Dominions 6 - Shinuyama - Ep 5 - Pythium And Ulm Square Off

[@DemonsthenesDominions]

I had some audio issues for the start of this episode; my computer was freezing every minute or so and that made the audio cut briefly each time. We get it resolved for the next episode. Still also suffering from video call lag causing us to talk over each other from time to time... But it's worst in this episode due to the lockups. Sorry!

[@cornuthaum]

> Still also suffering from video call lag causing us to talk over each other from time to time. I think that's fairly normal all things considered, no voice call where this doesn't happen.

[@Kris_Lighthawk]

Magma bolts got a very big buff in dom6, as it is now 5 bolts per cast instead of 3 in dom5

[@tjeisenman4439]

Moaaaar episodes!!!!!! Thanks guys keep it coming

[@DarkSideCookies]

Using up all the site searching luck so far in this game

[@MrSupergingerman]

Crazy income! I imagine y'all will have the most infrastructure in the game by a significant margin soon if you don't already, which of course will help a lot with catching up on research!

[@DemonsthenesDominions]

Yeah we didn't start forts early (turn 14 start is very late to start; usually MA nations that expanded well have 2 forts finished by then), but everyone was delayed by the global unrest events reducing worldwide income for ~25% near the end of the first year, and we recruited ~2000 gold worth of little Bakemono (~400) instead of starting those forts. Taking two Fortresses off these early wars have made up for the Bakemono swarm related delays quite well, but we're only tied for the lead on that. Even with those and our huge income, we are now roughly equal to Asphodel for forts, and knew it (I'd walked scouts next to all their forests to watch the forts go up). And of course forts we build spend 3 turns as Palisades; he's likely got twice the number of mages that we have right now. Relevant to how the fort race will proceed, Asphodel/Nidvanagr can only hope to capture the Man capital's Castle, as it appears that any additional forts that Man started were destroyed, I assume before completion. But yes, we're really rich now, and thus able to produce both Dai Bakemono and battle mages as fast as possible, while also putting a lot of gold into new infrastructure, Barbarian Chiefs for our blood hunting ambitions, etc. It pays to be effectively done with two offensive wars this early, after good expansion! Income from our current territory will continue to rise significantly as we spread our Dominion and unrest falls in recently conquered territory, too. Now it's time to use that income to scale our power beyond simple hordes of goblins and their flute-playing masters!

[@lonelyswordsman1177]

The audio cuts out or gets garbled at times in this one. Not entirely sure why.

[@LucidTactics]

Hmm maybe i see if i can sort the audio better and reupload

[@DemonsthenesDominions]

@@LucidTactics there's some weird artifacts near the end of the video when you're talking that's probably unrelated, but I think this was the one recording session where I had problems with my computer freezing and dropping bits of what I was saying, and that is likely not fixable :(.

[@laurieadams843]

Not sure if it’s my end but I’m also getting audio issues, seems to lag or cut out. Otherwise enjoying the series 👍

[@ron7034]

hi lucid. been playing ma naba lately. what kind of spells would you recommend when its mid-late game and research is wrapping up for most of the paths? any fun conjurations or magic items?

[@Elvenkin]

Still having audio issues unfortunately...