Any new players fancy multiplayer?

[Autochthon]

I was asking for that one, wasn't I?

[Aezeal]

I would like to play a MP game but how does it work, a turn a day?

In some threads in the other forum I read 1x day and later up to once /72 hours later in the game... ? It would be so much better if SOMEHOW we could play faster

[llamabeast]

It'll be on what's called 24 hour quickhost. This means that the turn will host 24 hours after the previous hosting _or_ when all turns are in, whichever is sooner. With a keen group of players it can therefore go significantly faster than 1/day to start with.

Nevertheless, when the game starts you'll probably wish it was going faster, as it's really exciting. Unfortunately you just patience really. After 20 or so turns 1/day will probably feel about right, then eventually when the turns get really long a 48 hour timer might be better (I'm not a big fan of 72 hour turns as I forget what I'm doing).

One thing to avoid is joining several games at once because each turn is so quick to start with - 50 turns down the line you'll be regretting it! I'd recommend 2 or 3 games as an upper limit, and it's best to stagger when you start them.

If you really fancy quick games, I believe there's an IRC channel where people organize blitzes - I think it's fairly busy and you should probably be able to get a game going. Details in a sticky at the top of this forum I think.

[Aezeal]

why the 48 hour timer??? In SP I play turns in 10 min.. do we need to extra 48 hours all for diplomacy???

I really look forward to the diplomacy part of the game though.. what is the most used means of communication.. if everyone has AIM I'm gonna pass

I won't play much games at once but I really don't want to be busy for months with only one game either.. on the other hand my work and social live need time too.. it's not like I'm the student I was with to much time on his hands

it's PBEM then ?

[llamabeast]

Sometimes turns can take half an hour by mid-game, even longer if there's a lot going on or you're LA Ermor or something. Half an hour every night can sometimes get a bit much. Mind you, other times if people are keen they stick to the 24 hour timer right into the late game.

MP turns do take longer often - certainly for me. In SP I rapidly become careless, while in MP you have to think more carefully. Also diplomacy sometimes takes a while, though like you say it's very good fun.

My server is PBEM, yep, although it's automated so it shows you whose turns have arrived, processes straight away when they're all in and so on (see the website linked in my sig). Other people have servers set up you can connect to directly.

[Shovah32]

Communication often takes place through PMs on the forums unless you happen to have the persons email(and even then PMs are often preferred). If you happen to be on the IRC channel at the same time as someone else you cna also do the diplomacy on a private channel there.

[Aezeal]

hmm ok that sounds fair, this newbie thing, do you have players already cus though I'm really new to this game I do have experience in strategy games and I have been reading up on strats quite a bit so I hope my opponents aren't completely nub too.. ( I prefer playing against a though opposition)

btw.. I've not yet played LA Ermor.. why do their turns take so long?

[llamabeast]

I reckon most people who start MP have probably already done a fair bit of thinking in SP. And if you start winning, if everyone else has any common sense they will gang up on you. I've never heard of a Dominions game being a walkover (in the way that RTSes often end up being for some reason) so I shouldn't worry about that.

LA Ermor automatically produces huge numbers of undead troops and commanders in its dominion. After a while you can have several armies of thousands - micromanagement craziness!