Dominions is unique in that you can really surprise people with weird esoteric strategies, because out-of-box thinking is really encouraged without feeling like a cheap exploit. Dominions is unique in that respect. It is probably the best strategy game to watch.
I love Dominions for all the wacky sh*t that keeps happening. Flying immortal pigs? Giant toad prophet named Pepe? Underwater sacred birdman ghosts? Monkey demons vs zombie Jesus vs Spanish Inquisition? Nobody expects that...
Thank you for doing this as a video and not a stream. It's hard to follow what's going on during a stream because of all the viewers asking questions. While I can appreciate the necessity to do that, it just makes it hard to watch at a later date. Keep up the good work. I'm now a new subscriber.
I'll be honest, I don't ever watch livestream replays myself so I 100% agree. I always intended to do this series, but I wanted to get some fast content up and answer questions that players had about the game. But thanks for letting me know and rest assured this series will be thorough, regular and completed. I'm recording it now and all through the week as I get time.
@@battlemode Exactly, I've found I cannot watch those, between the streamer talking about random stuff with his chat and (understandably) reading out donations or whatever, it turns 15 minutes of content into like an hour of interruptions.
I'm embarrassed I got that wrong, I used to know this stuff a lot better! Of course, it was Osiris who was dismembered by Set. I shall immerse myself in the Nile as punishment.
Feminie was the first faction i played with when this game came out. Their lady knights and unseen/veiled ones were the best troops while the ladies at arms were quite helpful when clearing out independents as well as the weak to average troops of enemy factions. Still, I suspect that the best way to play Feminie is to use their emphasis on research to either make their mages more powerful or conjure better troops. On the plus side, the sage-queens are able to shroud some troops under her command, allowing you to sneak invisible soldiers into vulnerable provinces.
They've got incredible research capabilities, I think if you're playing them single player, they're pretty overpowered actually. In MP, perhaps not so much, you'd have to survive a rush as once your opponents know what you're capable of, you're gonna get rushed I think.
Aww that's really cool to know, thanks! When I started this I had no idea I'd even get two or three people watching me play these games, never mind hundreds or thousands. But really, if just one person really loves them, then that's enough for me. Thanks again :)
I just picked up the game for the first time and I’m actually so intimidated by it haha. I tried playing a game without any info on it and was so confused I couldn’t even really figure out how to assemble an army. I think I’d rather watch people play it and learn by observation
That's probably a good idea, I had exactly the same reaction to Dominions 4, and I ended up having to watch DasTactic's stuff when Dom5 released. After that, it stuck and I was hooked. 1200 hours later...
glad i can find you and enjoy your video thanks to dom :) hopefully alot of new player will come and join in all the fun its tought o learn dominions but i treat it like a mmo just always something new too do and learn
Before I watch, some feedback on the thumbnail: The red border made it so that one part of my brain had to do a couple of double-takes before it could explain to another part of my brain that I hadn't already seen all these episodes. Might want to consider that if you're dependant on the quick decisions that I assume generates clicks. :)
Hey, that's great feedback. I'll look to change that for the next series, thank you! I'm kinda lazy with thumbnails, some are better than others but I am getting better at it. I'm an artist but was never very good at graphic design, but I'm slowly improving!
5:15 And if you just want to have fun and enjoy the nice vibes, come to battlemode. 18:59 Sending a ton of females to die. Now that's female empowerment. XD 29:55 The Sage-Queen actually has the same upkeep as the Sorceress thanks to being sacred. Looks like a good nation for an unaging bless. 38:36 It isn't just the enemies used gems. Your own count as well. So there is even a bit of recursion if you do things like turning your astral gems into other gems. Either per alchemy or the wish spell for example. 40:29 Full disruption!!! Disruption is fun! 43:00 I usually increase the size of the global spell pool and the hall of fame. Yep, nation looks cool. :)
I did consider playing in Turmoil scales for added realism lol Yes I actually forgot to increase the Globals and Hall of Fame this time, oops. Doesn't matter a whole lot in single player but that'd upset MP gamers!
The Caelum nations have the new Air magic path, so there's no invisibility/confusion etc stuff in there, instead they've got some powerful new spells like blasts of wind that stun large amounts of troops and stuff like that, very interesting changes!
@@battlemode Sounds like a lot of fun to play with! I'll admit I was worried for my favorite birbs because of the new troop changes; with the potential for bigger, and thus longer battles, Caelum might not match up all that favorably since they already struggle in any fight that isn't lightning quick.
I hope they are coming out with a new manual for v6. I have all their other manuals. (v4, v5, Conquest of Elysium) They are some of the best manuals out there. Yes they are big but are a pleasure to read. Not sure where they plan on selling them but I've bought them from lulu
Just fyi, you are correct that the god is Isis, but I'm pretty sure it was her husband Osiris which was dismembered not Horus. I only remembered this due to Age of Mythology.
Graphics is the same, some UI changes, new factions and probably some other gameplay improvements, but at a glance its basically the same game. You would really have to go deeper to notice what changed.
Golems can no longer use the harmonica so that's a huge game-altering state you'll notice immediately. Also battles happening in real time, they're just so cool to watch now.
They get more freespawn, more often, everywhere now, not just in forts and forests, and the freespawn is better as far as I can see. Also the changes to scales and some special rules means the Popkill isn't quite as intense as it was before, but whether it's a very big change or not remains to be seen. At least from what I saw, they look a lot better now. You'll be able to recruit their national units for a lot longer than before.
Not sure what I think of Feminie. I see them struggling with troops personally, especially for late age, which is probably why they struggled with expansion. The veiled ones feel like a weak sacred. High defense and the Septum at least does reasonable damage, but unless glamour has changed in Dom 6 I could see them getting shot to pieces. Their own archers are kitted out with shortbows. Honestly probably a bigger threat to the Veiled Ones than they are a help. Other than that they pretty much just have bog standard medium/heavy infantry. Not really good at killing things so I guess the intention would be to use them to try and hold a line while your mages do damage. Knights are basically just LA heavy cav. Pretty normal looking communion lineup. Nice broad path access. Agree on the assessment of the Unseen One. That's a nice little thug chassis. Do something to get HP up and boost armour up. It will struggle with killing things with low strength. I like your pretender design. I agree that it is certainly not a good MP build but as a means to showcase what SP can do I think it is awesome.
So as always, I went to my tutor and asked "How do you expand with Feminie, do you think?" and he said "Cavalry". The Knights are very, very good at expanding, and so I think in MP they're gonna expand just fine actually.
I'd recommend you start by playing on a Medium sized randomly generated map, stick to the Early or Middle Ages as they're a lot more forgiving with regards to the strength of the Indy provinces you'll face in expansion, and also magic is a lot stronger and easier to use (in Late Age there's a lot of Blood magic, sabbaths and communions and that's a bit more advanced). Then put the AI players on Easy, and Defensive, and then just pick whatever nation looks exciting and interesting to you. The biggest barrier to entry is Pretender design. DasTactic's advice here is best: IF you feel overwhelmed by the options, for your first game, hit R key and randomise it. The Pretender isn't that important on Easy and so you'll be able to get straight into a game and play. If you're happy with the decision making and don't get analysis paralysis like some do, then I'd recommend taking a big monster Pretender, giving it a bless that makes it stronger (anything that boosts Defence, Protection and so on) and then give yourself some good scales so you're not struggling for resources early on, then go stomp the AI!
@@battlemode Thanks for the reply, I already watched Das`s video, but his explanation is all over the place as he jumps from one thing to another, then back, then forward, then back, as in there`s no structure. Watching your videos is kinda easier to get into, less chaos as in Das`s playthr. Is normal difficulty challenging?
@@MamaSusansMoney For a new player Normal will be challenging I think, but putting the AI on defensive gives you about 30 turns till they'll declare war, plenty to get yourself going and learn the ropes.
@@MamaSusansMoney Das is more thorough than me, but I think the first few episodes of my series will serve as a good tutorial, as you'll see why I'm doing what I'm doing.
@@battlemode Ok, thanks mate. Will be following you for the gameplay. The game should unlock this week. See if I understand enough to play myself over the weekend.
Feminie seem to have very strong research and good mages, but their units seem on the weaker side for a late age nation. They also don't really have any special tricks apart frem being good at research. Nothing that really makes them stand out. They would not be among my first choices in a competitive multiplayer game. It will be interesting to see what units you will use for expansion.
That research though... even slacking off you're getting 200RP a turn on turn 12, you're gonna outpace everybody with that. I think a good player could have even more than that.
I'd advise picking a random pretender and just playing a short game on Easy with jusy two or three opponents, with just a couple of Thrones. Once you begin playing it'll start to click, but don't over think it
These might look like small changes but they've significantly changed how the game plays, but I understand not everybody is as enthralled by it all as others.
Damn..it looks like Ind's invisible borders continue into this version. I would greatly appreciate if you could test on a small map to see how the AI handles those invisible borders and the new diplomacy system. In Dom5 Ind and Naba were seriously annoying to play because the AI couldnt see borders and would all trigger foreverwar with you. Id love to know if the AI can see your borders when you have a Non=Aggression pact with them. The hiding of borders is a feature designed for multiplayer with zero consideration for its consequences in SP. I've always wondered if Illwinter had issues with Jews since they made the Jewish mythology nations monstrous demon summoning cannibals. In the same light what do Feminie's garbage indie troop line up say of their attitude toward women..and the screaming.
I suppose Illwinter must also have issues with Christians since Ermor unleashes the zombie apocalypse by going Christian. And Mari is stereotypical Inquisition turned demon cult. Really, if you try to figure out who Illwinter dislikes based on their nation rep.... the only people who come vaguely ok are the Furries.
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Dominions is unique in that you can really surprise people with weird esoteric strategies, because out-of-box thinking is really encouraged without feeling like a cheap exploit. Dominions is unique in that respect. It is probably the best strategy game to watch.
Totally agree, I really love watching high level multiplayer games as you learn so much, particularly how devious and sneaky players can get!
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The small community paired with such a huge game makes the "meta" so flimsy too. I LOVE that aspect of it
I love Dominions for all the wacky sh*t that keeps happening. Flying immortal pigs? Giant toad prophet named Pepe? Underwater sacred birdman ghosts? Monkey demons vs zombie Jesus vs Spanish Inquisition? Nobody expects that...
Thank you for doing this as a video and not a stream. It's hard to follow what's going on during a stream because of all the viewers asking questions. While I can appreciate the necessity to do that, it just makes it hard to watch at a later date.
Keep up the good work. I'm now a new subscriber.
I'll be honest, I don't ever watch livestream replays myself so I 100% agree.
I always intended to do this series, but I wanted to get some fast content up and answer questions that players had about the game.
But thanks for letting me know and rest assured this series will be thorough, regular and completed. I'm recording it now and all through the week as I get time.
@@battlemode Exactly, I've found I cannot watch those, between the streamer talking about random stuff with his chat and (understandably) reading out donations or whatever, it turns 15 minutes of content into like an hour of interruptions.
32:57 Isis' husband was Osiris! Horus was their son. I was pleasantly surprised that you got the cryptic reference though!
I'm embarrassed I got that wrong, I used to know this stuff a lot better! Of course, it was Osiris who was dismembered by Set. I shall immerse myself in the Nile as punishment.
You shall have your heart be weighted heavier than a feather for this indiscretion!😂
Tahuti approves of your enlightened comment
I thought so! I was kicking myself for misremembering.
Feminie was the first faction i played with when this game came out. Their lady knights and unseen/veiled ones were the best troops while the ladies at arms were quite helpful when clearing out independents as well as the weak to average troops of enemy factions.
Still, I suspect that the best way to play Feminie is to use their emphasis on research to either make their mages more powerful or conjure better troops.
On the plus side, the sage-queens are able to shroud some troops under her command, allowing you to sneak invisible soldiers into vulnerable provinces.
They've got incredible research capabilities, I think if you're playing them single player, they're pretty overpowered actually. In MP, perhaps not so much, you'd have to survive a rush as once your opponents know what you're capable of, you're gonna get rushed I think.
Your videos always help with my mood , even if it's usually good - becomes better when I watch your content. Thanks and cheers!
Aww that's really cool to know, thanks! When I started this I had no idea I'd even get two or three people watching me play these games, never mind hundreds or thousands. But really, if just one person really loves them, then that's enough for me.
Thanks again :)
I just picked up the game for the first time and I’m actually so intimidated by it haha. I tried playing a game without any info on it and was so confused I couldn’t even really figure out how to assemble an army. I think I’d rather watch people play it and learn by observation
That's probably a good idea, I had exactly the same reaction to Dominions 4, and I ended up having to watch DasTactic's stuff when Dom5 released. After that, it stuck and I was hooked. 1200 hours later...
Impressed you got all that info out so quickly! Big fan of your work!
Thank you! Appreciate that!
glad i can find you and enjoy your video thanks to dom :) hopefully alot of new player will come and join in all the fun its tought o learn dominions but i treat it like a mmo just always something new too do and learn
Thanks! I agree, this game has a good sized player base but I think we can get even more on board!
Before I watch, some feedback on the thumbnail: The red border made it so that one part of my brain had to do a couple of double-takes before it could explain to another part of my brain that I hadn't already seen all these episodes. Might want to consider that if you're dependant on the quick decisions that I assume generates clicks. :)
Hey, that's great feedback. I'll look to change that for the next series, thank you!
I'm kinda lazy with thumbnails, some are better than others but I am getting better at it. I'm an artist but was never very good at graphic design, but I'm slowly improving!
@@battlemode Ithink you're helping me improve my game, it's only fair to return the favor when possible. :)
5:15 And if you just want to have fun and enjoy the nice vibes, come to battlemode.
18:59 Sending a ton of females to die. Now that's female empowerment. XD
29:55 The Sage-Queen actually has the same upkeep as the Sorceress thanks to being sacred. Looks like a good nation for an unaging bless.
38:36 It isn't just the enemies used gems. Your own count as well. So there is even a bit of recursion if you do things like turning your astral gems into other gems. Either per alchemy or the wish spell for example.
40:29 Full disruption!!! Disruption is fun!
43:00 I usually increase the size of the global spell pool and the hall of fame.
Yep, nation looks cool. :)
I did consider playing in Turmoil scales for added realism lol
Yes I actually forgot to increase the Globals and Hall of Fame this time, oops. Doesn't matter a whole lot in single player but that'd upset MP gamers!
Brand new to this game and YT'er. Nice content and well done. Very interesting game... love 4X and GSG, may have to give this a shot.
Hey, welcome to the channel and thanks! Yeah the game is great, one of the best strategy titles around IMO
Thanks for the vid. Let it be known that your work is appreciated.
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate that, hope you enjoy the series!
Really appreciate the appreciation ;)
Nice! Looking forward to see how it plays out.
This is a great nation actually, very cool theme and super strong research power.
I'm so hyped for when the game drops this Wednesday! Really looking forward to see how Caelum plays with the new army and magic systems!
The Caelum nations have the new Air magic path, so there's no invisibility/confusion etc stuff in there, instead they've got some powerful new spells like blasts of wind that stun large amounts of troops and stuff like that, very interesting changes!
@@battlemode Sounds like a lot of fun to play with! I'll admit I was worried for my favorite birbs because of the new troop changes; with the potential for bigger, and thus longer battles, Caelum might not match up all that favorably since they already struggle in any fight that isn't lightning quick.
Great content, keeping me busy before the game comes out!
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it, more to come!
I hope they are coming out with a new manual for v6. I have all their other manuals. (v4, v5, Conquest of Elysium)
They are some of the best manuals out there. Yes they are big but are a pleasure to read. Not sure where they plan on selling them but I've bought them from lulu
I have the new manual, it is excellent. Get the printed version when it is available, it's beautiful
Just fyi, you are correct that the god is Isis, but I'm pretty sure it was her husband Osiris which was dismembered not Horus. I only remembered this due to Age of Mythology.
I think you're right, I got my gods mixed up! Shameful, I shall immediately demote myself back down to Neophyte Grade as punishment
Osiris was Isis' husband and brother.
And after he was cut to pieces, she impregnated herself with his detached penis.
Good job on explaining a very deep and difficult game to understand.😊
Thanks! Getting the balance between explaining rules and keeping the game moving is a challenge with Dominions I think
illwinter sells physical manuals? I had no idea. Thats awesome!
"I have tendency to talk" ... enough said :)
I remember playing Dominions 3 like 9 years ago. Totally forgot about this game and didnt even know its D6 already :x
It's come a long way since then I reckon!
Graphics is the same, some UI changes, new factions and probably some other gameplay improvements, but at a glance its basically the same game. You would really have to go deeper to notice what changed.
Golems can no longer use the harmonica so that's a huge game-altering state you'll notice immediately. Also battles happening in real time, they're just so cool to watch now.
Battlemode: "Early Age, there's no Steel" EA Ulm: "The fools!"
I shall be sent to the Wheel of Pain for my transgression against Crom
Black Priest: "No, you shall be reforged into an Iron Corpse to atone for your sins!"
@@generationm2059 There is so much wrong here. Black Priests don't exist yet and they never do Iron Corpses even in LA lol.
@nicolinrucker5181 whoops.
From what I can find, Kristoffer Osterman is a high school teacher, based on his Linkedin profile at least
The tables in the manual just look like pivot tables out excel. Wish I had a spreadsheet with all of the data.
The manual was made with one of Illwinter's tools, I think it's pretty neat!
I am *very* interested in changes to Asphodel. So excited for the release!
They get more freespawn, more often, everywhere now, not just in forts and forests, and the freespawn is better as far as I can see. Also the changes to scales and some special rules means the Popkill isn't quite as intense as it was before, but whether it's a very big change or not remains to be seen.
At least from what I saw, they look a lot better now. You'll be able to recruit their national units for a lot longer than before.
Cool faction. I looked hard but I couldn't find which sprite was modeled after Gal Gadot!
Lol!
Not sure what I think of Feminie. I see them struggling with troops personally, especially for late age, which is probably why they struggled with expansion. The veiled ones feel like a weak sacred. High defense and the Septum at least does reasonable damage, but unless glamour has changed in Dom 6 I could see them getting shot to pieces. Their own archers are kitted out with shortbows. Honestly probably a bigger threat to the Veiled Ones than they are a help. Other than that they pretty much just have bog standard medium/heavy infantry. Not really good at killing things so I guess the intention would be to use them to try and hold a line while your mages do damage. Knights are basically just LA heavy cav.
Pretty normal looking communion lineup. Nice broad path access.
Agree on the assessment of the Unseen One. That's a nice little thug chassis. Do something to get HP up and boost armour up. It will struggle with killing things with low strength.
I like your pretender design. I agree that it is certainly not a good MP build but as a means to showcase what SP can do I think it is awesome.
So as always, I went to my tutor and asked "How do you expand with Feminie, do you think?" and he said "Cavalry". The Knights are very, very good at expanding, and so I think in MP they're gonna expand just fine actually.
Never played Dominions, but looking to buy and get into the game, what would you recommend? As in settings/races/ages an what not.
I'd recommend you start by playing on a Medium sized randomly generated map, stick to the Early or Middle Ages as they're a lot more forgiving with regards to the strength of the Indy provinces you'll face in expansion, and also magic is a lot stronger and easier to use (in Late Age there's a lot of Blood magic, sabbaths and communions and that's a bit more advanced).
Then put the AI players on Easy, and Defensive, and then just pick whatever nation looks exciting and interesting to you.
The biggest barrier to entry is Pretender design. DasTactic's advice here is best: IF you feel overwhelmed by the options, for your first game, hit R key and randomise it. The Pretender isn't that important on Easy and so you'll be able to get straight into a game and play. If you're happy with the decision making and don't get analysis paralysis like some do, then I'd recommend taking a big monster Pretender, giving it a bless that makes it stronger (anything that boosts Defence, Protection and so on) and then give yourself some good scales so you're not struggling for resources early on, then go stomp the AI!
@@battlemode Thanks for the reply, I already watched Das`s video, but his explanation is all over the place as he jumps from one thing to another, then back, then forward, then back, as in there`s no structure. Watching your videos is kinda easier to get into, less chaos as in Das`s playthr. Is normal difficulty challenging?
@@MamaSusansMoney For a new player Normal will be challenging I think, but putting the AI on defensive gives you about 30 turns till they'll declare war, plenty to get yourself going and learn the ropes.
@@MamaSusansMoney Das is more thorough than me, but I think the first few episodes of my series will serve as a good tutorial, as you'll see why I'm doing what I'm doing.
@@battlemode Ok, thanks mate. Will be following you for the gameplay. The game should unlock this week. See if I understand enough to play myself over the weekend.
Feminie seem to have very strong research and good mages, but their units seem on the weaker side for a late age nation. They also don't really have any special tricks apart frem being good at research. Nothing that really makes them stand out. They would not be among my first choices in a competitive multiplayer game.
It will be interesting to see what units you will use for expansion.
That research though... even slacking off you're getting 200RP a turn on turn 12, you're gonna outpace everybody with that. I think a good player could have even more than that.
They do have a sneaky side to them with the dominion hiding their ownership as well as their glamored sacreds. You could lean more heavily into that.
2:01
EA Ulm has steel.
For sure, there are exceptions to the general rules in each Age.
B A T T L E M O D E
I am summoned, where is the war?
Are you the guy that narrates the official Gal civ 4 vids ?^^
Yes that's me!
phisical manual? where are we? 2005? noice
Need 1 heat scale for Fem....otherwise you almost always have a malus. Im guessing this is just another Stellar Cascades spam nation.
Research nation, I think
Heat scale + 1 ...
11:02 looks like lovely place to be, women do all the dying and dangerous things while you can stay at home, count me in
I read at first "Rise of the Pancreas".
It was the better title.
This comment is making my pancreas rise
I really wanna try this game but the Amount of content scares me lol
I'd advise picking a random pretender and just playing a short game on Easy with jusy two or three opponents, with just a couple of Thrones. Once you begin playing it'll start to click, but don't over think it
wow! 43 min to launch a game
Welcome to the channel!
And welcome to Dominions! People spend hours planning their build before they ever hit that first turn button
menu simulator? i wanna try but man the videos are just menus. im bordewrline autist, but the menu scare me
There's definitely a lot of menus in Dominions
i like dominions series but the improvemtns between dom 5 and 6 are too little, i still hate this UI 0 improvments on this side
These might look like small changes but they've significantly changed how the game plays, but I understand not everybody is as enthralled by it all as others.
Damn..it looks like Ind's invisible borders continue into this version. I would greatly appreciate if you could test on a small map to see how the AI handles those invisible borders and the new diplomacy system. In Dom5 Ind and Naba were seriously annoying to play because the AI couldnt see borders and would all trigger foreverwar with you. Id love to know if the AI can see your borders when you have a Non=Aggression pact with them. The hiding of borders is a feature designed for multiplayer with zero consideration for its consequences in SP. I've always wondered if Illwinter had issues with Jews since they made the Jewish mythology nations monstrous demon summoning cannibals. In the same light what do Feminie's garbage indie troop line up say of their attitude toward women..and the screaming.
Not sure about any of that to be honest. Looks like the AI can detect your territory
I suppose Illwinter must also have issues with Christians since Ermor unleashes the zombie apocalypse by going Christian. And Mari is stereotypical Inquisition turned demon cult.
Really, if you try to figure out who Illwinter dislikes based on their nation rep.... the only people who come vaguely ok are the Furries.
Ohhhh, no, not the '' Girl Boss '' Nation, the infection is everywhere.
I think the idea of amazons has been around a bit longer than the culture war, but thanks for the comment
@@battlemode True, but we already have the Amazons, the way this nation is portrayed in here is a typical '' women are so smart and amazing ''.