What's your favorite nation and why?

Foodstamp · #1 April 3rd, 2008, 05:35 PM

I voted:

EA R'lyeh
MA R'lyeh
LA Argatha

EA R'lyeh because I love turning the Mind Lords and Aboleths into thugs. Honorable mentions (Pangaea, Niefelheim and Tir na n'Og)

MA R'lyeh because of the void gate.

LA Argatha because of the mages

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I like all the vanilla nations except for a handful, so really I am voting on which ones I like right now. My taste will probably change again in a few weeks.

moderation · #2 April 3rd, 2008, 05:40 PM

How about LA R'lyeh? I'm playing MA R'lyeh right now and it's okay, but I wouldn't mind having some freespawns. Of course freespawns probably introduce a whole set of micromanagement issues, which could make it less fun and more of a headache.

Foodstamp · #3 April 3rd, 2008, 05:46 PM

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moderation said:
How about LA R'lyeh? I'm playing MA R'lyeh right now and it's okay, but I wouldn't mind having some freespawns. Of course freespawns probably introduce a whole set of micromanagement issues, which could make it less fun and more of a headache.

Too easy

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cupido2 · #4 April 3rd, 2008, 05:50 PM

MA R'lyeh has freespawns. Just build some forts at the shore and here come the hybrids.

moderation · #5 April 3rd, 2008, 06:21 PM

True, but that means spending 800-1200 gold for a for that is good for freespawns, but not for recruiting mages. Do those freespawns have upkeep though? If not, perhaps they it is not a bad deal for a long game, or if you need to fortify a coastal province for some strange reason. I guess on the upside, you don't have to lose your sanity like with LA R'yleh.

quantum_mechani · #6 April 3rd, 2008, 06:42 PM

They do have upkeep in the base game.

moderation · #7 April 3rd, 2008, 08:44 PM

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quantum_mechani said:
They do have upkeep in the base game.

Hmm, are R'yleh's freespawn hybrids 0 upkeep in CBM then? Then they would suck slightly less. I guess if you take someone else's coastal fort, they are OK chaff.

moderation · #8 April 3rd, 2008, 08:47 PM

oops. please ignore this double post.

mathusalem · #9 April 4th, 2008, 04:55 AM

I voted :
EA Sauromatia
MA R'Lyeh
LA Marignon, I like LA Midgard too

Dectilon · #10 July 10th, 2008, 04:22 PM

I tend to like to play the percieved (or actual) underdog in any game I pick up. Regardless of what happens after that point I usually stick with that team or character, even if it gets buffed later on because I grow to like them. On that theme I usually start out any RPG playing as a female Fighter before trying any other combo, so for Dominions I picked Sauramatia. I was slighly dismayed that their most powerful units are the androphag anyway. Sort of defeats the point with the team name : P

Since then I've heard that they actually belong to the high tier of EA teams. Oh well, too late to change now! ;D

For the middle ages it's slighly harder to choose, so I went for Machaka, because they ride ****in' huge spiders, and you can't get much cooler than that without actually bringing out Buer or something.

Late age was a simpler choice though, because of my RPG-playing style: defense is the best defense. Ulm! I only wish they'd get a team-specific spell that raises magic defense on top of their evil armor class ^^ I also hope future patches will grant us the ability to build mines to raise resource production by spending gold : /