MayFlowerMadMan -EA Newb/Intermediate game - Num4/Tir-Na-Nog winner Thread - Dominions 3: The Awakening

This is my first effort at setting up a game so please bear with me.

Admin - happyfungi
Vice Admins - tenuki and Num4

Player List
1. Skeywhy - Abysia eliminated on turn 57
2. happyfungi - Mictlan eliminated turn 39
3. Num4 - Tir Na Nog
4. Maerlande - Caelum subbed for Ogaburan on turn 72
5. rossyrg - C'tis subbed for Caldius around turn 16 eliminated on turn 55
6. Joonai - Yomi eliminated turn 68
7. chelubey - Niefelheim subbed for Brihaspati on turn 79 who subbed for mongler on turn 54
8. Oscarius - Tien Chi
9. Vauron - Ryleh eliminated turn 39
10. SenorOcho - Lanka eliminated turn 61
11. Beezleboss - Marverni eliminated turn 27
12. Radiator - Agartha - subbed for don_Pablo on turn 92 who subbed on 57 for Kzickas who subbed for shonuf on 45

Edited by: happyfungi

Count me in with Abysia. I dont know how I feel about that many mods beside CBM though: at least I will surely be pretty confused

CBM 1.94 is pretty much the standard mod used by most players it is a player made MP balance mod for the base game. CBM 1.94 Pro has few changes that have been added to balance out some powerful spells and an artifact.

Holy War LE or my version of it, these mods add some Holy Sites and Holy Spells to the game. My version Adds a few more sites from the Magic Site Mod, and some holy remote site searching spells to make the site searching less tedious for some nations.

Streamers and Standards doesn't change game play at all, just the look of national flags, and won't be used unless several players want it included.

Are far as the Nation Mods go, If no one picks any of them they won't be in. If some players do want to play with them, I will not allow overly powerful or gimmicky nations, like Alugra or any of the Amos Mods. I think the EA mods are the most in line with the era they come from, that is why I chose this to be an EA game.

I would like to join as a newbie/intermediate player (10-12 games via other forums, I play Dom3 for a few years, all to lategame, but never won one). I will have to find a backup for my 15 days holidays during late July/August, if needed. This is my first post here, but you could check on Shrapnel and Dom3mods forums I am reliable (my nick is Num).

Tir na nog for me.

Beside CBM, the less mods there are, the best I feel. I have to check S&S if TNN sprite is nice, not sure about it. I do not know Holy war. Every option is ok to me, including the game pace.

Im also in, if accepted.
Major noob here, will decide on nation when I get home...

Welcome Num4 and Ogaburan.

Basically Holy War LE adds some utility to priests, they are a little more useful in combat and more useful as site searchers.

Haha, your mid and end game aren't that bad Happyfungi! I can see it.

I'm offering myself as a vice admin if desired. As for qualification, I've run games on dom3mods and Qt3.

hey happy, thanks for arranging. count me in tentatively. nation probably marverni.

SInce I've been all but horribly wiped out in other Dom3 games I've played, I'd like to throw my name into the hat for this one. I do alright early to mid-game, but late game I tend to lose the magic arms-race.

I'm currently torn between the Oni Kings and Oceania and Sauromatia -- I'll be able to give an answer in a few hours (by flipping a three-sided coin, if nothing else! )

Edit: Hi again, Caldius!

hey joonai, good to hear from you again! well, you lasted longer than me in the previous game!

I was actually considering yomi too, after gothefungus' held off a double attack for a really long time in the last game.

i'm probably going for marverni which has better all round magic that can carry to late game, and a blessable strategy to keep those year 1 rushers away.

unless, of course my buddy oga wants marverni in which case i'll go for something else.

Maerlande wrote: Haha, your mid and end game aren't that bad Happyfungi! I can see it.

In one unfinished game, testing a mod, in which I am playing the nation most other players know they can ignore until the end because it is probably the consensus worst MP late game nation (LA Pangaea) in Dominions and almost certainly in LA.

I still have only finished 3 games. One I was the first taken out, Paprika check with them and see if you still think I am not a newb. A five way peaceful ending in Learning Curve (I was in last in most categories among the remaining players) and in the third game I lasted until there were 8 left out 18 in an AND game and the game was called for the obvious winner (No Wankers was the game). I am pretty sure I don't qualify as as an intermediate player yet.. If you aren't just stirring it up though Maerlande. I'll just admin this game, and I'll feel peacock proud about my meteoric rise to intermediocrity. I'll bet your just being a prickly pear for fun if I know you at all.

tenuki wrote: I'm offering myself as a vice admin if desired. As for qualification, I've run games on dom3mods and Qt3.

Your generous offer is accepted

And welcome Caldius and Joonai.

Naw, Slight tease, but so far looks like your Holy Mages effort is fine. I'm not leaving you till last on purpose or anything Agartha just refuses to die! He's tied me up brilliantly for what? 30 turns? Now if one of you can just kill off Marignon!

@Caludius, you can "steal" my Marveni idea... this way if you win I will consider the victory as my own.
Expect no quarters on the battlefield tho...

@happyfuny, Didn't have the time today to choose a nation yet... but will choose soon.

I will join as Niefelheim.

I'm a newb, but I can promise to play until my last remaining soldier lies dead on the ground!

Welcome Mongler.

I'd like to join with Ermor. I'm currently in 2 other games but I think I'll soon be eliminated in one of those (since I'm a pretty bad player). This would be my 3rd multiplayer game.

I'll jump in with Lanka, if you'll take me.

Beelzeboss is in.

as Is SenorOcho

Probably graduated from newbie by now. But I'd say I'm still firmly in the intermediate category.
If you're fine with me I can go ahead and try to pull off something stupid with Tien. :3

@ happyfungi thx for the explanation.

Better holy is actually something good for EA Abys, right?

Nevermind

Edited by: ScottWAR

Sign me up as R'lyeh. I don't mind the expanded Holy War.

Skeywhy wrote: @ happyfungi thx for the explanation.

Better holy is actually something good for EA Abys, right?

Yes it is the more Holy levels you have the more spell options you have. And Ea abysia has an H3 mage so you can take full advantage of the expanded combat spells.

Vauron wrote: Sign me up as R'lyeh. I don't mind the expanded Holy War.

Consider it done and good I am glad.

Oscarius wrote: Probably graduated from newbie by now. But I'd say I'm still firmly in the intermediate category.
If you're fine with me I can go ahead and try to pull off something stupid with Tien. :3

For now you are in with Tien Chi, I am sending you a PM to clarify whether you should stay in this particular game or not.

Edited by: happyfungi

Although it might come around to bite me in the butt (with the Holy War mod), I'm having fun with Yomi so far in single-player tests, so I'll choose them.