In Progress Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator: The New Decline a.k.a ProfessionalThroneSitters MP Match (Ongoing!)

[Damned Registrations]

(Bar Sqeecoo)

I just saw his starting position, I wouldn't be too worried about that.

 

[Malakal]

(Bar Sqeecoo)

I just saw his starting position, I wouldn't be too worried about that.

Giants shouldn't have problems taking on any indies right. Right? RIGHT?

 

[Johannes]

Just not having the map layout visible fucks with expansion planning so much

 

[Dayyālu]

Just not having the map layout visible fucks with expansion planning so much

Yes, scouting is far, far more important. I still dumped a significant amount of resources into scout (mostly because underground you TRULY want to know what you're facing because 60% of the indie combos are murderous) and I feel it's still not enough.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Marveni (Optimist) has claimed the first throne, the throne of life! Thematically appropriate and probably quite useful for the tree fondlers.

We're on turn 9 now I believe? Turns have been going by quickly these last couple days. Not much to report on my end, early game water is boring. All the cool places are on the scary land.

Like this place.

 

[Optimist]

p-pls no bully

life and boars, not thugs and uproars, k?

 

[Dayyālu]

All the cool places are on the scary land.

Meanwhile, the Underground 90+ Indie stacks keep watching me.

Fun fact, I didn't get a single Shade Beasts stack. Got enough cynowhatevers and Underground Galicians to entertain myself for weeks, tho. I'm starting to believe the Cave experience will be indeed peculiar.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Ah, there was one thing that happened to me I thought was funny, thought it was before I figured out how to take screenshots (it's very buggy for some reason) but basically I had a province event where, due to 'overpopulation' the province lost a bunch of people to pollution. The province was, of course, at 1/3rd it's expected capacity.



I'm curious what the community in general is going to settle on in the long term as the 'fair' setting for caves. It's definitely a gamechanger, and makes a lot of previously crap units and spells suddenly have a niche worth using, instead of being viable on like 3 scattered provinces on an entire map.

I look forward to Dom7, when they'll add a global enchant that causes constant earthquakes, killing everyone in caves every turn.

 

[Andnjord]

It was before I figured out how to take screenshots (it's very buggy for some reason)

I can just take screenshots the same basic way I take screenshots of my desktop, how can that be buggy?

 

[Damned Registrations]

It was before I figured out how to take screenshots (it's very buggy for some reason)

I can just take screenshots the same basic way I take screenshots of my desktop, how can that be buggy?

Half the time when I try to take a screenshot it gives me a shot of a 'please wait' black screen instead of what I'm looking at. No idea how or why, said screen is never visible to me. I thought maybe it's because of a shared hotkey but it happens in and out of battle and various other screens.

 

[Andnjord]

It was before I figured out how to take screenshots (it's very buggy for some reason)

I can just take screenshots the same basic way I take screenshots of my desktop, how can that be buggy?

Half the time when I try to take a screenshot it gives me a shot of a 'please wait' black screen instead of what I'm looking at. No idea how or why, said screen is never visible to me. I thought maybe it's because of a shared hotkey but it happens in and out of battle and various other screens.

Maybe it might has something to do with playing in windowed borderless mode?

 

[Malakal]

It definitely does seem like the indies are stronger in 6 but I haven't really played 5 after all the patches so can't tell for sure.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

 

[Andnjord]

It definitely does seem like the indies are stronger in 6 but I haven't really played 5 after all the patches so can't tell for sure.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

I didn’t play Dom5, but they’re supposed to be stronger in 6 indeed, that’s what I’ve read in all the early expansions discussions. Which definitely will translate into extra pain for the underground nations

Damned Registrations , have you tried the Steam screenshot function? I think it’s f12 by default.

 

[Damned Registrations]

@Damned Registrations , have you tried the Steam screenshot function? I think it’s f12 by default.

Eh, steam screenshots are a pain to manage. Simply taking the screenshot more than once seems to work randomly, eventually.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

Are they really that much worse than cavalry? Or the damned shark tribe. 9 attacks per tiles, 6 of those poisoned, with berserk... fucking cunts.

 

[Malakal]

@Damned Registrations , have you tried the Steam screenshot function? I think it’s f12 by default.

Eh, steam screenshots are a pain to manage. Simply taking the screenshot more than once seems to work randomly, eventually.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

Are they really that much worse than cavalry? Or the damned shark tribe. 9 attacks per tiles, 6 of those poisoned, with berserk... fucking cunts.

OK water is even more cancer, it always was the most cancerous area to expand.

But caves combine the partial darkness with very hard hitting indie types. And on the surface you can meet some tribals too and cav has low pop usually... Surface can also be bad but caves are more often bad.

 

[Dayyālu]

Are they really that much worse than cavalry? Or the damned shark tribe. 9 attacks per tiles, 6 of those poisoned, with berserk... fucking cunts.

Sea always demanded.... a calculated approach. Caves have all another tier of problems tho. I'm Agartha and I have built-in darkvision, I can only wonder those who have no or only partial darkvision can manage, because there are for sure some "approachable" indies (Zotz stacks, yes, 50/60+ flyers but they're Zotz, Cavemen and the like) but Trogs, Lavaborn, Cynofuckers, stacks of ethereal undead or 90+ Underground Galicians are a pain to deal with.

Being careful or having awake expander seems to be the rule.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Oh yeah, can't believe I forgot about Trogs and those fucking umbral shades. Good luck with that shit! *Sounds of vault door closing*

 

[Optimist]

Indies stronk

 

[Demo.Graph]

Gib me some LP posts, gents, if you'll be so kind.
I've bought the game. I have no time to play it properly. I need at least a whiff of the crack.

 

[Johannes]

It definitely does seem like the indies are stronger in 6 but I haven't really played 5 after all the patches so can't tell for sure.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

More indies for sure, they cranked up the numbers all around. More indies, more population, more income, higher infra/mage costs... And it's Illwinter, so zero fucks given about balancing any of it.

 

[Malakal]

It definitely does seem like the indies are stronger in 6 but I haven't really played 5 after all the patches so can't tell for sure.

Caves always had weird pops with lava warriors and dog people to fuck you up tho.

More indies for sure, they cranked up the numbers all around. More indies, more population, more income, higher infra/mage costs... And it's Illwinter, so zero fucks given about balancing any of it.

Yea I'm legit struggling expanding, not even gonna lie. Obviously Ulm needs to mass the troops to expand but this is harder than before.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Gib me some LP posts, gents, if you'll be so kind.
I've bought the game. I have no time to play it properly. I need at least a whiff of the crack.

Well, unless anybody else has been fighting, Pyrene has claimed first blood against another dominion- my scout died while trying to explore his home province. There will, of course, be severe consequences if this unprovoked act of self defence is not followed up with reparations. That scout cost me 35 gold!

 

[coldcrow]

Scout caught the demise of a brave ubarian Pegasus.

 

[Tanaka]

Gib me some LP posts, gents, if you'll be so kind.
I've bought the game. I have no time to play it properly. I need at least a whiff of the crack.

Well, unless anybody else has been fighting, Pyrene has claimed first blood against another dominion- my scout died while trying to explore his home province. There will, of course, be severe consequences if this unprovoked act of self defence is not followed up with reparations. That scout cost me 35 gold!

Thank you for the snack it was delicious! Tastes like chicken!

 

[REhorror]

Middle Age is best.

Ulm and Yomon master race here.