Minimum dominion?

[CUnknown]

I agree, 3 is actually doable although you have to be really careful and it's probably not worth the stress. 4 is not bad, actually. 6 to me is a very decent dominion, not any kind of minimum.

[MaxWilson]

I usually take whatever comes with my pretender chassis +2 or +3. Dom 3 would seem low in my eyes and kind of stressful (not so much because of dominion kill but because I'd have to work to benefit from my good scales) but 7 or 8 would seem like a waste of points.

-Max

[thejeff]

Even beyond dominion kill, there's the problem of keeping enemy dominion out of your borders.

This is more of a problem with the truly nasty dominions (LA R'yleh's insanity, LA Ermor's death and MA C'tis's miasma), but being encroached on by very cold or hot dominions cane be a problem too. And since good scales don't help in enemy dominion things like turmoil/luck or order/misfortune can be very painful.

[Ironhawk]

My personal minimum is 4 dom. It depends on the size of the map tho: smaller maps need higher dom, bigger ones less.

Really, getting dom-killed while your nation is still functional is an extremely rare event - assuming you are paying attention.

[Tyrant]

Well this thread's been a surprise, i was thinking maybe some players went down to 5.

[Endoperez]

I'll take 5 if I have to, but I'm bit uncomfortable with it.

[Xietor]

Depends on many things.

The era. In the middle era, 5-6 is usually fine as there are not many good nations that can push dominion on you with blood sacrifice.

If I am playing a race like Pangaea with cheap temples, 5 is plenty.

But if I am playing MA Ctis where dominion is gold and also lethal to my enemies, foolish to start with less than 8 or 9.

If I am playing a race where i need lots of cheap sacreds, i may need a high dominion so i can recruit the sacreds(jag warriors etc).

If my pretender is immortal, and also an sc, I like at least 6 so he can be used safely in a decent amount of provinces around my capital.

[Darkstone]

I'm playing with 4 dom in some novice mp games, and it seems ok. Had to spend a couple turns early on preaching with a prophet, and then later build some extra temples, but I was never afraid of dom-death.