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Sloppy Milkshake posted:they removed some micro in the transition from 3 to 4 so here's hoping! actually now that i think about it, real time battles should remove some of the micro since you won't have to do any pixel bitching to get the first hit. hopefully someone playing the beta can chime in with more. Positioning still matters a little for where troop equilibrium ends up, but yes, it does tend to be closer to the middle than now.
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jBrereton posted:hiya. Are you in a closed beta or something?
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Ynglaur posted:Are you in a closed beta or something?
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Nov 12, 2017 17:12
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jBrereton posted:Yes, have been for a few months. Has the UI been changed at all to be more user-friendly?
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Nov 12, 2017 17:13
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The only way to UI is not to play
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Nov 12, 2017 17:16
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StrixNebulosa posted:Has the UI been changed at all to be more user-friendly? You can see mage paths on the commander screen, and alter squad/commander position from within the formation screen by right-clicking to select a different squad/commander (although I never remember this while playing because I'm so used to how it used to be done. Siege strength is also visible on the army screen, which is handy. On the other hand, some other stuff I suggested like approximate range lines on the formation screen, and hotkeys to distribute gems to multiple commanders at once aren't in, at least not yet. They did change some interface elements in dom 4 based on feedback, so I wouldn't write it off just yet.
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How are u posted:Wasn't dom4 only like $35? I paid $60
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There are a few more UI improvements than the ones mentioned: -New dominion overlay -Lines connecting provinces conveying more information than before. -Spell list showing which spells are ritual and which are battle, and gem cost. -Magic sites icons appearing on the map. -Thumbnail image of the area where an event happened (in the event description window). It isn't 1/3 of what I would have done, but there are improvements. Turin Turambar fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Nov 12, 2017 |
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Speleothing posted:I paid $60 uuuh you sure you aren't thinking of Dominions 3 cause I bought 4 at release for €25 e: ok that was apparently a release sale or something but even so it was never that expensive, either €35 or €40 tops Absum fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Nov 12, 2017 |
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Nov 12, 2017 18:16
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jBrereton posted:Yes, have been for a few months. Cool! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to buying this and like all impatient children I wish they would just release now.
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Absum posted:uuuh you sure you aren't thinking of Dominions 3 cause I bought 4 at release for €25 Yeah, I paid $60 for Dom3, and $27 for Dom4.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:37
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I got Dom3 for $60 and I drat sure got my monies worth out of that game and would've paid $60 for Dom4 as well. To be fair I've been playing these games since Dom2 so I don't think I'll be done buying these anytime soon.
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Nov 13, 2017 00:55
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Turin Turambar posted:There are a few more UI improvements than the ones mentioned: Tip for release day unless they change the default settings, press ctrl-3 to bring back candles. They do still matter even though the overlay is a useful at-a-glance measurement of where your dominion is.
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Nov 13, 2017 01:27
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Hey, thanks for the info about UI. That's the big thing that's kept me out of Dominions so far - CoE4 is really, really good despite its UI.
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The trick to handle Dominions UI is to avoid using it in the first place, using all keyboard shortcuts where it's possible. Once you know them the game is bearable.
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I'm going out on a limb here predicting that Dom5 will be $25 at most, Illwinter having finally come around on the age of Steam and impulse purchase thresholds.
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I think it'll be about the same as dom 4 is, rather than cheaper. Also, they added multi-turn movement for commanders this patch.
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Nov 13, 2017 10:48
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jBrereton posted:I think it'll be about the same as dom 4 is, rather than cheaper. Yes, I came just to say it and share the news.  Isn't beautiful? 
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Turin Turambar posted:Yes, I came just to say it and share the news. Great for blood nations, now you can just order blood slave carriers to go straight to the nearest lab Also good for MA Ermor, you can ferry your hordes of skeletons around more easily.
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Nov 13, 2017 18:42
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TGG posted:I got Dom3 for $60 and I drat sure got my monies worth out of that game and would've paid $60 for Dom4 as well. To be fair I've been playing these games since Dom2 so I don't think I'll be done buying these anytime soon. spend $60 anyway and drag a friend into the hellish abyss of Dom5 multiplayer
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Welcome to the goddamn ignominious end to Relatively Normal Game one of the most miserable games ever played. I played Lanka. My blood game has been pretty bad and I wanted to get some more practice in with a normal game. Pure naivety. Tip your hat first to tiny baby player Cast_No_Shadow for whom this was their first ever game and probably the unluckiest newbie ever, as their awake pretender god and subsequently entire empire was minced by bless rush Vanheim Ramc. I did try to help, but got my teeth smashed in. Game went from bad to worse when R'lyeh cast Burden of Time around turn 14. In retrospect a pretender Lich named Beast of Burden should have been a giveaway, but I’m a freaking idiot. I was miserable at this point and completely surrounded by much more powerful neighbours. But why should just I be miserable? I turtled up, blood hunted my dying population to nothing, and empowered my N9B9 pretender all the way up to level 6 astral. That’s 395 astral gems. Screw this game. Then I cast a massive Astral Corruption. Between BoT and AC, this created such a terrible environment that everyone gave up one by one. Not Atlanton’s R’lyeh though. I once saw Atlanton reduced turning a lumber construct into a supercombatant in a different game rather than go ai. R’lyeh fought to the end. I got off some mean spirited ambushes on Vanheim, and was able to leverage a vampire army to defend myself my incoming ai armies. Eventually over 99 grueling turns I was able to claim enough thrones to end this bad game. Burden of Time eventually died when I got a horror mark on Beast of Burden, who 30 turns later was rendered feeble minded by endless horror attacks. Graphs Provinces  You can see Vanheim basically double in size in year two. If he’d stuck around Ramc could probably have won the game. Forts  Vanheim dominant again Income  Burden of time bled us dry Gems  These were pretty useless thanks to Astral Corruption. I threw mine into battle magic and empowering people to use battle magic. Still ended with hundreds of gems of every type. Research  Usually I try to be ahead or at least competitive in research. This game it didn’t really matter. Dominion  For someone reliant on vampires to survive, I had terrible dominion. Army Size  For once I’m ahead in something. Basically I churned out free undead since they didn’t age. I just chucked these around, including underwater to keep R’hyeh on a back foot. So goodnight Relatively Normal Game. I hated you and didn’t deserve to win you, but I’m marking it up as I have literally no shame.
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Three videos comparing Dom4 and Dom5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IdRjM1L-1w So... how is the new thread for Dominions 5 going?
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So, are you guys excited about Dominions 5? I'm excited about Dominions 5.  Now all I have to do is make winter versions of every single sprite. 
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Bug Squash posted:So goodnight Relatively Normal Game. I hated you and didn’t deserve to win you, but I’m marking it up as I have literally no shame. I basically looked at the throne points, throne distribution and the game and realized I could win but it would take like 150 turns and I am not -that- insane.
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Turin Turambar posted:Three videos comparing Dom4 and Dom5 I watched this guys Rus playthrough and goddamn he does not shut up about frozen rivers edit: He's pretty good just, lmao
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Corbeau posted:So, are you guys excited about Dominions 5? I wish there were more 'overlays' like winter. For example, a 'death' version for when domkill nations start invading a zone and the population drops to 0. The vegetation would disappear, the color would turn ash, etc. Of course it would be more work for mappers but hey, the series has to advance!
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Corbeau posted:Now all I have to do is make winter versions of every single sprite. I could do probably do all of them in under half an hour by adjusting their levels in Photoshop, like so: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bSVrnq8OtFsn3h4EBB-LkxnIuI323Gpa/view?usp=sharing Looks fine imo. Mukip fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Nov 26, 2017 |
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Mukip posted:I could do probably do all of them in under half an hour by adjusting their levels in Photoshop, like so: You may be good with Photoshop, but you have to improve you linking skills. :P Turin Turambar fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Nov 26, 2017 |
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Nov 26, 2017 21:47
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Oops! corrected.
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Mukip posted:I could do probably do all of them in under half an hour by adjusting their levels in Photoshop, like so: If you're offering, then absolutely, that looks great. And I have no idea how you got there with just levels.
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Turin Turambar posted:I wish there were more 'overlays' like winter. For example, a 'death' version for when domkill nations start invading a zone and the population drops to 0. The vegetation would disappear, the color would turn ash, etc. Does the winter overlay actually apply based on temperature scales or just time of year?
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Does the winter overlay actually apply based on temperature scales or just time of year?
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Thanks to the wonderful Mukip, winter has arrived!  Feedback is welcome, though I think it's mostly minor tweaks (if any) remaining before release. e: And a visualization of how it might look ingame: 
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Corbeau posted:So, are you guys excited about Dominions 5? Lets hope it comes out tomorrow, fingers crossed.
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I'm sad that the scales visualization still hasn't come back from Dom3. It was a good way to show the way the sides of each scale were mutually exclusive, I'm honestly not sure why they would straight up remove that UI element and not replace it with anything at all. 
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Corbeau posted:Thanks to the wonderful Mukip, winter has arrived! e: for those who just want to get into it, here are some artisinally hand crafted dom 5 gods that aren't a trap. Drop that into your Newlords folder in the saved game menu, there's 3 per EA nation, with at least one expander, something researchy, and something else (mostly scales immobiles) for every faction. jBrereton fucked around with this message at 10:38 on Nov 27, 2017 |
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jBrereton posted:e: for those who just want to get into it, here are some artisinally hand crafted dom 5 gods that aren't a trap. Drop that into your Newlords folder in the saved game menu, there's 3 per EA nation, with at least one expander, something researchy, and something else (mostly scales immobiles) for every faction. That's a great idea, but I don't find it an Authentic Dominions Experience if I'm not burning in the fires of my terrible decisions. 
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