Why am I so bad with Dom3

Wick · #1 May 9th, 2008, 09:07 PM

Sounds normal...

Aezeal · #2 May 9th, 2008, 09:11 PM

If I had an alter-ego it could have been me posting

(except that I don't know any nation really

except midgard a bit now

)

Omnirizon · #3 May 9th, 2008, 09:13 PM

you can play all the SP in the world, it doesn't measure up one whit to one MP game. The only way to get better is to play MP games. Two MP games is just a very stark beginning. You still have a lot to learn, and a lot of oppurtunity to learn. The only way to get better is to play more MP. There you get to see how other players play, what strategies they use, and how to deal with another living breathing player controlling your foe rather than the AI.

Try using a different nation each MP game you play, get a wide base of understanding of many nations and many strategies. If you specialize in 'your' nation, it only keeps you from knowing about and being able to anticipate and counter other nations strategies. The AI will basically play all nations the same, in haphazard random fashion, with random armies wandering in random directions. In MP each nation has a specific set of strategies it is likely to use. YOu must play much MP and you must play many nations in order to get better, it is the only way.

Aezeal · #4 May 9th, 2008, 09:20 PM

Well I think I learned a lot in my 2nd midgard game (the worst faults from my first game where out and I survived longer so I could see somewhat of the options for mid and end game play

Lingchih · #5 May 9th, 2008, 10:02 PM

Actually, you can learn quite a lot in SP games. Not how to win in MP, only by playing MP can you learn to do well in MP.

But in SP games, you can learn the spells and what they do. You can learn how the various blesses work, and how to use them most effectively. You can learn how to build a good SC Pretender (if he gets killed or badly wounded by SP indies, he is not good. If he can take any indy province with hardly a scratch, he is good). You can learn how best to use your scales to maximum efficiency. All kinds of things, really.

Micah · #6 May 9th, 2008, 10:54 PM

Duels are a pretty good way of getting some quick MP experience under your belt to get off the ground, since the host schedule is as quick as the two of you can make it.

Cor2 · #7 May 9th, 2008, 11:43 PM

Hey. I suck too!

Ironhawk · #8 May 10th, 2008, 12:43 AM

Clearly you have angered the gods of Dominions 3!!!

Heheheh, just joking. You should tell us more about your strategies. Or if you would rather, you could just pull down one of the Nation Guides. Many contain detailed instructions for how to competitively play a nation.

Endoperez · #9 May 10th, 2008, 03:54 AM

To get better at early game, start games and try to get a second conquest force up as soon as possible, and to start building a second fortress or a place to recruit independent researchers as soon as possible. You might need to re-evaluate your early strategy, but it's very possible. As an example, I've played MA Ulm since Dominions: PPP, and have trusted in the Arbalests as my main expansion force. Just recently, thanks to a comment on these forums, I tried expanding with just their infantry and could suddenly expand at much higher rate.

Read the strategy guides from the stickied post. Magic booster guide is very important, and I also suggest reading Baalz's guide for EA Marverni. I loved how that guide explained in detail why good mages are so deadly, and why supercombatants are so deadly, and it all seems to work out just perfectly. That's what you have to be ready for, whatever your nation.