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Looks awesome.

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Every screenshot, every single one, has been amazing in terms of whetting my appetite for Dom3. The Ulm "Enigma of Steel" description matched with the Steel Warrior has me dying to play Ulm in a non-Black Forest way for the first time... ever.

Seriously, kudos. I wasn't certain how much the new themes would grasp my attention but I haven't seen a mis-step yet.

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Yeah, I like Enigma of Steel, myself. I really like the stealthy bit. We'll have to see how well they can pull it off. Heck, I played a couple games without using Ulmish cavalry anyway (yeah, yeah, don't ask). The fact they still get magic crafting bonuses in EA is good to me.

Heh. Actually, I was wondering why, for thematic reasons, the developers did not decide to create unique magical items/artifacts for the different eras. In fact, It seems to me that all artifacts in the game ought to be era specific. Maybe we'll see something like this in Dom IV.

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Yes indeed... I would also like to read and see about Machaka. Do they still have extremely weak province defense ?

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> I was wondering why, for thematic reasons, the developers did not decide to create unique magical items/artifacts for the different eras

Just a matter of priority. Getting the game finished was more important. It might appear at a later date.

> like to read and see about Machaka

Machaka has not been changed much atm. Defence is probably changed a bit, but I'm not sure in what ways. There are some vague ideas on an early Machaka, but nothing that will appear in the release version or in the first patch.

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What about Late Machaka & Pythium?

Many would be happy to play some sort of byzantine Pythium...

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Not there yet

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Hmm, machaka got a new hero IIRC.
http://ulm.illwinter.com/dom3/ape.jpg

Its two actually.

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One of the new Mictlan summonables. Mictlan is one of the nations with numerous new summonables.

http://ulm.illwinter.com/dom3/ozelotl.jpg

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I'd like to see some of the new-look Ermor, particularly Early Era (as I'm curious to see what they're like at that point given that, in theory, the shift to an undead nation comes in Late Era).