Giving this the tiniest bump to see if people are interested in a multiplayer game of this. Something more beginner oriented. I've only played one and a half games of this and those were so long ago I doubt I'm in any shape to be super competitive.
If we're going middle ages I think I'll take Arcosophile then, given people are claiming things now.Good choice. I think I played them as my first nation. I destroyed my neighbor, then noticed Il Palazzo took over 3/4th of the map while I was engaged in my little war. Game over, but it was fun while it lasted.
From my first Dominions game, the third one on this forum, where I played ArcoPlural of chassis is chassis.
Also, I'm looking at World of Warhammer, it's a little ugly zoomed in but it could work.
Also also, I noticed that there are more votes than applicants. Please don't vote if you don't want to play, and if you vote post that you want to play.
If you don't want random non-participants to vote, don't set up a poll. It isn't hard to just ask people to post age preferences along with faction preference.
Personally, I'd like to see late age because nobody has done that yet on this board. But I currently am not interested in playing, just watching.
Hi, im pretty new at dominion but id be interested in joining this game to see how long i can last. If you do decide to pick me i would prefer to play asphodel if it is not already taken.
I'd be intrested, unsure of race since I didn't try most of them yet, but I'll just take one with free-chaff and no/limited unit building if possible, in hopes of that being "easy".I wouldn't recommend this but we have a free slot. Figured I'd have one in case an eighth player showed up. All we have for freespawn nations is Ermor. But yeah will update the topic when I'm back home to account for your pick.
And a bump to say this is now live. make sure to send your pretenders to pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net. Subject should be the game name up top. Check this link (http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=1890&view=findpost&p=22077932) for more info. It likely won't be an issue, but load up worthy heroes before making your pretender just in case!
I also think it would be a good idea for chaoticag to send the admin pass to someone, just in case life happens. Sure we can send an email to llama and ask for it but that's always a hassle. I can volunteer, though I have no inclination to administrate this game unless it becomes necessary.I can't believe I missed this. No idea how, but I can send the admin password if need be. I'll do that in a bit. As for the planned turn timer I'm setting it to 30h to give me a bit of extra slack. Juggling 18 credit hours and a few other things means I might want this.
And another thing, what's our planned turn timer? I recall 28h working quite well in the past.
if players decide on trading goods, then the trade must go through if they post it on here. Obviously we won't know if a trade is conducted in PMs, but otherwise, if you say you will give gold in exchange for a magic item, both items must be engaged.
You need to remove the "if they post it on here". PMs can be revealed if necessary, so don't invade on player privacy so much. We're not the NSA, lol.
Alright, edited the above. Still new to running this whole thing. Also, seems all that's left to turn their turn is is Shinuyama, so we should have our next turns emailed to us soon. With that everyone should know how llamaserver works.
Few notes for our new players:
If you're last to upload a turn, consider waiting for the few minutes it takes for llamaserver to process it and then do your next turn straight away. It helps keep the game moving.
Also, the best hotkey in the game is 'n'. It cycles through your (n)ext idle commander. Very handy way to check up on your scouts and to keep your commanders and mages working.
Yeah, hard to banter too much right now without giving stuff away...That's actually one of the things I find most annoying about Dominions - I'd love to be able to talk about the stuff I'm trying out, how things are going, what I'm planning for the future... and yeah, you really can't do any of that, because you'd be setting yourself up to get countered by your opponents. Heck, even posting screenshots of a particularly cool/decisive battle can backfire, since you've now just informed everybody what your main army composition looks like.
That's actually one of the things I find most annoying about Dominions - I'd love to be able to talk about the stuff I'm trying out, how things are going, what I'm planning for the future... and yeah, you really can't do any of that, because you'd be setting yourself up to get countered by your opponents. Heck, even posting screenshots of a particularly cool/decisive battle can backfire, since you've now just informed everybody what your main army composition looks like.One of the perks of a disciples game, which I might consider running here once this one slows down or is over maybe. But yeah, a lot of interesting stuff going on my end, and I'm sure a lot of interesting stuff is going on the others end too.
Theoretically you could talk about it after the game's over, but by the point you've been playing for months, and I, at least, am not the kind of person who keeps notes, so can only give vague, sweeping generalities to how the early/mid game went.
Hey, I'm leading the hall of fame with rando commander#27, thanks to c'tis mass extenction of hall of famers (?).I kill more mercenaries than I kill my own men! It's beneficial either way!
And I think I am the only person not bordering Oceania's ocean?
For the record I would have gotten my turn in without the extension :P Thanks for being courteous though I appreciate it. And from what I can tell we all fall into the opportunistic vermin camp haha.
Whew, well at least it looks like I will not be the first person out, so doing better than I expected. I am pretty scared going into the later game, I don't even know what I am doing early so now I am totally winging it.
I think you guys know a little bit more than me and ashpodel lol, no idea that they would be an early target because of their mechanics or anything like that. Well, its all practice for next time!
For the record I would have gotten my turn in without the extension :P Thanks for being courteous though I appreciate it. And from what I can tell we all fall into the opportunistic vermin camp haha.It was cutting it close since it would have hosted around when I would have already been in deep sleep, so yeah. Besides, everyone was on point in terms of submitting turns, so it would have been a shame to have our first stall here.
Whew, well at least it looks like I will not be the first person out, so doing better than I expected. I am pretty scared going into the later game, I don't even know what I am doing early so now I am totally winging it.
I think you guys know a little bit more than me and ashpodel lol, no idea that they would be an early target because of their mechanics or anything like that. Well, its all practice for next time!
Asphodel though... wow, that was a beat down. Safe to say that's likely over.
Pangaea is easy and Asphodel is basically dom killing D version of them, hard to say how much that swings things either way.
Give me a strong E or D focus any day.
Asphodel surprised me. Usually freespawn and D magic beats crossbows and MR-Negates weapons and spells put the hurt on the Ulmish, but they just folded. I'd have loved their cap, and my high MR lizards could likely have taken it, but geography failed me.
Asphodel surprised me. Usually freespawn and D magic beats crossbows and MR-Negates weapons and spells put the hurt on the Ulmish, but they just folded. I'd have loved their cap, and my high MR lizards could likely have taken it, but geography failed me.
It turns out that freespawn and MR-Negates spells aren't all that effective when you throw enough men at them. Who knew? :u Also flails. Flails everywhere. Can't recommend them enough against freespawn. It's like a hot knife going through butter.
Marignon didn't do a double turn, so we're waiting for him again - as for Asphodel, I'm not sure he/she is still playing activly?
Asphodel does know that they can go AI, right? I mean, they could turn things around and win but that seems very unlikely to me. Going AI would speed up the game a bit and enable them to go do other things. Totally not bitter about them drawing things out. Totally not.
Whats the best size2 unit one can get with water/air/nature/earth paths?
Asphodel does know that they can go AI, right? I mean, they could turn things around and win but that seems very unlikely to me. Going AI would speed up the game a bit and enable them to go do other things. Totally not bitter about them drawing things out. Totally not.
Haha I will tell them, but I don't think you will be getting any relief that way. Knowing them, they will make this as painful as possible.
I can swap Asphodel to AI if requested from vangelic or jking. I'd rather not have them NOT rampage at this point, heh, it'd be too anticlimactic if they just rolled over.
Lamias are a touch expensive (at worst, 1 gem to one Lamia), but regenerate and are good against someone who's spitting out point-die evocations since they have a second form; if they get hit by a Gift, possibly from Heaven, they'll simply change forms, and the excess damage is wiped clean.Unfortunately, a recent patch changed it so that if the damage a creature takes is more than the hp pool of both forms combined they die right out.
Look, I need to torment everyone sooner or later. But yeah, seriously, I don't think this sounds like a solved problem to me on your end until it goes away, heh. I mean, you have a solution, but how long it takes is completely part of it. Not gonna give you a free pass over that heh.I can swap Asphodel to AI if requested from vangelic or jking. I'd rather not have them NOT rampage at this point, heh, it'd be too anticlimactic if they just rolled over.
Except they're down to only a single army, no forts or way to get more troops/income, and are being pursued by my larger and more powerful force. I have a bunch of Inquisitors tearing down their dominion as quick as they can. They've already been rolled over and can no longer be unfucked. To me it seems like dragging this out is pretty anticlimactic. But then again, totally not bitter or anything. Totally not. This is sarcasm, by the way, in case you couldn't tell.
Look, I need to torment everyone sooner or later. But yeah, seriously, I don't think this sounds like a solved problem to me on your end until it goes away, heh. I mean, you have a solution, but how long it takes is completely part of it. Not gonna give you a free pass over that heh.
I have been painfully reminded of the importance of a research plan. Troops are fine and dandy against indies but you really need some extra oomph for PVP.Yup. Seeing as you're already hit the mainstay of C'tis you need to figure what shinuyama can do well at least. Seems an interesting nation of rainbow mages at the very least, but not sure how to best leverage that.
Yeah, we both kind of seemed to be racing for that throne, to be honest if you got there first I might have done the same thing haha.
Did not expect it to happen at the same time as Shinuyama though, but looking back I did take a lot of his stuff. I probably deserve this.
Nothing personal! Well, okay, I was targeting those lands you grabbed so damnit! Maybe a little personal. Out of everyone I've had dealings with, I've talked to you the least so it's pretty threatening seeing an army that big so near my borders out of nowhere.Yeah. I've been looking rather askance at both Ulm and Marignon for that reason. There's just something about seeing over 150 soldiers in a province when you're the only neighbor that could possibly merit such a troop deployment.
Oh dear, it looks like Shinuyama and Arcosphale have decided to target me. I did kind of have a feeling it was coming.
Sorry about that, Vanarus. It's hard not to spam soldiers from every fort, even if it's right on your borders. Can you not hold it against me?I'll try not to. Indeed, that was my assumption due to the fact that it was the only major force near my border at the moment, apart from what's regularly moving south; if you were going to launch a sneak attack, you'd be moving more forces up to hit me all at once. That's the only reason I didn't contact you privately two turns ago asking what you were planning.
's cool, I don't have any designs either, nor much of a plan. For one, last turn i set my research goal, then moved a researcher like a scrub and now I'm 5 RP short of a tech I needed, wraghablaI wish I could say that you've done it once, you'll never make that mistake again, but I assure you that you totally will. The way I deal with it is waiting until the very end of my turn to mess with the research settings... and I'll still sometimes end up 5 RP short - usually because I'll remember at the last moment that I wanted to forge something, or move a mage to site search.
...OK. Ulm, I love you and you've been a peaceful neighbour thus far, but for what possible reason do you need to maintain almost 300 soldiers on our border? You've mentioned recruitment, but you've been systematically doubling the number of troops there and you've completely stopped withdrawing them. When I said I was looking at it a bit askance before? I'm now past that. Consider this a formal request to withdraw your forces from our shared border.
's cool, I don't have any designs either, nor much of a plan. For one, last turn i set my research goal, then moved a researcher like a scrub and now I'm 5 RP short of a tech I needed, wraghablaI wish I could say that you've done it once, you'll never make that mistake again, but I assure you that you totally will. The way I deal with it is waiting until the very end of my turn to mess with the research settings... and I'll still sometimes end up 5 RP short - usually because I'll remember at the last moment that I wanted to forge something, or move a mage to site search.
Honestly, there should be some mechanism to allow us to lock in a number of RPs, so that you can say "I need exactly 1,000 RP going to here, and all the rest should go over there. If one of my mages decides to do something else, make sure you take away from all the other things before you touch that 1,000 RP."
Requesting 24 hour delay on turn. Same goes for PMs sent to me today, just for those who sent me such. Sorry.
Well, since you are back, I'll go ahead and put my foot down about no extensions then. Though to be honest, I turn my turn in when possible, unless I get mine while I'm asleep or about to go to sleep. Anyway, time to send some reminder pms out for those that haven't gotten their turn in yet.I see. In that case, you may want to go about looking for a sub for me, because there will be circumstances where I cannot reach the computer where I have the game installed and run my turn in a timely manner. I do apologize for that, but it is the case at present.
If you end up needing a sub for either one, I'm available.Alright, send me a PM with your email in it and I will go ahead and have you sub in for Ulm. This may or may not be permanent depending on what we find out.
Also as for the area, I thought it was worth it just for shit and giggles, guess I should adopt a more competetive >: I mindsetWell, it's a fun event, but, well, the rewards make it unfun. If some gems came out of it it might be a better event. Cursed items that you may or may not want on your character is another matter entirely.
Sorry bout that thought I sent the turn in. Won't be around for much longer anyways so will stop having to extend for me... Et tu, Oceania? :PWell, you put up a good fight, but uh, holy crap your research seemed bad compared to everyone else for the few turns I had the eyes up XD
New turn rolls around, one gone. So except for Chaoticag everyone now holds at least one (in some cases 2) extra capital provinces. Ulm sure has a good amount of death income - about as useful as my fire-gem income, I assume? I hate how akward my empire is, with just one thin line of territory all over the world, turning me into a global-no-mans-land. Fish land. Will we start into a cold war now?Unless something very surprising happened with the siege of Shinuyama, I don't believe Vanarus fully holds two capitals, either. I won't be able to check for a few hours, though.
Ulm sure has a good amount of death income - about as useful as my fire-gem income, I assume?
Oceana did it's Oceana thing
Dispel's an incredibly expensive waste of pearls if you ask me.Not too expensive when you're turning in 16 pearls or more a turn and recruiting crystal mages. You'd be able to cast dispel very often with that and it'd just take a starshine skullcap. Besides, you're in a better position to think about the long game aren't you? You really won't need the pearls as badly once you can summon iron angels instead, and you already have some incredible forging benefits. What would cost me 5 pearls costs you 1, and what costs me 10 would cost you 6.
Trade was really low, i.e. not a single one of you traded with me, even though i offered plenty of fair 1 for 1 deals on gems, etc : /Same. Apart from some early-game trades with Arcosephale, no one was really interested. I wonder if Crazy Ivan's trades were a bit too expensive; I know at least one player opted for empowerment instead of trading with me.
Sidenote: If you are a mess like me and reply to a pm-mail with your 2h. file like a tool, tarn will email you and tell you to use the forum.I am oddly aware of that, given first hand knowledge as well, he mentioned when I sent him an email asking him to ignore it that it happens about once a week to boot. And he will still send an email just in case.
As I am currently using Marignons capital - no negative effects on my troops, population seems somewhat shaken. Overall my dominion is fairly chill (hehe, temperature joke) and has good luck and growth all over. The ice certainy helps vanrus.I do not think stealthy troops would show up on spy reports unless lead by something unstealthy, sometimes not even then. Remember those provinces where you all of a sudden found air mages in them? Kinda like that I think. Scrying might help.
I'm not sure, how do stealthy troops act - are they just hidden from scout reports or partly displayed?
Staring at a wall as my mages continue to waste away to disease. On the bright side, it won't happen for much longer. On the down side, that's because there's not much left. The dead hand of Shinuyama and C'tis curses me from beyond the grave.Seems like gift of health got sniped from underneath your feet sadly, still, ouch. I was formulating something to deal with C'tis, but it seemed like the war was over before I could move the gears. Go figure that Ulm is finding out what it is at the moment. Oh, right, I think possibly, and don't quote me on this, but rings of regen might keep your diseased mages alive. There's also miraculous cure all elixers.
Also staring at an almost 600-strong (according to scouting reports) Oceanian force marching along the Oceania-Arcosephale-Vanarusian frontier made up of assorted nasties and led by none other than Lesueurii, Master of Water, Prince of Ice, King of Discipline. Which is amusing, I suppose, albeit somewhat paranoia-inducing.
but rings of regen might keep your diseased mages alive.
I got the hint and did my turn ; )This assumption would be correct. Mother Oak got popped when Mokosh's thread was snipped short.
Whatever happend to mother oak, btw? I can only assume that Mokosh (the guy that went insane for scrying at my amazing army of critters) was the caster?
Well, in that case, it's likely vengeful waters wrecking havoc on anyone with coastal provinces.
Well, chaoticag, you did the one thing that would provoke me into dispelling Burden of Time.Please, go ahead and toss more gems into this.
Edit: If Vanrus had done a double turn, we would have a turn like 4 hours after the last - impressive.Coincidence of coincidences, I did do a double-turn. Triple-turns, unfortunately, are a bit beyond my means. :P
Blight
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5E gems
The caster unleashes a blight upon a distant province. Five percent of the population will die, unrest increases and eighty pounds of gold must be used to feed the starving.
I lost because of vanarus. That is all. I had effectively beaten shinuyama, I was slowly taking the advantage against ulm, on the back of shadow blast and foul vapours, but I didn't have the scales for a war on so many fronts.
In retrospect, knowing that thtblovesDF was agitating against me and wished for my early demise explains a huge amount.