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MAP : Cradle of dominion ?

Yes !
- 3 (37.5%)
OK with custom ports
- 4 (50%)
it would need 1 wrapping
- 0 (0%)
it would need 2 wrappings
- 0 (0%)
No, and it would look too wierd with wrapping.
- 1 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 8

Voting closed: June 02, 2014, 04:59:26 pm


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tompliss

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Dominions 4 Round 4.06: The dead are watching ...
« on: May 29, 2014, 02:43:16 am »

Here is the new thread, let's set this game up !

Game name: Bay12GamesRound406
Map: Cradle of Dominion (With Sailors)
Mods: Worthy Heroes v1.21, Sailor Site Mod
Era: Early Era
Disciples: No
Time allowance: TBD
Special site frequency: 50
Random event frequency: Common
Score graphs: no
Hall of Fame: 15
Artifact forging limit : limited
Thrones: 12 lvl1, 4 lvl2, 13 points needed
Renaming: allowed

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List of Players (13) :
TomPliss - Niefelheim
HopFlash - Pangaea
Mindmaker - Abysia
Shadowlord - Machaka
moghopper - Mictlan
lijacote - R'lyeh
Antur - Arcoscephale
Biowraith - Helheim
AlStar - Fomoria
LongDongSilver - Yomi
Il Palazzo - Kailasa
Ragnoff - Ulm
RexMundi - Berytos
Spoiler: Pretenders (click to show/hide)
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Spoiler: How does PBEM work? (click to show/hide)

Useful links:
Dom4 forums on Desura
Link to Edi's Dom4 Database
An archived snapshot of the Dom3 wiki: Yes, it's still relevant, and it hasn't been replaced yet, so... It has loads of useful information, including strategy guides. Keep in mind that while a lot of this information is still very useful and valid, a lot of it is entirely out-of-date.

Llama Server: the automatic hosting server for our game.
Llama Server's map and mod browser (Yes, it's not really a browser, but you can browse the maps and mods here)

Text stolen from Delta Foxtrot who stole it from  E. Albright who stole it from Akhier the Dragon hearted who stole it from ScriptWolf who stole if from Il Palazzo :P ( with his say so ), and scantly updated for Dom4 by the latest OP E. Albright.


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Ok guys, all beginners/intermediate are welcome, and all the players from 4.03 are expected to come back here for a revenge on me :D
« Last Edit: July 26, 2014, 11:00:52 am by tompliss »
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2014, 02:49:22 am »

I'm in...if we choose Early Era then I tend to Ermor atm, but it's a little bit similar to Berytos so I should change my mind :)

my settings suggestions:
Renaming: on
Hall of Fame: 15
Mods: only Worthy Heroes
Special sites: standard
random events: standard

for all other things I open
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Inactive Therian Saga Char: Stormhead
Dominions: 4.03 Berytos; 4.06 Pangaea; 4.08 Arcoscephale; 4.11 Shinuyama
Inactive Wurm Online Char: Stormhead

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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2014, 03:19:14 am »

About my prefered settings :

Map: I would prefer a non-random map, even if the specific map should depend on the nations chosen.
Mods: I would say Worthy heroes is a must (as it rebalances every nations, so that they can all benefit from heroes), and I'm clearly not against the Expanded underwater pretender that gives the (poor) amphibian tag to some pretender so the UW nations have more choice, especially in the non-water-magic field.
Era: Early Era was fun, let's go with it again ?
Disciples: No
Time allowance: 30 hours as before ?
Special site frequency: 40 ? just for the sake of having just a bit more than deault :D
Random event frequency: common (to get some nice things going)
Score graphs: I don't mind those on, but I don't care that much..
Hall of Fame: 15 as default ? was good that way before ...
Artifact forging limit y/n?: limited ? not that it changed many things in the previous games ! :D
Thrones: I would say I proved 1 per nation is the minimum here, with 2/3 needed to win ?
Renaming: yes, let's allow some fun names ! c:


and as far as nations go, I would tend to go for Niefelheim...
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2014, 03:50:30 am »

Map: agree...no random map
Mods: UW nations are suspect for me so I don't know if this mod is good
Thrones: some more as in our last game...if I had known things like now our game has been ended in turn 20 or so...it was too easy to get all thrones. [Edit] I mean victory conditions for thrones.
« Last Edit: May 29, 2014, 03:55:41 am by HopFlash »
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tompliss

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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2014, 04:01:34 am »

Mods: UW nations are suspect for me so I don't know if this mod is good
Well, the bad side of underwater nation is their pretender selection : 14 for EA Oceania (the largest EA pool), of which 3 are purely aquatic, and the dragon only has its human form as amphibian...
The mod let some UW nations use some of the innately amphibian pretenders, and share some of the "nationnal" pretender between the nations, when they're not that specific.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2014, 05:12:56 am »

I'd be interested, but I'll have to think about what to play.
I like random, but please make it at least some sort of wraparound map if it has to be a predefined map.
« Last Edit: May 29, 2014, 05:20:54 am by Mindmaker »
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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2014, 05:37:45 am »

I'm interested, but haven't decided who to play this time yet either.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2014, 06:56:29 am »

Probably Abysia or Agartha. Haven't played either of them yet.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2014, 08:03:44 am »

Count me in.


If it's EA: Marverni

If it's MA: Pythium
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2014, 08:51:47 am »

I'll go with Machaka.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2014, 09:39:10 am »

I'd like to join as R'lyeh! Any age is fine. If water nations aren't wished for, I'm fine with Sauromatia or Pangaea or whatever, really. Hell, T'ien Ch'i is a really interesting nation...

I'd also note that 40 is lower than what the game has for site frequency in EA (sources claim 45 is the default for EA, with 5 less for each successive age). As for the other settings, I'm fine with most anything as long as graphs aren't on :P We can probably figure out what would be best once we have a full game (do we even have an idea on how many people we want?)

Something that I brought up in my own starting post for 403. It's a great resource for checking out... well, pretty much everything in the game. Units, spells, items, magic sites and sorting by path, school, booster, resource/gold cost et cetera. Definitely worth a look if you want to take a glance at what you'd like to play.
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Infinite wrath, and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell;
And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep
Still threatening to devour me opens wide,
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2014, 09:42:27 am »

Are you sure you want to play EA R'lyeh? Most people agree that they are terrible.
MA and LA are a different matter.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2014, 09:44:45 am »

I know of the pain involved. Not sure which one of EA or LA is harder on the soul. Endless, useless, gold-hungry hordes are a pretty strong contender for the title of worst thing ever.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2014, 09:48:42 am »

Well, It's commonly admitted that EA Marveni is pretty weak as well, and we still have players for it...

PS : 50 for sites is good then, was basing it on LA ._.
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Re: Dominions 4 Round 4.06: Setting up, join here !
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2014, 10:03:01 am »

I'd like to join as EA Arcoscephale (or whatever to correct spelling is). I'll try to get some strategy before playing this time.

And 4.05 province connections made me bit wary of random maps.
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