A general inquiry about Dom 3 gaming habits. - Page 3

Crafty · #21 June 24th, 2007, 09:59 AM

I'm very much like the OP.

Large maps get very tiresome.

On the other hand, small maps are boring, and the AI is very weak on it. You swamp and kill them before they can even do anything.

Medium maps seem to best compromise. I like to play 3-4 opponents medium automap. I wish there was a custom map with about 60-80 land provinces. The automap takes a while to generate.

Silent seas is close with 45 provinces, but a bit too small if i want to play with more opponents.

Forrest · #22 June 24th, 2007, 12:01 PM

Archonsod you are a man after my own heart.

There is nothing like the joy of sneaking the infantry while the archers go in for battle. I like to imagine how the archers look around and say "Aw crap, he did it to us again. The infantry is hiding in the woods". The look on their faces as certain victory become total defeat before the first shot.

I like to let the mercs that I built my plans around to go away right before the battle. If they were really loyal I would not have to pay them. The best part is when the other guy hires them and I get to kill the turncoats who were the core of my battle group the turn before.

What brings pleasure like buying shieldless troops knowing Man will attack from the other side in 10 turns. As your troops die in droves to the archers you laugh at how you knew it was going to happen.

SAVING MONEY IS GOOD. You can spend it on big things later. I like to pretend I forgot to buy troops and watch the money build.

JaghataiKhan · #23 June 24th, 2007, 01:53 PM

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Forrest said:
Archonsod you are a man after my own heart.

There is nothing like the joy of sneaking the infantry while the archers go in for battle. I like to imagine how the archers look around and say "Aw crap, he did it to us again. The infantry is hiding in the woods". The look on their faces as certain victory become total defeat before the first shot.

I like to let the mercs that I built my plans around to go away right before the battle. If they were really loyal I would not have to pay them. The best part is when the other guy hires them and I get to kill the turncoats who were the core of my battle group the turn before.

What brings pleasure like buying shieldless troops knowing Man will attack from the other side in 10 turns. As your troops die in droves to the archers you laugh at how you knew it was going to happen.

SAVING MONEY IS GOOD. You can spend it on big things later. I like to pretend I forgot to buy troops and watch the money build.

Um... What? WHy? Why?

Valandil · #24 June 24th, 2007, 02:40 PM

Seconding Forrest:

"Wait? My flame storm caster is BLIND?"
"Now that I think about it, the forbidden light WASN'T a great choice for my ermorian lich pretender. Ah well.
"Wait... wishing for "death" doesn't give me the angel of death? Wheres my god? D'oh!"

Meglobob · #25 June 24th, 2007, 03:05 PM

I know lets equip my destroyer of worlds (19 MR) with the stone sword.

Wow 999 damage, wow, look at him kill everything around him, wow...errr where's my god and all his expensive equipment gone?

PvK · #26 June 24th, 2007, 04:11 PM

I love that there are so many varieties of gameplay available in Dominions. Each game can be very different from the others, even when playing the same nation and style. Even within one game there are generally different phases with different challenges, which come and go with the situation in ways that make sense.

I like to try different game styles, but my favorite elements tend to involve the battles, and following the lives of the mortal humans in a world that gets increasingly dangerous for them due to growing threats. I enjoy both small maps for quick conflicts, and larger maps, even huge ones. However it is true that on large maps, it starts to take me a long time to enjoy each turn properly. I tend to have several games that I'm still interested in which are large that I pick away at slowly, and I start new ones when I want a faster pace of turns.

PvK

JaghataiKhan · #27 June 24th, 2007, 05:23 PM

Also spells are great. Not just an ancient equivalent of artillery.

Fireball = Arcane Rocket
Magic missile = arcane rifle shot
Lightning Bolt = arcane AP round

Sure they have such stuff, but there are also thousands of spells to try out. Some are truly well thought:

*Rush of life : target either dies from heart attack or heals all the way and goes berserk due to sheer life force in him.

*Well of misery : win-win. Caster earns lots of magic gems and the world becomes a happier place.

*A nature spell I forgot its name: Send maggots to eat the dead flesh of the undead.

*An air spell : Send ravens to eat the unburied dead bodies.

Would you be surprised if I make a small map then imprison the enemy God to its keep then explore and develop just to try new spells? I made a map just to try out Lammashtas and Wish...

Salamander8 · #28 June 24th, 2007, 06:30 PM

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Meglobob said:
I know lets equip my destroyer of worlds (19 MR) with the stone sword.

Wow 999 damage, wow, look at him kill everything around him, wow...errr where's my god and all his expensive equipment gone?

That was hilarious! Glad I wasn't drinking when I read this one!

I used to build large armies with few leaders as I always played SP games. After some discussions here and trying MP games, I tend to have large armies early, but concentrate more on leaders once I have decent items/spells to use. I'm also experimenting a lot as I do not like using the same strategy to win every time. I like to mix it up and try odd things to spice the game up. You lose some and you win some, hopefully you always learn though, whether you win or lose.

hnchrist3 · #29 June 24th, 2007, 09:15 PM

I like a slow but steady approach. When you expand too quickly, you also collapse quickly, especially if you start near another player.

When I take a province, it will take great power to get it away from me.

Endoperez · #30 June 25th, 2007, 03:59 AM

I've been playing Dominions series for a long time now. I think I started with Conquest of Elysium II... Any way, I enjoy the games where I'm in a weak position the most. I like the challenge. Not necessarily the challenge of multiplayer games, but the games where I'm e.g. Mictlan (whose own troops are rather weak, with few exceptions) trying to quickly research Blood to get some summons that would keep me alive against the several AI nations coming my way in a map too small for all of us. As such, especially in SP I usually remember my few defeats better than my many wins. The games never get to the "I've won, now I just have to play the 50 turns to finish this".

Also, I'd like to use victory point condition in all my games so that the games are finished without me having to go and kill everyone everywhere, but that also means that the AI can only win by defeating me, as it doesn't value VP provinces enough.