What's your favorite nation and why?

Kristoffer O · #1 April 4th, 2008, 06:29 PM

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I'm surprised to see LA Atlantis so popular. I'd always felt they were one of the more lackluster nations; both thematically and substantively. They have a good backstory, but I just don't feel it portrayed well in the troops and summons. There is something just missing with that nation, it isn't quite there for me. And their substantive ability, doesn't feel on par with some other nations; maybe its just me.

KO is playing LA Atlantis in an MP game at the moment and as nations he plays get usually buffed you might see some signigicant changes to Atlantis soon

Don't be so sure of that. LA Atlantis is both fun and powerful and splendid and undefeatable and Inuit and cute. Thus no changes are needed

They are already way too powerful.

They even smote the Abysian god mute, but you already know that

Taqwus · #2 April 4th, 2008, 06:47 PM

LA R'lyeh is highly entertaining for those of us who like bringing randomness and insanity into the world.

Aapeli · #3 July 12th, 2008, 03:56 PM

EA Abys�a is just my favourite. Burning ones and all that fire magic and also a good nation for making a powerful pretender (Moloch being my favourite).

LA Ulm is also a very interesting nation thematically, but I find it hard to play with.

TheMenacer · #4 July 12th, 2008, 05:32 PM

No matter how many times I try to get into playing other races, I just keep coming back over and over again to LA Agartha. Mages that can be given a death bless, are able to teleport with a few boosters, and scripted to cast earthquake are the best ever, and that feeling you get when you find a magic site that lowers the cost of conjuration or enchantment is just awesome. Also Tomb Oracles are so ridiculously amazing. If the nation had some way of getting enough blood magic to mass produce bloodstones, they would be perfect.

MaxWilson · #5 July 12th, 2008, 06:40 PM

LA Agartha can get bloodstones with some work. 3 provinces (5000+ population) with 6 scouts (because they're cheap) in each province, all blood-hunting, taxes at 0%. If you're lucky you'll get maybe 0-20 blood slaves per turn. Then you empower up to Blood-2 on a necromancer and cast Forge of the Ancients to let you make bloodstones; otherwise you have to empower up to Blood-3 or use a Ring of Sorcery or a unique.

If you like LA Agartha you will like Ashdod too. Less fire magic than Agartha but more Death and better at Earthquake (because they have more HP) and Bone Grinding (which is out of reach for Agartha + a bad idea w/ low HP). No Tomb Oracles or Umbrals but some other neat stuff.

-Max

sansanjuan · #6 June 30th, 2008, 05:56 PM

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Kristoffer O said:

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Hadrian_II said:

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Omnirizon said:
I'm surprised to see LA Atlantis so popular. I'd always felt they were one of the more lackluster nations; both thematically and substantively. They have a good backstory, but I just don't feel it portrayed well in the troops and summons. There is something just missing with that nation, it isn't quite there for me. And their substantive ability, doesn't feel on par with some other nations; maybe its just me.

KO is playing LA Atlantis in an MP game at the moment and as nations he plays get usually buffed you might see some signigicant changes to Atlantis soon

Don't be so sure of that. LA Atlantis is both fun and powerful and splendid and undefeatable and Inuit and cute. Thus no changes are needed

They are already way too powerful.

They even smote the Abysian god mute, but you already know that

Made me smile...

due in next patch....

24th june
* New monster modding commands: #watershape, #landshape, #forestshape, #plainshape, #unique, #stormimmune, #startaff, #bloodvengeance, #stonebeing, #leper, #beckon.
* LA Atlantis uw recruitment improved.
* LA Atlantis hero.

-SSJ

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MaxWilson · #7 June 30th, 2008, 07:19 PM

I like:

EA: C'tis, Ermor, Marverni
MA: Ashdod
LA: Agartha

As you can see I'm a big fan of recruitable-anywhere mages.

I used to like Helheim but without the Svartalfs I am sad.

-Max

P.S. Ashdod is like LA Agartha crossed with Niefelheim with a dash of Pythium thrown in. Awesome mages, awesome sacreds, awesome summons. Just crazy strong.

Gandalf Parker · #8 June 30th, 2008, 07:45 PM

From the earliest version of Dominions its been Pangaea for me. The RPG of it fit the neo-pagan druidism of me. Also I tended to love the sneak-army strategies that got such low play.

Now I can fall in love with pretty much any nation which seems underplayed, under-appreciated, and under-understood in its built-in abilities.

lch · #9 June 30th, 2008, 08:52 PM

LA Patala. Because it PWNZ.