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[chaoticag]

Throwing in a Random nation might as well be giving out a free powerful magic site. The AI tends to go total war I noticed even when it makes sense not to. Also yeah, I do wanna honor agreements and all since there's going to be a point in the future where not honoring one will bite me in the ass. The pool of dominions players is not quite big, so having a reputation can be helpful. Or harmful.

[Shadowlord]

I don't think AIs can be turned into players later.

[Karlito]

Just leave it open for a few more days. Maybe we should look at some other maps, Old Kingdom might be a little big for 7.

[chaoticag]

Seconding Karlito here, but I also think folks should look into maps suitable for about 7 players, or a 6 land+ 1 water map or something.

[Shadowlord]

Here are two other maps, just from looking at the Steam Dom4 maps subforum:

Snerdryn, which is for 6-10 land + 1 UW: http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-omniomicon/addons/snerdryn-v11

If we had more players (or wanted more provinces per player) Ragnarok might be fun. It's recommended for 10 players, has an extensive cave system, but it's horizontal wrap only only the surface: http://steamcommunity.com/app/259060/discussions/3/364042063118170352/

[ThtblovesDF]

Lets wait for AlStars nation pick.

I like Snerdryn, but its the map we just had in 420, not that I mind, playing the same map on land I played UW before could be good. The old kingdom has some really sweet chokepoints however and with easy research, things might escalate so much quicker...

Currently I would settle on Snerdryn (I had a look at other maps, but none are as pretty and offer caves).

Alternativly we could still go for old kingdom, with ThronePoints needed at 11 (taking 3x lvl 3 thrones and 1 lvl 2 throne, or "all the lvl 2 thrones +1 lvl3") and have a look at how easy research affects it.


Edit:
Biddyn (81+9) (Full Wraparound)

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[chaoticag]

I'd rather not play on the same map, Biddyn is at least nice.

[Shadowlord]

Yeah, you're right. Biddyn's nice. Maybe a little small.

[ThtblovesDF]

Due to the storm-capital limit of 13 turns, everyone gets to enjoy it for at least a moment : P

[AlStar]

Lets wait for AlStars nation pick.

Yeah - I think I'll give Theodoros a try - they seem quirky, and being underwater should help with the "everyone gang up on the popkill nation" thing.

Sadly, I doubt I'll get as lucky as my test game - turn 1 had aquatic mercs which I was able to pick up for cheap, which allowed for quick expansion.

[chaoticag]

Hint hint nudge nudge. While theorodos might not be so hot in combat against other players, they can usually afford to blind expand on turn one. Though definitely test it out a few times before taking my word for it.

[Karlito]

Biddyn is so nice, I think I've played 2 or 3 MP games on it before. Not that it's really a problem. It's on the smaller side for 7, but maybe we want that for an easy research game.

EDIT: I'll also note that since Biddyn provinces tend to have a large number of neighbors, you're likely to see an enemy capital within 2 or 3 provinces of your own.

Other candidates include The Desert Eye (108+17) and Streamlands (93+10), both of which I believe are included in the base game.

[chaoticag]

Hmm, I think I'd pick The Desert Eye for a 7 player matchup in that case. Though streamlands should also work. Given Theorodos wants costal lands we might as well treat it as a land nation, since I don't think it has any interesting UW recruits unless we're talking about the capital.

[Karlito]

I think Desert Eye is my preferred pick as well.

[ThtblovesDF]

Desert Eye it is then. I'm waiting until tommorow, then I'm creating the game with Desert Eye and all above settings. Special site frequency will be 45.