[Dominions 6] Grogspocalypse: The Return! (FINISHED)

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Tanaka

#45
January 22, 2024, 08:24:41 PM
Quote from: al_infierno on January 22, 2024, 02:20:24 AM
Quote from: Tanaka on January 22, 2024, 12:17:02 AM
Quote from: al_infierno on January 21, 2024, 10:03:12 PM
Quote from: solops on January 21, 2024, 08:20:45 PMI hope we can get another player!

What size map are we looking at? i,e, how many provinces/player?

I messaged a few others from the previous games like Ajidica and Boggit, but didn't hear back from them. I'm not in any rush to start the game, but I'm gonna assume this is the full player list unless anyone else speaks up.

Province count hasn't been officially discussed, but right now all the settings are on default except renaming and special event rarity. The default is 15 provinces per player.

Sounds good to me. Why change the events default though?

I changed the default setting from common to rare, but thinking on it now it might nerf the usefulness of Luck.  I'll probably just change that back and roll with all default settings except renaming enabled.

Oh I thought the default was rare?

al_infierno

#46
January 22, 2024, 08:59:36 PM
Default is rare in singleplayer, common in multiplayer.
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.  War endures.  As well ask men what they think of stone.  War was always here.  Before man was, war waited for him.  The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.  That is the way it was and will be.  That way and not some other way.
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
- Silent Disapproval Robot


I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
- MengJiao

Tanaka

#47
January 23, 2024, 02:01:16 AM
Quote from: al_infierno on January 22, 2024, 08:59:36 PMDefault is rare in singleplayer, common in multiplayer.

Ahhh gotcha!

Tanaka

#48
January 23, 2024, 02:19:07 AM
Looks like all of the pretenders are in then shall we start?

Yskonyn

#49
January 23, 2024, 09:30:56 AM
Do we get some kind of notification (in Steam?) when your turn is up?

If not then I think I prefer the old Llama way of getting mails.
"Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing.
However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore."

TheMeInTeam

#50
January 23, 2024, 09:56:51 AM
It's annoying to check for turns all the time when they're not done yeah.  Best by far was the discord bots...way better than using email because it gives a notification you can see more easily.

solops

#51
January 23, 2024, 01:59:05 PM
I am not in yet! Working on getting it in now...
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. - Winston Churchill
Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin

solops

#52
January 23, 2024, 02:02:34 PM Last Edit: January 23, 2024, 02:05:29 PM by solops
OK, I'm in...I think.

I am willing to give the game's built in lobby a try. They need feedback
I did like the Llamaserver.

Never used Discord. Don't have an account or really know what it is.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. - Winston Churchill
Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin

Yskonyn

#53
January 23, 2024, 04:06:58 PM
I tried the discord bot, but I mostly have discord notifications off because of the spam the app gives when you're a member of several servers.

I do think Clockwork (which pretty much replaced Llama) does also send out emails regardless of using the bot functionality on discord, but I might be wrong.

I sure hope the lobby system thats in Dom 6 gives us some sort of notification.
"Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing.
However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore."

al_infierno

#54
January 23, 2024, 07:13:29 PM
Before we start, we should agree on throne placement and map setup.

For thrones, I often default to 3 level ones, 2 level twos, and 1 level three with 6 points needed to win.  That might be a bit much for only 6 people, maybe we could cut it down to 2-2-1 or something similar?

As for map formation, do we want to use defaults or switch it up?
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.  War endures.  As well ask men what they think of stone.  War was always here.  Before man was, war waited for him.  The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.  That is the way it was and will be.  That way and not some other way.
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
- Silent Disapproval Robot


I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
- MengJiao

TheMeInTeam

#55
January 23, 2024, 07:50:51 PM
Thrones are fun!  I guess it depends how late players want the game to go wrt points to win.  Good expansion + winning 1 player vs player war makes it possible to be in striking range to win outright before turn 30, if the person doing it gets the tier 3 throne nearby.

If you move points to win ~75%, the game is significantly more likely to go late.  Anything below 50% risks someone winning PvE in a MP game.

This is completely independent of the number of thrones.  I'm good whether we want a bunch or just a few...just want to make sure someone can't just yeet a 3rd throne using a titan and win before we get to test our builds against each other!

solops

#56
January 23, 2024, 09:30:03 PM
I am good with whatever. I just want to play a while and have fun.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. - Winston Churchill
Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin

al_infierno

#57
January 23, 2024, 10:45:09 PM
Started!  Good luck everyone.
A War of a Madman's Making - a text-based war planning and political survival RPG

It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge.  War endures.  As well ask men what they think of stone.  War was always here.  Before man was, war waited for him.  The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.  That is the way it was and will be.  That way and not some other way.
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian


If they made nothing but WWII games, I'd be perfectly content.  Hypothetical matchups from alternate history 1980s, asymmetrical US-bashes-some-3rd world guerillas, or minor wars between Upper Bumblescum and outer Kaboomistan hold no appeal for me.
- Silent Disapproval Robot


I guess it's sort of nice that the word "tactical" seems to refer to some kind of seriousness during your moments of mental clarity.
- MengJiao

Tanaka

#58
January 24, 2024, 01:19:54 AM
Quote from: al_infierno on January 23, 2024, 07:13:29 PMBefore we start, we should agree on throne placement and map setup.

For thrones, I often default to 3 level ones, 2 level twos, and 1 level three with 6 points needed to win.  That might be a bit much for only 6 people, maybe we could cut it down to 2-2-1 or something similar?

As for map formation, do we want to use defaults or switch it up?

Default map and 3-2-1 works for me.
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