Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

e: try and guess who won; earth elemental vs ironskin'd, temper flesh'd, body ethereal'd Mind Lord

Mu. posted:

The game cods recently concluded and a new Pantokrator has emerged. Here's a recap of the game as derived from the historical Discord record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZbggh430w

Is this video too upbeat for you? Too entertaining? Too short? Are you looking for something far more tedious, like a painstaking video Let's Play taking you through every excruciating turn of the game, from the perspective of a handsome idiot? Reader, do I have the opposite of a treat for you. The playlist starts here,

Mu plays Dominions 5 (cods) Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc9GJ-Ny5hI

New videos every four days.

Alex0080 posted:

I did get the pocket lich when that happened to me. I guess the chimera with a pocket lich is a fixed, but rare thing.

gonadic io posted:

Technowolf posted:

Double post, but just wanted to say that I am now not a newbad!

That's right, I've won my first Dominions game as LA Atlantis.

Here's my god:




As you can see, I went with nearly full scales, which allowed me to pump out my really good troops. I was also lucky and was able to get in on an anti-Lemuria coalition and got their cap, which gave me 9 death gems a turn, which is HUGE, especially in the late age where there's a dearth of gem sites. That allowed me to do stuff like spam skeletons and pale riders for chaff. I was also able to get uncontested control of the largest body of water on the map, so I basically had a place where I could build and move armies where almost no one else could reach. That also allowed me to summon Bishop Fish, which are underwater only Holy 3 summons, which helped me capture that final throne.

The game actually got down to the wire. Cataclysm happened and like, three of my thrones go eaten. It was down to 4 VP (2 thrones) for the win when I claimed my last one, and was actually tied with Mictlan. I only won because ties are broken by dominion, and mine was like 2.5x what Mictlan had.

RBA-Wintrow posted:

Congratulations on the win!
Is it normal to have a pretender with such a low Dominion score? Yours is 6 and I thought 7 was considered the minimum "safe". Or is that a Dom 3/4 thing?
You mentioned winning the tie by dominion. I guess that means candles on the map?

Donkringel posted:

What has salt as an attack? Only thing I can think of is Golem. Maybe Sea Nations?

How are u posted:

In all seriousness tho: playing with sa goons is super fun, everybody is very chill, and you will have so much more fun. I have 910 hours in Dominions 5 as of this post and probably 2 or 3 of them were spent playing single player just testing year 1 expansion. If you can do 1 ten minute turn every 25 hours, 1 30 minute turn every 36 hours, and 1 45 minute turn every 48 hours, you can successfully play 95% of goon games.

Try it you will enjoy!

WombatCyborg posted:

Hey I bought this game for me and a friend to learn and I have no idea how to start a multiplayer game with them. Advice?

KazigluBey posted:

Any Dom5 LP channel recommendations? I already follow Mu, wanted some more.

PerniciousKnid posted:

I just got it for $20 at some place that the deal plugin pointed me to. Got the game but no email so I can't remember where.

Edit: How the gently caress do I play this game.

PerniciousKnid posted:

Unfortunately I can't commit to a multiplayer game until all my kids are dead, but as a middle schooler I struggled to master Master of Magic so I'm sure the bots will be plenty challenging for me.

Torrannor posted:

Sea of Ice is still the best spell in the game, lock those icky underwater nations away where they can do little harm, and stop those stupid elves from raiding your coastlines.

Jazerus posted:

pegasus riders can be good indie sacreds. it's hard to mass enough of them to matter, and you obviously can't plan a strategy around access to them, but if things work out you can field an arco-style army that might really hurt stacks that aren't in anti-flyer formation

Fat Samurai posted:

I'm thinking about having another go at this after playing a couple of games at launch, but the nation list is scaring me. Any advice on which nations to avoid? I'm looking for something not gimmicky or overwhelming with options but with at least some variety. Looking at the EA list, this is what interest me:

- Arcoscephale: Mostly because domkilling people with sceptics seems very funny, but I have no idea how viable it is.
- Tien Chi: I seen to remember basic dudes could carry you through early game, plus a variety of magic. And a Fish God
- Abysia: Seems completely straightforward. Plus maybe I'll finaly understand blood magic?
- Pangaea: One of the games I played. White Centaurs killed everything until a thousand elves sneaked in and killed my dudes.
- Tir na N'Og: Elves but not completely elves.
- Rus: Mostly because the name Chuds gave me a chuckle.
- Ur: Because of the CYOA thread, which I should caught up to. Lot of units in the preview, though.

Any bad nations for a new player in there?

LordSloth posted:

And none of the rituals can result in demons eating your face.

DarkAvenger211 posted:

Do you not always retrieve magic items from dead units after battle? Had a fully loaded Bane go down and lost all of the items with it, didn't pick up a single one :/

Zereth posted:

Huh. The Dryad seems to actually want a lot of iron for upgrading freespawn at cities or castles. This is not what I was expecting going in.

exactly how far apart do groves have to be? Also, I was offered a whole one dryad so far but didn't have enough cash on hand to hire her so I've got a massive two spellcasters and one is a centaur that just has a couple buffs that I have no idea what they do

Det_no posted:

Haven't played Dominions in like two years and CoE made me want to get back into it. Any important mods or tools I should be aware of? Balance mods, map-making tools, anything like that? Better Arena and Worthy Heroes were often recommended back in the day.

The Pipsisewah posted:

I have finally taken the plunge and bought Dom 5. Could I get a link to the ruby discord?

LordLeckie posted:

Decided to finally buy this after taking a break from 4, could someone hit me with a discord invite please?

Million Ghosts posted:

could i get a discord invite? finally wanting to start noobin' in MP now that i have the time

Tuna-Fish posted:

So only LA Agartha (and everyone with wish) gets to fix Tartarians? Was there some other remaining way to heal them?

my dad posted:

LA Jomon is humans getting their poo poo together and forging an alliance with the Dragon King. LA Atlantis is narratively an improvement - they've been on the run from R'Lyeh, they've lost their homes, they had to make compromises, but now they're finally ready to kick R'Lyeh's rear end back to the void, and have everything they need to do it. LA Man is given a positive storyline if you activate story events - things went bad, but they recovered, and the witches will return. Outside of the whole "aristocrats so incestuous they make the habsburgs blush" LA Erythea is a place of progress. LA Arco is also advancing in a generally good way.

MA, Phaecia is an improvement over the burrito, Na'Ba becomes a better place, Uruk gets its poo poo together, etc.


I won't comment on the new additions in 6.

Kitfox88 posted:

Do we have a release date yet