What do you guys think? Did you enjoy the more crunched style of video, where I condensed it down, but kept the most important parts in? Let me know in a comment!

@SinOfAugust

Ай бұрын

Good stuff. Dom is often a bit overwhelming in it’s scope, a condensed look is very nice

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

@@SinOfAugust I'm so glad it helped! Let me know if any parts were confusing for you, and I'll be happy to walk you through them, or even give you alternate examples if it helps!

@SinOfAugust

Ай бұрын

@@AOReaper To me, personally, magic in general is the biggest hurdle. There is more spells in a single school than other games have all together. Knowing what counters what, what is a priority when is hard when you are staring at hundreds of spells... Then there's communions, Sabbath's, boosters, crafting, horror usage... Hard to take it all in and then make intelligent decisions about it all...

@gogeta667

Ай бұрын

Top tier meme implementation. 10/10 would subscribe twice if I could.

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

@@gogeta667 Hahahahah, appreciate the appreciation! Thanks so much for the comment and kind words!

First of all, I love how digestible this video is. Your voice is understandable and overall the vibe is energetic! I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. Second of all, Incubi can be used to great effect against Feminie considering all of their commanders are female.

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words! Always love to hear the feedback, and appreciate them very much! And oh my goodness, you aren't wrong! I hadn't even recognized that (haven't played against Feminie yet in MP). Thank you for that tip! I'd throw it in if I could! Appreciate the comment and feedback, and hopefully we can fix that whole subscriber problem with enough time! I love doing this!

Also note you shouldn't need to time storm power since you should be able to cast storm power before storm and it still works (the boost doesn't start until the storm goes up, but it should still take effect). It might make sense to delay casting if you have something useful to do first, but it shouldn't be a need. Cast too soon and you are waiting for it to take place, cast too late and you are missing time with the full boost.

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

Hmm, I knew back in Dominions 4 this wasn't the case, but my goofy butt mentioned it out of habit. Thanks for the correction! I swear, sometimes I've been playing this game for so long, in my head I'm playing 3 different versions of Dominions hahaha! Thanks for the comment and feedback! Appreciate all insights!

I love seeing content about this game! Ive loved the series since Dominions 3

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

You and me both! Welcome back to the team! We're glad to have ya! And thanks for the feedback and comment! Its always appreciated!

Great content Makes it easy for beginers to understand, Could you explain pretender choice a little more?

@AOReaper

13 күн бұрын

I would be more than happy to! Unfortunately, in the upcoming beginner video styles, I'm trying to keep the videos close to 15 minutes of just fast, fun and "how to", but then the advanced guides will have a whole section on Pretender how to and why. Did you have any specific questions about Pretender choices that I could help you directly with?

@wyatttrombley

10 күн бұрын

@@AOReaper How do I decide what scales I want - When do I want to be dormant etc?

@AOReaper

2 күн бұрын

@@wyatttrombley Sure thing! Here's how I approach it: actually... would it be easier if I made a quick video on this topic with a few examples? I think so. I'll crank a video out for you in the next 2-3 days. Hopefully it'll make it much more obvious how I approach it, and help you out (as well as others with the same question!)

Love the format a bit too much time on the units since you show the useful on e in the expansion may be just say the one whit niche case in the presentation. Cambiant count are my favorite blood searcher you don't need any thing to protect them against blood event and blood 3 researcher is the sweet spot where you don't need more micromanagement. I don't pick luck in the bless since you have a easy access to group luck but undying and blood regeneration are a supreme value to them. Imprisoned rainbow that add strength get a good value. I would aslo add that Succube are superb in the scenario that you show but don't use them aggressively like dryad you will lose them. "your late" game battle are representative against a mighty ai but a player will have more mage support then what you showed my researsh is evo 2 blood 4 thau 5 constr 5 I made const 5 before the other if I can get away whit it

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! And I love those Cambion counts! The higher morale alone makes them one of my favorite in this nation, and they do make things so much easier when you give them a sanguine dowsing rod! And of course the armies can't be player style armies in my demonstrations, hahaha, I would expect FAR more more support, and a hell of a lot more scripted elemental spam, and even battlefield wipe spells. The idea with the guides is to show players how to set up certain moves of their own, and then encourage them to hop in multiplayer games with us all to figure out then how to counter players. Mighty AI I'm not sure - I don't play with AI often, so I wouldn't be a good judge, but I'm trying to give representations of player ARMIES, not so much their mage setups ;) Too much variability in there to do in short time haha. As always thank you for the comment and feedback! Great insights!

@skoub3466

Ай бұрын

@@AOReaper maybe have the same number of gems spend on elementals on the opposite side

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

@@skoub3466 Yep, I just run into the issue of imagining how people would spend those gems then. It would get crazy the # of combinations I'd need to show to really give a good set of examples, and the video would be ~60 minutes. I might try throwing some more "realistic" armies in there in the future, or hell: to make it easier I might just ask some MP players for permission, and use the old turn files from old games in these vids. That might be easier for nations that aren't brand new. Solid idea, thanks!

Do EA TNN! They are such a great nation even after losing some air magic in dom6! Their assassins can use charm! Just imagine being able to steal just about any commander for just a handful of glamor gems! Happy to help come up with things to talk about :p

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

Haha, thanks for the idea! I was dabbling around with EA TNN earlier this month, and boy it was rough for them. Their cavalry suffered from the "light warhorses now have no prot" syndrome, and it was really rough using both the Ri and the Sidhe Lords even more importantly. That 4 prot REALLY hurts vs archers and the commanders when they get dumped off of their fay horse onto the ground, as the horse loses 3 defense vs its rider in the case of the Ri, and 2 for the Sidhe Lord (now that their stats are tracked separately). Hmm... how to make up for these things... We lost our lightning spammability, but we gained Glamour in return. We lost mistform/fog warriors for the most part (or at least easy access to it), but gained twilight access (and darkvision on many troops/mages), and really good access to defense plays. I think my issue with elves in this edition is that they became MORE elfy in their ways, and more vulnerable to normal elf counters. In addition, they didn't gain GREAT access to any direct damage that they've lost now with Air access OR defense (fog warriors). Tell you what: I'll give them a try. If I sit down and let them noodle around in my brain for a while, and do some testing, I should be able to figure them out, and I'll let you know what I find. And thank you for the comment and feedback!

@ivan-to2zy

Ай бұрын

@@AOReaper hmm... Could have sworn I typed a reply to this.

@thatoneguy5856

Ай бұрын

I recommend you do its semi sibling Fomoria as well! It’s got one of the wider viable magic rosters in the whole early era. Not to mention some versatile troops

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

@@ivan-to2zy I haven't seen one. Not sure where it could've gone...? I see your original post up above about TNN losing air magic, etc. If its gone missing, let me know, and I'll try to investigate. I know nothing about this stuff, but I'll try haha.

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

@@thatoneguy5856 I DO love me some Fomoria. Much more straightforward bruisers than their elfy cousins ;) Thanks for the comment and feedback! Let me know what your preferred strategy with EA Fomoria is, and I'll try it out ;)

There is no good blood glamaour national summons. Base game is really bare 😩😩😩😔😔😔

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

You're not wrong unfortunately. Still: its STARTING to go in the right direction. As long as Illwinter maintains their normal pace, we'll have some good ones in around ~6 years ;)

I thought luck triggering on every instance of undying damage was fixed back in dom5? Is this bug back?

@AOReaper

Ай бұрын

Possibly, but in testing it sure as heck seems to be working the same. If it isn't (or its INTENDED not to) then people will have to make a different specific pretender with this nation, but fortunately as I mentioned in the pretender design section: this nation is SUPER happy with pretty much any decent bless. Thanks for the comment and the feedback!

@michaelbodell7740

Ай бұрын

I think it is only supposed to trigger on damage that crosses 0, but it might have been extra triggering because this bless was mixing the undying with the half-regen of enchanted blood. That might mean there are multiple times the same unit is ready for the fatal hit, but not sure if it still counts.