Dominion 3 Strategy & Questions

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:10 pm

Kraken is probably the best. Crab hybrids might not be the best rush choice, since they're kind of expensive and compete with the hilariously effective ithilids for money to a much greater extent than other dudes. You also need an "Oh shit, Astral/Nature bless" plan. Preferably one other than "cry". Actually, trying some highly unusual plan like Productivity 3 meteorite guard spam might not be a bad idea. Atlantis is going to be making plans to counter mind blasts, no doubt. Given their relatively heavily armored dudes with poison barbs, my current army composition is definately a terrible idea. You might even consider using slave guardians. Okay, maybe not that.

I'm glad to see that I apparently converted you to the bootless cult

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Incidentally, I sort of feel like trying another PBEM alongside the one Avor is running. Get a feel for a land nation, probably.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:12 pm

Nah, I love Ryleh, what with my name and all.

I'd be happy to start another pbem here depending on what people's turn load is like etc as this one moves into the mid game.

I agree illithids are great, but crab hybrids come with two attacks out of the box and are fairly bad ass.

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:58 pm

name_here wrote:You also need an "Oh shit, Astral/Nature bless" plan. Preferably one other than "cry".

Laugh? Because they have one super expensive sacred unit. And it really isn't that good.

I'd be down with starting another game here once the first round of wars are done in the current one.

K · Post by K » Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:28 am

I'd be up for another game. Maybe EA?

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:55 am

EA sounds like a good idea to me.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:03 am

I'm interested.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:02 am

Sweet, EA seems the preference, I'll get an idea of numbers and generate a short list of maps?

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:16 am

Oh, relevant to a recent debacle I experienced:
1) An enemy force is about to enter a province where I have a fort.
2) I order a force into that province
3) They get there before the enemy does...
4) ...and hide in the fort.

Is there anything that could have been done to prevent step 4?

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:39 am

angelfromanotherpin wrote:Oh, relevant to a recent debacle I experienced:
1) An enemy force is about to enter a province where I have a fort.
2) I order a force into that province
3) They get there before the enemy does...
4) ...and hide in the fort.

Is there anything that could have been done to prevent step 4?

If you move units to a province that has one of your forts, you have the option to "move and patrol" - where you move t the province and then go on patrol. This not only gives you a chance to kill rebels and spies, it also makes you fight outside the castle.

Teleporting units do not have this option.

-Username17

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:55 am

Sigh... a third game? (Btw. I think I'm in the same cradle game as C.)
Im interested (looking at Sauro)

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:38 pm

Note: If you don't use "move and patrol", you will always have that problem. Movement in friendly lands occurs before normal attacks.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:44 pm

name_here wrote:Note: If you don't use "move and patrol", you will always have that problem. Movement in friendly lands occurs before normal attacks.

I knew that, and that Patrol is how you get people to not fall back inside a castle; I just didn't see the Move and Patrol option, which is like the move *without* sneaking option: not immediately obvious.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:20 pm

If enough other people don't want to play, I'll be willing to be the shitty nation everyone beats up on.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:34 pm

I think you have to move first, then reselect to get the 'move and patrol' option...been a while since it's come up for me.

Orca · Post by **Orca** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:29 pm

I'd join the game if there's a space free. For EA I'd take T'ien Ch'i by preference.

(Ed) For my top 3: T'ien Ch'i, Mictlan, Abysia

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:45 pm

My top three would be, in no real order:

Lanka
Caelum
Ulm

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:14 pm

I'd have to say:

T'ien
Arco (ever since the demo I've wanted to actually magespam with them)
Mictlan

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:19 am

Okay so we have 7 players:

name_here
Akula
Orca
angelfromanotherpin
korwin
Cthulhu
K
FrankTrollman

So far. I am in absolutely no rush to start so the game is at a different point in the cycle to the current one.

K · Post by K » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:32 am

We should probably check if Frank also wants in.

As for choices, I'll take Lanka, Sauromatia, and Mictlan in that order.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:56 am

So it seems we're doing this again...

Vanheim
Abysia
Caelum

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:11 am

Anyone got any map suggestions? I was thinking cradle of dominions but it's probably a bit big.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:12 am

Oh 3 choices

Sauromantia
Niefelheim
Lanka or Mictlan?

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:51 am

I kinda want to play a water nation, but all the water nations appear to be bad.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:44 am

Btw. even if we start later, I would like it, if we could finish the Nation decition soon.
So I can play around in SP to get an feel for the nation.

cthulhu · Post by **cthulhu** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 10:49 am

I'll give a couple more days to see if anyone else wants to join, only had the idea out there for 24 hours

Be nice to ramp up to 10 or so players