Archonsod

MoM wasn't balanced, Dominions 3 isn't balanced, and both games are better for it.

Funny, my past few games I've had the AI build several cities, including one particularly prolific Gilden which managed to grow to ten. And that's on the beginner setting.

Research adventure, pick the quest tech and follow that line through. Though be aware it will trigger more powerful monsters to wander the wastes.

And when did a right to demand something turn into a right to actually be listened to? :P

They heal 1 hit point per turn outside, put them in a city and they'll heal a lot quicker.

World map difficulty dictates how frequently monsters spawn, how powerful they are and how aggressive they are about attacking civilisation. Faction difficulty is the AI difficulty setting.

Yeah, they add additional hitpoints to units in the city.

[quote who="Kardiophylax" reply="7" id="2732427"]The combat attack/defense ratings in this game contain no information as to how they actually work. [/quote] What's even more irritating is there's a spell which adds 50% to your dodge chance. So fingers on buzzers, does this add 50% to defence, is there a 'dodge' component we can't see, or does it add a 50% chance for any attack to automatically miss? I've cast it twice, and I still couldn't tell you.

Yup, it could do with better reporting. Also a more consistent labelling of the spells and abilities which ignore defence. I believe hurl boulder explicitly states this, it also looks like the dragon's breath abilities do the same thing, but they refer to "true damage".

I've just completed my first game as Tarth with the master quest victory, and I'm about to hop in and try a Fallen game now. Can't get enough of it :P

I don't think the high defence is a problem. You can get ridiculously high attack values in the late game, and of course you also have various spells and abilities which ignore defence altogether (came in incredibly handy for that headless hermit on the master quest).

[quote quoting="post"] If I heal unit the lost members should revive I think. [/quote] Might be a bug with the heal spell. They recover men if left to heal naturally, but of course it might just be a cosmetic issue. And the negative attack with confusion is the spell effect. Wait till a troll shaman casts it on you, then complain about it :P

Personally, I think Stardock should just come clean. The pre-release version was a beta for the Day 0 patch, right? :P

Some units already resist certain forms of magical damage, and since hurl boulder now ignores defence it looks like it might be an attribute of specific spells or schools in future, which could be interesting.

[quote who="Voqar" reply="5" id="2730752"] There is danger in pushing too hard in the adventure branch - I think - with a lot of things in this game there's still a lot of WTF moments or "experimentation" - but it seems like pushing too hard in some adventure techs will bump up the difficulty of encounters greatly. [/quote] There is, but then I wonder if this might also be a valid strategy for multiplayer - push your adventure research to make the world as hostile as possibl

[quote who="Ganoes" reply="3" id="2730661"]Has anyone been able to build a harbor in 1.05 yet? No luck here either [/quote] Yup, built several. I suspect it's changed so you have to build it against the ramp edge, rather than being able to build it on the other side of the city.

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="51" id="2730408"] Looks like a case of pulling a statement out of context and then trying to beat Stardock over the head with it. I remember the days when PC Gamer used to have some actual journalistic integrity, but those times are apparently long behind us.[/quote] They've went downhill over the past few years, but I never expected them to resort to borderline libel to generate interest.

Pubs, taverns, palace, missionary huts IIRC. Research the civic tree.

[quote who="JackArbiter" reply="22" id="2730242"]If it's true then they shouldn't have ever done a "bill of rights." There are always bugs, usually very serious ones. [/quote] Yes, but most developers will classify a bug as "the code has a problem" rather than "it appears your hardware components were put together by a drunken luddite, and what is that dead chicken doing in there, did someone read the Voodoo Extreme box and get the wrong idea?".

[quote quoting="post"] 7> My latest game must have been close to 100 turns and I never saw any NPC resembling a hero. I got a bunch of NPCs that boosted something like farming or Iron Production. Only one had any kind of combat skills (assasin) and they were pretty pathetic (6 atk, 0 def) and I couldn't even upgrade her weapon or lack of armor. [/quote] You can buy equipment from the store as long as you're in your own influence area. Every hero lets y

[quote quoting="post"] if you play a game and do not find any gold mine, you are pretty much guaranteed to lose. Iron is useful, but gold mine is absolutely critical. Please change naturalist trait so u start with a gold mine instead of iron... or just add a new trait that gives gold mine. [/quote] Actually there's two easy ways to get around it. The first is the Adventure tree, there's a tech line which spawns resources. I've yet to research the first level of that

The little tower icon in the corner of improvement cards is the city level needed. You can hover over the little town level bar in the bottom left when you select a city and the tooltip will not only tell you the current level, but how far it is from the next level and whether you're short of food or housing.

[quote who="Tiberonmagnus" reply="2" id="2728091"]I actually would like it if the minor races did level up a city, but they just don't build more than a single city. Therefore, the longer you let that little guy grow, the more difficult it would be later.[/quote] Yes, you need to research it in the warfare tech though. It's in the same branch as siege. [quote who="Tiberonmagnus" reply="2" id="2728091"]I actually would like it if the minor races did level up a ci

[quote who="jglazier" reply="6" id="2728051"]What do the red and blue dots next to your units in the left-hand column along the edge of the screen mean?[/quote] They're the buildings. Red indicates one under construction, blue is built. Not quite sure why it's necessary tbh. Oh, and a couple more FAQ's: 1. Why can't I talk to an NPC? If you see a speech bubble with a red line through it the usual cause is that they'r

I just call in and say I'll work from home.