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[Alkhemia]

I'm really interested in the team stuff I wonder if you can be a minion to a AI.

[Karlito]

Woe unto all of us! The release date has been pushed back.

[nenjin]

G'dammnit! >< I really was looking forward to playing it at the end of the month.

Maybe I'll just bite the bullet and preorder....on Desura. *grumble*

[Bitoru]

So how's word on the AI?

[Bluerobin]

Game's not out until the 28th of September as far as I know. It's probably improved, but probably not much.

[Mrhappyface]

HOLY SHIT THE BETA IS OUT!!!!11!!ONE!!11!

[Mrhappyface]

Beam weapons are crazy as hell. Hits everything in those squares.

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[Bluerobin]

So it is. LA Ermor = Lemurs. And they have ghost troops instead of skeletons!

MA Caelum seems to be identical, except there are some new pretenders and they can use the Ambush of Tigers spell for some reason.

Air bless now gives Precision and an air shield as the major bless, Nature gives HP with regen as a major bless, Death gives "Undying", which who knows what that does, and Blood gives blood vengeance as the major bless instead of death curse. My favorite thing might be the Demilich pretender, though. He's a tiny little immobile pile of bones with a skull on top.

[Karlito]

Any interest in a B12 preorder multiplayer match?

As I understand it "undying" gives extra hit points by allowing units to go into negative hits during a battle. Also worth noting that Dom4 blood vengeance doesn't stop a unit from taking damage like Dom3 blood vengeance did.

[Neonivek]

Shame they still don't let you get more than one commander or something along those lines.

Since frankly one of the problems with Dominions 3 is that you will often never EVER use your other commanders because they are either useless or a very poor investment when next to the "better" choice.

But then again that was the general "Thing" with Dominions. They would intentionally include pitfalls and useless junk as a way to emphasize the plot.

[Karlito]

What with leadership giving morale bonuses now, national commanders that aren't mages are slightly more useful. I'm not sure how viable those "slow to recruit" ubermages will be though.

[nenjin]

I kinda miss my MA "Alive but still kinda undead" Ermor.

[ScriptWolf]

I'm still really on the fence in this one, I mean it just looks like Dom3 but with a new name.

Can anyone tell me what is new in the 4th game ? Or is it more or less the same but "with a touch of paint"

[nenjin]

There's been a pretty thorough rebalancing I think. Nation/Pretender options shifted around, and a lot more nation specific Pretenders. (EA Mictlan has an assload now, one for every magic path pretty much, a sneaky one, a SC one, each spawning with their own kind of retinue.) A few new nations. New map features, global random events. Province defense overhaul. The UI is more informational now (although I hope some of the visual elements are still in beta.) Repeatable build queues. Combat formations. Morale modifiers for troops based on various army things. Morale seems way more important now. Can build fortresses or castles/cities, and give them 1 or 2 add-ons.

Hard to say whether that's worth $35 to you. They haven't systemically changed the game. The Beta screen says something to the effect of "Tutorial is on the way. If you've played Dom 3 you'll figure it out."

I was on the fence but now that I've pulled the trigger I'm happy. Already hoping someone is going to do a Random for this version.

[Mrhappyface]

I kinda miss my MA "Alive but still kinda undead" Ermor.

They're called Sceleria now.