I just spotted the dominions update (Dominions 6.35) which introduces Gnu cavalry (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2511500/view/679624547358474861?snr=1\_5\_9\_). What is the consensus on Gnu cavalry? Is EA Machaka now a bonafide cavalry nation?
Hello Dominionsers!
I've played Dominions 6 for 100+ hours so obviously just getting started. But, multiplayer seems daunting. So long story short - what youtube channels are out there that cast high level games? I'm looking to learn a bit from watching someone with knowledge of the game explain what is actually happening etc.
Now I've tried watching Lucid's recent tournament casts but, and I don't mean to be mean here, his casts get very convuluted/analyze-heavy and "what-if-y" to the point where i kind of doze off and fall asleep quite literally🥴. So if anybody knows a play-by-play style caster that would be awesome.
Cheers!
Im phlegra in a singleplayer game fighting against sceleria. I was doing pretty well at first but im having trouble now advancing through bordes of undead chaff. I got a province with H2 priests and was thinking of giving them a crown of command to insta communion and spam banishment. Is it viable or does phlegra have any other way to deal with hordes of chaff? Any tip or advice is welcome, kind of a noob.
So I'm sure this has been discussed multiple times, but I stumbled upon a comment on a YouTube video about horrors and what exactly they are, and this specific comment mentions something I've seen multiple people state throughout my time playing Dominions.
Basically, when a god ascends as pantokrator, they rule until they essentially get bored, and they begin to investigate an alluring sound or song of some sort within the void, outside of the realm Dominions takes place.
Now I have heard from multiple sources that it's possibly some kind of astral horror of immense power that lures pantokrators to their demise, and essentially feasts upon them.
I think it has also been referenced that the cataclysm mode, where horrors eventually start invading after a certain amount of time has passed, ties in slightly with the ascension ending message or that the world becomes a very bleak place (never seen the cataclysm ending message).
On another note, what are horrors even? They seem more demonic than demons themselves as they feast upon people's suffering, fears, dreams, and flesh itself, much like how demons are usually described... but much worse.
They interest me so much, but are so mysterious... I guess that's what interests me about them.. the suspense of not knowing is scarier than your average devil or demon orchestrating the fall of a nation *cough*. They are apparently inspired by the Horrors from Earthdawn, which also gives some pretty interesting lore on them.
One final thing, the R'lyeh summons, could they also be classified as horrors, or are they just some sort of offshoot? Like, are they just otherworldly beings that only share the idea of being from another dimension, or do they come from the same place as the horrors?
This started off as a question about post-expansion, what to do, but then I realized I dont have a good overall understanding of game state and what to do. My current understanding of phases is:
I Feel like I have a pretty good grasp on the first 2, and then after expansion I feel like I dont have a good direction. Is this fort-building phase? Any pointers would be super helpful.
A friend of mine introduced me to Dominions 6, and after playing for a bit, the thought occurred to me that the setting we’ve been roleplaying in for decades could be represented using a lot of these systems. So I’ve learned how to mod the game, how to edit and create sprites, and put together a mod that represents one of the cities from our adventures really well. I hope it’s ok for me to link to it.
Talus Mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3710624248
A neat thing I figured out, to keep it compatible with other mods, is that the vast majority of things that need to reference an id number can reference a name instead if you split the mod into two mods, one that establishes what each thing’s name is, and a second one that loads after it in the mod order so it can reference those names instead of id numbers. So you can put it at the end of your load order and know it won't mess with anything.
I hope someone out there enjoys it. I had a lot of fun making it.