i just ordered the game

Gandalf Parker · #1 February 18th, 2007, 10:00 PM

Well you can always give us a taste of what you mean, and maybe you can do the manual for Dom4. Thats how the Dom3 manual got done by a player.

crumply · #2 February 18th, 2007, 10:46 PM

i ordered the game from gamers front: i thought that was the only option.

you think they have a department entitled "fulfillment"? If so, i hope they give me a good review. I really would like to play.

Nick_K · #3 February 18th, 2007, 11:53 PM

I'm not much of a fiction writer myself - at least, I haven't tried since I was a kid, but I agree that fan-submitted work would be best for that sort of thing given Illwinter's limited resources.

Gandalf Parker · #4 February 19th, 2007, 12:28 AM

Ive worked with alot of programmers.
And believe me, you dont want programmers writing user documentation.

Archonsod · #5 February 19th, 2007, 01:01 AM

It would certainly be thinner.

It's a good point about the background though. Dominions has always had (at least for me) the feeling that it's a distinct world, but without the backstory you only ever see the edges. It's especially true with the new ages letting you 'see' empires rise and fall, it's just a shame the player doesn't get much chance to get a real feel for those empires.

That said, I suppose it does encourage you to use your imagination while playing, just like back in the good old days...

Endoperez · #6 February 19th, 2007, 05:38 AM

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Archonsod said:
It would certainly be thinner.

It's a good point about the background though. Dominions has always had (at least for me) the feeling that it's a distinct world, but without the backstory you only ever see the edges. It's especially true with the new ages letting you 'see' empires rise and fall, it's just a shame the player doesn't get much chance to get a real feel for those empires.

That said, I suppose it does encourage you to use your imagination while playing, just like back in the good old days...

Actually, reading the descriptions of all the units, commanders, possible summons, and eventually heroes (of all the ages the nation exists in) is enough to give quite a good picture of the various nations. About the only things missing are "between the ages" things, like how did the Seal Guards of EA Agartha fail, or exactly what was the Malediction of Ulm about.

danm · #7 February 19th, 2007, 06:36 PM

I recently ran into an "easter egg" of sorts with one of the EA Abyssian random heroes which I thought was REALLY cool, and a wonderful way of introducing some extra flavor and backstory.

I'll not spoil which hero or what happened, but it really made me happy to see. really really unreasonably nerd-happy.