Dominions 6

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » July 22nd, 2023, 13:20

Changes:
-New pretenders, new nations.
-Army/magic rebalance. Armies will be larger, mages more expensive, battlefield-wide spells harder to cast, more mid-level magic.
-Mounts and riders now modelled separately.
-New magic path, "Glamour". Air magic will no longer include illusions and Glamour will get them instead.

When this comes out we should do an HQ game.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » August 1st, 2023, 14:26

I want planes like in CoE5.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » August 1st, 2023, 14:36

Dead wrote: ↑ August 1st, 2023, 14:26
I want planes like in CoE5.

I want an AC130 like in CoD5.

Fedora Master · Post by **Fedora Master** » August 1st, 2023, 14:58

Emphyrio wrote: ↑ July 22nd, 2023, 13:20
-New magic path, "Glamour". Air magic will no longer include illusions and Glamour will get them instead.

Magic was so nicely balanced thematically, I don't see why Air shouldn't include illusions. What's the opposite of "Glamour" magic otherwise?

Humbaba · Post by **Humbaba** » August 1st, 2023, 16:07

Fedora Master wrote: ↑ August 1st, 2023, 14:58
Magic was so nicely balanced thematically, I don't see why Air shouldn't include illusions. What's the opposite of "Glamour" magic otherwise?

Gameplay balance reason probably. Opposite schools of magic aren't a thing in Dominions anyway.

-Humbaba

Ratcatcher · Post by **Ratcatcher** » August 1st, 2023, 20:19

Emphyrio wrote: ↑ July 22nd, 2023, 13:20
When this comes out we should do an HQ game.

Dominions burns my time like few other activities do but supporting Illwinter is something I do reflexively. Will def buy, mebbe even play.

Fedora Master wrote: ↑ August 1st, 2023, 14:58
Magic was so nicely balanced thematically, I don't see why Air shouldn't include illusions. What's the opposite of "Glamour" magic otherwise?

Too soon to say but they always go with flavour first and balance be damned, it maybe will follow later. I suppose it's to decouple illusion spells from any specific element as to give more civs access to them. Usually, when they rework something like that, it means they also rebalanced the relative spells.

Time will tell.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » September 10th, 2023, 17:26

It's coming out soon. It's going to be good. I can feel it.

Ratcatcher · Post by **Ratcatcher** » September 15th, 2023, 19:25

Dead wrote: ↑ September 10th, 2023, 17:26
It's coming out soon.

(Maybe we need a counterpart to the fapping smiley. Plz imagine he's masturbating while bouncing)

Dead wrote: ↑ September 10th, 2023, 17:26
It's going to be good. I can feel it.

Yes. I trust no dev in depraved and debouched current year but Illwinter. I'll d1p this even if I end up never actually playing it. Just because they deserve it.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » September 15th, 2023, 19:26

Ratcatcher wrote: ↑ September 15th, 2023, 19:25
Yes. I trust no dev in depraved and debouched current year but Illwinter.

One of the most important "people" with the devs ears is a tranny.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » September 15th, 2023, 19:58

Finally, there is ‘fog of war’ on the strategic map, you cannot see the provinces of the map beyond the ‘province name range’ (1 in EA, 2 in MA, 3 in LA).
Trash

Another tidbit: almost all Dominions 2 monsters got inept forge and research (but they got cheaper).
I don't want monsters to be cheaper, I want the 99% that are worthless in combat to be good in combat. WTF are most monsters even for? Pretenders should have recuperation.

The battlefield can have props (trees, rocks), which disrupt formation, and have HP and be destroyed. Some of them can be, for example, poison explosive mushrooms in swamps.
retarded

-Tramplers are better at attacking while trampling. Elephants can attack with tusks, and riders can fire archers from above at the same time. Also elephants are a bit cheaper.
about time

-There are new assassination locations, and they are not generic battlefields.
great, i specifically requested this

Several summons have more units, around 60 - 100% more per gem. Some examples: manticores, sea dogs, forest giant, shade beasts, fire snakes, etc.
something requested since dom 3

Blood has been tweaked a bit. Examples: vampires are more expensive, but devils are cheaper.
good

Level 9 spells are to be researched individually.
weird but ok

regarding Magic Duel, there's a glamour spell that ensures you only get brain damaged instead of killed.
normal Illwinter passive-aggressive half-measures.

Burden of Time is Thaum 9 spell.
YES. Nobody was happy with BoT as a shitty level 5 global.

-New spell that boost your magic paths for the next month (1 turn)
This sounds like it will lead to tedious boosting strategies.

Frost Brand is Const 6 and no longer does AoE damage. It does do AN cold damage.
with this and the nerfs to the *skin spells, thugging might be truly dead

There is a second layer in the strategic map, for a caverns ‘plane’, a bit like in Conquest of Elysium games with their multitude of planes. Some nations start in the cavern layer, like Agharta, Xibalba, etc.
Cave layer don’t have UW provinces but it has ‘flooded’ cave provinces, and there can be cave entrances in UW provinces. There are new province types, like cave forests, crystal caves, and drip caves. Caves are ‘insulated’ and don’t get the temp seasonal changes of the overworld.
Cool.

-PD starts at 1
Cool.

Eriu is getting a rework to make it more unique.
Good. There's tons of material they could use.

Humbaba · Post by **Humbaba** » September 15th, 2023, 20:04

Emphyrio wrote: ↑ September 15th, 2023, 19:58
with this and the nerfs to the *skin spells, thugging might be truly dead

I just want more loadouts to be viable aside from regen boots and vine shield + fire sword.

-Humbaba

Ratcatcher · Post by **Ratcatcher** » September 16th, 2023, 06:59

Emphyrio wrote: ↑ September 15th, 2023, 19:26
One of the most important "people" with the devs ears is a tranny.

Damn, wanted to write a witty post about it being the source for Maenads but then I remembered:

"Maenads are human females seduced by the wild lure of a Pan's flute. They enter a state of rapturous rage in which they shed all clothing and join the armies of Pangaea to fight with claws and teeth. Maenads are chaotic and difficult to control. They fight well but are almost useless when patrolling."

Oh well, better luck next time.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » December 5th, 2023, 15:46

Dominions 6 is currently under development. It is expected to be released at the end of 2023.

I can't believe it's coming out in just a few weeks guys!

Irenaeus · Post by **Irenaeus** » December 13th, 2023, 02:28

Trailer released today:

Galdred · Post by **Galdred** » December 13th, 2023, 10:10

What I would have liked most would have been a handicap system so that you can assign (per group) different pretender budgets for different nations, so that all end up playable in MP.
The "balance MP by naturally having weaker nations gang up against stronger ones" made team games(with only 2 teams) and blitz very imbalanced.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » December 13th, 2023, 13:49

There's a bunch of new nations.

I saw Muspelheim fire giants, the cyclops and humans from Phelgra as a cave nation, a human fuedal nation with Black Pans and blood magic and some abyssian influence, a later version of EA Ulm with apperantly more death magic, and the sub-races from Ind are now their own nations in la.

Post by **Nemesis** » December 13th, 2023, 15:17

January 17: Release
January 17: First HQ game begins

Irenaeus · Post by **Irenaeus** » December 14th, 2023, 15:32

The sequel is throwing light on some obscure lore of Illwinter:

Decline · Post by **Decline** » January 13th, 2024, 14:38

Nemesis wrote: ↑ December 13th, 2023, 15:17
January 17: Release
January 17: First HQ game begins

I would be up for this. Anyone else interested?

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » January 16th, 2024, 00:03

Decline wrote: ↑ January 13th, 2024, 14:38

Nemesis wrote: ↑ December 13th, 2023, 15:17
January 17: Release
January 17: First HQ game begins
I would be up for this. Anyone else interested?

only if it has a long timer, 48 hour minimum

Decline · Post by **Decline** » January 16th, 2024, 04:02

Emphyrio wrote: ↑ January 16th, 2024, 00:03

Decline wrote: ↑ January 13th, 2024, 14:38

Nemesis wrote: ↑ December 13th, 2023, 15:17
January 17: Release
January 17: First HQ game begins
I would be up for this. Anyone else interested?
only if it has a long timer, 48 hour minimum

At least for the first 40 turns or so 24h is sufficient.

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » January 17th, 2024, 17:44

$45 dollary doos?! I dont think so Greedwinter

Ratcatcher · Post by **Ratcatcher** » January 17th, 2024, 18:30

37 jewroo and a few motes... considering the 15% discount. That's more than I thought. Mmmh. Wot to do... How many of you are akshually buying this? I literally have zero time to play but fuck, Dom is one of my fav games...

Humbaba · Post by **Humbaba** » January 17th, 2024, 19:48

Ratcatcher wrote: ↑ January 17th, 2024, 18:30
How many of you are akshually buying this?

Not at that price tag wtf. It's also incompatible with my rig despite being the exact same game as Dom5 with some new shit added.

-Humbaba

Irenaeus · Post by **Irenaeus** » January 17th, 2024, 23:00

I'm buying this tomorrow.

Just bought it

Post by **Nemesis** » January 18th, 2024, 00:25

Ratcatcher wrote: ↑ January 17th, 2024, 18:30
considering the 15% discount. That's more than I thought.

That will likely be the last discount for a long time. Dom5 hardly went on sale.

Decline · Post by **Decline** » January 18th, 2024, 01:10

> Shitty troon game comes out
YAS LARIAN SLAY QWEEN TAKE ALL MY MONEY OH MY GOD ALL THE PEOPLE ARE BLACK IN MY GAME

> Good game comes out
ewww 30$?!?! what is this, i just wanted to buy a game not a whole company

moar liek TROONHQ amirite?

anyway who's up for a quick game via the lobby?

Decline · Post by **Decline** » January 18th, 2024, 01:47

Decline wrote: ↑ January 18th, 2024, 01:10

> Shitty troon game comes out
YAS LARIAN SLAY QWEEN TAKE ALL MY MONEY OH MY GOD ALL THE PEOPLE ARE BLACK IN MY GAME

> Good game comes out
ewww 30$?!?! what is this, i just wanted to buy a game not a whole company
moar liek TROONHQ amirite?

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » January 18th, 2024, 01:50

Decline wrote: ↑ January 18th, 2024, 01:47

Decline wrote: ↑ January 18th, 2024, 01:10

> Shitty troon game comes out
YAS LARIAN SLAY QWEEN TAKE ALL MY MONEY OH MY GOD ALL THE PEOPLE ARE BLACK IN MY GAME

> Good game comes out
ewww 30$?!?! what is this, i just wanted to buy a game not a whole company
moar liek TROONHQ amirite?

Emphyrio · Post by **Emphyrio** » January 18th, 2024, 01:57

Decline wrote: ↑ January 18th, 2024, 01:10

> Shitty troon game comes out
YAS LARIAN SLAY QWEEN TAKE ALL MY MONEY OH MY GOD ALL THE PEOPLE ARE BLACK IN MY GAME

> Good game comes out
ewww 30$?!?! what is this, i just wanted to buy a game not a whole company
moar liek TROONHQ amirite?

anyway who's up for a quick game via the lobby?

It would be different if I hadn't already bought this game 3 times. It's a $45 DLC.