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Title: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game Over. Everybody Died))
Post by: moghopper on May 01, 2013, 08:03:34 am
Since games are winding down, this round will be for those who don't want to play round 13 with the unitgen mod.

General Info
Name: Bay12round14
Hosting Schedule: 24 Hours (First 10 turns) 48 Hours (11+ turns)
Age: Middle Age

Map: Latus (See here:http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Latus)
Mods: CBM 1.94

All settings set to Default, Renaming On

Diplomacy: Anything goes
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Player List:
Neonivek- Pythium
Akhier- Tien'Chi
Keboo- Rl'yeh
Il Palazzo- Machaka
gman8181- Ermor
Mrhappyface- Ulm
Jarod Cain- Ashdod
Margrave- Marignon
Alkhemia- Shinuyuma
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Previous rounds: 1 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=44348.msg849721#msg849721), 2 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=46012.msg908706#msg908706), 3 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60235.msg1357467#msg1357467), 4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=63361.0), 5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=65222.0), 6 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=72919.msg1797235#msg1797235), 7&7.5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=103575.0), 8 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112126.0), 9 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=115427.0), 10 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=118516.0), 11 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=120941.msg3905019), 12 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=124958.0)


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Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on May 01, 2013, 08:58:53 am
   Well this releives me of having to start a new round just to play MA so I can cover all my Tien Chi bases. If thats not enough of a hint I am in and want Tien Chi.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: Kebooo on May 01, 2013, 09:09:47 am
I'm in as R'lyeh.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: Stworca on May 01, 2013, 09:51:30 am
So all the strongest nations, bar Ashdod, are taken?

I'll try Agartha out. Unless someone else really wants Agartha, in which case i'll random.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: moghopper on May 01, 2013, 10:03:42 am
So all the strongest nations, bar Ashdod, are taken?

I'll try Agartha out. Unless someone else really wants Agartha, in which case i'll random.

I like MA Argatha. Its a fun nation
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: ThtblovesDF on May 01, 2013, 10:18:54 am
Agartha op : P

I might try atlantis in this one... or can I have a random nation made by our dear host?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: moghopper on May 01, 2013, 10:26:24 am
Agartha op : P

I might try atlantis in this one... or can I have a random nation made by our dear host?

Random nation? We're not using gen'd nations.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: Stworca on May 01, 2013, 10:46:16 am
He wants you to random him into Ermor or however the hell Yomi is called in MA.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: moghopper on May 01, 2013, 10:55:56 am
He wants you to random him into Ermor or however the hell Yomi is called in MA.

Okay..... I'm thinking... Shinuyuma!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: Karlito on May 01, 2013, 07:15:31 pm
Wow, that's a big map!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness!
Post by: moghopper on May 01, 2013, 07:57:50 pm
Wow, that's a big map!

It's pretty awesome.

Seems like no one else is signing up. Should we start with just five players?

Additionally, what do you all think of allowing mod nations, so long as everyone agrees on them on an individual basis?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 07:24:20 am
To be perfectly honest, your first post could be done better  :P Just copy paste it from other threads. Let's put some rules up (#1 trade agreements are sacred and can not be unfulfilled, there is no #2 rule), a small tutorial, yada yada. Make it inviting!

With this being said, 5 nations on such a map, would be rubbish. Join up Karlito, Ashdod is still unclaimed.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: ThtblovesDF on May 03, 2013, 09:53:05 am
Yeah I don't wanna play with only 5... to many games going on maybe, I'd like for R10 to end somewhat soon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on May 03, 2013, 09:56:20 am
   I thing no mod nations is the way to go. As is we have a game being setup with the ultimate in mod nation stuff. We are having trouble just getting 6 people so I think just let it set for now. If you really want to play on a map of that size you need many more people or else it will be too much of a good thing really. If you on the other hand are fine with 6 people (we wait for another) then choose a smaller map.

Edit: oh and if your going to try to play such a big map with so few people you can count me out because it doesn't seem like it would be a fun experience.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 03, 2013, 10:00:57 am
Well, lets wait and see if anyone else joins
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 10:05:41 am
Seeing how games have as ridiculously, stupidly big round time as 72h, just give it a week.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 03, 2013, 10:30:41 am
I hear my services are needed here.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 10:34:21 am
They are, jump in and stomp or be stomped!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 03, 2013, 10:51:32 am
I hear my services are needed here.

Ah, the Prince of the forum graces us with his presence. Good to have you!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Kebooo on May 03, 2013, 11:33:21 am
I hear my services are needed here.

So the usurper shows his face in other dimensions and times. "Palazzo must die." -Me
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 03, 2013, 11:39:12 am
I also hear I should take the blandest nation ever, i.e., MA Atlantis, so that certain marble animates have something fishy and squishy to stomp on.
We'll savagely nibble on your toys' extremities, Stworca my dear.

And don't worry, Kebooo, we'll shave off your tentacles free of charge. I bet there are quite handsom fishmen underneath those dreadfully overgrown neckbeards.

The ~500 province map is a suicide, though, even if a nice looking one.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 11:46:06 am
Thy words hurt me, as they not only slap my honor, but also uncover my plots, before I even started weaving them. Are You suggesting, that my national troops are bad? Such insults can not go unpunished. The Pale Ones and Ancient Ones both, in great numbers, shall strike Thee. Their precision and attack are unparalleled, and with a simple quintuple bless...

..I've got nothing.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 03, 2013, 01:03:45 pm
So no one want to use the map I chose? Does anyone have an alternative?

Maybe world of symmetry?

Also, trust me when I say that a game played on the Latus map is AWESOME. Best game I ever played.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 01:05:32 pm
I'm fine with that map, but it's too big for 6 people. For 10? It'd be fine. Any less than that, and it'll take 2 months for some nations to meet.

On the other hand, it has quite a few very-long-range connections, so conflict will come sooner.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 03, 2013, 01:10:07 pm
Bah, I could go with it, if only people promise to play a bit more aggressively - whatever that might entail.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Karlito on May 03, 2013, 01:10:21 pm
Join up Karlito, Ashdod is still unclaimed.

I would if there weren't already 3 heaping servings of Dominions on my plate.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 03, 2013, 01:13:57 pm
I would if there weren't already 3 heaping servings of Dominions on my plate.

The round will not start for a few days still *seduces*.
Besides, by the time it gets real, at least one of the other rounds will end.  :o

I'd rather stay with this map, the 20-province jumps scattered everywhere make it very easy to stomp each other.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 04, 2013, 03:49:30 pm
So, are you guys sure you don't want mod nations?

I was thinking of making these available:

Jomon, Courts of the Ryu

Svarogia, Dark Forests (Based on Ancient Slavic Mythology)

Shangri-La, Hidden City of the Secret Masters (Based on Buddhist/Hindu Culture)

Aurum, The Golden Tower (No historical counterpart, but very unique and fun nation)

Hoburg Alliance, Beer and Apples (Think the Shire from Lord of the Rings)

Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 05, 2013, 12:43:49 am
Despite the lack of interest, I'd say NO. I enjoy the gross imbalance that makes some nations predictable, obsolete and utterly garbageous (like my own!).
Just let the recruitment roll until we find more meat to fuel Agarthan furnaces. Two rounds starting at the same time is taking its toll. Patience.

To lure them in, I promise to buy a single ancient one for every new player that joins. Such crippling and ridiculous handicap should invite more people to stomp me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 05, 2013, 05:35:16 am
I might get in on this I just need to take stock of my money and go out and buy the game I'm really interested in this game as a whole but I'm pretty bad at Grand strategy games  :P
I've only messed around on the demo/"demo"

If it not started by the 23 I can use my B-day money to buy it just don't expect to much from me as an opponent.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 05, 2013, 07:06:07 am
You will do just fine. Choose a nation, read the guides that we shall provide once you pick a nation. Then read the OTHER guides that we did NOT provide (so that you surprise us).. and play a few AI games for the first year or so. This will give you at least 10 good initial turns, which translates to 10-20 days of time to get the grip on the rest.

The only player who will do rather poorly, i'm sure of it, is Palazzo. Should the poor, yet wise, gentleman start next to me, his days will be numbered. Agartha Stomps Everything.

Just don't pick nations like Oceania or Atlantis. They are rather weak, and difficult to start with.
This is not to say that they don't WIN games, but it's tougher. Oi.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 05, 2013, 10:03:34 am
He could use Man. They're a decent nation.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 05, 2013, 05:27:20 pm
I've played Arcoscephale, Caelum and the the naga forgot the race all EA. My main problem is that I don't expand/to passive so I get steamrolled by the AI and I have no idea what to build when it comes to a Gods I just kinda throw stuff together.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 05, 2013, 06:02:48 pm
I'd like to join in as Ermor if that's okay.  Seems like round 11 is winding down anyway.

Oh and are you guys all really set on CBM?  I could kind of go for a vanilla game just to change things up for myself.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 05, 2013, 06:53:43 pm
I've played Arcoscephale, Caelum and the the naga forgot the race all EA. My main problem is that I don't expand/to passive so I get steamrolled by the AI and I have no idea what to build when it comes to a Gods I just kinda throw stuff together.

If I were you, I'd play as Machaka. Sure, they suck in my opinion. But they get the "Collossal Fetish" Pretender chassis. I'd call it Wilford Brimley and make Diabetes jokes.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Darkwind3 on May 05, 2013, 07:39:56 pm
I've played Arcoscephale, Caelum and the the naga forgot the race all EA. My main problem is that I don't expand/to passive so I get steamrolled by the AI and I have no idea what to build when it comes to a Gods I just kinda throw stuff together.
Sorry to butt in here folks, since I'm not actually in this game (not nearly enough time), but I figure I'll give you a few basic tips and be off on my merry way.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 05, 2013, 10:46:19 pm
I've played Arcoscephale, Caelum and the the naga forgot the race all EA. My main problem is that I don't expand/to passive so I get steamrolled by the AI and I have no idea what to build when it comes to a Gods I just kinda throw stuff together.

If I were you, I'd play as Machaka. Sure, they suck in my opinion. But they get the "Collossal Fetish" Pretender chassis. I'd call it Wilford Brimley and make Diabetes jokes.
huh I just messed around with them they are pretty cool. I can play any race I would think. I'm just not of fan of Blood Magic, Nature/Water/Astral are my favorite of the magic paths   
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Mrhappyface on May 06, 2013, 09:10:13 pm
Mind if I'm Ulm?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: ThtblovesDF on May 07, 2013, 02:32:10 am
I'm out, 4 games (or 2+) would be a bit to much for me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 07, 2013, 05:54:39 am
Mind if I'm Ulm?

Sounds good to me

I'm out, 4 games (or 2+) would be a bit to much for me.

Sorry to lose you
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 07, 2013, 03:07:36 pm
I'm out, 4 games (or 2+) would be a bit to much for me.

Round 11 will probably be over soon.  Not so sure about round 10.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 07, 2013, 06:49:54 pm
Would anyone mind if I swapped starting positions with Arco?

Pythiums Start area is BAD.

Actually, maybe i should change everyone's starting position. Some are weird. (Ashdod and Agartha are really odd)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 07, 2013, 07:14:10 pm
I wouldn't mind.  Not sure where Ermor starts.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 07, 2013, 07:20:28 pm
I wouldn't mind.  Not sure where Ermor starts.

A pretty nice location actually.
I'd leave you, Ulm, Ryleh, and Tien'Chi alone.

Agartha and I have really bad ones though.

I'm stuck in the middle of a wasteland with no income producing nations and Agartha is on the dimension labled "Terra", which is all caves so he'd have next to no income either.

Before I do anything, I'll wait till we get more players so I know where I can put people.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 07, 2013, 10:11:39 pm
I'm fine with my starting position, begone. You imply that i have troops worth buying, and it wounds me deeply.

Stop telling everyone where my starting position is, too. I can already imagine Palazzo scheduling Rain of Toads spam, 24/7 for the next 95 million turns on me. Fucking toads.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 08, 2013, 04:02:54 am
Oh yes. I'm going to beeline a crabton of my craptroops to your capital first thing in the morning.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 05:55:43 am
I'm just trying to make sure everyone starts on an equal footing. But if you don't care, I can leave things as is.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 06:04:28 am
You could move Ulm to greener pastures, away from these frozen wastelands!

Also Il Palazzo. His place is on the vulcanic plane of despair and doom. Where not even a small pond exists, for him to pond.. er... in..
God dammit.

Agartha's position is indeed bad, but only if THAT one race is playing. You know the one.. Insta-aoe-destruction of all your statues, forever. Every round of every battle. Spammable commanders that knock Agartha out of the game by turn 10. Yeah, that one. They start next to each other, and that makes you wonder.
Seeing how anyone - with IQ exceeding that of a rock - can instagib that specific nation A (moi), with that specific nation B (fucking Caelum), will make me change realms should it be chosen.

Aside from that, i find my lack of income acceptable, and challenging in the most welcome of ways. It will also prevent me from ever buying those pieces of monkey crap, that i call national troops, and just forget about money altogether. The only healthy, sanity-preserving way to play MA-Ag.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 08, 2013, 06:22:49 am
Agartha's position is indeed bad, but only if THAT one race is playing. You know the one.. Insta-aoe-destruction of all your statues, forever. Every round of every battle. Spammable commanders that knock Agartha out of the game by turn 10. Yeah, that one. They start next to each other, and that makes you wonder.
Seeing how anyone - with IQ exceeding that of a rock - can instagib that specific nation A (moi), with that specific nation B (fucking Caelum), will make me change realms should it be chosen.
Stworca, either you've never heard of round 5, or you're calling Lorak an idiot. And I do remember him as one of the most resourceful players I have fought.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 06:24:15 am
Stworca, either you've never heard of round 5, or you're calling Lorak an idiot. And I do remember him as one of the most resourceful players I have fought.

What kind of Dominions player only sees two possible options?
Tsk. Tsk.

Neither Lorak nor his enemy knew exactly where the other one's capital is since turn 0.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 06:28:37 am
Yeah, sorry about that.

I'm going to re assign everyones start position now...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 06:29:22 am
By one square in either direction is actually pretty fine, I'd say. Just don't assign anyone in a corner with one bordering province  :)

Keep in mind, that the map starting positions were designed for those specific nations. Your bloody wasteland will actually help you more as Pyth, than farmlands.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 06:33:37 am
By one square in either direction is actually pretty fine, I'd say. Just don't assign anyone in a corner with one bordering province  :)

Keep in mind, that the map starting positions were designed for those specific nations. Your bloody wasteland will actually help you more as Pyth, than farmlands.

HOW?!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 06:35:09 am
..Think about it for a second, sunny Jim.

I'm staying in my caves!

Edit : Ok, a hint.
Waste: (site freq) + 20

I've had a go with a few nations on that map, and it's looking really nice for most of them. Them crabs, lobsters and fish have it tough, but Palazzo plays them, so we don't care.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 06:40:26 am
..Think about it for a second, sunny Jim.

I'm staying in my caves!

Edit : Ok, a hint.
Waste: (site freq) + 20

I've had a go with a few nations on that map, and it's looking really nice for most of them. Them crabs, lobsters and fish have it tough, but Palazzo plays them, so we don't care.

I still don't get it. I still need some actual income, or I won't be able to do anything.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 08:14:59 am
Provinces with city icons in them are large, thus gaining bonuses. There is an explanation in the left, upper corner.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 08:24:43 am
Provinces with city icons in them are large, thus gaining bonuses. There is an explanation in the left, upper corner.

I know. But the cities near me, while having 30k population, generate about 50 gold per turn
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 08:39:03 am
I know. But the cities near me, while having 30k population, generate about 50 gold per turn

A picture, perhaps? I cannot reproduce results even remotely close to similar.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 09:46:22 am
I know. But the cities near me, while having 30k population, generate about 50 gold per turn

A picture, perhaps? I cannot reproduce results even remotely close to similar.

What are you getting?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 09:52:47 am
4k pop, 40 income on the closest wasteland, then it differs in pop to around 12k at times, but with plains-like income. Seems normal to me.

You SURE you didn't have turmoil 3 sloth 3 death 3 AND 90 unrest? For a 30k to generate 50 income, there is no other way. Wasteland or not.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 09:59:20 am
4k pop, 40 income on the closest wasteland, then it differs in pop to around 12k at times, but with plains-like income. Seems normal to me.

You SURE you didn't have turmoil 3 sloth 3 death 3 AND 90 unrest? For a 30k to generate 50 income, there is no other way. Wasteland or not.

I had order 3, Prod 3, growth 1
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 08, 2013, 10:01:06 am
I had order 3, Prod 3, growth 1

Please excuse me the expression, but no fucking way is that possible to be correct. You had unrest / you had some other mods enabled / aliens invaded the map, and messed everything up.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 08, 2013, 10:02:19 am
I had order 3, Prod 3, growth 1

Please excuse me the expression, but no fucking way is that possible to be correct. You had unrest / you had some other mods enabled / aliens invaded the map, and messed everything up.

I'll check things when I get home. But yeah, it strikes me as really weird too.

would additional nations modded to the game cause this?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Mrhappyface on May 09, 2013, 04:01:53 pm
Are we ready to start yet? I'm going to send in my pretender soon. Just need the official game's name.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 09, 2013, 04:10:08 pm
Are we ready to start yet? I'm going to send in my pretender soon. Just need the official game's name.

No. we still need more players. unless everyone else wants to start?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 09, 2013, 04:11:38 pm
I was sure we were waiting till 23rd for Alkhemia?

That's.. 2 weeks. Rough, but we'll get more chaff by then, no doubt.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 09, 2013, 08:35:48 pm
I was sure we were waiting till 23rd for Alkhemia?

That's.. 2 weeks. Rough, but we'll get more chaff by then, no doubt.
you can go if you want I can jump in the next one or something it 2 weeks so no need to wait for me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on May 09, 2013, 08:45:21 pm
   The problem is that there probably won't be a next one for a while. There are 3 games either just begun or getting close to beginning right now. Also more people = better and there are few enough in this game that waiting a couple weeks is fine in my book.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 09, 2013, 08:56:31 pm
I don't mind waiting either.  If I'm lucky one of the rounds I'm currently playing might even end before this one begins.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 10, 2013, 05:55:14 am
If some of you people want to spar a bit, before starting the actual round, i'm all for it. Testing builds against AI is monkey crap.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 11, 2013, 08:23:07 am
I figured out why I was making so little money. It's because the pop was only 3K AND the provinces were wastelands.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 11, 2013, 08:24:42 am
Believe it or not, wasteland has more or less the same income as plains.
Unless i'm horribly mistaken here, Waste only messes supplies and resources up.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 11, 2013, 08:41:57 am
Believe it or not, wasteland has more or less the same income as plains.
Unless i'm horribly mistaken here, Waste only messes supplies and resources up.

No, it says on the wasteland icon ""Very Low Income and Resources"
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 11, 2013, 08:46:00 am
Yeah, horrible income and resources with low populations.  The bonus would be a higher chance of finding magic sites there.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 11, 2013, 08:54:05 am
Yes, the tooltip says that, but i don't see a difference in income.

Edit : I think it's because the Waste provinces on this map, are all large. Thusly they nullify the penalty from wastes..?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 11, 2013, 09:11:22 am
The "low/high income" marker translates directly into provincial population level.
1/100th of the population produces 1gp, so wastes will have lower income by the virtue of low population.
Typical wasteland province has got ~2k pop, hence ~20gp income. Those on Letus with "cities" tend to have twice the typical amount of population.

Resource calculations seem to be completely different. Mountain/forest/fertile appear to be standard percentile multipliers(x2, x1.5., x0.5, maybe?), but there is also some non-linear relationship with the population levels.
I think all provinces can have 20-40 resources, modified by marker multipliers, and lowered if the pop is less than 2k.

These are the results of 15 minute impromtu testing on Glory of the Gods and Letus, so feel free to contradict my findings with your own.

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Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on May 14, 2013, 02:10:45 am
If you guys need someone else, I would be up for playing and probably dying horribly. But this would be my first time doing MP or even ME.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 14, 2013, 03:52:19 am
Ashdod will make your first time easier (it's a strong nation), so i recommend taking that.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on May 14, 2013, 04:17:11 am
Doing some research now, I may take up your suggestion. I was originally thinking of playing Mictlan as I usually play them in EA and LA, even though the lack of Blood in MA seems to turn them into even more of a glass cannon. Besides, playing something new might be a good idea. I'll make my final decision in a few hours when I get home.
-J-

Edit: Ok I'll give Ashdod a swing, see how things go. I pulled the map from the link provided, but I have a question. Are we using the one originally linked or the updated one from This Post (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showpost.php?p=615198&postcount=30) of the same thread?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 14, 2013, 08:26:14 pm
I'll be tweaking the start locations myself. So no worries there.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Margrave on May 15, 2013, 05:47:56 pm
I'd like to try this out if you're still looking for players. Although I have little Dominions experience and no multiplayer experience I finally got tired of fighting the AI. Rare was the day that I actually won against them but still it'd be cool to what all the hubbub is about.

If possible I'd like to join as Marignon, they're the only nation I've ever really played well but I'm open to any suggestions.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 15, 2013, 06:52:43 pm
I'd like to try this out if you're still looking for players. Although I have little Dominions experience and no multiplayer experience I finally got tired of fighting the AI. Rare was the day that I actually won against them but still it'd be cool to what all the hubbub is about.

If possible I'd like to join as Marignon, they're the only nation I've ever really played well but I'm open to any suggestions.

We're glad to have you.

You might want to check up on the other nations. You might find an amusing nation to play.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Mrhappyface on May 16, 2013, 07:03:19 pm
Witch Hunter Communions are your best friend for Marignon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Margrave on May 17, 2013, 03:15:42 pm
Witch Hunter Communions are your best friend for Marignon.

At first I interpreted this as Witch Hunters engaged in religious rites on a sunday, then I remembered the actual spell. Either way I'm going to stick with Marignon, I looked through the other options and the only one I might have taken instead was Midgard but I've only played as them once.

So I'm choosing Marignon, is there any specific date set for getting Pretenders in? I'm all set for the first ten turns anytime after this weekend.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 17, 2013, 03:53:06 pm
I'll take any race btw surprise me  :P
Not too long tell I have the game thanks for waiting so long.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on May 17, 2013, 04:43:27 pm
I will say that the Dominions 3 strategy isn't dried up. There are several races that have BARELY been touches as far as the dominions 3 community, admittingly mostly because they already written them a check saying they suck.

I'd join but Dominion's 3 is WAAAY to expensive, but keep me informed of any really good sale.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Karlito on May 17, 2013, 04:47:13 pm
I think most underrated nations (say MA Ulm) deserve the reputation they have.

I'm not sure if you know, but Dominions 3 is now only $30 on Desura (http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-3-the-awakening/), rather than the $55 it was under Shrapnel.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 17, 2013, 09:04:40 pm
I think most underrated nations (say MA Ulm) deserve the reputation they have.

I'm not sure if you know, but Dominions 3 is now only $30 on Desura (http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-3-the-awakening/), rather than the $55 it was under Shrapnel.
That where I'm going to grab it at.
 I just wish it would get on steam already.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123485567
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 18, 2013, 05:50:50 am
Unfortunately i have to withdraw from the round. Due to some unexpected health-related expenses i have to take an extra work for the next few months, meaning that i will have little time for 24, or even 48h rounds. It sucks donkey balls, for i really like that map.

I do recommend that someone picks up Agartha, though. Their starting position is strong, with lots of magical sites in the caves all around them, allowing you to spam summons early, and with a rainbow : open up EVERY strategy.

Ulm starts close, you'll probably fight at the islands around Terra. Rust, and all other anti-armor thingies mess Ulm up. You can also exploit the 0enc statues, against Ulms 9000 enc troops. There is a dozen other things you can go for, early Naiad's opening stuff up? Rush Memory of Ancients 31 RP? Win the race for Artifacts?
With the gems, and easy defense - along with +50 patrol summons - you (whoever you are) have a good shot at winning this round.

Anyway, good luck to all of ye.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on May 18, 2013, 07:48:08 am
Eeew... Good luck man, hopefully everything goes well for you.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 18, 2013, 12:46:37 pm
Sorry to lose you Stworca.


Alkhemia, I put you down as Shinuyuma.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 18, 2013, 04:49:33 pm
Palazzo is not amused by Stworca giving up before the fight even started.
Nie ładnie Tadeuszu...

Since the only reason I chose Atlantis was to prove the superiority of free-range frutti di mare over mass-produced sculptures, I hereby ask our gracious host to change my nation to Machaka.
Them niggardly(what?) voodoo arachnophiles, dawg.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 18, 2013, 06:40:17 pm
Palazzo is not amused by Stworca giving up before the fight even started.
Nie ładnie Tadeuszu...

Since the only reason I chose Atlantis was to prove the superiority of free-range frutti di mare over mass-produced sculptures, I hereby ask our gracious host to change my nation to Machaka.
Them niggardly(what?) voodoo arachnophiles, dawg.

I will swap you over. HOWEVER. If you take the Colossal Fetish as your pretender, I hereby demand that it be named Wilford Brimley.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 19, 2013, 01:05:58 am
Sorry to lose you Stworca.


Alkhemia, I put you down as Shinuyuma.
Oh a race I actually know about and japanese mythology is pretty interesting should be fun.
edit:oh it has a lot of stuff on the strategywiki this will make it a lot easier to get a pretender nice.
Edit 2:Huh the map won't unzip for me just says it broken i'll dl again and try it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 19, 2013, 12:56:47 pm
Anyhow, we just need one more player. Then I'll swap around the starting positions to something more reasonable and upload the file for you all.

I'm hoping that the next person who joins takes one of these:

Agartha
Bandar Log
C'tis
Man
Caelum


Edit: oh, I am willing to swap nations if someone else wants to play Pythium (Even though i love it :D)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 19, 2013, 01:00:57 pm
Get Agartha, mog, you'll love it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 19, 2013, 01:02:01 pm
Get Agartha, mog, you'll love it.

I've played MA Agartha before. It's fun, but I like Pythium more.

That said... If someone wants Pythium, I will take Agartha
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on May 19, 2013, 01:04:52 pm
You're looking at an average Earth income of 30 when you take all Terra. Based on 5 games.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 19, 2013, 01:06:15 pm
You're looking at an average Earth income of 30 when you take all Terra. Based on 5 games.


Except that I'm changing start positions so that no one starts on an elemental plane.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 22, 2013, 06:31:58 pm
I'll be putting the check in the bank tomorrow so I'll have the game then.
Got it
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 25, 2013, 06:43:52 pm
So, shall we wait for one more person to start? or do you want to begin now?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 25, 2013, 06:45:11 pm
So, shall we wait for one more person to start? or do you want to begin now?
Up to you I'm ready to fail horribly anytime also how does this lama server thing work?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 25, 2013, 06:49:04 pm
So, shall we wait for one more person to start? or do you want to begin now?
Up to you I'm ready to fail horribly anytime also how does this lama server thing work?

Stolen shamelessly from Akhier:

First of all, you need to download the map and the mod(links will be provided after we decide on which one to use), and put the files into the map and mod folders of your dom3 installation respectively.
Then go to the options menu and enable the mod.
Next use the pretender creation tool in the game tools menu to create a pretender and send the file(to be found in your /dominions3/savedgames/newlords; named <your_nation_era_number.2h>, where number is most likely "0" if it's the only pretender you've created so far for this nation.) to "pretenders [at ] llamaserver [dot ] net" with the game name as the subject.
Game name will most likely be "Bay12GamesRound11".

You'll be recieiving .trn files from llama server, which you shoud put into a {dom3dir}/savedgames/{whatevernameyouwant}/
After finishing your moves, a new .2h file will appear in that folder, which you should send to the same address from which you've recieved your .trn file.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on May 25, 2013, 06:56:56 pm
   And of note the game name will most likely be with a 14 but otherwise as he said I said which I also stole from another who borrowed from still yet another.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on May 25, 2013, 06:58:28 pm
One day I'll steal it from somebody and complete the circle.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 25, 2013, 06:59:21 pm
So, shall we wait for one more person to start? or do you want to begin now?
Up to you I'm ready to fail horribly anytime also how does this lama server thing work?

Stolen shamelessly from Akhier:

First of all, you need to download the map and the mod(links will be provided after we decide on which one to use), and put the files into the map and mod folders of your dom3 installation respectively.
Then go to the options menu and enable the mod.
Next use the pretender creation tool in the game tools menu to create a pretender and send the file(to be found in your /dominions3/savedgames/newlords; named <your_nation_era_number.2h>, where number is most likely "0" if it's the only pretender you've created so far for this nation.) to "pretenders [at ] llamaserver [dot ] net" with the game name as the subject.
Game name will most likely be "Bay12GamesRound11".

You'll be recieiving .trn files from llama server, which you shoud put into a {dom3dir}/savedgames/{whatevernameyouwant}/
After finishing your moves, a new .2h file will appear in that folder, which you should send to the same address from which you've recieved your .trn file.

oh so it play by email sorta thing
I have 2 pretenders all set up I just have to figure out what one I want to use then it off to fail horribly
hmm this will be my first RTS/4X game I've played online.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 25, 2013, 07:15:43 pm
Yep it's play by email.  The game hosts after everyone sends in their turns to llamaserver or if times runs out.

I'd offer advice for your pretender except I never play that nation :P.

I guess some general advice couldn't hurt.

Try out all your pretender setups and see which ones give you a decent early good game expansion (about one province a turn).  You can use supercombatant pretenders which lose their worth late game or maybe you have a certain national troop or commander that would do well for expansion.  If your early expansion requires use of recruited units are they expensive or resource intensive?  Do your scales compensate for that?  If you have good troops you probably won't need a SC pretender but appropriate scales are more important and you might want to go with a bless, rainbow or late game caster pretender.

Pick from the pretender choices that have the best early expansion and see which one would work well with your vaguely defined late game strategy.  Common examples of late game strategies include use of global enchantments, lots of troops backed by mages casting battle spells, summoned troops, thugs and supercombatants.  Think about what your mages are capable of casting.  Are they capable of summoning good units?  Can they cast good evocation or battle buffs?  Will your mages need boosters?  Are they capable of forging those boosters or will your pretender need to forge them?  Can your pretender cast big late game spells like globals?

Just some stuff to think about.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 25, 2013, 07:36:56 pm
Yeah i'm mostly getting my info from here http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Dominions_3:_The_Awakening/Nations/Shinuyama a person went and fill it out a lot so will be useful.
If he has not change my starting place I start on a island that about 10 area big + I can grab the water area around it with Kappas I just have to look out for evil priest since most of my units are demons
Shinuyama starting army is crap though I can't take an area on the first turn.

random question do you guy like to take a area on the first turn or do you wait for Intel to tell you what in the providence first?   
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on May 25, 2013, 07:47:26 pm
   It depends on what you plan to take it with. Your generic troops you get I would say no because it would set you back quite a bit if you lose them. Of course if you have a SC Pretender build then that is basically meant for taking a province first turn. Though since you have to ask the general rule of thumb is no.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 25, 2013, 08:05:49 pm
I'll set things up tommorrow then. Get pretenders ready
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 25, 2013, 08:17:49 pm
Then the pain and agony will begin  :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 25, 2013, 08:25:41 pm
I like to wait a turn before attacking.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on May 26, 2013, 03:53:40 am
Not at home, but I'll make one and get it sent off today.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 26, 2013, 12:28:21 pm
I have mine all made do I just send it now? nvm it not up yet
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 26, 2013, 01:55:28 pm
Ugh... some stuff happened today. I'll have to set it up later. Sorry guys.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 26, 2013, 02:02:04 pm
Ugh... some stuff happened today. I'll have to set it up later. Sorry guys.
it all good
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 27, 2013, 04:24:15 pm
Question:

If I change the starting positions on the map, do all of you need a copy of that file for the changes to take effect?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 27, 2013, 05:24:10 pm
I think we all need the new file.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 27, 2013, 05:43:46 pm
crap... I'll have to upload it somewhere once I've finished the new positions
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on May 27, 2013, 06:20:22 pm
No rush.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 27, 2013, 07:07:23 pm
No rush.
The games going to take months to finish so not like a few days matter much.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Karlito on May 27, 2013, 08:12:35 pm
If I change the starting positions on the map, do all of you need a copy of that file for the changes to take effect?

Nope. The players only need the image file.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 28, 2013, 01:01:05 am
I should be scared Il Palazzo right he seems to kick a lot of *** if i go by the other rounds
Well tbh I should be afraid of everyone probably going to play hyper defensively and just try to last as long as I can.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 29, 2013, 05:03:59 pm
Okay, sorry about the delays. Things at work got real busy, but I promise you that I will have the game up and ready by Friday.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on May 29, 2013, 11:14:46 pm
No problem man. Just let us know when, I'm pretty much ready on my side.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 29, 2013, 11:23:32 pm
No problem man. Just let us know when, I'm pretty much ready on my side.
-J-
same
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on May 31, 2013, 04:44:08 pm
Game is up. Submit your pretenders!

Game is called: Bay12Round14
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on May 31, 2013, 05:47:39 pm
Game is up. Submit your pretenders!

Game is called: Bay12Round14
Sent
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Margrave on June 01, 2013, 10:32:54 am
Glad to see we're starting this.

Is it still possible to submit a different pretender design at this stage? And if so, any good tips?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 01, 2013, 03:17:19 pm
You may resubmit your pretender as many times as you like, as long as the game is not yet started.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on June 01, 2013, 04:08:16 pm
Just submitted mine, so barring any unforeseen circumstances...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 04, 2013, 02:45:47 pm
Pretender sent.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 05, 2013, 03:48:04 am
so Moghopper and Mrhappyface are the only ones left to send in there pretender
Quote
Nations joined so far:
Shinuyama
Marignon
T'ien Ch'i
R'lyeh
Machaka
Ermor
Ashdod
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: CruelT on June 05, 2013, 04:52:46 am
Hi. I am a newby in dominions. Is there a slot in the game? I'm ready to start even today.

P.S Sorry for my english, i am form Russia :)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on June 06, 2013, 12:56:49 pm
Hi. I am a newby in dominions. Is there a slot in the game? I'm ready to start even today.

P.S Sorry for my english, i am form Russia :)

You can have my slot if you wish. Recent events have left me unable to play....
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 06, 2013, 05:14:58 pm
Hi. I am a newby in dominions. Is there a slot in the game? I'm ready to start even today.

P.S Sorry for my english, i am form Russia :)

You can have my slot if you wish. Recent events have left me unable to play....
uhh you are the admin for the game right?
Can you give admin power to someone else if you can't play?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on June 06, 2013, 07:52:54 pm
Hi. I am a newby in dominions. Is there a slot in the game? I'm ready to start even today.

P.S Sorry for my english, i am form Russia :)

You can have my slot if you wish. Recent events have left me unable to play....
uhh you are the admin for the game right?
Can you give admin power to someone else if you can't play?

While I can't play, I can still Admin
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 06, 2013, 08:31:30 pm
Hi. I am a newby in dominions. Is there a slot in the game? I'm ready to start even today.

P.S Sorry for my english, i am form Russia :)

You can have my slot if you wish. Recent events have left me unable to play....
uhh you are the admin for the game right?
Can you give admin power to someone else if you can't play?

While I can't play, I can still Admin
oh good good
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 07, 2013, 10:24:31 pm
So how full is this game? BURSTING LIKE MAD!?!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 07, 2013, 10:55:43 pm
We have 7 people sent in so far 2 have not sent yet and I guess mog the admin can't play
Mrhappyface is also mia
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 07, 2013, 11:02:21 pm
We have 7 people sent in so far 2 have not sent yet and I guess mog the admin can't play
Mrhappyface is also mia

I never played this game before, so if there is a need for a slot to be filled...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on June 08, 2013, 11:32:57 am
We have 7 people sent in so far 2 have not sent yet and I guess mog the admin can't play
Mrhappyface is also mia

I never played this game before, so if there is a need for a slot to be filled...

You can take my spot, though you will need to play as Pythium
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 08, 2013, 02:49:35 pm
I'm sending my Pretender.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 09, 2013, 05:13:26 pm
We have 7 people sent in so far 2 have not sent yet and I guess mog the admin can't play
Mrhappyface is also mia

I never played this game before, so if there is a need for a slot to be filled...

You can take my spot, though you will need to play as Pythium

I don't even know what you are referring to, to be honest.

Edit: I actually had to read the instruction manual to find out what people are referring to. Odd that a game that is still going is looking for players.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 10, 2013, 01:26:11 pm
The game hasn't started yet. Round 14 refers to how many separate games have been run on B12.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 10, 2013, 02:35:16 pm
The game hasn't started yet. Round 14 refers to how many separate games have been run on B12.
-J-

Ohh I thought it was "Previous rounds".

So what slots are open or is it only people who bow out open slots?

Edit: Dear goodness, No one is helping me.

Anyhow I found out there are TONS of slots open in this game given there are 9 announced players and a big bunch of playable factions.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Margrave on June 11, 2013, 10:37:34 am
I think currently only moghopper has dropped and Pythium only available to play in our game.

What generally happens is a call is put out and before the admin sends out the game map you can choose from a dizzying array of different factions and pretender gods. However for round 14 moghopper already sent us all the map and we're at the "Choose your Pretender" stage after everyone has chosen a civilization.

So if you'd like to join Neonivek then you can take over as Pythium and choose your own Pretender God, which from what I've heard is an absurdly powerful middle age civ. If you want to choose a different faction then you might have to wait for a Round 15.

Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 11, 2013, 02:36:39 pm
Thank you so much Margrave, I was completely lost.

I am concerned if Moghopper is dropping because of me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 11, 2013, 02:55:26 pm
Thank you so much Margrave, I was completely lost.

I am concerned if Moghopper is dropping because of me.
No he has some rl stuff stopping him from playing or something he was out even before you wanted in.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 11, 2013, 03:09:10 pm
Ok I sent. I am using a blind strategy so I wonder how this will go.

Badly most likely, but lets have some fun.

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So what do I do now? Wait?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 11, 2013, 06:48:29 pm
Well there are 9 nation of 9 in so we probably just need someone with admin powers to start it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on June 11, 2013, 06:52:55 pm
Yay!  Hopefully Moghopper will be able to do that soon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 11, 2013, 09:55:24 pm
Well he hasn't even announced me as a the king of everything yet either.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on June 11, 2013, 10:30:17 pm
Haha, I guess mog's got a long to do list.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on June 12, 2013, 10:18:59 am
So admittedly, I just checked to see if the map works and it keeps crashing and saying "bad neighbor".  Any tips?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 12, 2013, 10:38:30 am
Moghopper was kind enough to relinquish his admin duties in favour of yours truly.
The game has been started, see if it works and report any unusual behaviour. Hopefully gman's problem will not persist in the actual game. Should it defy our combined will, though, we'll think of something else, restarting with unmodded map not excluding.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 10:50:11 am
Nice we are finally starting this should be good
Huh my start point was moved one square well w/e.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: gman8181 on June 12, 2013, 11:15:57 am
Ah got it.  Just in case anyone else has the same problem:

When you download the second file, rename it so that both files have the same name except for ".part2.rar" on the second file.
You basically just have to change a number on the second file in the name so that it matches with the first.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: moghopper on June 12, 2013, 11:48:10 am
sorry about ditching the match. Things have gotten really busy at work.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 12:10:17 pm
sorry about ditching the match. Things have gotten really busy at work.
eh it fine not like it your fault.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Kebooo on June 12, 2013, 12:23:24 pm
I feel kind of dense...where exactly is part 2? I followed the map/mod browser link to Latus (large) download link and I only saw a part 1 there.

Nevermind...the Wiki lead to the thread, where part 2 was in a separate reply.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 12:28:54 pm
Oh you guys did not have the map yet I see I was wondering what you guy were talking about.
It a pretty sexy map tbh.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Stworca on June 12, 2013, 01:16:04 pm
It is, but switching the spawn points will make the game unbalanced. They were set in stone for a very specific reason.

Just sayin'
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 12, 2013, 02:18:36 pm
It a pretty sexy map tbh.

It is ruined by the fact that the author put his name on it mind you. Nothing breaks immersion better.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 02:40:10 pm
It a pretty sexy map tbh.

It is ruined by the fact that the author put his name on it mind you. Nothing breaks immersion better.
Yeah that the only thing bad about it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 12, 2013, 02:41:19 pm
It a pretty sexy map tbh.

It is ruined by the fact that the author put his name on it mind you. Nothing breaks immersion better.
Yeah that the only thing bad about it.

The other thing bad about it is that sometimes the boarders on a location is insane. Suffice it to say the boarders you see in the game are not the actual boarders of a location.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 02:47:34 pm
Huh I've not look at all of the area yet only in my little island that I start on and the fancy planes.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 12, 2013, 02:49:10 pm
Huh I've not look at all of the area yet only in my little island that I start on and the fancy planes.

It gets crazy in some areas.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 12, 2013, 02:51:19 pm
I know the number spot are gate things that take you to the planes and the boats/fleets take you pretty far.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Neonivek on June 12, 2013, 04:55:20 pm
By the way the Opening post is a lie

I am Pythium now.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! Looking for Players
Post by: Alkhemia on June 13, 2013, 03:43:35 pm
Might also want to change the title to (Game in Progress) or something since we are not looking for more players.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 13, 2013, 11:13:44 pm
I should have this loaded up and running sometime around 9 hours from now. Just got to work and it looks like the game started while I was asleep.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 14, 2013, 11:01:08 am
Ashod stalled and I think we should rollback since its so early.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 14, 2013, 11:04:47 am
I'd advise against it. Rollbacks are always a hassle, and missing one turn is not going to change much this early.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 14, 2013, 11:10:32 am
Figures I end up with a busy morning and couldn't actually load up the game until right now. Oh well, time to get the next turn up at least.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 14, 2013, 11:14:04 am
Well since he is okay with it I restract my statement
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 14, 2013, 11:14:25 am
I've set the hosting interval to 30h. Let me know if anybody finds it unmanageable.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 14, 2013, 11:26:58 am
30h is fine for me turn sent  :D
All them prophet messages lol 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 14, 2013, 11:29:43 am
Ok, turn 2 should be sent. Let me know if there are any problems.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 14, 2013, 02:25:47 pm
Oh jeez, a nation of giants...led by Rance. :o 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 14, 2013, 03:00:48 pm
Turn 3 sent
I was able to take a place on my 2nd turn nice and I got a random event that put my capital defences to 45  8)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 16, 2013, 06:16:41 am
Man, playing Machaka without a single forest province in sight. I suppose the God Forest is a slightly exaggrated name for a patch of lawn or something.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 16, 2013, 07:14:27 am
Man, playing Machaka without a single forest province in sight. I suppose the God Forest is a slightly exaggrated name for a patch of lawn or something.
That does not sound good will you be ok?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 16, 2013, 08:18:51 am
Nah, I'm fine. It's just a weird choice for a starting position.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: sum1won on June 16, 2013, 06:26:23 pm
Oh man oh man.  I got the llamaserver call due to having played some 5 years ago, went on it, and was thrilled to discover that there were games originating from Bay12.  I look forwards to the next time a game is hosted from here.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 16, 2013, 09:33:27 pm
   Yeah, you just have to keep watch on the current game threads and you will hear about the next round quickly that way. You might have to wait a little while for a new game to start up though you might be able to sub in one of the current round if thats your thing. Though the Palazzoian Juggernaut seems like he might be able to end round 13 relatively quickly and if that ends or at least if I die there I will probably host another game. I don't know the age though probably not MA as round 14 is that though it will depend on what the people want as I don't care either way as I will probably end up playing Tien Chi again as its basically my thing at this point.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 16, 2013, 09:55:36 pm
   Yeah, you just have to keep watch on the current game threads and you will hear about the next round quickly that way. You might have to wait a little while for a new game to start up though you might be able to sub in one of the current round if thats your thing. Though the Palazzoian Juggernaut seems like he might be able to end round 13 relatively quickly and if that ends or at least if I die there I will probably host another game. I don't know the age though probably not MA as round 14 is that though it will depend on what the people want as I don't care either way as I will probably end up playing Tien Chi again as its basically my thing at this point.
Huh could be fun to jump in a round 15 I'll mostly like jump in if you host.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 16, 2013, 10:09:51 pm
But yeah I am in 3 games right now so I will probably wait till I lose in one of them.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 17, 2013, 02:26:58 pm
Is Margrave in this game? I notice that he hits the end of all the deadlines.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on June 17, 2013, 05:35:55 pm
I'm here, I'm here. I just have a rough work schedule. Turns in.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 17, 2013, 09:02:20 pm
Huh, my capitol is apparently only one province away from another capitol.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 17, 2013, 09:05:16 pm
Huh, my capitol is apparently only one province away from another capitol.

Yeah the map can be very weird in terms of where you can start off.

Some factions can end up in extremely remote areas (a few start off in the planes).

Because of the nature of this map, it is everyone's job to destroy Ermor if this is a late age map. They spin out of control rather quickly if left undisturbed.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 18, 2013, 05:18:36 pm
Huh I start out need 2 people good thing there only one way into my Island besides the planes and water ofc going to fortify that spot like crazy then expanded into the planes maybe 

Extra: Marignon and Tien'Chi are nearby at least it not Il Palazzo

edit: we are jump through the turns pretty fast up to 7 already.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 19, 2013, 05:28:59 am
With my current mood, I am not sure how much I can keep this up... hmmm
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 19, 2013, 06:02:58 am
   If your worried about the speed it will probably slow down soon enough. Everyone should be meeting multiple people now and have larger domains to manage.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 19, 2013, 08:39:50 pm
Wow, it looks like I'm without any neighbors.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 20, 2013, 11:31:10 am
Just got an email from llamaserver saying my pretender for middle age machaka was not found... ???
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 20, 2013, 11:45:27 am
Stop it llama. You're drunk.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 20, 2013, 12:51:26 pm
Huh that odd.

We do have one water race right? He must be having the time of his life since completely uncontested sea area.
  How does one fight a sea civ if you don't have water units? I have kappas but that it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 20, 2013, 12:52:32 pm
We have exactly one water race... but they start off the game extremely isolated on this map pretty much no matter what age or race combination there is.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on June 20, 2013, 12:53:27 pm
Yeah, and I have a neighbor already. I also failed in one of my attacks. I've never played water before and don't seem to be so hot with them just yet, and also staled on my 2nd turn, so let's not play up the threat of Kebooo!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 20, 2013, 12:55:13 pm
Yeah, and I have a neighbor already. I also failed in one of my attacks. I've never played water before and don't seem to be so hot with them just yet, and also staled on my 2nd turn, so let's not play up the threat of Kebooo!

Your greatest strength is that no one can touch you for most of the game.

---

Also has anyone wondered why Ghosts or rather... Ethereal units are Poor Amphibians?

I know why undead are, they can technically survive underwater but are not equipped for aquatic movement. Yet Ghosts would be entirely unaffected by the under water environment and could move through water like it was open air.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 20, 2013, 01:00:36 pm
Yeah the person I'm most afraid is Il Palazzo because he himself and Akhier because he close.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on June 20, 2013, 01:12:55 pm
   With the underwater nations biggest advantage isn't that no one can touch you. Its not that hard to poke at them if you have water mages and research construction or if you find any of the good sites that let you hire amphibious troops. One site lets you hire a W1 kappa which is nice and my favorite is shamblers because they only take 1 resource and are beefy troops. Build a fortress in the province with shamblers and if you have the income you can pump out shamblers which can take water provinces quite easily. The problem isn't getting under the water but holding it. Not being able to buy PD or build underwater castle things is what makes it so you don't want to go under there if you can't. Without those things you basically need to either keep a standing force everywhere to keep it or you will be having provinces sniped all the time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 20, 2013, 01:23:47 pm
Ermor late age can attack sea provinces but the undead are TERRIBLE under water...

But say that to a group of hundreds or even thousands...

Also dang Hydras are powerful... If there was a way to tell your units not to be stupid they would be amazing!

Well sort of, their weakness is clear... They are just easily picked off.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 20, 2013, 08:29:52 pm
There certainly are perks to playing Ulm.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 20, 2013, 08:47:49 pm
The best part is that I only know a little about Ermor (Zombie swarm of death) Rl'yeh (HP Lovecraft be Damned) the rest besides what I'm playing as I have no idea what they do, but w/e I'll find out when they come to beat me up if Marignon/Tien'Chi don't do it first
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 20, 2013, 08:56:28 pm
The best part is that I only know a little about Ermor (Zombie swarm of death) Rl'yeh (HP Lovecraft be Damned) the rest besides what I'm playing as I have no idea what they do, but w/e I'll find out when they come to beat me up if Marignon/Tien'Chi don't do it first

Ermor though is an entirely different beast depending on when you play them.

Early Age Ermor and Late Age Ermor might as well be entirely different nations.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 20, 2013, 09:53:38 pm
The best part is that I only know a little about Ermor (Zombie swarm of death) Rl'yeh (HP Lovecraft be Damned) the rest besides what I'm playing as I have no idea what they do, but w/e I'll find out when they come to beat me up if Marignon/Tien'Chi don't do it first

Ermor though is an entirely different beast depending on when you play them.

Early Age Ermor and Late Age Ermor might as well be entirely different nations.
Something about trying to bring back jesus but grab death itself instead and sorta spiraled out of control after.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on June 20, 2013, 11:28:31 pm
Yeah, and I have a neighbor already. I also failed in one of my attacks. I've never played water before and don't seem to be so hot with them just yet, and also staled on my 2nd turn, so let's not play up the threat of Kebooo!
I know that feel man. I've been hemorrhaging my economy trying to rebuild my army.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 20, 2013, 11:33:02 pm
And I'm doing fine building a 2nd army atm to start exploring the planes for great justice.
Also got a random mercenary guy that going to die I think but w/e he just a dirty human anyways.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 21, 2013, 03:41:43 pm
The advantage of the planes is they not only have guaranteed locations but each major area has level 4 areas of their type.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 21, 2013, 04:05:09 pm
I may be really far away from the death realm but that won't stop me from teleporting armies across the map to claim it for myself.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 22, 2013, 10:55:36 am
Might end up needing a 12 hour extension on this.  When I went to log onto my email it asked me for my security question... which I'm pretty sure I never made.  Anyway, after failing to answer the question it said I can't log onto my account for 12 hours even though I know I entered in the initial password correctly.

Edit:  Never mind.  Too late and it's not worth the hassle.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 23, 2013, 12:27:13 am
Sorry if I could I would do something but not much I can do.  :-[
Extra: Huh does the GUI mods and Sprite Replacements/Streamers 'n' Standards work with are game or will it mess stuff up? the gui stuff works but the rest not so much.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 24, 2013, 10:27:00 am
Alright I just made a new gmail account.  How would I go about getting my turns sent there instead of my old email?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 24, 2013, 12:07:03 pm
Alright I just made a new gmail account.  How would I go about getting my turns sent there instead of my old email?
pm me your email address and I'll change it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 25, 2013, 11:39:46 am
Almost forgot to mention but I'm going on a 3 day camping trip starting tomorrow, so I might be needing a turn extension if possible.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 25, 2013, 11:57:01 am
Will do.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 25, 2013, 09:22:50 pm
What the fug, Dragons and tarrasques are sitting on the gate  >:(! Oh well, I'll just take the long way around to the planes. The fleets are about to be claimed too  ;),
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 25, 2013, 11:56:51 pm
Huh I'm just about ready to go to the planes just building up my force since I start right near a spot that goes to the big ass tree plane.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on June 26, 2013, 03:55:38 pm
Huh I'm just about ready to go to the planes just building up my force since I start right near a spot that goes to the big ass tree plane.

Remember that the planes actually mean something. If you go to the "tree plane" you will get a lot of nature gems.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 26, 2013, 04:15:58 pm
Huh I'm just about ready to go to the planes just building up my force since I start right near a spot that goes to the big ass tree plane.

Remember that the planes actually mean something. If you go to the "tree plane" you will get a lot of nature gems.
Oh I need to get to the Air one then to bad it so far away.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on June 28, 2013, 05:12:20 pm
I'm back.  Thanks for delaying the turn for me!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 28, 2013, 06:21:55 pm
So how long do you think a map of this size will play out?
Extra: Oh CMB took out fever fetish I guess
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on June 29, 2013, 10:24:30 pm
The RNG seems to love giving me water gems. Does anyone want some for astral pearls?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on June 30, 2013, 01:14:54 pm
So how long do you think a map of this size will play out?
Extra: Oh CMB took out fever fetish I guess
I'd say we're looking at three months minimum.
Fever Fetish is an artifact in CBM 1.94.
Use this if in doubt:
http://dom3-mod-inspector.googlecode.com/svn/branches/i-s-u/index.html?selectmods=1
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on June 30, 2013, 04:46:43 pm
So how long do you think a map of this size will play out?
Extra: Oh CMB took out fever fetish I guess
I'd say we're looking at three months minimum.
Fever Fetish is an artifact in CBM 1.94.
Use this if in doubt:
http://dom3-mod-inspector.googlecode.com/svn/branches/i-s-u/index.html?selectmods=1
That thing is pretty interesting

On another note forgot to set my little dude to run so he decided to fight a army of a 100 or so poor guy.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 01, 2013, 09:30:41 am
So many scouts dead.  I'm starting to wonder myself if it's worth the time every turn to pump them out and move them all over the place.  I'm mildly curious how scout infested my territory actually is considering I have to jack up my PD to 20-30 all over the place to stop misfortune independent attacks making my territory look like Swiss Cheese.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 01, 2013, 09:07:34 pm
I am a little worried I might end up missing a turn, not because of the fast pace but because I've been having a lot of emotional instability lately and my "Fed up with everything" mode isn't too far behind.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 01, 2013, 10:28:34 pm
I am a little worried I might end up missing a turn, not because of the fast pace but because I've been having a lot of emotional instability lately and my "Fed up with everything" mode isn't too far behind.
Check yourself before you wreck yourself, Kaminsod.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 02, 2013, 07:35:21 am
Machaka = evil spider things I see on the coast? Have I run into Lazarus?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 02, 2013, 07:51:37 am
Hello, Gorakhan. Hiding in a pond, are we?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 02, 2013, 08:24:31 am
I am a little worried I might end up missing a turn, not because of the fast pace but because I've been having a lot of emotional instability lately and my "Fed up with everything" mode isn't too far behind.
Do you want us to postpone the turn for a day or two? I think everybody would be fine with that as long as it helps you recover your will to kick some arse.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 02, 2013, 05:03:33 pm
I am a little worried I might end up missing a turn, not because of the fast pace but because I've been having a lot of emotional instability lately and my "Fed up with everything" mode isn't too far behind.
Do you want us to postpone the turn for a day or two? I think everybody would be fine with that as long as it helps you recover your will to kick some arse.

No it wouldn't help if you postponed it a 100 days.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 03, 2013, 11:11:27 am
I already submitted my turn, but for the next one I'll be unavailable to play it until late Friday night. Not sure what the normal submission time is but I'd prefer not to miss a turn, not with evil spiders roaming around that are probably already at end game status.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 03, 2013, 03:29:11 pm
Can't say that I am. But if I do see him, I'll be sure to attack him on sight. Just got legions of steel and iron will up with my crystal shields. My foot soldiers have insane proc and magic resistance with buffs up.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 03, 2013, 03:41:18 pm
Can't say that I am. But if I do see him, I'll be sure to attack him on sight. Just got legions of steel and iron will up with my crystal shields. My foot soldiers have insane proc and magic resistance with buffs up.
Haha, what? :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 03, 2013, 04:56:48 pm
Can't say that I am. But if I do see him, I'll be sure to attack him on sight. Just got legions of steel and iron will up with my crystal shields. My foot soldiers have insane proc and magic resistance with buffs up.
Do come in. :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 03, 2013, 06:09:50 pm
I'm so happy there is only one way onto my island well besides water.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 03, 2013, 06:41:15 pm
That statement was an accident. Who I attack will be a mysteryyy!! Woooooooooooooo.mystery....

PS: Are you sure you guys don't want water gems? I'm drowning in water gems.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on July 03, 2013, 09:25:36 pm
Sorry, no need for those. I know how you feel, I can barely stay afloat with all these water gems.

But in other news I have an offer for those interested in weapons magical and cumbersome.

That's right, Fate has blessed my humble nation with an item of unsurpassed value, that I am offering to you. Yes, YOU.

What's that buyer? Do I have you your attention? Can't wait to hear anymore? Then ready or not place your bids for the one, the only (currently):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Operators are standing by, the bidding is open, we accept travelers checks, cash orders, magical gems and immortal souls.

Anyone interested?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 03, 2013, 09:28:40 pm
It took a while but now I am in trouble, I wonder how long I can hold on.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 03, 2013, 10:17:04 pm
Speaking about magical items....
Firebrands for sale! Fire brands for 5 astral pearls each! Girdles of Reinvigioration for 3! Get your hot and fresh Fire Brands and Girdles right here!
Hopefully this will clear up any doubts concerning our legitimacy.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 04, 2013, 01:47:37 am
Finally got to the conjuration I needed now I can get the fun stuff hmmm but what to research next.
Ghost Generals are ready
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 05, 2013, 08:35:46 pm
I seem to have gotten a hold of many many death gems. I'm guessing they're a bit more valuable than water? Willing to negotiate, since the only use for these for me are horror helms.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 06, 2013, 08:07:54 pm
Some of you are suddenly richer.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 06, 2013, 11:48:41 pm
Maybe we should all throw money and gems at Il Palazzo so he can kill us faster  :P
I'm pretty sad that everyone has really strong priest :(
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Darkwind3 on July 07, 2013, 02:14:17 pm
Hello! I hope coming into his thread uninvited isn't too bad, is it? I'm looking for a sub for MA Ermor in round 10, and I figured I'd look in the threads for other rounds. Apologies if you've seen this information before, but this is a position I really think ought to be filled - the AI wouldn't do it justice.

Ermor has been staling the few turns (and some players suspect he'd been sending in empty turns before that), and they're in a war, though they haven't been losing too much territory recently. Ermor's advantage, though, is gems. Shitloads of gems. Well over one thousand fucking gems. Ever wanted to experiment with the lategame? The world is your oyster. With Tartarians (easily accessed by MA Ermor) you have access to every path in the game. It would be a crime to let this position go unfulfilled, because the AI can't use gems nearly as effectively as humans. Though I think ay other details pale in comparison to the truckload of gems Ermor has, feel free to PM me if you want more details. Likewise, if you want to sub in, please PM me or post in the Round 10 thread.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 07, 2013, 09:06:43 pm
I'm still selling death gems.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 08, 2013, 02:12:49 am
I'm still selling death gems.
what do you want for them?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 08, 2013, 11:01:52 pm
   New Patch for Dom3 is out and you can get near the bottom of this page (http://www.illwinter.com/dom3/index.html). To do the latest turn you need to update but don't worry it works just fine as my turn submitted to the llama server and was accepted.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 08, 2013, 11:04:35 pm
Did I miss turn 24? They usually warn me when I have 12 hours left... and I don't have a "Accepted turn" email in my pile.

Or did I delete that to make room?

Mind you don't roll back to accomidate me, I lose little with a lost turn.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 08, 2013, 11:08:12 pm
You did stall last turn so I guess you missed it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 08, 2013, 11:17:16 pm
You did stall last turn so I guess you missed it.

Ok, sorry that wasn't intentional if that means anything.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 09, 2013, 02:10:54 am
Hmm I kinda want to do some real combat to see how my stuff does but I also don't really want to attack anyone such a dilemma, It also odd that we have not got an arena match yet.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 09, 2013, 06:10:21 am
Did I miss turn 24?
You can always visit the game page on llamaserver(http://www.llamaserver.net/gameinfo.cgi?game=Bay12Round14) and go to admin options -> show stalling data. You don't need password to do that.

Hmm I kinda want to do some real combat to see how my stuff does but I also don't really want to attack anyone such a dilemma, It also odd that we have not got an arena match yet.
Try attacking an independent province, then use "U" command during battle replay to create units. This is just a simulation, so it does not affect the army losses/afflictions/etc. in any way.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 09, 2013, 07:29:47 am
Did I miss turn 24?
You can always visit the game page on llamaserver(http://www.llamaserver.net/gameinfo.cgi?game=Bay12Round14) and go to admin options -> show stalling data. You don't need password to do that.

Hmm I kinda want to do some real combat to see how my stuff does but I also don't really want to attack anyone such a dilemma, It also odd that we have not got an arena match yet.
Try attacking an independent prov ince, then use "U" command during battle replay to create units. This is just a simulation, so it does not affect the army losses/afflictions/etc. in any way.
oh did not know about that ty
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 09, 2013, 10:16:53 pm
I won't have access to a computer for the next two days, so if it looks like I might miss a turn, that's why.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 10, 2013, 07:37:00 am
Still selling death and air gems. 50 gold a piece.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 10, 2013, 08:42:13 am
Welp the Doom Horror are terrifying well I guess they do have doom in the name but still the monster just solo my army and it took no damage and got more HP from life drain I think had like 200 at the end instead of 90.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 10, 2013, 09:13:59 am
Try attacking an independent province, then use "U" command during battle replay to create units. This is just a simulation, so it does not affect the army losses/afflictions/etc. in any way.

Is this for offline mode only, or am I doing something wrong? I was watching a replay battle against indies and pressed U and nothing was happening. Teach me your ways!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 10, 2013, 09:27:58 am
Try attacking an independent province, then use "U" command during battle replay to create units. This is just a simulation, so it does not affect the army losses/afflictions/etc. in any way.

Is this for offline mode only, or am I doing something wrong? I was watching a replay battle against indies and pressed U and nothing was happening. Teach me your ways!
Very well, young Padawan. But you must first relinquish all that is worldly and material. You must feel the force flow within you as you first press shift before pressing "u", so that the result is a "U" and not a mere "u", as Obi-Wan Palazzo had indeed told you before but you did not care to read properly. :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 10, 2013, 09:46:08 am
Have I actually been told that before? Interesting. Well, I forgot! Thank you, Palazzo Manual. You may have made a good emperor.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 10, 2013, 09:52:54 am
But seriously, about the feature - make sure there's a square on the battlefield highlighted before you press shift+u. You need to remember the name of the unit. Keep it mind that it always creates units with a bad case of sociopathy - they will attack both sides in the battle. Upper case "K" kills units standing on the selected square.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 10, 2013, 10:24:53 am
Is there any way in single player to simply simulate these battles more easily, without sociopath units? I'm pretty scared of attacking some indy stacks that might blow mine away.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 10, 2013, 11:05:12 am
None that I know of. But you know what they say, carpe diem...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 10, 2013, 12:06:44 pm
I am going to be headed down to Vegas this weekend for EVO this weekend.
I will see about getting Dominions on my laptop and try to get the turns as needed but if I miss a turn, that would be why.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 10, 2013, 04:33:42 pm
Willing to auction a ring of sorcery.

And Bows of War.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 10, 2013, 04:43:06 pm
Willing to auction a ring of sorcery.
How much is the asking price?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 11, 2013, 03:11:54 am
I am willing to sell fire or death gems.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 11, 2013, 10:09:15 pm
I am willing to give away my slot.

I just keep missing turns and I just don't have a killer instinct.

----

Whelp it looks like it is almost time for me to lose.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 12, 2013, 06:10:23 pm
Hey stay positive :D.  Maybe someone will attack your opponent and give you a chance to get back :P.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 12, 2013, 11:19:50 pm
Well there goes that plan no swamp, should have look at the spell more first oh well.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 14, 2013, 01:52:51 am
I am probably going to miss this turn, don't bother rolling back. I can make up any delays thanks to my faction.

Ohhh I did miss it...... I am a terrible player...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 14, 2013, 06:04:04 pm
I am probably going to miss this turn, don't bother rolling back. I can make up any delays thanks to my faction.

Ohhh I did miss it...... I am a terrible player...
Hey, take it easy. If you really don't want to play then just turn yourself AI. But you can just as well continue at your leisure. You might miss a bunch of turns and not end up very competitive, but you might also get a lot of fun out of playing just for the sheer fun of it.
Totally up to you and don't sweat it. The goal of this party is to have fun, so simply try and enjoy yourself.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 14, 2013, 09:41:24 pm
I'm definitely having fun terrified of everyone I i think everyone has more areas than me but I'll not make it easy for them if they want to kill me
(I say that but most of you most likely have a huge economy and you can supply army that are like 10x that of mine) :P
but if you do you have to kill a poor old man you monsters.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 17, 2013, 07:34:04 pm
I surrender, I lost.

An army is on my doorstep that I cannot defeat.

The most I could do is send an army of 40 Hydras to fight 500.

Which to my knowledge they could only kill an army of 120

Yet they cannot be combined with other armies. So they cannot help. I outright lost.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 17, 2013, 07:54:52 pm
Undead and other poison immune units?  Pythum doesn't have great death access though...  Just have your hydras set to the sides with attack rear orders with your other units in the middle.

Did you back your hydra army with mages?  Preferably a communion considering its Pythum.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 17, 2013, 07:59:53 pm
No, nothing like that they have no poison immunity. But I doubt they can eat through an army of 500.

Quote
Preferably a communion considering its Pythum

My spell levels are low because I went for a spread and missed quite a few turns this week because I was busy.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 17, 2013, 09:28:53 pm
You shouldn't be so quick to surrender. Who knows what fortune might bring? You aren't the only player in the world, so if someone attacks your aggressor, then perhaps you would be saved. At least be defeated on the field of battle before you give up.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 18, 2013, 02:53:31 am
My land is far too valuable due to how I set myself up. The person would be lunged into the victory seat afterwards.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 18, 2013, 07:54:24 am
Well Neonivek, at least you won't be dying alone. I literally have the enemy at my gates and was essentially hamstrung on my first turn with my starting army being wiped out. Ever since then I've literally been hemorrhaging money trying to claw my way back, while having nearly every random bad event happen. I'll keep playing out my last few turns in case something miraculous happens, but I'm not counting on it.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 18, 2013, 08:56:47 am
I know how I could have survived but it would have required me to know a bit more about how the game is played and to go straight for the summons.

The Hydra's largest weakness is that they kill all your soldiers too.

I keep going "Well if I combine the Hydras with my other soldiers I can definitely win this" and then I think for a second and go "No wait... I can't use Hydras and soldiers in the same army... DANG IT!"

In total I just have around maybe 300 troops.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 18, 2013, 10:55:49 am
Well, it is not always the number of troops that matter. I remember last game my dozens of giants fighting toe to toe with several hundred units and winning more than once. But that was a case of very high quality units vs very low quality fodder. Still, I wouldn't sell yourself completely short, and your ability to resist an invasion.

By the way, who is attacking you anyway?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Stworca on July 18, 2013, 11:02:18 am
Work around the hydra+troop limitation with positioning and orders. I shan't give you the exact formulas, but I've utilized hydras a lot as Sauromatia.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on July 18, 2013, 03:51:56 pm
Work around the hydra+troop limitation with positioning and orders. I shan't give you the exact formulas, but I've utilized hydras a lot as Sauromatia.

It probably works in larger battlefields but the best way to cheese them is to actually filter the hydras into a single line with the allies troops.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 19, 2013, 01:59:26 pm
why can't you have hydras with other troops?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 19, 2013, 02:10:27 pm
   Its not that you can't have them with other troops. Its just that they have a poison cloud thing going on so if the other troops are not immune they tend to die from it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 19, 2013, 02:13:27 pm
   Its not that you can't have them with other troops. Its just that they have a poison cloud thing going on so if the other troops are not immune they tend to die from it.
ah I see
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 19, 2013, 05:12:19 pm
Since round 13 has wrapped up I opened up a thread for round 15. The thread is here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=128797)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 20, 2013, 06:57:46 am
Sent my turn to llamaserver but it doesn't seem to have received it.  Sent it a second time and so far, same thing.  Hopefully that'll work itself out soon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 20, 2013, 10:07:54 am
Sent my turn to llamaserver but it doesn't seem to have received it.  Sent it a second time and so far, same thing.  Hopefully that'll work itself out soon.
Server is currently not updating. No need to resend your turns or fret too much - it'll process your submitted saves once it resumes operation.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:15 pm
@Il Palazzo:  Thanks for letting me know :D.  Now if only llamaserver would start working again so I could see how that rather important turn went.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 20, 2013, 09:02:50 pm
Oh poop. Oh well. Next turn is when starts getting cuhrayzee.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 22, 2013, 06:03:50 pm
With what turns out to have been a hardware problem fixed, the server is up again. Three cheers for llamabeast for the selfless service he does in providing and maintaining the server. There is some talk about supporting the man with some donations: http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?s=400081a77b00adcdd3a5134339243a37&showtopic=1487&st=0

In other news, it turns out Alkhemia did not send his turn yet. Why is that, we do not know, but we wish it weren't so.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 22, 2013, 07:52:40 pm
With what turns out to have been a hardware problem fixed, the server is up again. Three cheers for llamabeast for the selfless service he does in providing and maintaining the server. There is some talk about supporting the man with some donations: http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?s=400081a77b00adcdd3a5134339243a37&showtopic=1487&st=0

In other news, it turns out Alkhemia did not send his turn yet. Why is that, we do not know, but we wish it weren't so.
sorry about that the email got deleted when I was clean my stuff out on accident I was just going to pick up on the next turn I'm not missing much 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 22, 2013, 10:36:25 pm
Just got about 25 emails from llamaserver saying they got my revised turn.  I only sent one revised turn and I get like 5 more "notifications" like every half hour but no new turn that I can see.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 23, 2013, 03:05:31 am
With what turns out to have been a hardware problem fixed, the server is up again. Three cheers for llamabeast for the selfless service he does in providing and maintaining the server. There is some talk about supporting the man with some donations: http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?s=400081a77b00adcdd3a5134339243a37&showtopic=1487&st=0

In other news, it turns out Alkhemia did not send his turn yet. Why is that, we do not know, but we wish it weren't so.
sorry about that the email got deleted when I was clean my stuff out on accident I was just going to pick up on the next turn I'm not missing much
It's too bad you didn't take the chance to resend your turn, as the server is down again, and so, we're still stuck where we were.
For future reference, remember that each time the server is "unstuck", it automatically postpones the hosting time by extra 24h, so there's always time to get stuff done.
Unfortunately, this time I've thoughtlessly sent a force turn hosting request, so the turn will be processed right after the current server problem is solved.

This is doubly unfortunate for you, as it's the second consecutive turn you're going to stall, and I hear there are spiders rustling through the leaves not too far away.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 23, 2013, 04:23:10 am
Aaaaand it's up again.
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=1487&st=45
Did you send your turn, Alkhemia?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 23, 2013, 04:39:21 am
Multiple pages now in my email just from llamaserver saying revised turn.  I'm both worried that these wont stop and that it'll mess up my turn or future turns somehow.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 23, 2013, 07:13:37 am
"Many mermen clans have rallied against you, Lord God, and shamblers have flocked to the Machaka cause" the most tentacled of the servitors whispered to the god of R'lyeh and the universe.

"Ah, trident envy, this is not new to me. For many ages lesser mermen have envied my giant trident. It matters not, their clans will be wiped from history." Mojorocker's voice boomed out for miles, even in the sea, for he was in his dominion and that is how it works.

R'lyeh's invasion force hurried to the great northern planes of Aqua. There, they met their enemy. "A mighty host indeed!" Mojorocker laughed, as but two mermen came to face them. "They run like little mermaids to the land! How can they ever show their face again, and not feel shame and embarrassment? Their tridents will never be as mighty as mine."

Naturally, the two mermen were sliced up and fed to Mojorocker's sea urchin pets.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 23, 2013, 08:20:58 am
Judging by the size of the host accompanying Mojorocker, I'd say he compensates for his deficiencies in the trident department.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 23, 2013, 12:10:51 pm
I spy some calamari in the water.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 24, 2013, 10:42:37 pm
So how does the spell Wish work can you wish for pretty much anything?
Say I wish for someone on the Hall of Fame does that work?

Also no threat of spiders yet I'm not sure how you or going to get to me unless your spiders can go in the water or you blow through Tien'Chi/Marignon.
In other news I just now found Ermor still no Rl'yeh/Machaka/Pythium/Ashdod
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 24, 2013, 10:57:30 pm
still no Ashdod
I'll give you a hint. Look in Ermor. Still, we survive, so far.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 24, 2013, 11:47:20 pm
still no Ashdod
I'll give you a hint. Look in Ermor. Still, we survive, so far.
-J-
I know that feel Tien'Chi/Marignon have me stuck between them on my island.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 25, 2013, 01:03:43 am
   Hey now, I mean you no harm. Long as you don't try to poke me I won't poke you. I was just as stuck on my island and Mari is the only way out for me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 25, 2013, 01:22:15 am
   Hey now, I mean you no harm. Long as you don't try to poke me I won't poke you. I was just as stuck on my island and Mari is the only way out for me.
Seems to be the theme this game everyone just wants to chill and not kill me well besides Il Palazzo and his "Spooky Spiders" wherever they are.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 25, 2013, 07:11:28 am
We also don't want to kill you. Perish the thought.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 25, 2013, 08:38:01 am
still no Ashdod
I'll give you a hint. Look in Ermor. Still, we survive, so far.
-J-

Hey I sent a nice little apology to you by PM when I attacked as is my standard procedure.  Anyway you only had like 4 provinces at the time and I'm desperate for expansion.  Several other players seem to have like 40+ provinces and I have half that.  (Grumbles about unfair starting locations while shaking fist).

Regardless I only plan to take your capital.  Should by extreme luck your other army manage to break away and forge a new little empire, I would leave you well enough alone.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 25, 2013, 08:48:38 am
I'd just like to add that if that other army does manage to break away, at any point, I will have to redirect my main armies to quickly snuff out Ashdod once and for all. There's no happy ending to this story.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 25, 2013, 09:14:15 am
In case somebody hasn't noticed, the score summaries on llamaserver's page has turned itself on. No doubt in the wake of the recent server shenanigans.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on July 25, 2013, 11:37:34 am
Oh I noticed. Will you be turning that off or leaving it on?

And what a story does it tell. Phew.
If the independents ever got their shit together we'd all be RUINED. Thank Somir for ideological differences.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 25, 2013, 11:38:52 am
I would if I could, but I can't so I won't.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 25, 2013, 11:45:22 am
Thanks for letting us know.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Boksi on July 25, 2013, 12:05:01 pm
I would if I could, but I can't so I shan't.
Fixed that for you. Rhyming is very important.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 25, 2013, 12:18:14 pm
Rhyming is so passé.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 25, 2013, 12:42:06 pm
Now this is embarassing.  :o
"My lord!" shouted Childebert, running through the main hallway of the lab complex.
The one who called himself the Robber Baron reluctantly pulled himself away from his favorite tome. No doubt his priest wanted his advice on what color curtains to use in his temple.
"This better be good, follower." he grumbled as the red-faced priest burst into his study, carrying a bundle of scrolls.
"Quite...my lord...We have come onto a great amount of information of the world."
"From our spies, no doubt?" replied the would-be god.
"No my lord...the powers of those who play game of divinity has become known to all. Our mages say the information has become revealed through a twist in the engine of fate." Childebert collapsed onto one of the plush blue chairs, thoroughly exhausted.
The Robber Baron strode to the balcony. Beyond it lay the black, skull strewn wastelands of Decessus. Surprisingly, there were tribes who eked out an existence here before the armies of Ulm claimed the lands for their own. He contemplated the information that his disciple gave him while he watched the green skies clash with the violet energies of death.
"....Thanks doc." he whispered.

Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 25, 2013, 02:53:33 pm
Huh looking that over I'm in a far better position than I thought who would've guessed poor Ashdod.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 25, 2013, 03:26:08 pm
   Looking at the info the only thing I crush you all in is research though despite not having much land I manage to come in third with number of forts.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 25, 2013, 04:16:58 pm
Huh looking that over I'm in a far better position than I thought who would've guessed poor Ashdod.

Yeah... I think I can point to directly missing turn one and on turn two having my starting army wiped out to my current position.

still no Ashdod
I'll give you a hint. Look in Ermor. Still, we survive, so far.
-J-

Hey I sent a nice little apology to you by PM when I attacked as is my standard procedure.  Anyway you only had like 4 provinces at the time and I'm desperate for expansion.  Several other players seem to have like 40+ provinces and I have half that.  (Grumbles about unfair starting locations while shaking fist).

Regardless I only plan to take your capital.  Should by extreme luck your other army manage to break away and forge a new little empire, I would leave you well enough alone.

You did, and frankly I don't blame you for what you've done. It's just kinda a raw deal. Still, good game and hopefully I can work a miracle and essentially restart.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 25, 2013, 05:28:32 pm
Holy crap that what I call an army 540 it looks like this should be interesting  :D
Also hi spiders
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 25, 2013, 05:52:27 pm
I declare war on Pythium!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 25, 2013, 05:54:54 pm
I declare war on Pythium!
I see you flunked the Stab In The Back school of warfare.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 26, 2013, 05:38:32 pm
HAHAHA Palazzo, are assassins the best you can think of?  Rhetorical question, I shall expect increasingly devious plans from you in the future and do my best to match them! :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 26, 2013, 05:46:37 pm
There's like a 95% chance Palazzo wins this game, because those are just the odds in Vegas, so I wouldn't goad him into spending more time calculating and scheming. Palazzo, and MrHappyFace too, need to just sit back, relax, and stall their turns for a while.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 26, 2013, 05:50:52 pm
Ugh, Machaka and Tien'Chi can have the Tree just let my guys leave.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 26, 2013, 05:54:44 pm
I know, it was just a joke.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 26, 2013, 07:09:20 pm
I don't know...Tien Chi is actually stronger than you might think.   :o
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 26, 2013, 07:21:05 pm
HAHAHA Palazzo, are assassins the best you can think of?  Rhetorical question, I shall expect increasingly devious plans from you in the future and do my best to match them! :P
Curses! With my assassins dead, I can now only hide behind walls and weep. I'm very good at doing this, though, and the walls are thick, and the larders stocked.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 26, 2013, 07:22:27 pm
I spy some frogs and fishes near me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 26, 2013, 07:48:02 pm
Curses! With my assassins dead, I can now only hide behind walls and weep. I'm very good at doing this, though, and the walls are thick, and the larders stocked.
In the same spirit as your initial messages of peace sent to me so long ago, I would simply like to say that there is no way your walls can long stand against the vigorous pounding of my men outside. :))
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 26, 2013, 07:50:49 pm
Oh, you're making me blush. That pounding is indeed very potent. I can already see these gates trembling.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 27, 2013, 11:34:15 pm
Ah, plenty of spooky scary skeletons.

There's a horrible curse when it comes to managing such a large nation, and that's all the micro involved.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 28, 2013, 12:38:17 am
I think the party is finally getting underway  ;D 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 28, 2013, 09:49:40 am
Ah, the mighty Ashdod empire rises from the ashes to build a fortress across from ours! What brazen arrogance these little (giant) gnats display. Do we trap them in like rats, or assault their doorstep?! Who is to say? Not even the great Mojorocker knows.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 28, 2013, 10:27:09 am
I will protect you Ashdod. If I can find you.  :(
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 28, 2013, 11:33:58 am
It's odd. The walls of the fortress at Behemoth's Rest seem to have repaired themselves, despite a gazillion of Ermorian undead laying siege.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 28, 2013, 12:44:10 pm
The Mages were ordered to reanimate fresh troops.  I can only assume my other undead minions in the area felt it necessary to take a break from the siege and welcome the new arrivals.  Anyway no rush.  Soon the party shall begin once again with more friendly faces and a renewed sense of vigor!

Also I really appreciate all these spies diplomats in my land.  I'm really starting to feel like a bad neighbor for not yet sending some of my own.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 28, 2013, 03:46:57 pm
Ah, the mighty Ashdod empire rises from the ashes to build a fortress across from ours! What brazen arrogance these little (giant) gnats display. Do we trap them in like rats, or assault their doorstep?! Who is to say? Not even the great Mojorocker knows.
Do as you will. As shall we.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 28, 2013, 08:14:10 pm
Don't you touch Ashdod any further!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 03:24:20 am
Oh dear, it seems that Il Palazo has declared war upon all of us.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 05:46:42 am
Finally I can start fighting I'll take that attack Tien'Chi as a declaration of war.
Time to get started I was waiting for this.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 29, 2013, 06:27:47 am
Ugh, Machaka and Tien'Chi can have the Tree just let my guys leave.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 06:33:28 am
Ugh, Machaka and Tien'Chi can have the Tree just let my guys leave.
Yeah but I made a deal with the Devil and he wants you dead.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 29, 2013, 07:13:17 am
   Eh, well if you want to die that badly I guess I can't help but assist you. I must admit I was wondering how I would be expanding so I guess your land is as good as the Indies.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 08:08:13 am
Well it either certain death or weaken you to make it easier for the devil  :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 29, 2013, 08:32:00 am
We all know who the devil is, the only question is... why did you sell your soul?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 08:38:22 am
We all know who the devil is, the only question is... why did you sell your soul?
He gave me a offer I could not refuse you could say.
beside if you all want to gang up on him it more fun to take the other side. 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 29, 2013, 09:35:46 am
I don't think anyone is ganging up on anyone just yet.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Stworca on July 29, 2013, 09:48:42 am
It's easy to spiral out of control on that map, due to the insane abundance of magic sites in some places.. Just thought i'd point that out, to encourage ganging up on Palazzo.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 10:32:19 am
Well...If I do decide to fight Palazzo along with the people already fighting him, then he'll have a hard time. IF I decide to fight him though.
Right now, we're like the Soviet Union and United States.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 29, 2013, 10:37:42 am
It's great that you all give me so much credit and stuff, but there are many more empires to be concerned about than just poor Machaka, currently invaded by billions upon billions of undead. I'm telling you, if he could, Carl Sagan would play as Ermor.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 29, 2013, 10:42:38 am
Just to let you all know, I'll be going on a trip tomorrow that should last a bit more than a week.  I'm bringing my laptop with me but there's no guarantee I'll always have internet access.  Still I'll do the best I can to get my turns in at a timely fashion, it just might not be possible to send them all in on time, especially with my plane ride being an 18 hour affair on its own.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 29, 2013, 10:44:38 am
Would changing the hosting period to 48 hours for the duration of your trip solve the problem?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 29, 2013, 10:59:25 am
It would definitely help but I'm admittedly not even sure if all of my hotels have wifi.  I'm doing the current turn right now and if another one comes before I go I'll try and get it in before leaving just so I don't hold you guys back too much.

After that maybe if you see that I haven't gotten a turn in, you could extend it a bit when possible?

I get that this probably seems a little annoying, and if you don't get around to extending things or just don't feel like it, no big deal.  I'll just do my best to make things work while I'm gone.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 29, 2013, 11:02:45 am
Well, I suppose we could just take a week-long break from the game, if that's ok with everybody.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 11:21:35 am
sure I'm ok with that.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 12:02:54 pm
I'm fine with delaying until we can get a response on how good your internet will be. If it is pretty poor, then we'll just wait for a week.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 29, 2013, 12:13:38 pm
   With how well the game has been going taking a week off so one of the players can do some real life is fine by me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on July 29, 2013, 12:39:02 pm
I'm okay with taking a week off if it turns out your hotels don't provide adequate wi-fi. If that turns outto be the case I'll spend the interim thinking up hare-brained ideas.

Did someone say Astral Corruption? I think someone said Astral Corruption. This couldn't possibly backfire with my mages, forging or anything and everything that has to do with Marignon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 29, 2013, 01:42:41 pm
Oh the suspense of all the world's happenings being held for a week!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 01:52:08 pm
Aww shoots, this must be how it feels like to be Anomander Rake.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 02:19:31 pm
Only thing that sucks is that all my attack on Akhier will be a mystery for a week.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 29, 2013, 02:45:34 pm
Well I certainly appreciate you all being so understanding of my circumstances.  I'm sure at least one of the hotels will have wifi and probably most of them.  I just didn't want to run into a situation where I can't submit a turn or two and that you guys all think I just disappeared.  I know this round is a bit faster paced than some of the other rounds (which I like), so it just made sense to me to keep you all informed of what might happen, being that I'll be busy and moving around a lot.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 29, 2013, 05:20:41 pm
As everyone else, I'm fine with taking a week off.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 29, 2013, 05:59:07 pm
Only thing that sucks is that all my attack on Akhier will be a mystery for a week.
   I figured I would ask but did you even scout my realm? You won't be taking my stuff in any sort of ease. Marignon went for peace rather then finishing me off for a reason. Also I have more mages then you. I am positive of it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 08:15:28 pm
Only thing that sucks is that all my attack on Akhier will be a mystery for a week.
   I figured I would ask but did you even scout my realm? You won't be taking my stuff in any sort of ease. Marignon went for peace rather then finishing me off for a reason. Also I have more mages then you. I am positive of it.
I have a scout running around and the places I'm attacking have like 1 dude in it or w/e I can see with my dominion
Besides it less of me wanting to kill you and win and more I'm getting bored and want to kill something the whole thing with the spiders just gives me a reason to attack someone.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 10:31:33 pm
We have a long and bloody slog in front of us.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 10:53:34 pm
Oh the next turn came out.
Gotta love Rust Mist, also who needs a bunch of mages if you got thugs that are ethereal, can fly, go underwater and have a lot of magic resist and can avoid arrows.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 29, 2013, 11:25:31 pm
Well chainmail of displacement and rustmist is pretty good when you're fighting against PD.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 29, 2013, 11:37:41 pm
 :o Large friendly casualties are expected when playing Ermor but that was impressive.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 11:38:12 pm
Well chainmail of displacement and rustmist is pretty good when you're fighting against PD.
Oh how did you know about me having a bunch of chainmails of displacement?

Edit: So how easy is it to stop the big spells like Eye of God or Arcane Nexus I've only mess with Mother Oak and stuff vs AI and they don't really do anything about it

Ermor should cast Burden of Time or Utterdark that would be pretty cool.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 29, 2013, 11:47:27 pm
Ermor should cast Burden of Time or Utterdark that would be pretty cool.
Sure, just send me some gems for it ;D
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 29, 2013, 11:53:03 pm
Ermor should cast Burden of Time or Utterdark that would be pretty cool.
Sure, just send me some gems for it ;D
I only have like 50 or so I need them to pump out Shuras and Horror Helms I wish I could find a site or 2 for astral pearls right now I'm stuck turning all my nature gems into them.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on July 30, 2013, 12:21:57 am
   So I have to ask. Why wavebreaker? I don't think my single sea provinces requires even that much to conquer. I must admit it is basically pointless at this time as I managed to dip my toes into the water just in time for all the water in the area to be taken.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 01:47:32 am
   So I have to ask. Why wavebreaker? I don't think my single sea provinces requires even that much to conquer. I must admit it is basically pointless at this time as I managed to dip my toes into the water just in time for all the water in the area to be taken.
No idea I was just following the guide
Quote
Just stick them with a few magic items, like a Wavebreaker, Horror Helmet, Chainmail of Displacement, Winged Shoes, Anti-Magic Amulet, and Luck Pendant, and watch them go.

maybe I should just go with a bane blade or something
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on July 30, 2013, 08:42:38 am
Oh look, Rl'yeh is at the gates.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on July 30, 2013, 09:08:14 am
You built the tower of Babel in my back yard and the charade had to end.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 30, 2013, 09:12:01 am
Edit: So how easy is it to stop the big spells like Eye of God or Arcane Nexus I've only mess with Mother Oak and stuff vs AI and they don't really do anything about it
Basically, if you spend as many extra gems(above the base price) casting dispel as was put in casting the target ritual, then you have 50% chance of success.
Say, somebody casts, oh I don't know, Forge of the Ancients maybe. FotA costs 80 earth gems to cast. If the caster has put a total of 100 gems(extra 20) into the spell, then casting dispel with 45(+20 over base) gives you 50% chance of success. Each path level the caster has above the base requirement counts as extra 5 gems put into the spell.
All rituals, I think, are more expensive than dispel, so it's always easier to remove the ritual than it is to cast it. At least in principle.

I don't remember what is the gem difference that grants 100%* success chance. This information should be buried somewhere on the wiki or in the manual.

*iirc, there's also an open-ended die roll added to both the ritual and the dispel strength calculations, so there's always a bit of uncertainty there.

:o Large friendly casualties are expected when playing Ermor but that was impressive.
Cheers. We're just getting started. :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 10:25:50 am
And some just work right away right?
Say you use Eye of God then someone casts Fate of Oedipus then you just wasted a bunch of stuff for nothing right?
Kinda seems like most of the big stuff are just a waste of gems.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 30, 2013, 10:37:03 am
And some just work right away right?
Say you use Eye of God then someone casts Fate of Oedipus then you just wasted a bunch of stuff for nothing right?
Kinda seems like most of the big stuff are just a waste of gems.
Well, it takes a turn to notice the global and then counter it, so in some cases it might be worth casting even for one turn(like with the Forge). With other spells, it's a question of whether or not you care all that much. Would you waste 75 fire gems(fate of Oedipus cost) to remove a spell that while useful, is not a game breaker?
With Utterdark etc., most of the players will usually pool their gems to dispel it, so unless there's a huge amount of extra gems put into it, one shouldn't expect it to last.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 10:43:45 am
So they are mostly just for fun and to let's say flex your power since if you can cast the big stuff you must have the power to back it up.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 30, 2013, 11:48:47 am
It seems like my commanders are going out of their way to find new and exciting ways to get horror marked.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 07:46:42 pm
So many attacks was pretty cool I think all of the attacks on me failed though you did kill one of my Shura :( I'll have to make more this time.

Edit: Ulm that Iron Angel pretty sweet  :o
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 30, 2013, 08:16:28 pm
Oh, you'll be seeing more of them.  8)
Edit: Well not you, in particular Japan. I like your animes and sushi.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 08:52:45 pm
hmm no one is this game is messing with blood magic I would assume well maybe the zombie. 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on July 30, 2013, 09:12:25 pm
Blood magic is a harsh mistress  that demands payment up front and still won't let you lick her boots.

...what I'm trying to say is that unless your nation is pretty blood dependent it's not worth getting into. Also a real pain to find indie blood mages. LA Marignon I hear is a fantastic blood nation and I have yet to really try it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on July 30, 2013, 09:18:26 pm
Well Amazons are pretty good blood mages. They have random paths, so they don't require a lab.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 30, 2013, 09:22:04 pm
I was just thinking about casting The Kindly Ones for fun but no real point if we have no blood Civs.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on July 31, 2013, 12:58:57 pm
I'm going to be adding a few days to the deadline every turn from now on, until gman is safely back from the internetless wastelands he's visiting.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on July 31, 2013, 01:00:26 pm
I'm going to be adding a few days to the deadline every turn from now on, until gman is safely back from the internetless wastelands he's visiting.
kk TI3 starting soon so not a big deal for me
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on July 31, 2013, 11:28:23 pm
Yay hotel #2 has internet access.  The unpleasant variety that only works in one small corner of your room and poorly even then but internet regardless!

I'm going to be adding a few days to the deadline every turn from now on, until gman is safely back from the internetless wastelands he's visiting.
Thanks!  Here's to hoping a few of my other hotels have internet too.  Maybe one will even have good wifi that doesn't require me to crouch in a corner :P.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 02, 2013, 06:46:53 am
At your leisure, Ashdod & Ti'en Ch'i.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on August 02, 2013, 07:39:20 am
Hmm... I thought I'd sent it in. Done now.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 07:48:43 am
My turn will be in momentarily(give or take an hour).
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 09:46:28 am
Your lack of reaction is terrifying me, Tien Chi. I've underestimated mages before in a siege and I've got my ass kicked.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 10:14:53 am
Your lack of reaction is terrifying me, Tien Chi. I've underestimated mages before in a siege and I've got my ass kicked.
hmm well I'm sieging him as well but I'll find out what going on in the next turn for sure  :D

Also **** strategy I'll just make a blog and attack stuff Oni don't use strategy who needs it if you can just outnumber them  :P 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 02, 2013, 10:21:44 am
Also **** strategy I'll just make a blog and attack stuff Oni don't use strategy who needs it if you can just outnumber them  :P
Famous last words.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 10:23:21 am
Also **** strategy I'll just make a blog and attack stuff Oni don't use strategy who needs it if you can just outnumber them  :P
Famous last words.
Ofc but I'm not interested in winning anyways it going to be you or Ulm that will win.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 02:41:33 pm
I'd be more terrified of R'lyeh with their absolutely monstrous gem income.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 02:51:59 pm
I'd be more terrified of R'lyeh with their absolutely monstrous gem income.
I'm going to have to see what they have next turn and where poor Ashdod is.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 02, 2013, 02:52:26 pm
Let's not exaggerate my slightly higher gem income that is a result of diligence, in a swath of land less than half of Ulm's. NO ONE FORGET THAT
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 02:54:06 pm
Let's not exaggerate my slightly higher gem income that is a result of diligence, in a swath of land less than half of Ulm's. NO ONE FORGET THAT
Well poo, I can't exactly cast Acashic reader every turn.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 06:21:18 pm
   I don't know if I can win but I can certainly persist. I have fallen into the playstyle I use in Magic the Gathering. I live, I live and am a wall. You may kill me but it won't ever be easy. You may kill me but it won't ever be short. You may kill me but I will take my own pound of flesh from you. You may kill me but I will do the unexpected and surprise you. I don't lie in diplomacy, I don't really know how to go from being in second place to winning. In the end though I know how to survive. In MtG if its more then 1v1 I will generally end up being in second place because I am just too hard to kill when there is someone else to worry about. I am somewhat disappointed in you, Alkhemia, for I don't see why you would want to attack me as you probably have easier targets. Oh and Mrhappyface, I spent maybe a few percentiles of my mage power on you so far. My capital might be able to stand against a sieging army on just mages repairing the walls.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 06:33:09 pm
Well...I wonder who will win? Your ancient chinese secrets or the combined powers of Terminator, Predator, and Kindergarten Cop!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 07:03:46 pm
Well I don't know what your trying to do there but I think your not my biggest threat.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 07:43:38 pm
So what happens if 3+ civ are in the same providence?

Say Ulm and me attack Akhier capital at the same time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 02, 2013, 07:50:54 pm
So what happens if 3+ civ are in the same providence?

Say Ulm and me attack Akhier capital at the same time.
You end up with two battles, whom vs whom seems to be determined randomly, until there's just one left standing. Pretty much the same what happens during arena championships.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 07:55:48 pm
Then your army will probably get wiped out by Terminator or Commando. But I don't want that, since it'll be a pain in the butt to deal with the political fallout.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 08:12:32 pm
   I like how you assume you will be able to just take my capital like that. Your taking my outer provinces which I basically gave to you. Alkhemia probably can take it after one or two sieges but I don't know if you can crack it quite that easily. Like I said, my mages alone may be able to repair the walls faster then you can take it down.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 08:16:55 pm
I never said I'd take your provinces. Just wipe out anyone who goes outdoors. Siege engineers are pretty handy though.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 08:25:56 pm
Huh, that might work...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 02, 2013, 08:39:14 pm
I do apologize for consistently getting my turns out last, or near to last. Between my job and the micromanagement it takes some time.

How I miss the logistical morass that was EoFS...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 08:47:57 pm
Ouch.  :o
That certainly was a painful battle, Tien Chi.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 09:10:32 pm
There we go now I can see stuff now to find poor Ashdod.

Extra:huh you are really hard to find the AI is still alive as well and there are some indi stuff in the top right
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 02, 2013, 09:16:53 pm
Ouch.  :o
That certainly was a painful battle, Tien Chi.
   Yeah, you took three units I did not really want to lose. Also how well would you say I did in that fight? I have never really been this far into a game. I know the front line of water mages did not work out that well with your iron blizzard spell eviscerating them but the back line was not as bad as I thought it would go. This was actually my first time using a communion as well so what was your opinion of my use of that?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 02, 2013, 09:21:53 pm
While the cold protection blessings I had came into effect, your cold attacks were still rather painful to endure. Iron blizzards/darts did a good job, but still. That surprise Doom at the end had me smiling. A rather nice farewell present.  :)
If I did bring in one of my SCs though, it might have ended much faster and much more in my favor.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 02, 2013, 09:28:12 pm
Oh I see Ashdod is dead  :'( Rest in Peace
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on August 03, 2013, 03:57:37 pm
Not surprising, I was down to an army of two dudes.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 03, 2013, 09:49:43 pm
I wonder how long my pretender will go tell he blind.
It will not affect his magic/research right or I maybe have just killed my self :(
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 03, 2013, 10:17:57 pm
I don't think anyone would waste any gems trying to poke your mage in the eye or even dispel your enchantment. It's fairly benign. Except to the scouts in your territory since you get a massive patrol bonus.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 04, 2013, 02:49:21 am
I'm quite proud of myself for getting in these turns on time thus far 8).
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 04, 2013, 07:01:31 pm
Oh a army of birds that was like 100 how did they lose to my little goblin dudes.

I really need to find a way to feed my army of 600+ they starting to starve good thing most of them can get rid of afflictions and the battle were starting to lag I wonder how many I can stuff together tell my game crashes I'll shoot for 1000+ army.

The best part about Akhier making 30 million forts is that I can make all my dudes at them after I take them out pretty useful.

Oh right almost forgot thanks Akhier for taking out that Indi he was bugging me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 04, 2013, 07:37:23 pm
   Well darn, I was hoping that a bird drop of that many could take 14 PD and the few units that where there.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 04, 2013, 11:04:13 pm
   Well darn, I was hoping that a bird drop of that many could take 14 PD and the few units that where there.
Yeah that was odd you really should have won I guess since my dude got in a little square with the birds all around they could tank them better or something.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 05, 2013, 12:35:45 am
Mmmh, tasty, tasty scheming.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 05, 2013, 02:42:14 am
Mmmh, tasty, tasty scheming.
Odd how people are just letting you keep the Forge of the Ancients it really good right?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 05, 2013, 02:46:32 am
   It is really good but it doesn't hurt us. Some of the world spells get taken down because everyone goes and gives their gems to one person who Dispels it. This is a spell that someone will probably have to take it down by themselves so its unlikely that it will come down quickly without any big event. I know for one that I don't have the gems to dispel it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 05, 2013, 08:14:32 pm
You know what winter is really good for? Killing everyone important in the entirety of Marignon.
A huge number of old men would not be suffering from incurable SARS right now if they had just washed their damn hands.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 04:39:43 pm
Not so good all my dudes are getting disease and losing hp not sure how long they can still fight but since they already have a it I might as well push them till they die.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 05:34:44 pm
Holy shoots Machaka that's a lot of trolls!  :o
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 06, 2013, 06:06:37 pm
R'lyeh   6666

A sign of the end times?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 06, 2013, 06:09:43 pm
Holy shoots Machaka that's a lot of trolls!  :o
Yeah, a bit of an overkill, really.

Also, turns out kills from Fire Storm count for Hall of Fame rankings. Who knew!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 06, 2013, 09:39:09 pm
What are the mechanics for when all the global enchantment slots are filled? Does a newly cast enchantment always go through, and knocks one off at random?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 10:11:28 pm
This late 1940's Soviet-USA shuffling between me and Machaka seems to be getting quite awkward.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 10:27:46 pm
Holy crap I lost 100 dudes in that fight good job Akhier well they are all starving and diseased but still.   
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 10:47:06 pm
Tien Chi is a bit tied up at the moment. Aha Aha AHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 10:53:09 pm
Tien Chi is a bit tied up at the moment. Aha Aha AHAHAHAHA
I see, your right outside his capital that means I get free run of all the outlying provinces, Lucky me
hmm and the Zombie are all tied up by the Spiders hmm maybe I can grab some of Ermor stuff as well I do need to take revenge for the Shura he killed with his global enchantment and the annoying mind attacks on my mages.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 11:03:14 pm
Well Terminator, Commando, and Eraser are doing the best they can.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 11:08:20 pm
Well Terminator, Commando, and Eraser are doing the best they can.
I don't even think if I threw all of my army at your SC that they could even kill one of them I'm not sure how you even fight SC never got this far in a Dom 3 game before.
 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 11:13:41 pm
You get blood 9 to max and use Claws or Infernal Prison. That's the easiest sureproof method.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 11:21:37 pm
You get blood 9 to max and use Claws or Infernal Prison. That's the easiest sureproof method.
huh a spell that kills stuff instantly seems pretty good too bad I don't have any blood mages.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 06, 2013, 11:30:35 pm
   First I can say that one of my provinces has some units that can kill your angels. I almost 100% sure of this. Second is that I am basically dead now. The angels will romp around my capital area and Alk managed to defeat my last big defensive down at his end so yeah.
   I must admit I was happy with my one fight down there though and it would have gone a lot better for me if the big guys at the bottom of the screen had not gotten through. I think more mages would have been able to retreat. I thought I had a relatively good screen, what with the 20 or so lesser earth elementals up front as meat sheilds (they worked quite well from what I could see). The constant frozen heart and orb lightning offensive was whittling the enemy troops down quite well. What I really needed was a competent mage with either communion support (most of my astral mages already died up north) or just enough magic to cast some big spells (those died up north as well). If I was able to switch the army I had there this turn with the one Mrhappyface killed I think I could have won the battle.

   Also when it comes to SCs you need to find their weakness. For instance if they are not immune to lighting that can be used to fatigue them. Basically find some point in their design you can take advantage of. If I remember correctly in one of the precious rounds someone had some one eyed statues running around as thugs so someone countered that with the crossbow that shoots out peoples eyes. Because the things only had one eye they would quickly be blinded and reduced in effectiveness. Or of course you can always go and send an SC yourself and let them slug it out till time runs out.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 11:39:13 pm
What do you think I have Commando for, Akhier? Though I must say, I'm not sure my angels can survive having a meteor dumped on their heads.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 06, 2013, 11:43:07 pm
Your mage setup was annoying with the spread out and stuff and that last fight was amazing I will admit the only reason I'm beating you right now is because of Mrhappyface going through the north I think if it was 1v1 you would've won. 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 06, 2013, 11:48:28 pm
What do you think I have Commando for, Akhier? Though I must say, I'm not sure my angels can survive having a meteor dumped on their heads.
   Oh they are not my units. They are just in my province. Its that hero party that occasional happens as a random event and wrecks your face because they cheat and have the order to attack commanders and have magic items and stuff which is quite powerful.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 06, 2013, 11:53:34 pm
Oh you mean Bogus and friends down to the west? I'll try not to tangle with them.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 06, 2013, 11:57:32 pm
Oh you mean Bogus and friends down to the west? I'll try not to tangle with them.
   If it wasn't for you taking my stuff up north even if I couldn't beat Alk that one province is a choke point so I would still be safe from him.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 07, 2013, 12:03:32 am
Oh you mean Bogus and friends down to the west? I'll try not to tangle with them.
   If it wasn't for you taking my stuff up north even if I couldn't beat Alk that one province is a choke point so I would still be safe from him.
Are they really that strong, sound like a challenge to me I'll beat them up and take the loot.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 07, 2013, 12:13:47 am
   They are basically NPC SC's that have the order to target commanders. Or in other words your whole army would soon be running or if undead then just dead because all the commanders are dead. They are in no way invincible but they would delay you enough or kill enough of your guys to let me stand up to you.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Stworca on August 07, 2013, 03:42:24 am
Bogus has attack commander scripts, which are unique. It's possible to obtain them via mind control and get that order for your army, but it's considered extremely gamey and shunned upon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 07, 2013, 04:55:33 am
What are the mechanics for when all the global enchantment slots are filled? Does a newly cast enchantment always go through, and knocks one off at random?
It would appear that once the slots are filled, any subsequent global randomly choses one of the existing ones and tries to dispel it comparing numbers of gems spent. This might target your own global, mind you.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Jarod Cain on August 07, 2013, 07:43:42 am
And, I'm out. Good game guys and good luck. I'll have to keep an eye on the thread to see how things go.
-J-
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 07, 2013, 11:41:14 am
   Since I am basically dead and all of my cards are basically known by the world at large I plan to (once I get them all processed) start uploading videos of my side of the game. Just realized I had not mentioned I was recording so I hope no one minds.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 07, 2013, 11:46:31 am
Meanwhile, in Copper Woods
"Don't you think it's a bit...futile, Kreon?" said Fardmagast while he fed his griffin some chunks of rabbit.
"What? You mean stopping an evil empire from delving deeper into forbidden magics?" replied the warrior mage. "Not that it did them much good. In my opinion, all you need is some spells of blasting and a good arm to get through the day" He pantomimed an explosion and swung the arcane mace known as rune smasher for emphasis.
"Oh they're not THAT evil. Their stir-fry recipes are quite good." chimed in Fang, stirring an impromptu pot made out of an imperial footman's helmet.
"The Dark Knight has point, Kreon. We keep hearing things about giant spiders burning entire armies to ash and armored angels leaving nothing but statues and desiccated corpses in their wake." said Kartuk.
Bogus frowned and shook his head. "We drink, we whore, we kill. This land offers little and we have little other than what we bring to battle. They won't care...We're small time to them."

Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 09, 2013, 06:17:47 pm
Well...I see that everyone has simultaneously declared war on me for some reason.
It's just like Gardens of the Moon!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 09, 2013, 06:49:22 pm
The reason is diplomacy, also known as scheming. Also known as "let's gang up on the largest nation".
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 09, 2013, 06:56:45 pm
Well I never fought a nation other than Tien Chi yet, so this would be exciting.
Let's get this jam started, I got some slamming to do.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 09, 2013, 07:00:20 pm
Well, it was like this, I looked at all the provinces of Machaka near me, and they all had these big forts that would take a million years to siege. I don't have a million years left in me. And I looked at yours, with all these temples preaching this blacksmith nonsense, unprotected, ripe for the taking. Besides, you did have a chance to recruit me to your cause. You made me feel unloved and unvalued, while Palazzo's trolls have that tender caress, even if I do realize that one day they will rip out my heart.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 09, 2013, 07:02:29 pm
Huh seems like World War 3 is breaking out can I be sweden I just want to kill Tien Chi not really interested in the big boys fight.

Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 09, 2013, 07:08:37 pm
It's good to see that the Black Lord commander was a free agent and decided to sign with us. Smart move that extended his lifespan, at least until The Terminator pays him a visit.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 09, 2013, 07:19:32 pm
It's good to see that the Black Lord commander was a free agent and decided to sign with us. Smart move that extended his lifespan, at least until The Terminator pays him a visit.
Enslave is like a relationship held together by a mortgage. True love can come only from Charm.
And who is more charming than the all-natural, ebony-skinned, well-endowed servants of Cicciolina? I bet not even Terminator could resist properly penetrating advances of such kind.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 09, 2013, 07:34:42 pm
I would rather he meet Kindergarten Cop. Doubtless he would get anyone under control.
Maybe even Eraser. I'm not sure about Predator though.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 09, 2013, 07:36:34 pm
Well I'm back home for what it's worth.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 09, 2013, 07:38:31 pm
Welcome back!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 09, 2013, 08:24:58 pm
So I was wrong, this isn't the Cold War, it's WW1! Darn you Allies and your horrible Afro-Franco-and er...Squido alliance!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 09, 2013, 09:38:01 pm
Thanks for welcoming me back!

Anyway,
I've got some fight in me left but this game is definitely a loss.  Still it could be worse for my 3rd dom3 multiplayer game (excluding sub rounds) and assuming round 12 doesn't peter out, I might have a chance at winning that with my huge Ulmish armies.

Also many lessons have been learned this game.  Aggressive behavior is generally rewarded and I turtle too much.  Mass battle spells are more important than plain evocation like I generally employ.  Communions are great but not if you can't get them to go off right before losing the mages casting the big spells.  Don't mind hunt with your pretender unless it has immortality (even if it has really high astral)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 10, 2013, 12:19:04 am
Darn, looks like another victory for Pillazo.
I damn you all! I brought you gifts from my forge yet you repay me with vengeance! Trust not in your crude fetishes of spiders, or your alien knowledge of stars, or the fiery evangelizing of your false priests! May your spears and snap and may your swords rust! May your shields be broken and your armor sundered! May your cauldrons crack and your pots leak!For Ulmish steel will triumph, if not in life then in death!  I curse this world and its sundered planes with holy revengeance!
BEWARE THOSE WITH THE MEMORIES OF ICE.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 10, 2013, 06:18:11 am
Don't mind hunt with your pretender unless it has immortality (even if it has really high astral)
You must have missed that sage I had teleported in that battle together with John Holmes' trolls. Mind hunting where a 3 Astral mage is present is a certain ticket to the madhouse.

Darn, looks like another victory for Pillazo.
Pillazo tinkz u giwe up t00 eays.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 10, 2013, 09:08:00 am
I'd say about a 98% chance of a Palazzo victory. But Palazzo's path to victory allows me to have a bigger empire and more experimentation, so it seems preferable to a Mrhappyface path to victory. I can, of course, always be bought, but it would be a steep price indeed. If I had attacked Palazzo with Ulm, then that might have given 98% chance of Mrhappyface victory. It's not the best position to have to act as a spoiler between two superpowers.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 10, 2013, 10:41:27 am
   Well bad luck guys. My computer blew its power supply so 2 to 6 business days till a new one. It should arrive early next week but until that happens I won't be able to do much of anything as the computer I am using to post this doesn't have Dom3 on it. If people don't mind I would like a postponement till I can get my computer back up on its legs.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 10, 2013, 11:49:01 am
   Well bad luck guys. My computer blew its power supply so 2 to 6 business days till a new one. It should arrive early next week but until that happens I won't be able to do much of anything as the computer I am using to post this doesn't have Dom3 on it. If people don't mind I would like a postponement till I can get my computer back up on its legs.
I certainly wouldn't mind. My usual hour long turn has turned into two hours two due certain developments.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 10, 2013, 11:59:41 am
That fine I've been busy with TI3 so i've been distracted.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 10, 2013, 12:37:04 pm
I have no problem with that.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 10, 2013, 01:52:06 pm
I'll postpone the turn shortly.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 10, 2013, 10:50:30 pm
So how many troops does the Bottomless Soup Pot supply to your troops I made 2 of them for my army but I'm not sure if t enough for a army of 500.
found it + 100 supply

So let see who is lucky on are next turn.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 13, 2013, 01:03:10 pm
Um, is Alkhemia back yet? It says the game is starting again in 12 hours.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 13, 2013, 01:07:25 pm
We're waiting for Akhier here. In another thread he said his computer is still out of order, so I suppose the situation calls for another extension.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 13, 2013, 01:48:06 pm
   So I am back and sent my turn in. The power supply arrived and everything worked once that was put in place so its all fine on my end now though I do not know how I will catch up with everything I do on the web.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 13, 2013, 07:33:49 pm
I sent it. Sorry, periodic brownouts where I live.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 13, 2013, 07:46:41 pm
Huh, it wasn't as bad as I expected but not as good as I hoped. Darn you Machaka and your fiery domes! And Predator ran away because the little tiny dudes died.
Beware of those with the memories of an icy world, R'lyeh! A time from before your descent from the celestial spheres!
Whoever rained down that pathetic little excuse of a firework display should be ashamed of themselves. The men of Ulm are hardly entertained by such meager pyrotechnics. I'm sure my show at Machaka's capital was worthy.


Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 13, 2013, 08:32:20 pm
Why me? I had the least success this last turn. All I have are all these precious gems to play with, and swim around in like Scrooge McDuck.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 13, 2013, 08:49:44 pm
It's either you or take a they trek that takes forever. Or you can go back into the water. I'm happy either way.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 13, 2013, 09:21:01 pm
I actually wanted Predator to stay, but he vamoosed before I could properly take care of him.


In other news: must remember never to give the guy with Horror Harmonica the "stay behind troops" order.

And nice job there, Ermor. A single good spell almost managed to rout all my army.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 13, 2013, 11:10:00 pm
Ok the mind blast are annoying I'm getting rid of that asap also sucks that my global enchantment failed I wanted one of the things to pop.

Oh the spiders are attacking me from behind welp can't kill Akhier so you get to live now
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 13, 2013, 11:44:29 pm
It looks ljke I'm not the only one fighting a war on three fronts
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 13, 2013, 11:52:10 pm
It looks like I'm not the only one fighting a war on three fronts
Yeah in hindsight I should've had more troops next to his places I was just focusing all my war effort into killing Akhier.
oh well it is my first time playing this far into the game and only my 3rd game over all.

I think I can push him back but if not he can't getting to my island so I can turtle it out there.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 14, 2013, 12:04:32 am
If I can't kill the spiders, I shall at least attempt to disease them all.  Also you didn't have that fatigue spell active which increased my staying power dramatically.

My research pales in comparison to that of most of you but I will try my best to put up a good show before my demise.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 14, 2013, 12:15:20 am
If I can't kill the spiders, I shall at least attempt to disease them all.  Also you didn't have that fatigue spell active which increased my staying power dramatically.

My research pales in comparison to that of most of you but I will try my best to put up a good show before my demise.
I don't get how people have so much tech most people have like 10x mine oh well I'm almost to my Dai Oni that should help out a lot if i can get my construction higher for the better items.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 14, 2013, 03:19:09 am
   I don't know about others but I can hire mages in any of the provinces I control so I was basically stomping others with my research. Of course having all the research in the world won't help you if you don't have the gems to back it up and because I never got to the planes, honestly my start position doesn't have a lot of the gems I ended up needing I fell on my face.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 14, 2013, 03:21:50 am
Are you the one killing my dudes with spells or is it the Strands of Arcane Power I've lost more guys to that crap then any fight it even kills my ghost generals it  so frustrating
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 14, 2013, 03:37:02 am
Before I claim anything whats killing them? Because I might be partly responsible.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 14, 2013, 03:41:34 am
Blah blah was mental attack by a enemy mage blah blah was killed by the attack 
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 14, 2013, 03:45:48 am
   Oh yeah, probably me. If the dang Iron Angels where not so immune magic in general I would be hitting them but since I can't I focused on you.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 14, 2013, 07:23:36 am
Oh the spiders are attacking me from behind

This day was destined, I warned you!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 14, 2013, 08:40:41 am
If it's any comfort, you killed a bunch of my spies..
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 14, 2013, 09:50:00 am
But really, are you guys really THAT terrified of my angels?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 14, 2013, 10:44:04 am
Halt heretic is something to be feared.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 14, 2013, 11:03:29 am
High magic resist SCs with Aegis are what I fear, considering I have a bunch of my own SCs that won't stack up well. I have some plans, but who knows if it will work. Besides, it was you or Palazzo, and if I had helped a coalition against him he might be asking the same thing. Someone has to be attacked, unless we all want to co-exist together as a federation of pretenders.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 14, 2013, 09:18:18 pm
My turn is in.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 14, 2013, 09:34:59 pm
Darn you Machaka! You'll pay for what you did to Predator! I thought I moved him too.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 15, 2013, 12:17:40 am
co-exist together as a federation of pretenders.
I would be ok with this.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 15, 2013, 07:36:32 am
Darn you Machaka! You'll pay for what you did to Predator! I thought I moved him too.
Movement phase is resolved after magic phase. There's no escape.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 15, 2013, 11:16:27 am
Ah well. Predator Mk.2 is going to be cooked up soon anyways. And he was a weaker SC, so think again if you're going to try and gatestone an army onto my angels!  8)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 15, 2013, 03:25:25 pm
Shoots, can I have a 24 hour delay? Scheduled blackout.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 15, 2013, 04:22:17 pm
Will do. Are you otherwise fine with the current hosting period? I know how time-consuming organising the defence on a large map can be.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 16, 2013, 08:03:25 am
36 hours would be nice.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 16, 2013, 08:10:33 am
I'd agree with 36 hours for the normal work week. My job doesn't leave me much time for turns.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 17, 2013, 12:48:21 pm
Machaka PD, Y U so useless?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 17, 2013, 02:00:00 pm
Is it just me, or is Ulm PD pretty tough? I miss the days of 0 PD in all these provinces. I should have had a scout in all of them.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 17, 2013, 02:12:45 pm
   You should always have at least 1 PD in any province to help fend off random derpage. Then again one of my favorite early game tactics when I start a war is to bird drop as much of my enemies land as possible to see whats up though I have only had one good chance to start an early war so far.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 17, 2013, 02:59:38 pm
You're not the only hero in this epic, R'lyeh!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 17, 2013, 07:53:58 pm
Darn Marignon and their endless army of indies.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 17, 2013, 07:56:03 pm
   You should always have at least 1 PD in any province to help fend off random derpage. Then again one of my favorite early game tactics when I start a war is to bird drop as much of my enemies land as possible to see whats up though I have only had one good chance to start an early war so far.
To bad the birds are so weak or it would work better.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 17, 2013, 08:13:00 pm
Note I said early war. I took most of the land I have conquered so far in round 12 with birds.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 17, 2013, 08:28:54 pm
Darn Marignon and their endless army of indies.

My militia will blot out the sun. At least their corpses will.

Seriously I think by the time the war ends, one way or another, a good 1/3 of the adult male population of this continent will be dead. I spend their lives very cheaply.
No one can resist endless green broth and a few pounds of gold!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 17, 2013, 08:51:17 pm
Well, considering that I'm firebombing your cities...Well, I'm sure I'll figure out a solution for your militia.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 18, 2013, 06:58:05 pm
It's nearing the deadline, and neither Alkhemia nor Mrhappyface submitted their turns, so I'm postponing the turn by extra 12h.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 18, 2013, 07:33:09 pm
I just turned mine in. I was just sitting in the corner, crying and hating myself for not expecting Marignon's Inquisition.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 18, 2013, 07:38:05 pm
Sent but I give
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 18, 2013, 07:42:27 pm
Sent but I give
Come again? You give...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 18, 2013, 07:42:58 pm
He gives me all of his gems for the rest of the game. And items.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 18, 2013, 07:46:01 pm
Sent but I give
Come again? You give...
Give up it pretty much over for me anyways and I don't really want to set though the 20 or so turn it would take you to kill me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 18, 2013, 07:49:28 pm
I'm thinking of conceding. This is getting extremely tedious on my part and I've been consistently losing battles.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 18, 2013, 07:52:27 pm
I'm thinking of conceding. This is getting extremely tedious on my part.
It is indeed true that being on the receiving end of an invasion is extremaly taxing.
While it's sad to see Alkhemia go, it is not a game-killing event in the age of 100+ province empires. If on the other hand you were to go as well... well, the game would most likely fall apart.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 18, 2013, 07:57:59 pm
Well the thing is, it's sorta just delaying the inevitable. Even if I win one or two battles with my angels, it doesn't really matter considering the fact all my temples are being destroyed and forts are being captured left and right. I really can't do much against the three biggest superpowers simultaneously.

But that's all my fault for balancing this whole house of cards on diplomacy. Lesson learned there.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 18, 2013, 08:12:12 pm
I'm going to continue for my own sake though. Even if I lose half my provinces.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 18, 2013, 08:13:28 pm
I'm sure it can't be fun fighting a good 65% of the world all at once. There's really no way to overcome that, so the effort must seem rather deflating. Another Ulm fort taken, or temple razed, or men killed. It's not fair, but I learned fairness wasn't part of Dominions 3 when Palazzo attacked me from behind in one of my first games while I was already occupied. The one where I had hydras. And of course my last game where I got ganged up on.

So, in the interest of intrigue and bolstering Ulm morale, I formally renounce my war against Ulm and their lands, and declare a new war against the evil Machaka. May the unspeakable monsters from the depths find the hearts of many trolls and spiders. It looks like I won't be needing that path to 470 after all!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 18, 2013, 08:15:58 pm
What?! Wait! I was going to do that!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 18, 2013, 08:22:04 pm
Ah poo, now I seem like a whiny butthole  :P
Whatever, now I can concentrate shifting my troops somewhere more desirable.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 18, 2013, 08:28:32 pm
Ah poo, now I seem like a whiny butthole  :P
Whatever, now I can concentrate shifting my troops somewhere more desirable.

I agree. You shift all your troops to Machaka, I'll keep invading Ulm proper.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on August 19, 2013, 05:16:36 am
That was a fun run not bad for my first Multiplayer game and game of Dominion 3 that went that long I'll maybe I'll join another game when Dom 4 comes out and I get the money for it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 19, 2013, 06:20:13 am
Thanks for playing Alkhemia! 'Till the next time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 19, 2013, 10:24:21 am
If only, as I had hoped, Shinu, T'ien Chi and Ermor could have ganged up on Machaka while Marignon and I tried to deal with Ulm...my plans all to ruin! And at that turning point, I had to decide whether to form the coalition against Ulm or Machaka. The rest is history. At least the inevitable moment in every game I'm in, the point at which to fight Palazzo, has finally arrived. It's like a Mario game with Bowser. He's always there on that bridge, waiting, sometimes with fire.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 20, 2013, 05:05:34 am
Need a few hours.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 20, 2013, 07:05:05 am
Granted.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 20, 2013, 09:18:56 am
Important

Mrhappyface wants a rollback due to some confusion with turn submition.

I'm putting it here, so that you all might say whether you're ok with it. While I don't doubt Mrhappyface's integrity, I understand that some of us might have had a lucky event or battle result, and would be unwilling to part with the turn as it is.

As for me, I don't mind.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 20, 2013, 10:27:25 am
I would really appreciate it. Granted, rolling back can have some reality distorting effects.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 20, 2013, 10:35:53 am
Neutral
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 20, 2013, 10:40:26 am
All of the battles I participated in were pretty lopsided so I don't think I mind. I don't remember any events happening this turn for me.

Although, will my same 2h file be there? I'd rather not have to do it again from scratch.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 20, 2013, 12:22:41 pm
I'm alright with it, I haven't had a chance to even look at my turn yet so I won't be pining for what might have been, as long as I don't have to redo my turn entirely. I think most of us here can agree that playing these out takes awhile.

Do we re-send the 2h file?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 20, 2013, 12:53:31 pm
OK. I'm going to assume gman doesn't mind either, as there hasn't been any battles on the Machaka-Ermor front.

The game has been rolled back. If I remember correctly there's no need to resend your 2h files. As soon as Ulm gets his turn in, I'll force the hosting. Hopefully nothing'll go wrong.

@Mrhappyface: Be sure to delete both the old .2h and .trn files before re-launching turn 53 again.

If anybody has already run turn 54, then deleting both files is also in order.


This should minimise the chances of fuckups*

*a technical term
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 20, 2013, 04:13:55 pm
Oh yep, I don't mind.  Haven't even looked at the turn recently.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 21, 2013, 07:18:42 am
Does that mean you aren't actively resisting Palazzo anymore? If not, then I think I'll have to eat up some of your land too.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 21, 2013, 07:19:26 am
Mr Happyface, I hope you won't need an extension just to resend your turn...
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 21, 2013, 08:23:37 am
Sorry I'm so late. My work schedule is unusual.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 21, 2013, 12:04:37 pm
Does that mean you aren't actively resisting Palazzo anymore? If not, then I think I'll have to eat up some of your land too.
Calm yourself buddy.  Simply meant I haven't looked at the current turn recently.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 21, 2013, 12:30:44 pm
My turn is in. Making all these orders and shifting about a bunch of units' locations is annoying. Thankfully though, they'll fix this in Dom4 with preset formations
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 21, 2013, 03:10:25 pm
Awright. The only strange behaviour I could spot is the sudden appearance of five scorpion beasts as reinforcements in one of the indie provinces. Maybe that's just some random event, I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 21, 2013, 04:51:42 pm
New, interesting events:

+1500 gold in my treasury
My guardians of the deep global attacked and conquered one of Marignon's provinces. IT'S NOT MY FAULT
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 21, 2013, 06:56:43 pm
My guardians of the deep global attacked and conquered one of Marignon's provinces.
IT'S NOT MY FAULT
NOT MY FAULT
MY FAULT

TO WAR, BY JINGO.

...ah I'm just kidding, when you have three sharks, some sea animals and a troll with gumption attack the equivalent of underwater Kansas you have to look back and laugh.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 21, 2013, 11:35:27 pm
I always wondered why it's easier to kill a large fraction of an province's population (numbering in the thousands) than it is to kill a small army with remote attack spells.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 22, 2013, 06:40:21 am
I always wondered why it's easier to kill a large fraction of an province's population (numbering in the thousands) than it is to kill a small army with remote attack spells.
I always wondered why it's easier to kill a large fraction of a village population (numbering in the dozens) than it is to kill a few taliban with remote attack drones.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 22, 2013, 07:02:51 am
What's the best way to damage a large army with spells? Why can't I just kill all of Palazzo's armies, easily, while he can't kill any of mine, without ever actually having to squander any of my own armies? WHY?!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 22, 2013, 01:01:51 pm
If anyone is willing to trade gems for gold, let me know.  200 gold/gem sound good?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 23, 2013, 10:28:37 am
Well I'm killing a lot more of Marignon's troops than they're killing mine, but that's not saying a lot when they can carpet the entire battlefield with bodies.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 23, 2013, 10:59:35 am
   Numbers don't mean much when it comes to killing troops. Some are really tough and expensive so killing just one is a blow. Others are dirt cheap and if all of them die its just a turn to rehire the whole mess. Really what you need to work with is percentages. While a mixed force technically is a good idea so you can cover your bases armies in this game tend to either be all one kind of troop and maybe summons or a giant ball of random indies. Because of this a percentage of troops that where in an army and where killed more effectively says how you did. a fight of 100 versus 1000 can go either way depending on the troops but saying that the respective losses where 64% and 11% gives a clearer image of the results then saying the one army lost 64 troops and the other lost 110 troops.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 23, 2013, 11:02:52 am
So you have discovered my strategy then! Which Inquisitor turned traitor? Who sold you my plans? It is my most powerful battlefield tactic, soon my researchers will have finished developing the new spell "Carpet Bombing Bodies" a powerful evocation which kills all of my own troops and uses them as projectiles.

The people are happy to die for their Glorious Leader Stalin--I mean Somir.

And Akhier is right, and I wasn't kidding when I said most indies I hire will die for me at 10 gold a pop and some endless wine.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 23, 2013, 11:21:27 am
Yeah, well I diseased more of Palazzo's troops than he diseased of mine!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 23, 2013, 12:12:13 pm
Yeah, well I diseased more of Palazzo's troops than he diseased of mine!
But who's got the Chalice, gov?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: moghopper on August 23, 2013, 01:11:50 pm
Yeah, well I diseased more of Palazzo's troops than he diseased of mine!
But who's got the Chalice, gov?

Me. I drink my booze with it.

Sorry I've been gone so long. Have I missed anything?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 23, 2013, 03:48:26 pm
Sorry I've been gone so long. Have I missed anything?

Minor stuff,  the Forge of the Ancients has been remade, creatures of the depths protect the seas from interlopers, Ashdod and Pythium are gone. Shinuyama has gone AI, a war spanning the world and the planes has erupted amongst the remaining powers.

It's the little things really.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 23, 2013, 04:02:05 pm
It turned out that Ulm has been foolish to trust in allies who do not believe in steel.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 23, 2013, 04:04:19 pm
Quote from: Il Palazzo
But who's got the Chalice, gov?

Soon I will! By "soon" I mean, possibly, in some indeterminate span of time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 23, 2013, 09:04:58 pm
Good new everyone, CBM 1.95 was just released!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 24, 2013, 09:23:52 am
I need a 12 hour extension, have to pull a sudden shift.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 24, 2013, 06:37:30 pm
Exclamation!

In the wake of my internet connection going out for a day I have failed to do three things. I did not send my turn in, I did not postpone the turn for Mrhappyface, and I did not ask Akhier what's going on there with him stalling the second turn in a row.

Gentlemen, it would appear we are doomed to be accosted by a swarm of vicious rollbacks!


Awrighty then, I'm going to do the rollback now, as I'm sure you'll all agree it's necessary. Then I'm going to add another 12h to the hosting period time for the total of 48h. I'm also going to keep postponing the turn until I hear from Akhier.

Finally, I'd need one of the remaining players to share the admin duties, in case the spectre of dissapearing internet connection striked again.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 24, 2013, 08:54:45 pm
   What is going on apparently is the dang Llama server not accepting my turns or something and not telling me. I better watch more closely this time. I have video evidence that I have done both of said turns.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 24, 2013, 09:09:14 pm
Where are the videos btw? I want to see the crazy battles too!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on August 24, 2013, 10:07:45 pm
   The videos are in the limbo that is "Oh my god, college starts next week" where I don't have time and I can hardly even get a video a day out let alone do the video editing needed to paste the bits together. Also any epic battles are probably a way out anyway we have done over 50 turns and just recently was it that I had any real battles. I have after all mostly just been on one continent and the best war I had was conquering taking a couple provinces then losing them again. Plus I would probably hold back on releasing the most recent videos until any diplo that has happened doesn't matter anymore. After all it hardly matters if you all know that me and Ermor allied, after all it was either that or one of use would be dead, what with our caps with only a province between them but any recent developments would probably be left to lay for a bit.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 25, 2013, 10:49:43 pm
We're still waiting for Ulm's turn 55. As soon as Mrhappyface gets it in, the game will proceed. Nobody else needs currently to send their turns.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 26, 2013, 09:37:59 am
Good, I'm in.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 26, 2013, 09:48:11 am
Well, something rather horrific is riding on the horizon.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 26, 2013, 10:49:45 am
Some eternal pyre that was.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 26, 2013, 10:52:10 am
Does this mean Ermor did what I think he did?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 26, 2013, 10:53:49 am
No. Ulm has cast Dark Skies, dispelling my global in the procss. And let me tell you, there were quite a few extra gems put into it.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 26, 2013, 11:04:12 am
The world is a safer place because of it. For now.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 26, 2013, 11:53:36 am
I was just trying to get rid of Eyes of God.  :'(

Well if Ermor does cast Burden of Time, it won't affect R'lyeh that much considering the longevity of their troops.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 26, 2013, 12:45:54 pm
Well if Ermor does cast Burden of Time, it won't affect R'lyeh that much considering the longevity of their troops.

And royally screw over the Old Folks Home that is Marignon.

Amidst rollbacks, delays and llama server being difficult I have to announce my temporary absence the week of August 30th to September 7th as I will be out of town and unable to access a Dom friendly computer.

I leave it up to you guys how you want to approach this, would it be better to find a sub or delay the game for a week? I can play until this Friday but I'm open to getting another (better) player to fill my shoes.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 26, 2013, 01:22:57 pm
I pity the peasantry and common folk in this war.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on August 26, 2013, 01:27:56 pm
Aww common guys, it was supposed to be a surprise.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 26, 2013, 06:13:40 pm
Not a promising start to the Machaka-R'lyeh war. Quick, EVERYONE ATTACK PALAZZO
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 26, 2013, 07:14:41 pm
You seem to be doing quite well from what I saw.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 26, 2013, 08:37:16 pm
Did you see the battle of Donnermark? The first decisive loss for either side, with me on the losing end.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 26, 2013, 09:35:51 pm
It was but a tactical victory, and not a crushing one at that. Whether or not it'll translate into any operational gains remains to be seen.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 27, 2013, 03:01:33 pm
So says the evil villain that will evil villain his way to victory. I lost a good 100 gems in one of those ember lords! Granted he is only one of a number of SCs, but I don't see where I killed anything of great value of yours in return. And my precious vastness is gone like the wind. I expect the war will take a heavy toll on Machaka, but a heavier one on R'lyeh. Operation Kill Palazzo can't be too far off. That is where three super powers gang up on the most powerful nation until it's cut down to size, and this process is repeated forever, until Ermor comes back and wins.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 27, 2013, 03:53:27 pm
Man, that vastness took heavy toll on 5mr(9 with antimagic) spiders.
On the other hand, the webbing held it in place until it was shot down by longdead archers. They had only 13mr total, and scored a few good shots without triggering blood vengeance. Either 13mr is enough to resist the effect on a semi-regular basis, or it's simply the case of reflected banefire damage not affecting the undead. In the latter case, the little buggers would appear to be a very cost-efficient solution to the age-old vastness problem.

Anyway, that battle went much better than I had expected. Turns out a single(!) 190gp Sorcerer+Skull Staff is enough to kill a tarted up Ember Lord. All he did was cast Bane Fire three times. Too bad he switched to skelly spam once he completed his script, or he just might have offed the other one as well.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 27, 2013, 04:11:08 pm
Machakan Spider Silk: Strong enough to hold even interdimensional horrors!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 27, 2013, 04:11:51 pm
It got distracted by the pretty patterns.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 27, 2013, 04:14:21 pm
Yeah, I'm pretty sure bane fire is going to be my undoing. Those ember lords have pretty good MR, defense, protection, and HP yet three casts and poof. If a script is set to target monsters, do you know whether abominations are targeted at the same rate as ember lords or other large commanders? I would much rather bane fire hit those. I suppose we'll find out soon enough.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 27, 2013, 04:23:26 pm
Usually, they're targeted by strongest HP. That's why lots of people bring siege golems against blood nations that have infernal prison/claws of cocytos.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 27, 2013, 04:28:15 pm
I don't know how the spell targetting works. I'd assume closeness had something to do with it? The first banefire landed on the othernesses, irrc. Then the Ember Lord conveniently landed a few paces from the Sorcerer, and somehow got his attention. Unless he was the target all along, and the first shot was simply a wide miss.

Usually, they're targeted by strongest HP. That's why lots of people bring siege golems against blood nations that have infernal prison/claws of cocytos.
Then, the abomination ought to be the target. And it wasn't.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 27, 2013, 04:50:23 pm
HP is one of the factors for sure, since the AI doesn't throw around single target spells willy-nilly. Range is also a factor, as you said Palazzo.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 27, 2013, 05:01:30 pm
Is there some comprehensive breakdown of the factors somewhere, Mrhappyface? I'd love to have a glance before Kebooo uses it against me.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 27, 2013, 05:04:36 pm
I'd love to have a glance before Palazzo has a glance.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 27, 2013, 07:54:17 pm
It seems to be based upon HP from what I got from the Invision forums. Now that I'm rewatching the battle, the abomination was beyond the sorceror's casting range for Banefire. Since the Ember Lord was the closest big dude, it got targeted.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 27, 2013, 08:19:50 pm
Ok, so no more ember lords flying in behind the lines! They will march behind their abomination body guards.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 28, 2013, 07:10:34 am
Whoops, I didn't mean for that ember lord to have a spell casting script. I also didn't expect an attack on Flamma Gate just yet. PALAZZO IS UNCONTROLLED AND TAKING OVER
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 28, 2013, 07:33:44 am
Bloody trolls nearly gave me a heart attack when both squads of eighty started to retreat, despite each single one having morale around fifteen.

In the other battle, the Ember Lord got a lucky break when the only mage scripted with banefire went berserk.


Amidst rollbacks, delays and llama server being difficult I have to announce my temporary absence the week of August 30th to September 7th as I will be out of town and unable to access a Dom friendly computer.

I leave it up to you guys how you want to approach this, would it be better to find a sub or delay the game for a week? I can play until this Friday but I'm open to getting another (better) player to fill my shoes.
And about that, I wouldn't mind a week-long break around that time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 29, 2013, 04:56:49 pm
You know what I hate? Forts. Especially the fact everywhere I look, Palazzo has one. And I have much less than that. I just want to blaze across the world in a burst of glory. LET ME HAVE WHAT I WANT
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 29, 2013, 08:52:36 pm
I also hate teleporting super armies that can strike anywhere at any time, thus causing my only hope to be to teleport into them first. What I like is seeing assassination attempts on Yaqub fail over and over and my growing personal spider army.

And all those tentacles at Elderhill...dark vines, abominations, illithids and a land walking kraken!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 29, 2013, 09:23:20 pm
Ah poop, looks like I suffered a game deciding battle myself.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 29, 2013, 09:37:50 pm
I also hate teleporting super armies that can strike anywhere at any time, thus causing my only hope to be to teleport into them first. What I like is seeing assassination attempts on Yaqub fail over and over and my growing personal spider army.

And all those tentacles at Elderhill...dark vines, abominations, illithids and a land walking kraken!
You win some, you lose some.
I'm sure Mojorocker will be back and rocking his mojo in no time. At least he cast doom as a farewell gift.

By the way, do you get to keep enslaved assasins or do they dissapear like it is with pd?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 29, 2013, 09:45:18 pm
And I learned that the power of a cave troll isn't in his weapon arm, it's in his really thick asbestos skin.

Oh, and that magical diversity is very, very, very important when my SCs can't fly and cover my ass.
And with that I'll see you folks in a week.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 29, 2013, 09:47:53 pm
They seem to disappear, which is a shame. At least I haven't noticed gaining anything from those encounters.

I thought I was being sneaky sending Mojorocker and company around over there. For some reason I figured your marauding teleport army would stay where it was and begin an invasion around Flamma Gate. I'm not sure why I thought that. Probably because it would make things simple and predictable and that's what I wanted! I don't like the idea of those guys showing up anywhere, anytime. Have them go bother someone else.

Also, last turn I cast like, 15 vengeance of the dead and they all either missed or were resisted. I'm guessing it's not such a great spell since the #1 killer is often a high MR guy? Or perhaps I should only be casting it with high spell pen.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 29, 2013, 10:09:14 pm
I've never managed to cast vengeance of the dead succesfully. It seems like too much of a pain and cost for too little a gain. With mind hunt, at least, when you penetrate mr you get a guaranteed kill.

Ah poop, looks like I suffered a game deciding battle myself.
And I learned that the power of a cave troll isn't in his weapon arm, it's in his really thick asbestos skin.

Oh, and that magical diversity is very, very, very important when my SCs can't fly and cover my ass.
So who's won the battle? I'm getting conflicting messages here.


I've put the game on hold.
We'll get back to the exciting adventures in wholesale killing after he's back.


By the way, one king of elemental earth is currently unemployed. Go and get him, before R'lyeh does it!
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 29, 2013, 10:10:48 pm
By the way, we're already trying to re-hire our lost comrade so YOU MIGHT BE WASTING YOUR TIME.

If you mind hunt a province with an astral mage in it, are you automatically feeble minded? Or is that some % chance?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on August 29, 2013, 10:16:43 pm
30-40 % chance per astral level of him catching your mage I believe I read somewhere.

So who's won the battle? I'm getting conflicting messages here.

Two different battles, I won one, Ulm won one.

Did kill an Iron Angel with Mind hunt though. I was more excited to see that than I was watching the battle.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on August 29, 2013, 10:26:33 pm
30-40 % chance per astral level of him catching your mage I believe I read somewhere.

So who's won the battle? I'm getting conflicting messages here.

Two different battles, I won one, Ulm won one.

Did kill an Iron Angel with Mind hunt though. I was more excited to see that than I was watching the battle.
That was probably the worst loss I ever had so far.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 30, 2013, 09:43:42 am
Damn greedy trolls, stealing all the items from the SCs they kill. My commanders are lucky to find scraps.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on August 30, 2013, 11:16:09 am
I'd prefer not to talk about how I lost a pretender and about 275 gems worth of value from that battle all to kill 7 of your hundreds. Have you no sensitivity?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on August 30, 2013, 09:47:39 pm
Sorry, mate. I'm a soulless automaton.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 01, 2013, 08:31:50 pm
HAHAHA THE BETA IS OUT!
EA MACHAKA HAS ELEPHANTS! AND PYGMIES!
Okay okay. There's a bunch of tribes. Hyena has the best mages and are handy with earth,death, and fire magic. There's spider too and they have poisonous weapons and a fire/death shaman. The lion tribe dudes are the strongest and are the leaders and strong fire/earth mages and priests. Rhino clan are the hoplites. Also interestingly, their war elephants are the only ones out of all the nations that doesn't have shit morale.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 01, 2013, 08:45:12 pm
Repeat recruitment, a dream come true.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 01, 2013, 09:03:37 pm
You'll be happy to know they updated R'lyeh's sprites.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on September 01, 2013, 10:58:31 pm
It is almost a complete waste to have commander variety given that you will never use most of them because you will always have to use the most important ones.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 02, 2013, 08:14:56 am
That's more a balance issue if/when true than anything. As R'lyeh I have found that every commander type has its uses and value. Some are more important for leading regular troops, or researching, or getting certain magic paths, or acting as communion slaves.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Neonivek on September 04, 2013, 07:22:44 am
That's more a balance issue if/when true than anything. As R'lyeh I have found that every commander type has its uses and value. Some are more important for leading regular troops, or researching, or getting certain magic paths, or acting as communion slaves.

All troops have their uses, but how often do those uses come up and how often are you willing to use that use over another?

Or rather, how often are you willing to spread your advantages and disadvantages over having a tight strategy?

R'lyeh has a bit more leeway in that respect mostly because their commanders then to have specific roles. so they are one of the ones where this shows less, but it isn't absent.

Ugh... too sleep deprived
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 04, 2013, 09:33:15 am
It's a thematic thing I guess. I'm not one to complain for more troop variety.
Do you honestly think that Arco's Heart Companions are used that often or that their seduction-immune tag ever comes into play?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 04, 2013, 09:39:59 am
Speaking of apparently useless tags, anyone knows what does the "divine being" tag is supposed to do? E.g., Kinnara, and many other Kailasa's summons.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Alkhemia on September 04, 2013, 05:52:56 pm
Speaking of apparently useless tags, anyone knows what does the "divine being" tag is supposed to do? E.g., Kinnara, and many other Kailasa's summons.
I tried doing some digging but found nothing some of the tags in the game seem to be just flavor or something.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 08, 2013, 05:54:52 am
Just so you know, Margrave said he might need a couple days more time.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 08, 2013, 11:19:08 am
Do divine beings require magic leadership?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 08, 2013, 11:47:05 am
I don't mind a few more days.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on September 09, 2013, 08:26:52 pm
Alrighty then, my turn is in.

Sorry about the wait folks and thanks for putting up with me. I should be back to our regularly scheduled program.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 10, 2013, 04:16:33 pm
Oh, the excitement, oh the tension. I missed you.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 10, 2013, 09:19:39 pm
Oh the masses of mind hunts that all failed, how I didn't miss you.

Did Ulm just go AI, or is llamaserver being weird?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on September 10, 2013, 10:16:46 pm
Wait what?

Mrhappyface why? Is this some kind server mishap?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: EuchreJack on September 11, 2013, 12:35:05 am
Speaking of apparently useless tags, anyone knows what does the "divine being" tag is supposed to do? E.g., Kinnara, and many other Kailasa's summons.
I tried doing some digging but found nothing some of the tags in the game seem to be just flavor or something.
I believe certain weapons do extra damage against divine beings.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 05:54:39 am
Oh the masses of mind hunts that all failed, how I didn't miss you.
Pfft. It's your own fault, matey. You knew Mchumba, with her glorious 9mr but 4 astral was there to sever the cords.

In other news, I kinda hoped you'd play it safer storming Elderhill.


As for Mrhappyface, I've PM'd him asking for at least a word.
With the state of affairs such as it is, and assuming he's not interested in playing anymore, it'd be probably more sensible to roll back again and look for a replacement. The game's on hold again, until he responds.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 11, 2013, 07:08:22 am
Actually I didn't know Mchumba was in any of the provinces I was mind hunting. Is she a stealthy unit? I probably shouldn't have gone by who was in those two provinces during the battles when deciding to mind hunt. Now I've got a bunch of feeble minded losers.

Also, were all those guys already in Elderhill or did you teleport them in? For some reason I thought it had only had a light guard, so I moved much of my forces away, anticipating you trying to reinforce the other keep. Unfortunately that didn't happen, and I lost a bunch of units for nothing, a now common theme.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 07:39:26 am
I probably shouldn't have gone by who was in those two provinces during the battles when deciding to mind hunt.
Yeah, that's what I meant. It's the best one can do to prevent such mishaps, although it's not a sure-fire way. The other side can always teleport another astral mage in, and whether or not any mind hunts go through depends then on the order in which the spells are cast.

And yeah, I did gate those troops in just for that occasion. I thought you'd think I'd do something like that, and retain a larger force for the assault, only not expecting the surprise flying dustwalkers, spoiled by the previous victory. Thus the trap would have caught a bigger fish.

Playing this game is like reading Dune all over again. Plans within plans within plans.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 11:07:18 am
I probably shouldn't have gone by who was in those two provinces during the battles when deciding to mind hunt.
Yeah, that's what I meant.
Wait, I misread. I thought you said "should have gone by". From what I understand now, you simply missed her during the battle, 'cause she was there with the trolls, casting antimagic and all.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 11, 2013, 11:49:31 am
My game for the turn before and the one before that doesn't seem to be working right. I requested several times from Llamaserver the turn, but it's always the same. I keep get the Nagot error if I bring up the recruitment screen. Sorry  :(
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 12:08:57 pm
Have you had all your 2h and trn files deleted before replacing them?

Also, if you have a problem, let us know, don't just go AI without any sort of notice.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 11, 2013, 12:43:43 pm
Yeah, I even went to the trouble of reinstalling Dominions 3 after fishing around in Desura for another key. If you could rollback and find a sub that can get the .trn file to work, then it's good.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 01:34:58 pm
That's a bummer.
Well then, thanks for playing and see you in another game, another time.



Alright, guys, what do we do with this situation? I don't believe Margrave, and whomever decides to go for the Ulmish lands will have a good time fighting AI. Should we look for a replacement? Does anybody know someone willing to have a go?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 11, 2013, 01:57:48 pm
Not having a human replacement could potentially ruin the tenor of our game. At that point I have to war with Ulm AI (since they aren't going to respect my lands!) and it will be a race of how quickly the R'lyeh/Marignon alliance can conquer Ulm and turn their full joint attention to Machaka. The game becomes predictable and diplomacy almost entirely disappears in this scenario. Three super powers, one stronger than the other two, what options are there, really? But right now we have four super powers, one stronger than the rest, but with wars situated in a way that there are several competing interests.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 11, 2013, 02:57:12 pm
So are we waiting on a replacement or not?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on September 11, 2013, 03:18:02 pm
Either we wait for a sub or it becomes a race of who eats up Ulm the fastest. I don't think many other people want that. Free territory or not.

Sorry to see you go Mrhappyface, you were a worthy opponent and having my guys get killed by your Iron Angels won't have the same feeling with a different person behind the wheel.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 11, 2013, 05:14:28 pm
What about any of the previous players that have gone AI or were eliminated in this game? Or even gman if he was interested, could set Ermor to AI and take over as Ulm.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 11, 2013, 05:25:28 pm
Or Akhier, for that matter.

I can't change the thread title, so we'll have to look for players via pms, I suppose. I've messaged Stworca already, but no response so far.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on September 11, 2013, 05:29:57 pm
   I am having a good time with my little corner of the world. The biggest threat is not attacking and I am working on pushing back the AI which seeing as my main force is on the wrong side of the Super Indy team its actually a decent challenge at the moment.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 11, 2013, 06:38:02 pm
Eh, I could do that if you'd all like me to. In all honestly though, I'm a little iffy about switching horses nations midstream midgame.  I've fallen behind but I still think I could last a little longer with some creative strategies.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on September 11, 2013, 09:20:14 pm
Anyone know any player from one of the other Rounds going on that would be interested and/or advertise there? Surely somebody on the forums has the itch to kick me around with ultra serious black plated boots.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 14, 2013, 05:57:05 am
Posted ads in both r12 and r15 threads. No response so far.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 18, 2013, 10:51:02 am
Kebooo is going to post an ad on the Shrapnel Forums. We'll see how it goes.

I have rolled back the turn. I'd advise people not to resend their turns, although whomever was attacking Ulm might consider having to do so once the new player joins, should he request a ceasefire period.

What you all should do, though, is delete both .2h and .trn files from your dom3 saves directory - the standard rollback procedure.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Stworca on September 18, 2013, 12:52:00 pm
I've declined the request due to two facts :
- I absolutely hate the glacial pace that most ALL Dominions rounds are reduced to, with 900 hour long extensions. I don't blame the players at all ,because it's understandable that people cannot just commit all of their time to some silly game, but 7 days of waiting to move an army somewhere is not very interesting at this point.

- The second reason is that at this moment i only HAVE one day a week worth of free time, which would force me to ask for extensions all the time, forcing the round to become what i hate.

Thusly I declined. I'm sorry about that, and wish you luck finding the replacements. Nothing sucks more than a project being abandoned, even if it's "just a game".
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Mrhappyface on September 18, 2013, 02:38:23 pm
Hopefully that will be remedied somewhat with the introductions of the Thrones.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 19, 2013, 11:28:24 pm
So did that replacement thing ever work out? I'd quite like to know if the grand race to eat up AI territory has been initiated.

Oh and Mrhappyface, at the very least before quitting you could have sent me all your gems. :P
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 22, 2013, 07:30:30 am
So, uh, I presume there's no response from Shrapnel Forums either.

What should we do then?
Keep on waiting? It seems unlikely that anything'll change here.
Lobotomise Ulm? We'll be faced with tedious AI-removal and generally less fun a game.
Other ideas?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 22, 2013, 09:28:49 am
Yeah, no responses yet. I'd say to keep on waiting. An AI Ulm would kind of ruin the outcome of the game, I think. Because every alliance/diplomatic outcome becomes predictable.

Let's uh, port the game to Dominions 4 and continue there!

I'd say to keep waiting for a human replacement. Maybe someone will show up. This is probably going to be my last Dominions 3 game, since I'll be getting 4 soon, so I'm hoping to have a good memory of it and not a tedious and less fun one. The combination of trying to slowly siege the infinite expanse of Machaka forts + fighting an AI Ulm is too much tediousness wrapped in one package.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 22, 2013, 11:30:29 am
I also think waiting is the best choice, even at the risk of never restarting the game. Even without AI the tediousness of waging war across hundreds of provinces can erode any fighting spirit.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 22, 2013, 11:43:54 am
I also think waiting is the best choice, even at the risk of never restarting the game. Even without AI the tediousness of waging war across hundreds of provinces can erode any fighting spirit.
I leave the choice up to those with larger territories than myself. You folk will have to deal with all that for far longer than I would.

This is probably going to be my last Dominions 3 game, since I'll be getting 4 soon, so I'm hoping to have a good memory of it and not a tedious and less fun one.
Same. I suppose it actually works out rather well with this potentially ending right at the time Dominions 4 is near completion. So far I like it better just because of repeat recruitment :P.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on September 23, 2013, 10:03:13 pm
So I am not really keeping up on the Dom4 stuff. Is there a date yet or what?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: E. Albright on September 26, 2013, 03:16:10 pm
Last I heard the actual release date is the 28th.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Margrave on September 27, 2013, 01:28:31 pm
Is the 29th the make it or break it moment for Round 14?

So far it seems like we're not going to be finding someone to sub for Ulm. And I for one wouldn't want to play whack-the-AI when it's over 130 provinces large even if I stand most to gain.

Is everyone else of a similar mind?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: gman8181 on September 27, 2013, 02:23:00 pm
Yeah, maybe we should all just start a new round of dominions 4 together.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: E. Albright on September 27, 2013, 05:13:47 pm
While I'd not be willing to jump into the advanced mess that is D3R14, I'd be game (and dumb enough) to jump into D4R1. I haven't really looked into multiplayer on the beta; since there's no D4 Llamaserver, is MP significantly harder to set up/manage?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Kebooo on September 27, 2013, 05:50:32 pm
This round may be too advanced and far along to find a replacement, or at least one that would be ready to jump in and manage Ulm effectively. It may be time to move on to D4.

What I learned from this game is that 100+ provinces didn't sound like a whole lot to manage, but it ended up being very time consuming and kind of annoying. Especially the whole recruiting guys in all my forts every turn. I was looking forward to some epic battles with Palazzo, but there will be plenty of those to come.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Akhier the Dragon hearted on September 27, 2013, 05:56:42 pm
   I think the game is to far advanced to really hope to find a replacement and to make Ulm AI would just ruin the game so I would be fine with just ending it. Better to have a ending then let this drag on in a sort of half dead shambling Thing that it is right now.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on September 28, 2013, 12:15:47 pm
I also don't see a happy ending for this game anywhere in sight, so I'm going to put it to rest then.
It was fun while it lasted.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: moghopper on October 10, 2013, 10:19:40 am
Should I change the thread title to "Game over" then?
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game in Progress)
Post by: Il Palazzo on October 10, 2013, 10:39:37 am
If you wish. You can let it die quietly just as well.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game Over. Everybody Died))
Post by: Alkhemia on October 10, 2013, 12:27:50 pm
Yeah sorry about dropping out so early the game just sorta sucks the life out of me after a while.
Title: Re: Dominions 3 Round 14- Interdimensional Madness! (Game Over. Everybody Died))
Post by: Mrhappyface on October 10, 2013, 02:15:19 pm
Everybody made an alliance and lived happily ever after  :D
More seriously, Latus was a neat map, but it was a bit too big and not very balanced.