New to Dom 3 - Seeking Advice

Sencha · #1 March 3rd, 2007, 05:57 PM

Thanks for the feedback, I think I'll try Helheim and see if I can get my confidence up. I like the idea of employing mercs too, that was definitely something I could have paid more attention to in my earlier games.

Aleph · #2 March 4th, 2007, 12:25 PM

I started out pretty recently - decemberish? and am still learning a lot. It's a deep game. Of course, I really enjoy about half the nations and generally don't like MP games, so my learning curve is limited to fighting the computer and asking questions here.

I'll give you this advice, which I only picked up recently - many, many nations benefit strongly from jacking tax to 200% and patrolling with their starting army for the first turn. You'll lose a chunk of population, but the starting gold advantage can be huge. Don't forget to lower it shortly thereafter (unless you're playing someone like LA Ermor, in which case tax away).

And hit F1 frequently. It gives you an overview of your whole empire (which can be altered for more or less detail with TAB) and that's a valuable thing to have (for example, knowing which of your provinces have been searched for what magic site types).

Sencha · #3 March 4th, 2007, 04:11 PM

I could try raising tax levels, but if I lose too much population what will happen?

Shovah32 · #4 March 4th, 2007, 04:54 PM

You get more income from a province with higher population.

Aleph · #5 March 4th, 2007, 04:56 PM

It's not something you do for long periods of time, but the one-turn hit is not usually too bad compared to the rewards.

magemaster · #6 March 5th, 2007, 04:49 PM

Try F2 to, so you know if you should mess with a certain nation if you stumble onto it. Another good nation to learn on is EA Ulm. Use Archers until you can buy the archers with armor- I can't remember what they're called. As being new, too, I have a question. How many men do I put on seige, so I can move out and take other enemy provinces-to prevent armies from crushing my seigers?

Gandalf Parker · #7 March 5th, 2007, 05:01 PM

I tend to prefer having everyone seiging the castle. I only take nearby provincs if they seem undefended. Id rather the enemy bounced off of all of my units in the castle province plus it speeds up the taking of the castle.

By the way, while seiging you can change the taxes. I tend to turn it to 200 to get the most good out of it. Plus, if I drive the unrest over 100, and he gets it back, he cant build anything there until he patrols the unrest down.