newbie mp question

Therlun · #1 July 30th, 2008, 08:21 AM

There are two ways.
One is to simply browse the MP forum here and look for a game to join that starts or needs a replacement player.
(24-96 hours of time per turn to send in your turn orders).

The other is to hang out in the Dominions irc channel and hope for a blitz game (a game played complete over several hours).

I'm waiting for a blitz myself, but had no luck so far...

mighty_scoop · #2 July 30th, 2008, 08:52 AM

thx for your fast answer ...

sadly blitz games are no option for me ... don't have enough time for that ...
so i guess i have to browse the mp subforum for an open game

btw: How active is this community ... are there many games getting started in a week ?

PS: man ... i'm really really looking forward to play my first mp game ;-)

ano · #3 July 30th, 2008, 09:13 AM

Games are started rather often but you should realize that to be successful in a MP game you should at least know the game well which is not that easy

Games for newbies are also started rather often

Renojustin · #4 July 30th, 2008, 10:45 AM

You should really check out some tactics in the Strategy Guide (stickied in the main forum here) and try them out in Single Player for a week or two before you head into a Multiplayer game.

The reason for that is that you might be stuck with your initial choices for months as the game goes on, and you find out you made some choices that pretty much killed your game for you before you even started.

And you want to give the players around you the best challenge you can! It's no fun for everyone else when one person is able to rush you and take you out, thus adding to their power while everyone else is busy fighting even matches.

Good luck and welcome!

mighty_scoop · #5 July 30th, 2008, 11:04 AM

Thx again for your answers ...

yep, that was what i did ... i read some race guides, read some multiplayer forum post and tried them (so far as possible) ...
i think that i'm pretty familiar with the interface and the game engine ... that's why i want to play the game now for what it was designed ... multiplayer

Gandalf Parker · #6 July 30th, 2008, 12:43 PM

You might consider "subbing" for a player in an MP game.
That way you get the feel for mp with a ready-made excuse if you lose "it wasnt my choice of nation and pretender"

thejeff · #7 July 30th, 2008, 12:47 PM

As fair warning:
Resist the temptation to jump into to many games at once. The Early turns go fast and won't take more than a few minutes a day, but later on if you're doing at all well it'll be easy to spend an hour or more a turn, especially if you're trying to coordinate with an ally.