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Hawk

7 Feb, 2014 @ 5:52am

Guides overview

Hail folks,

From what I've seen people are interested in guides for specific nations for dominions 4. So I figured I would post the few I know in a list and ask you guys to do the same. Mind you, this post is external-link heavy. Also: I do not claim these guides are good or anything. Just that I've come across them.

The first part is a quick reference list with all of the guides and the second part is the full listing (with nation, notes, writer and location specified).

If you come across a guide that isn't in this thread/post yet please reply with it and I'll add it!

Quick reference list:

Early Age

EA Arcoscephale [www.desura.com]
EA Atlantis [z7.invisionfree.com]
EA Berytos [z7.invisionfree.com]
EA Caelum
EA Hinnom [z7.invisionfree.com]
EA Lanka
EA Lanka
EA Machaka [z7.invisionfree.com]
EA Maverni [www.desura.com]
EA Maverni [www.desura.com]
EA Mictlan LP video
EA Mictlan [www.desura.com]
EA Sauromatia [kiirno.github.io]
EA T´ien´ Ch´i [z7.invisionfree.com]
EA Tir Na N'og [gigamalon.forumotion.net]
EA Vanheim [www.desura.com]
EA Ulm [www.desura.com]
EA Ur LP video
EA Ur [www.desura.com]

Middle Age

MA Agartha [www.desura.com]
MA Arcoscephale [www.desura.com]
MA Eriu [www.desura.com]
MA Man [www.desura.com]
MA Marignon [www.desura.com]
MA Pangaea [www.desura.com]
MA Nazca [www.desura.com]
MA Ulm
MA Ulm [www.desura.com]
MA Vanarus [z7.invisionfree.com]

Late Age

LA Atlantis [www.desura.com]
LA C'tis LP Video
LA Jomon LP video
LA Lemuria [www.desura.com]
LA Lemuria [www.desura.com]
LA Man
LA Marignon [www.desura.com]
LA Pangaea [www.desura.com]
LA Pythium [www.desura.com]
LA Ulm [www.desura.com]
LA Utgard LP Video
LA Ulm [www.desura.com]

Other

Combat Calculation
Differences between SP and MP
Dom 4 Inspector Discussion
Dom 3 guides [forum.shrapnelgames.com]
Dom 4 Inspector [larzm42.github.io]
Dwarven Hammers analysis [www.desura.com]
Event Overview [docs.google.com]
Mod/Map installation guide & Mod list
Map discussion/generation resources
Monodrop: The Art and Obsession
Map Database
Magic Path Booster Guide
Nation Analysis [grogmission.blogspot.ca]
On blood magic [www.desura.com]
Uses For God: A Short Guide to Pretenders
Site-searching handbook [www.desura.com]
Site-searching study [www.desura.com]
Upcoming Patch log [jaffa.illwinter.com]

Full listing

Early Age

Middle Age

Late Age

Other

Nation : General guide (chapter 1, more to come?)
Writer : CharlotteC
Location : http://gigamalon.forumotion.net/t764-dominions-4-the-guide-ch-1

Nation: Strategy index for dom 3
Writer:Valerius
Location:http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=38122

Nation : Site Searching study
Writer : max.wilson
Location : http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/site-searching-by-path-level-an-empirical-study

Nation: Nation Analysis
Writer: Donald C. Allen
Location: http://grogmission.blogspot.ca/2014/07/dominions-4-pretender-design-and.html

Nation: Dwarven Hammer Analysis
Writer: Baalz
Location: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/dwarven-hammers

Nation: Site searching handbook
Writer: Grigio87
Location: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/grigio87s-site-searcing-handbook

Nation: Events overview
Writer:: ? UNKNOWN ? (Please let me know who the writer is :) )
Location:: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3IGmBe9vPaveS1aOWdoLTJCbmM/edit

Nation: Blood magic primer
Writer:: Rejakor
Location:: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/blood-magic-a-primer#999452

Nation:Dom 4 Inspector (comprehensive unit/spells/item tool)
Writer:: Edi & others
Location:: http://larzm42.github.io/dom4inspector/

Nation:Dom 4 (Upcoming) patch log
Writer:: Illwinter
Location:: http://jaffa.illwinter.com/dom4/dom4log.html

Nation: Mod/Map installation guide & Mod list
Writer: Hawk
Location: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/259060/discussions/0/624075566819238506/

Nation: Combat Calculations
Writer: Parathion
Location: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/259060/discussions/0/558747287591670058/?tscn=1436711559#p5

Please add guides you've seen to this thread!
Also, For dom3 there are quite a few good guides to be found that still partially apply to dom 4 but I decided to just link to the shrapnelforum strategy index to avoid too much of a clutter.

E: added guides that have been posted. 9/2/2014
E2: Cleaned up post by ordering by age and alphabet. Added more guides/lp's.10/2/2014
E3: Added more guides. 7/3/2014
E4: Added posted guide. 9/7/2014 Added more posted guides. 11/7/2014
E5: Added guide. 29/7/2014 Added site-search study. 10/08/2014
E6: Added posted guides. 12/08/2014
E7: Added posted guide. 9/9/2014
E8: Added posted guides 16/9/2014, added posted guide 18/9/2014
E9: Added posted guides 26/9/2014. Added posted guide 30/9/2014
E10: Overhauled main post, added quick reference list, added guides & tools. 6/10/2014
E11: Added posted guides. 30/10/2014
E12: Added posted guides. 21/11/2014
E13: Added Posted guides 8/2/2015
E14: Added posted guide 10/12/2015
E15: Added posted guides 21/12/2015
E16: Updated desura-links 21/3/2016
E17: Added guide 29/6/2016
E18: added guides, updated references etc, 26/11/2016
E19: fixed all desura links, should be working again 19/9/2017

Last edited by Hawk; 19 Sep, 2017 @ 1:53pm

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Spidren

7 Feb, 2014 @ 6:48am

Do "Let's Play" threads or playlists count? Most don't go into nation specifics but it can be beneficial to see how others play a race, for good or bad.

Hawk

7 Feb, 2014 @ 7:40am

Yes, you are right. Just use the miniformat I used and add - Let's Play.

For example:

Nation: EA UR - Let's Play: Video format
Writer: Marcus Aurelius
Location: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7yEwbhGUooISDlRy9rcQ0__senFxmHc

Spidren

7 Feb, 2014 @ 7:45am

How do you make the words bold? xP

Hawk

7 Feb, 2014 @ 7:49am

before the words write [ b ] and after the words write [ / b ] without the spaces

Spidren

7 Feb, 2014 @ 8:07am

Thanks.

Nation: EA Mictlan - Let's Play: Video format
Writer: Donald Allen
Location: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXa4InahZRZkqRrmqug0C4t1Zvgzo0vRm

Nation: LA C'tis (vs LA Uthgard) - Let's Play: Video format
Writer: Tokshen (vs Marcus Aurelius)
Location: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCqw-30TkeV8cG_faUJngEgx0kN4q0CB

Nation: LA Uthgard (vs LA C'tis) - Let's Play: Video format
Writer: Marcus Aurelius (vs Tokshen)
Location: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM7yEwbhGUooXCKQ2AusJv_IK52XrJqXK

Will post more if/when I find them.

Hawk

9 Feb, 2014 @ 7:24am

Nation: LA Pangaea
Writer: sum1won
Location: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/la-pangaea-destination-of-species#957573

Maerlande

9 Feb, 2014 @ 8:12am

Good post. I think it's worth a sticky.

Hawk

10 Feb, 2014 @ 6:54am

Nation: Strategy index for dom 3
Writer:Valerius
Location:http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=38122

Nation:LA Jomon - Let's play - Video Format
Writer: Tokshen
Location:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq-irbwud0M

Hawk

10 Feb, 2014 @ 7:06am

Also for those whose guides I've missed just reply and I will add them. (same goes if you just come across one that isn't here yet)

Hawk

7 Mar, 2014 @ 7:56am

Nation: LA Lemuria - "Noob's guide"
Writer: SonofHicks
Location: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/a-noobs-guide-to-lemuria

the writer calls it a noob guide with which he means it is not extremely indepth and ment to mainly give you a good feeling for the nation.

Nation: EA Ulm - Primer
Writer: Zinegata
Location: http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/primer-ea-ulm-not-gods-not-giants-just-men

I especially liked the fluff in this primer.

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shygamer

8 Mar, 2014 @ 4:46pm

Blitz game videos:

Nation: Various
Writer: TheDemon
Location: http://www.twitch.tv/thedemonstream/profile/pastBroadcasts

Last edited by shygamer; 8 Mar, 2014 @ 4:47pm

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Hawk

9 Mar, 2014 @ 4:14am

added. =)

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MarkofWisdom has Dominions 4

8 Jul, 2014 @ 10:05pm

Thank you for this~ Finding nation guides and tips for Dominions 4 is hard since it seems outside of a few favorites (Ulm, Mictlan, Man, etc.) very few exist and I'm hesitant to reference the Dom 3 stuff since a LOT has changed between games, even if only in terms of pure numbers-different gold/resource cost, etc. that majorly changes how things can be used (some examples I've seen people reference are some massable troops in Dom3 not being nearly as useful as mass troops because of increased gold/resource cost)
edit-
Also a few links I found
An in depth LA Lemuria guide
http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/thread/lemuria-the-nightmare-before-ascension
A general forum having a bunch of links to other guides and other general information on Dom4
http://www.desura.com/games/dominions-4-thrones-of-ascensions/forum/board/the-council-of-sages-strategy-guides

Last edited by MarkofWisdom; 8 Jul, 2014 @ 10:09pm

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