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Re: another free Dominions 3 patch/upgrade

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From: Bret Ripley
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:13
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On 31 Jan 2011 13:05:47 GMT, Gandalf Parker wrote:

> Maybe you pressed one of the numeric keys? They toggle various screen 
> displays. I think the temples is 5?

Thanks, that was it. At one point the tutorial mentions that F5 is a
shortcut for "Research", but I think I probably pressed 5 by mistake.

> This is an almost complete keypress chart compiled by the players over 
> the last few years.
> http://dom3.servegame.com/wiki/Hotkey

Wow. I guess I'd better stop the kittens from walking over my keyboard.

> Have fun trying out the many nations. They are all (63 now?) very 
> different to play. In role playing games what do you tend to play? I tend 
> to think of the nations in those terms (fighter, mage, priest, thief, 
> barbarian, druid, paladin, assassin, archer, necromancer, researcher, 
> seducer).

Huh. RPG is my favorite genre, so I can relate to that approach.

> Middle era Man is a good learning nation. Hard to win with but everything 
> is pretty clear what it does so you can concentrate on learning the 
> basics. Neifelheim seems a good learning nation to win with easier. 
> 
> New player tip: Dont negelect to pay attention to your dominion. That is 
> after all the name of the game.
> 
> New player tip 2: When the game seems too rough new players tend to turn 
> the independents strength down. Wrong direction. That just lets the AI 
> nations rush you. Turn the independents up and it will slow down the AIs. 

I appreciate the tips.

> Glimpse years into the future: I now play Dom3 with  Mytheology and 
> Immortal Pretenders and Nova Deus mods(more gods), Worthy and Epic (more 
> heroes), CPCS (more spells), the Magic Sites mod (more sites), Elemental 
> End Game and End Game Mod (more & bigger monsters). And then throw in 
> SingleAgeComplete mod so I can play with all 3 era's nations at once and 
> maybe fill the extra nation slots from 73-95 with modded nations. All on 
> a 1500 province map!
> AND THEN RUN THE GAME THRU THE CHAOS PROGRAM MUHAhahahahahaa!

I knew it ... you are an evil bastard.

I am enjoying DOM3 so far. It seems odd, but I find I enjoy thinking about
DOM3 almost as much as I enjoy playing DOM3.

Bret
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