Dominions is a fantasy turn-based war game created by two dudes. One of them is a teacher.
The game combines a simple presentation with an extremely wide array of strategic options, including over 2800 units, 800 spells and 300 magic items. Turns are resolved simultaneously, with players planning battles rather than directly controlling them.
It has simplistic graphics but is easily moddable and extremely deep.
Basically, it's an autist’s wet dream of a war game.
>Dom4 Inspector This is a community resource that has every unit, spell, and item in the game in an accessible database. larzm42.github.io/dom4inspector/
>Where do I get it? It is available on Gamersgate and Steam. Desura is kill.
>THE BASICS >Read the manual >Read the wiki >Read the pastebin >Watch some LPs by Maerlande or NuclearMonkee >Jump into MP feet first >Do not bully Elves
>That last sentence Okay, how powerfull are the Kami she attracts?
Jaxson Anderson
Person who has 3 candles in 121 - is that your cap?
Alexander Stewart
Mages
Gavin Campbell
So it is an excellent sacred H3 mage that freespawns other additional mages.
I'm going to go with "Yes".
What is that even from? Magic Enhanced?
Liam Ross
Actually, I can see that it has full scales, so it has to be.
Anyways, I won't be taking 114, of course, but I would like to take 119 and that crossing area (113-96).
Brody Walker
Yes.
Also, in mountains, she gets Mori-No-Kami fo FREE. Those guys are amazing thugs/light SCs and RoS casters, given that they have high prot and ethereal built in.
Christopher Edwards
Can we replace Marveni? Stale and not a word in the threads.
Connor Price
Sorry, Yama*-no-kami. Mori-no-kami are the forest dudes.
Jordan Peterson
Probably one of the many anonymous REEEE BADMIN shitters who seem to be convinced that the admin getting changed out is a conspiracy.
Blake Baker
Game runs on a 36 hour timer. Ain't nobody got time for stales.
Ian Rodriguez
Is that reimu
Henry Brooks
It doesn't have lifeless undead, so no.
Cooper Evans
Reimu is not a zombie
Nathaniel Garcia
Reminder to scrubs who are afraid to join multiplayer games that pic related exists, so you have nothing to worry about.
Levi King
>freespawn mages yes
Kevin Garcia
How's the UWbowl going?
Carter Diaz
delayed due to scleria fucking off, thankfully a Y's sub was found
Alexander King
KEK
Christian Cox
Her name is CLEARLY Natsumi
Ethan King
I'm about to pick a fight, but everything got postponed.
Easton Evans
What's better for an F4 (well, F3+phoenix power) mage, one cast of Living Fire or 2 casts of Summon Fire Elemental?
I'd say getting four size 4 fire elementals is better than two size 6 elementals, especially since it takes only one turn to cast living fire.
Brody Gonzalez
Probably living fire, but as always it depends on what you're facing.
John Campbell
Really? What does it depend on? I can't think of many things that can trivially take down a size 6 fire elemental that can't also take down a size 4 (or, for that matter, anything that has trouble with one having less trouble with the other)
Josiah James
I can't think of any situation where the big fire elemental would be better except in rare cases where you need the extra 6 damage on the flame strike, which doesn't happen often in situations where fire elementals are good (clearing out lots of skeletons, for example)
Christopher Davis
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Caleb Lewis
On the sheet listing the win/loss of nations, wtf does the highlight mean?
Dylan Walker
>filthy land nation taking muh UW Bats need to get the fuck out.
Sebastian Ross
Summoning the size 6 elementals causes less fatigue, so your mage can get more evocations off once scripting ends. In magic scales you could even get an extra size 6 elemental, but I'm assuming he's limited by gems since both cases have the same gem cost.
You also would want the extra damage against troops with fire resist and decent protection, though as says fire elementals are a poor choice for that situation.
Size 6 elementals should be more resilient to enemy evocations. 2 size 6 has about the same amount of total hp as 4 size 4, but there are less of them to get hit at once by AoE effects.
Most of these are pretty situational, but I could see them being important for a battle.
James Mitchell
Living X is more for caster SCs like kings or pretenders since they can spam it every turn for minimal fatigue.
Colton Nguyen
Hi rlyeh.
And hi Xibalba too
I wonder which one of my neighbours should I be friends with.
Tyler Adams
Living X is amazing on basically anything which can cast it, even if it really shines on high-path mages.
Kayden Collins
Wailing Winds is enemy only, right? That's what it says in the spell description, but I wanted to be sure.
John Ross
What's a firenigger to do?
Adrian Walker
Embrace the suffering
Jaxson Perez
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Dylan Richardson
H-hello.
Ryder Perez
lately i've grown into the strategy for most of my nations to not get any mages for the first 8-12 turns or so, and just focus on expansion and getting quick 2nd fort
how bad is this
Ayden Reed
today I will remind them
Jackson Lee
Extremely bad, I will be certain to rush you if I ever run into you.
Easton Gomez
Not that bad. I actually tend to not get any mages until turn 6-8 unless i'm really getting a lot of gold.
But turn 12 is probably too much.
Isaiah Foster
How does the heat aura work? Does the number represent fire damage, the radius of the effect, both, or something else? Also how do temp scales effect it? And is the effect additive or multiplicative?
Jeremiah Stewart
Did a double too
Josiah Perez
Xibalba, are you here? It would be great if we could talk about borders.
Julian Kelly
It's acceptable if you have a very strong earlygame. Otherwise it's way too risky.
Strength of fire/cold auras represents the AoE, but it's number of squares affected (like AoE spells) rather than a radius.
Damage is fixed, I think it's 5 heat/cold stun damage. Multiple auras can hit the same square in a turn though, so large groups with heat aura will cause fatigue very fast.
As far as I know, temperature scales don't directly affect the auras. However, the auras can cause freezing/burning, and stronger temperature scales will cause those debuffs to last longer. Additionally, many units with heat or cold auras have other properties that make them perform best in their preferred scale.
Ryder Parker
Incredibly stupid, unless you are one of few nations with stupid expensive mages. I could see Hinnom/Garth not recruiting mages a turn or two to afford their mega castles. Everyone else should at least get their cheaper researchers up to keep your research rate rising.
If you literally need every piece of gold for expansion then you have A. failed your expansion game or B. are a nation that requires an early expander.
Evan Bennett
Or a nation with mega sacreds
Robert Lee
or C. Are getting HUGE
Camden Morgan
>tfw I am preparing massive attacks in every game I'm in
Justin Martin
"Massive attacks" is my default state.
Leo Brooks
too late idiots
BoT going up next turn
Michael Parker
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Connor Brown
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Angel Perry
Joined as Sauromatia
Austin Bailey
Mari, pardner. This isn't funny anymore.
Brandon Sanchez
>Fist Pretty badass desu.
Jaxon Scott
>Story events on Is it intended?
Joshua Thomas
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Juan Gomez
>Jaguar Tribe Priest 105 gold >Arch Angel 0 gold
Looks like a victory to me.
Colton Anderson
>shield of gleaming gold >on a unit with +6awe
Nathaniel Ross
This is the only direction in which I can expand, thanks to an air mage province and a throne. Sorry. Don't start a war over it, please.
Jose Gray
I just got home, and need to bed before work. I'll chat with you tomorrow.
Christopher Reyes
yes
Adrian Lee
Oh, also heavy cav. Fuck this expansion so hard.
Jaxson Johnson
turns?
Bentley Torres
New Domg game up, for LA with summod. Looking for up to 12 players, on Realm of Roaring Cave Rhinos.
You know this might sound strange, but anyone else feels like the map is different in the latest turn? Like I distinctly remember sending my scout North-East but he's South-East.
Or maybe my memory is fuzzy since I had to wait more than 48 fucking hours for the first turn, thanks Pelagia.
Sebastian Rodriguez
My turn looks fine.
Thomas Wilson
Don't worry about it.
Ethan Sanders
Do your turns
Elijah Ramirez
WeWuz is a retarded game, because retards everywhere. Ermor is wonnabe ISIS shitter, has no chances to actualy win the game, but since turn 15 spreading his cancer everywhere. Mictlan is quadblessed (in MA!) idiot, considering his Scales(lol) BoT killed all of his lands and he can produce like 3 sacreds per turn or 2 sacreds and 1 mage. Pelagia fighting the whole world by now, because he is agressive retarded newbie, unknown to magesupport, despite having one of the best strategic dispositions (the map itself preferable to UW nations) and considering Ryley AI he could have done good. Really, I have forgot that /domg/ can be so scrub-tier. Even if I'll win this game, I won't be proud about it for the slightest.
Easton Ross
>Pelagia Waiting for 2h file
SERIOUSLY Pelagia? You can't do a double on TURN FUCKING TWO?
Robert Williams
What was that about me losing 50+ bats for every one of your sacreds, monkey? Well, to be fair I'm not in your territory. Yet.
Caleb Reed
Yo Shinu I notice that some of your provinces bordering mine have been taken by Ermor for quite some time now ,and I notice that you haven't taken them back. I'd rather not Ermor have any more D so I'm gonna take them with a raiding party that's on its way towards Ermor. Feel free to take them back whenever you want.
Also to the guy who sent me gold for D gems, how many do you want/you consider worth? I'm not exactly an expert at appraising jewelry. If you want to keep your identity secret just identify yourself by the last 3 numbers in the sum you sent.
Jayden Campbell
>double
user he didn't even do a single.
Christopher Reyes
wew
Daniel Stewart
Well then.
John Turner
Want to restart the game with Pelagia removed?
Daniel Baker
I want you to restart the game with MAH DUBS!
Eli Nelson
Im gonna buy this game, as i have realised its probably capable of filling the empty voids in my life.
Anyways, which one should i go for ? Dominions 3 or 4?
Isaac Fisher
kill yourself
Jayden Bell
4 obviously. Nobody plays 3 anymore really and 4 is pretty much 3 just with more shit.
Colton White
4
Connor Kelly
If you lost a leg and had a choice of installing a modern prosthetic or a wooden peg leg, what would you do?
Aiden Mitchell
Alright, im getting 4.
Is this game enjoyable singleplayer or is this the type of game that should be played online to get the most enjoyment out of it?
Chase Jenkins
On second thought, 4 is just a better peg leg, to be honest...
Still, go for 4 because it has people who play MP.
That reminds me, how about a Dom3 MP game sometime?
Charles Cook
It's a MP game that has a SP, but the AI is just as bad as that of any other strategy game
Ryder Jenkins
Both. Enjoyable in single player especially if you like messing around with self modding and roleplaying. Really enjoyable in MP as you can tell by this thread.
Andrew Powell
Play SP until you get a hang on it. Well... Until you think you get a hang on it. Then join some shit anonymous game ITT (they're full of scrubs) or a noob game in Steam group.