Thanks for the video!

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

Welcome as always!

Titans are my favorite thing in the world. They are not efficient, but i love them all the same. If you want to do something with them, try starting with Neteret of many names - my beloved. Not only she has utility of inspiring researcher, but cost of new paths for her is just 20. I like to use them in dormant state, as a super combatant for nation that doesn't have any. It's nice to have something you can give greatsword of sharpnes and lightning resistance to go take a throne with 20 watchers and a monolith, or a stray golem. And as someone like arco, ermor or other human nations, you don't have a lot of SC material.

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

There is something to be said about also just picking something for fun, especially in single player. I didn't know that about Many Names, that actually makes that chasis more interesting, as that is one of the reasons demi-lich is so good. Also, hate Monolith + watchers, simple as.

@user-gw9ik7zd9e

14 күн бұрын

@@BabelBuilder forgot to mention, hope to see gift of splendor in the upcoming stream, as Ubar is one of, like, 3 nations, that can actually cast the damn thing.

@BabelBuilder

7 күн бұрын

I failed at using gift of splendor. :(

Cool video

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

Thanks. Hope you got some value out of it!

I know you are not planning on it, but a video on Oceanea would be awesome and apprciated by me at least. Kinda wondering how the sirens getting glam 2 affects the nation. Glam pretender/glam summons and siren mage core recruitable could be a very interesting new end game.

@RHort-ym7ee

22 күн бұрын

Also happy growth Babel! Been with you since the beginning although I don't get to catch streams too often. Love to watch the videos later on and love the pregames! Congrats on 1500 subs!

@BabelBuilder

22 күн бұрын

I wont say never, but not planned atm. I think the glamour is actually really useful for them. They have some cool stuff and can at least wear shambler's skins (I think).

@BabelBuilder

22 күн бұрын

Thank you. The channel has been doing really well, and I am looking for a good second game to add in for some growth. As much as I love Dominions, looking around YT, we are at near audience ceiling. Perhaps, Dominions 7 will be the next Palworld or Helldivers! :P

So I think people kind of really underestimate how well the Houri do in melee if they are in magic as long as you give them some weapon that isn’t just a fist to kill stuff with. All the various Jinn abilities are pretty BS in 1v1s and she only needs to poke most stuff with something like a lightning spear twice or so before they get through glamor and unseen. You basically need to be a big boi giant or also have magical gear on an elf to win against them in melee in my experience, Pokémon items can be problematic but attack rear works sometimes. In 5 I liked getting them for like 6 turns to do assassin work before swapping over to largely shaytan for blood stuff.

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

True, with the magic power, their stats are deceptively better than at first glance. I long weapon would also help with repels in that case too.

@soccrplayr232

14 күн бұрын

@@BabelBuilder Repel definitely helps protect her a fair bit but honestly against most things even completely naked they still can’t hit her 1v1 for like 20 rounds. The issue is that without a weapon she will kill herself getting repeatedly repelled and punches for like 10 so it still works against old human mages but most other things have essentially infinite time to try to whack her to death/just wait for her to suicide on repel checks before she hurts them. *Oh and magic weapons all tend to give like +3/+3 att/def while her fist is giving her -1/-1 so it’s a pretty massive swing.

Fyi having the ifrit sacred troops cost 3 holy points is a buff going from Dominions 5 to 6 because originally they were recruitment limited to 1 per turn. So now I'm theory getting 3 per turn is better, although I'm still not sure if I would want to given their glaring weaknesses

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

Oh, I didn't even remember they were 1 per turn in 5! That is the same issue Ur has with its otherwise really cool swamp dragon things.

Watched this yesterday, but forgot to comment.

@BabelBuilder

22 күн бұрын

It is weird to have a "kind-of-but-not" video out for me too!

My go-to for Ubar is Wooden colossus 5E7N3G4B Regen Surge 2 reinvig. Gets you that needed glamour boost, good enough to climb blood. 6 dom can give 1 Sultan and 3 ifrits as bodyguards every 2 turns, just need to give them a fire pearl to repel with and some body armor and they can go ham. I also take 2 luck to try and get the Ghul mother and forge horror helms, using that death gem income, or just spam Dark knowledge.

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

Horror helms would be really good on those genies! Do you ever find the fire weakness on the wooden colossus to be an issue?

@coolhandle1102

14 күн бұрын

@@BabelBuilder Temper flesh is enough to negate the fire malus, but a fire helm or plate is cheap and in abundance

Aww miss the premiere

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

Should be able to do these for several weeks. Same time next week!

57:50 friendly reminder about rivers: you can fly over them

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

I had a weird bonce and then a war kick off. :(

@raphaelsutton962

13 күн бұрын

The last time I played Ubar, I spawned on an island archipelago, basically a group of islands connected by river crossings. It was fantastic as I could fly my armies of Jinn wherever I wanted and had almost no fear of counterattack.

@BabelBuilder

7 күн бұрын

Things like that are why I like random maps over nicely balanced multiplayer maps.

Did they Nerf the Dwarven Hammer when i wasn't looking? I could have sworn it gave a 2 gem discount, but this is 2 games in a row you've said it only does 1.

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

No, you are correct! Dwarven Hammers still give Forge bonus 2!

@sgtflintlock6904

15 күн бұрын

@@BabelBuilder oh good, I'm not going crazy then XD

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

Well....let's not jump too far yet.... >.>

Good video for me as never played this one. Looks like very historical Arab raiding/slave/logistics/tax. The Sassanids, Byzantines, Egyptians had enough trouble not dealing with that without the invisible demons.

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

Or maybe the invisible demons were just that good?! ;)

@andrewcole4843

15 күн бұрын

@@BabelBuilder Indeed I am sure some generals used that as an excuse. A certain Arab religious text (and many others from earlier cultures) referred to these demons so Ilwinter did well again.

@BabelBuilder

14 күн бұрын

One of the things I love about Dominions is its use of mythology as the basis for most nations. Doubly so, when its stuff that is not common in pop culture!

Honestly I like Na'ba more than Ubar. It relies too much on its Jinn who will, as you said, either dominate or get dominated by its counters. Na'ba at least has Giants, giant Elves, and the ability to summon Jinn if you want. Oh and Na'ba has a lot of free birds with your nice cavalry. And all the Jinn for Na'ba are sacred compared to Ubar having exactly 1 sacred Unit while the rest of its 4 sacreds are Commanders. Oh yeah and Na'ba can bring out your big gun Mages faster than Ubar can unleash its Ifrits who are, while significantly more powerful than a Malikah, have significantly more counters and weaknesses such as Magic and Heat power along with the usual iron and salt vulnerabilities. Overall, to summarise, I prefer Na'ba because it's more versatile. And Malikahs are *hotter* than Ifrit Sultans 😏

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed Na'ba in 5 and they are one of my most looked-forward to MA nations!

@anarkaification

14 күн бұрын

Na’ba is probably a contender for strongest nation in 6 🙂 The glamour stuff just made them better, like project self can be a game changer

looking at Ubar I think I want to go for a rainbow chassis. I want the god to have Marid access. you need some path diversity and having some blood on your god to go straight to summoning gulas off of some scouts or your cheap out of fort commanders blood hunting some of your bad provinces to get an early blood economy going. gulas get the d1 searches for you as well. bless wise you could lean into either helping your Jinn thug or a mage bless for your awesome evocations. looking at a Great sage with F4W2E2S5D4B4. Dom 5 Turmoil 2 Sloth 2 Heat 3 Growth 1 Luck 1 Magic 3. Heat hurts but Growth and good events might help a bit there. Bless wise Enchanted blood Farcaster Reinvigx3 and 1 Strong vitality. 2 points left seems legit. Weak dom and reliance on out of fort recruitment in the earlygame would be an issue. astral death blood and marids are the late game. would want to fight fore some nature mage to seduce or find some indies to make a regen item. as fun as a titan is this nation already has some SC options so I'd skip it. Edit: Marids can summon Marids and the Black King just needs 1 more water to cast it. so that is an unreliable way to get them. though to get consistent access to them you want it on your god.

@BabelBuilder

13 күн бұрын

I agree that getting some magic diversity, esp that water access is super helpful!

So for god choices at dom4, Ubar has the actual name of Allah and the statue of the infamous copper merchant Ea-Nasir. I see.

@BabelBuilder

15 күн бұрын

I do wish more nations had competitively priced unique chassis.