Is anyone having fun with this game?

Amos · #1 October 26th, 2006, 03:12 AM

It is the best game in its genre. No question. After patch it will be even better. Everything I liked about Dom2 I like about this one as well.

Cainehill · #2 October 26th, 2006, 04:02 AM

Allow me to be the first to say that I'm not sure if I'm having fun with it. Too many things we had gotten used to in Dom2 (even if only through the CB & hero mods) were taken away (themes, filtering researchers, ability to view spell list during pretender creation, and I know I'm forgetting others at 1 in the morning), and too many irritations were added : maps shipped that didn't have the fixes that had been available for over a year, nations without heroes, the @#$#* aging system, pretenders that once again are unbalanced, and again, I'm forgetting things.

Then, we _still_ don't have even half baked battle reports for castle sieges, don't have proper battle reports that would tell which commanders died, how many of each troop type, still no way to keep people from uploading pretenders w/o passwords, no way to change passwords after creation....

I hope there'll be more fun after patches, and after equivalents of the CB and Heroes mods come out, but.... Right now, I tend to think Dom2 was a more enjoyable experience.

Belcarl · #3 October 26th, 2006, 04:16 AM

I'm having fun.

However I don't like the mudslinging by some poster(s) here lately.

Secondly, the new aging system needs to be patched a bit.
I don't have as much problem with Blitz bless strategies as I play MP mostly with real life friends, and we tend to start duking it out after turn 30 or so.

Anyone know if/when a new patch will be out?

WraithLord · #4 October 26th, 2006, 04:20 AM

I'm having fun with it and I'm confident that through patches and fan content it will be a game of no equivalence in the strategy genre. The best of its breed!

Jarkko · #5 October 26th, 2006, 04:29 AM

I am having a blast, especially in MP

I like atm most Pangae (nothing new from Dom2 there) and Sauromatia (playing first time with them in a MP and like them a lot). Dom3 is eating away practically all my free time, and the curse of "Just one more turn" is ever so horrible at 2 AM when you have to get up to work at 6 AM

Beorne · #6 October 26th, 2006, 05:05 AM

I don't know if I'll have fun, for me the only fun is MP games, and only now I'm starting the first. This said ...

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Cainehill said:
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maps shipped that didn't have the fixes that had been available for over a year, nations without heroes, the @#$#* aging system, pretenders that once again are unbalanced, and again, I'm forgetting things.

Then, we _still_ don't have even half baked battle reports for castle sieges, don't have proper battle reports that would tell which commanders died, how many of each troop type, still no way to keep people from uploading pretenders w/o passwords, no way to change passwords after creation....
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In contrast to the lot of features that are often requested all the fixes Cainehill points are things that are very easy to code and of great benefit. I'm hoping the great devs of this game are reading this.

Meglobob · #7 October 26th, 2006, 06:04 AM

I have had Dom3, 3 weeks now and am loving it, I have played it exclusively in that time.

Currently in 4 MP games which is fun, taking me back to my old play by mail days.

Completed 1 SP game to conclusion and started/abandoned too many to account for (just getting a feel of the nations), the AI I find a challenge on difficult, Ermor recently fought me to a standstill, difficult AI, I was MA man, then the other AI's attacked and it was game over...

Sure I have a wishlist, who does'nt.

Sure there r a few parts of the game I dislike but overall I would rate Dom3 about 9/10 or 90%.

upstreamedge · #8 October 26th, 2006, 02:14 PM

I am having fun, I am writing a D&D adventure based in the middle era and am playing some mp games.

However, I am a little irritated about some of the balance things in the game. But it is no biggie as I am sure patches will fix the problems

Gandalf Parker · #9 October 26th, 2006, 02:23 PM

As I said there are plenty of gripe threads. I wont say they shouldnt exist. Im just trying to fix the impression that the game sucks. Particularly with so many players working their way thru the way that the game works (and eventually discovering that many of the "broke"s arent really broke). Suggestions are great but too many ***** threads arent going to get anything fixed if they kill the game instead.

UninspiredName · #10 October 26th, 2006, 04:01 PM

I'm definitely having fun. Soon as next payday, I plan on buying.