you can see "Display preferences, number of shown threads...", and to its right, a link to edit those preferences. Uncheck the last checkbox on the bottom of that screen.

Sorry for the double post.