VaeVictis, a Dom3 MP

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:34 pm

Also if you hold Ctrl down when clicking, all troops default to "Move" instead of "Sneak". It saves a lot of time.

-Username17

tenuki · Post by **tenuki** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:07 pm

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:05 am

Ulm, send a PM, I have some information I want to give you.

Brasidas · Post by **Brasidas** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:54 pm

Akula wrote:Ulm, send a PM, I have some information I want to give you.

PM sent.

That brings up a question. Do we handle diplomacy in this thread, through the game's messaging system, or a combination of both? Is there a shared etiquette here for choosing one over the other?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:06 pm

Brasidas wrote:
Akula wrote:Ulm, send a PM, I have some information I want to give you.
PM sent.

That brings up a question. Do we handle diplomacy in this thread, through the game's messaging system, or a combination of both? Is there a shared etiquette here for choosing one over the other?

Whatever.

The advantage of discussing something publicly is that there is a record of it and no "no I didn't" bullshit. The advantage of PMs and emails is that they are fast. The advantage of sending messages through the in-game message system is that the person you are sending it to very definitely gets the message on the turn they are intended to get it before they do their turn.

I almost always handle declarations of war through the in-game messaging system. It minimizes hard feelings and recriminations to know that the player receiving it got the message at literally the beginning of turn X, rather than getting it before submitting last turn or after submitting this turn or whatever.

Trades generally involve more subtle negotiation and bargaining, and it is better to handle it via PMs and shit where you can get a lot of back and forth haggling before submitting a turn.

-Username17

Brasidas · Post by **Brasidas** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:55 pm

That makes sense, thanks.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:47 pm

R'leyh announces an non agression pact with Pangea.

tenuki · Post by **tenuki** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:21 pm

Korwin wrote:R'leyh announces an non agression pact with Pangea.

Radio Harpy,
exclusive live interview with Adonis Zappa, Prophet and Press Secretary to the Church of She Who Accidentally Spells With A Triple D

Q: Mr. Zappa, what is it like to negotiate with a Starspawn?
A: WHAT? GODDAMMIT, TURN THAT NOISE DOWN! What was the question? No, not now, baby. Roll over. Sorry. Come again?
Q: [repeats question]
A: Oh, please call me Adonis.
Q: Right. _Adonis_, your secret peace mission to R'yleh has been the talk of the grove for months. Can you give our audience a feeling for what it is like to negotiate with a Starspawn?
A: Starspawn? [pause] Oh, that guy. Yeah, he was cool. It. Whatever. But really cool. Totally, I mean. And it's R'lyeh.
Q: Uh-huh. Would you mind getting a little more into the details of your experience?
A: Yes.
Q: Mr. Zappa, our audience...
A: I said yes.
Q: I see.
A: And call me Adonis.
Q: Mr. Zappa, at the press conference your spokesmaenad said that 'we are welcoming this hallowed treaty as a chance for both our peoples to step forward hoof-in-tentacle into a prosperous future'. How do you reconcile this statement with the latest budget proposal?
A: Budget? Oh, yeah. Well, the bitch said chance, didn't she?
Q: As a matter of fact, she did.
A: So what's there to fornicatin' reconcile? Chance can mean anything. Future, too. Besides, didn't my minotaurs instruct you not to bring up the economy?
Q: Mr. Zappa, my journalistic sense of duty does not permit me to...
A: Your what? Yo, Buctus! Get rid of that three-acorn hack for me, will ya?
Q; Mr. Zappa...
[unspecified noise]
[end of transcript]

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:11 pm

Oh, hi, C'tis.

Gnosticism Is A Hoot · Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:26 pm

name_here wrote:Oh, hi, C'tis.

We welcome our Ermorian neighbours, and look forward to a fruitful death-based cultural exchange.

Rabelais · Post by **Rabelais** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:08 am

Gnosticism Is A Hoot wrote:
name_here wrote:Oh, hi, C'tis.
We welcome our Ermorian neighbours, and look forward to a fruitful death-based cultural exchange.

*Best Dominions diplomatic ambiguity use ever - Nominee

On my part I think the expansion is going very well given I lost 2/3 of my army blind-attacking a bunch of windguided crossbows backed by orb lightning throwing air mages.

Curiously, that never happened in my test games.

Would have preferred barbarians or even elephants, but Nooooooooo....

K · Post by K » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:56 am

Rabelais wrote:
Gnosticism Is A Hoot wrote:
name_here wrote:Oh, hi, C'tis.
We welcome our Ermorian neighbours, and look forward to a fruitful death-based cultural exchange.

*Best Dominions diplomatic ambiguity use ever - Nominee

On my part I think the expansion is going very well given I lost 2/3 of my army blind-attacking a bunch of windguided crossbows backed by orb lightning throwing air mages.

Curiously, that never happened in my test games.

Would have preferred barbarians or even elephants, but Nooooooooo....

Did you hit the province with the Air 6 indie Illusionist? That guy is no fun at all.

tenuki · Post by **tenuki** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:23 am

K wrote: Did you hit the province with the Air 6 indie Illusionist? That guy is no fun at all.

*Gasp*

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:14 pm

Bolivar Wise is batshit. Not only is he personally an Air Magic 6 character covered in gems wearing weightless scale and standing next to a dancing trident, but his province has a special magic site that is also very good.

The ideal situation of course is to seduce Bolivar, which can in fact be done. But failing that, murdering everyone in the province and taking the magic site is pretty good too.

-Username17

Ikeren · Post by **Ikeren** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:57 pm

(I'm not in this game, but I'm still reading). Anyone know of a list of indie-mage recruitment sites magic sites? I feel like pretty much every game I stumble across illusionists. Sometimes 2-3 times.

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:45 pm

Could we get the reminders changed to 12 hours please?

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:48 pm

Sure.

Shiritai · Post by **Shiritai** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:58 pm

Damn, staled.

Edit: Can we get turn length changed to 27 hours or something, to reduce time creep?

K · Post by K » Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:24 pm

FrankTrollman wrote:Bolivar Wise is batshit. Not only is he personally an Air Magic 6 character covered in gems wearing weightless scale and standing next to a dancing trident, but his province has a special magic site that is also very good.

The ideal situation of course is to seduce Bolivar, which can in fact be done. But failing that, murdering everyone in the province and taking the magic site is pretty good too.

-Username17

He's actually kind of easy to seduce because he generally wins any assassination battles that result from failed seductions.

Zinegata · Post by **Zinegata** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:13 am

Gnosticism Is A Hoot wrote:
name_here wrote:Oh, hi, C'tis.
We welcome our Ermorian neighbours, and look forward to a fruitful death-based cultural exchange.

Yeah... Definitely ambiguous.

It could mean the sort of "cultural exchange" that Leonidas spoke of in 300.

Or it could be the "cultural exchange" in the form of an undead Centurion getting busy with a mummified Lizard Priestess.

Goddamit. I'm hoping it's the first one now because of the mental images it produced!

angelfromanotherpin · Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:48 am

Shiritai wrote:Damn, staled.

Edit: Can we get turn length changed to 27 hours or something, to reduce time creep?

Done.

tenuki · Post by **tenuki** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:24 pm

Abysia, I'm still holding as you haven't answered yet. I do hope it's mutual. ^

tenuki · Post by **tenuki** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:27 pm

angelfromanotherpin wrote:
Shiritai wrote:Damn, staled.

Edit: Can we get turn length changed to 27 hours or something, to reduce time creep?
Done.

Since we're at it, can we switch over to 30-hour days? Would do wonders for my work-life balance.

Rabelais · Post by **Rabelais** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:56 pm

seconds that and I'm underemployed.

In other news it appears O1L3M3 isnt that good, at least not in vanilla.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:34 pm

Since the Admin stalled this turn, I think he will need more time too...