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That would be winning. I thought this was about ruling. A long term caste arrangement requires more than firepower IMHO

I think the "boss" race would be based on intelligence. And intelligence is not random event. There are zoological reasons why omnivores became intelligent before herbivores or carnivores. But I guess with enough time herbies or carnies could become intelligent enough. But if you look at u...

The official replacement for Shrapnel is the Desura forums altho they suck. To the OP the Manual can be downloaded in pdf form directly from the devs at www.Illwinter.com So can the latest patch, and the other two manuals, and a new updated DEMO of the game so you can show it to friends. If you have...

If any drama then it was all behind the scenes. apparently Shrapnels contract ran out. Illwinter didnt like the "sole distributor" clause. They are trying all of the things that users have been telling them would be so much smarter to do. The game is also offered to other sites such as Ste...

I dont think so. At least not as far into it as Ive played it.
Let me know

Dominions 3 is now on Desura for $30 A new DEMO is available for Linux and Windows and Mac OSX. The new demo is caught up on all of the patched changes to the game. Also for those who have the Dom3 game already, Illwinter has added the 300 page manual to their page as a free PDF download. http://www...

New patch released which might fix all that.

Also the game is on sale 35% off at Desura for the next week

Keep in mind that the differences between the host servers. LLamaServer is PbEM only and menu driven. This means you are limited in doing a game within the menus limits. Dom3Minions is harder to setup and admin but you can do anything you have seen in a dom3 game (including LLama's menu) or anything...

Thanks for the advice on the dom3minions servers, I may set up a game there. I like the idea of combining pbem and direct server connection, but I don't want to get ahead of myself. Having a mixed game where people can mail in their turns is problematic. The direct connect game cannot "see&quo...

I cant play but.... There is a thread of ideas for game variations of Dom3. http://www.dom3minions.com/HostingGames.htm Altho some of those wont fit in the LLamaServer.com menu. You have to switch to a server like Dom3Minions.com for creative games. And 3 online map-browsing sources that I know of (...

Dom3Minions.com is back up (knock on virtual wood) and all games are running ver 3.27.
If anyone wants to try a game check out the Hosted Games link, and if anyone wants to start a game check out the Hosting Games link

I think thats all it will be from now on. This one is all Server, Linux, Laptop, and mostly Modding. I think this reflects Illwinters focus on the new project (we dont know what it is other than it is NOT a Dom4). It appears that Dom3 attentions have shifted more toward "let them do it" th...

THE PATCH/UPGRADE IS OUT http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/DOM3/DOM3_page.html Dom3Minions server will be down for patching. LLamaServer is likely to patch also. Now is the time to patch your copies. ALSO its on SALE. The biggest sale ever for Dominions 3. All the way down to $40 :roll: Altho y...

I like to play thematic also. More RPG then Strategy. Some nations (for some strange reason) have national spells that only they get, but they dont get mages with the ability to cast them. In those cases taking a fill-in pretender is very thematic. Or sometimes I will take some borderline pretender ...

The latest free patch/upgrade has been released by the developers and is in beta testing. It should be released soon. People should hold off creating new multiplayer games since getting everyone to patch at the same time is problematic

Ahhh you still enjoy the game totally unmodded?

And yes, Im a solo player. And my dom3 website is mostly about solo playing. Altho I will admit that I no longer play against vanilla AI (unmodded)

Also any kind of comparison such as sucks or wtf change completely between solo or mp

There are no agreed-on wtf's even after years of arguing. Maybe Hinnom, or Late Ermor. But its all up to individuals. I love Pangaea and tend to pull off some wtf tactics with it but thats a pretty hard nation to play the special stealth tactics, and it tends to land in other peoples "sucks&quo...

I think the only hard and fast rule is to understand that some nations just suck and some rock. Learning on a more powerful nation is probably suggested. Agreed. But what is fun about this game is that 1] is figuring out that some nations suck and others rock 2] figuring out that others have come t...

Keep in mind that in Dom3 there are NO pat absolute answers. There are only suggestions and possible tactics to keep in mind. They should all come with a tiny print disclaimer saying "NOTE: Tested in (solo or mp) with xxxxx mods, on a ##/player prov ratio, and only if not starting next to xxxxx...

The biggest collection of info on the game is at the official forums http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=138 Such as a thread on how to change the game defaults (like making the mouse click quieter or turning on Rename for every game) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=442...