How many countries have you played?

ComTrav · #1 March 5th, 2008, 05:12 AM

I'm curious, as applies to both SP and MP. The enormous variety of countries, each with different strategies, is a huge part of the appeal of this game; picking just one favorite seems almost impossible.

To answer my own question for re: myself:
MP-Only 2 games so far, both still in the pretty early game, as EA Caelum and MA Ulm.
SP-EA: Abysia (my first game), Caelum, Tien Chi, and Ulm (which I sorta maybe lost interest in after I conquered half the map but couldn't take Niefel's fortress, my focus on nature/earth buffing magic didn't cut it. Had a blast with the White Bull tho)
MA: Ulm, Agartha, C'Tis (Agartha, incidentally, was my first use real of Pretender SC, the Awakaned Oracle.)I've STARTED a Bandar Log game with a bless strat, and I wanted to play with Astral Stuff like Mind Hunt.
LA: Ulm, Atlantis--both, thematically, my favorite countries. (Is it just me, or does almost everyone end up using death or blood magic in the LA?) I've STARTED a few Bogarus games, with Father of Winters as SC, but haven't gotten very far; might try again with a rainbow mage, because SC pretender isn't really needed against AI, and I mainly want to play with the unique summons anyway and the cavalry seems solid enough to expand against indies.

Personally, I'd want to play at least most of an SP game with a country before playing it in a multiplayer game, if only so I know about what kind of force I need to take out indies with minimal losses.

mathusalem · #2 March 5th, 2008, 05:14 AM

in SP : All, many times

in MP : Pangea EA/MA, Ermor MA/LA, R'yeh EA/MA/LA, Atlantis LA, Ulm LA, Caelum MA, Helheim EA, TienChi MA

Twan · #3 March 5th, 2008, 07:23 AM

Not all even in SP (all but Mictlan ans Shinuyama in MA I think, but only about one third of all the EA and LA nations - I clearly prefer MA).

In MP : Arco (2 times ME, one LE), Man (one time) Atlantis (one time each era), Machaka, ME Ct'is, ME Agartha, EA Ermor.

Dedas · #4 March 5th, 2008, 07:28 AM

Everyone in SP.

At least half of them in MP.

Aezeal · #5 March 5th, 2008, 08:46 AM

only a few really

, might be I only finished 3-4 SP games (I play big maps) now I play other games. If in SP I would get the sort of opposition I get in MP then I would play it more. Better AI would be nice

I don't care much more SP and I'm just starting with MP

capnq · #6 March 5th, 2008, 10:06 AM

All of the playable nations in the demo: EA Marverni, Arcoscephale, Agartha, Atlantis & Kailasa.

SP EA Marverni, MA T'ien Ch'i, LA Agartha. Haven't had the full game long enough to finish a SP game, or try MP.

thejeff · #7 March 5th, 2008, 10:21 AM

Only a few in MP. EA Vanheim, MA Man, MA Jotunheim, LA Arcosephale. A few others in Dom2

Most in SP, but many of those were little more than start a game, play a year or so to get a feel for the nation, so I don't even remember most of the games.

I have no idea where people find time to play all nations many times in SP, unless it's just a few turns each time.

Tuidjy · #8 March 5th, 2008, 01:10 PM

I only play MP, and only the races that I think have a good chance of winning,
and which I find fun to play - i.e. diverse magic, no blood, no need for clamming
and turtling, and sympathetic troops.

EA: Arco, Ermor, Niefelheim, Tir-Na-Nog, Caelum... EA is fun!
MA: Pythium, R'lyeh, Jotunheim, Tir-na-Nog
LA: Man, R'lyeh, C'tis, Caelum

In Dominions II, I played exclusively Pythium, Caelum, and Vanheim...

thejeff · #9 March 5th, 2008, 01:13 PM

R'lyeh has sympathetic troops?

Xietor · #10 March 5th, 2008, 01:33 PM

I only play mp and only ma. Presently i am trying to play every race after playing only Pangaea for ages. Thus far i have played Shinuyama, Ctis, Pangaea, Pythium, and Arcos. But in time i will try them all-except maybe the water races.

I am not counting 1 v 1 mp games. I have played about 40 of those and likely every race.