Did you know that? (Dominions trivia)

[MaxWilson]

... you can have climate effects during an Arena match? E.g. cold-blooded creature creature in cold climate takes extra +1 encumbrance. Dominion effects on morale don't seem to apply, though.

-Max

[chrispedersen]

I have never gone to a deathmatch - is there a way to know in advance what the climate is likely to be like.. or is it random arena?

It would be cool if the annoucement said...

Territory X is hosting a deathmatch...

[MaxWilson]

NTJedi thinks it will always be in the province which has the Arena site. I'm confused though because I think I may have seen multiple Arena sites in some games. Also, sometimes it doesn't zoom in on the province (although that may be only when score graphs are turned off or you haven't discovered the province in question, I'm not sure).

Basically, no there's no way to tell.

-Max

[Edratman]

I can confirm that multiple arenas do occur. (One of my current games even has 2 arenas in the same province.)

When there are multiple arenas the arena that is chosen seems to be the one closest to the center of the map. In the cases whee I know there are multiple arenas, I have never seen the match change from the initial site. Nor have I seen it change provinces at any time.

I have never seen it fail to zoom in on the province.

[MaxWilson]

I just posted a trn in the Fear Mechanics thread showing that units in melee can recover Morale. In that trn, the arena does not zoom in on a province before fights.

-Max

[archaeolept]

when you hire a merc that someone else has, it will come still w/ the order for what it was doing (other than move)... including build fortress

you can then cancel the fort and get your money back...

[Nikelaos]

did you know that?

spells like hellbind heart and enslave can be used in the arena deathmatch competitions. A converted commander may even take over and fight instead of the commander who converted him in later fights of the same competition. However even if you win, only the commander you chose to fight in the arena deathmatch will return alive but if a converted commander wins he will still gain the experience of winning a deathmatch competition (even though he dies afterwards) not only is converting commanders a great way to win arena deathmatches and get rid of some great foreign warriors but you can use ritual rebirth to bring back your converted winner or any other converted commander in the hall of fame.