4441

I think this means “Let the current turn host on Tuesday and delay the turn after that.” I’ll try and keep an eye on the next few turns so that Man doesn’t stall.

Now, that’s clear…Everybody Gang up and take out Man!!!

4442

Again? I’m excited to see Agartha oracles vs. Pythium harbringers and tarts. This game has jumped up a notch pretty quick! This has been the most free flowing game I’ve been involved in with multiple attacks, treaties, backstabbing, new treaties etc.

4443

24 hours added to the tour.
This one’s my fault.
Been a rough day and I’m not going to get a turn in during the next couple of hours.

4444

Progress page lists patch version 3.29. Once we beta test that and see if there are any kinks there, it will be released. Most probably it is going to be the final patch for Dominions 3.

4445

Is this the thread for newb questions? Or just MP trash talking? If the latter, my apologies.

I recently grabbed this in the gamersgate sale and have worked my way through Bruce’s tutorial. Now I am going to try some SP. My question is what’s a good nation to start with?

4446

I’d recommend EA Tien Chi… no blood, but really good diversity beyond that… a lot of ways to play it… (a W9 bless is pretty hot)

4447

Thank you. Does EA = Early Age? W9 = Water Magic Level 9? And what is meant by ‘no blood’? (I warned you I was a newb).

4448

Blood magic is both a school of magic and a path of magic. It centers around the use of blood slaves which function for this path like a gem functions for other paths. blood slaves must be hunted for and then passed from the commander who found them to where they will be used. The resultant micromanagement can make blood magic unsuitable for a learning experience.

Feel free to ask questions and we’ll answer as best as we can. I would suggest playing a game with a pretender of your own design and then playing the same nation after reading a guide from one of the boards and following a bit of their advice. It will help you learn quicker.

4449

Ha! Sorry… yes… EA = Early Age, W9 = Water Magic Level 9. “No blood” means that it does not natively have paths in blood magic, and thus, no blood hunting.

Blood Hunting isn’t really that big of a deal, but when you are just starting, it’s am extra level of complexity that you can skip.

Also, make sure you are patched up to 3.28. You will prob. want to use a mod (CBM) before long… but for now, just make sure you’er patched ;)

If you need help or have questions, PM me and we can set something up… I can meet you on irc or Steam or something to chat.

4450

Thank you gentlemen. I will give Tien Chi a go with a pretender of my own making, as suggested.

Austen, I may take you up on your offer of chat help, I’ll let you know.

I must say I wish I hadn’t waited so long to buy this. I was put off by the original Shrapnel price, then I bought CoE3 for $30 and that never quite grabbed me. As a result I waited until Dom3 hit $7.50 in the recent sale to try it. Ah well, if it sticks for me then I’ll be ready for Dom4…

4451

Hi Tylertoo,

This thread may be a tricky place to get new player help. Good place to play, but not as active. Try the official forums at Desura: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-3-the-awakening/forum. Lot’s of new player stuff there. I’m sure the folks here would help but there aren’t as many of them. You can also find me on irc.gamesurge.net #dominions most all day any day NA time. I do a lot of coaching there. And sometimes it results in my getting beat by my protege. Eh? Austen? Eh?

4452

You could also always bump this thread for help from the QT3 peeps, without worrying about it getting lost in the game thread.

4453

The wiki that’s linked in the other thread, that Sharaleo just bumped, is your friend! The manual is outdated on a lot of points.

4454

Thanks again for the suggestions folks.

Heh, I actually was going to bump that one but it has been dormant for two years. Anyways, I’ll check out the Desura forum as well.

There’s actually two wikis listed there, Dominions 3 Strategy Wiki and Dominions 3 Wiki. Is one better/more up-to-date than the other? Are the suggested pretender builds listed here decent suggestions? I’m looking for pretender examples that get very specific.

4455

Dominions 3 Wiki is the one you want. The other is not really very good/useful…

Those pretender builds are… ehh… not disasters… but I don’t know… nothing special… it’s really, really hard to decouple a pretender from the nation usually… the closest would be something like the Wyrm with Dom 10 and a nation with strong paths/diversity… like EA Ermor or TC… maybe LA Arco… but see… now I’m coupling it to the nation… so…

4456

So the other link I forgot to post, which is awesome, is the Dom3 Mod Inspector. Best place to go to look at unit stats, spell effects, item properties, etc, etc.

4457

Yeah, that’s the one.

4458

If you want to know how to make pretenders, I wrote a detailed guide. http://z7.invisionfree.com/Dom3mods/index.php?showtopic=1114 And to see it in action I did a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thnjw6zbecE. It’s part of a full series of turn videos I’m doing as we play the game. They are 20 turns behind the actual game.

I hope you understand that I don’t like suggesting very detailed pretenders. I don’t know anything about how you play and there is always personal style and nation choice affecting pretender design.

4459

Thanks! I had actually already found your guide (don’t remember how), it looks like a great help. I had not seen your videos, and appreciate the link.

4460

Patch 3.29 is out. If you’re playing multi on the llamaserver, watch out for the update notice, it won’t be a long time coming.