Mods to use!

[Bonfire]

The better independents mod found here is an absolute must if you want the AI to do more than throw hordes of indie chaff at you past the early part of the game.

[Gandalf Parker]

Thanks for the reminder.
But I wasnt sure that it mattered which IRC. Just that Ive seen the comments.

Actually I dont refer to the Dom3mods forums IRC as this forums IRC either. It was never officially designated the way the wiki was. The Chat for this forum is the Chat on the button displayed on the forum (top of this screen near the Forum's Rules).

The Goons IRC would be another Ive seen it in. And the Q2Three channel altho not nearly as much since thats not strictly a Dom3 channel.

Every forum has their channels. There is no way Id be able to keep up if I didnt make them all noisy. "I can be summoned by the use of my name." The Chat here just bloops at me but the others actually speak my name out loud (I pipe it thru my server) and in some cases also text-message my cell phone for important key phrases.

Except of course for the Dom3Mods one you mentioned.

[Squirrelloid]

Um, its not just the dom3mods irc channel. its the one specifically mentioned in the sticky on this forum, and has been associated with this forum longer than dom3mods has existed.

[Gandalf Parker]

Yeah yeah I know.
Didnt mean to tick anyone off. Heck its been around longer than the Shrapnels Chat if I remember right.
Its probably about as close to official as you can get without Illwinter or Shrapnel saying so.
And definitely more lively.

[Eximius Sus]

What's so special about all these IRC channels?

[Gandalf Parker]

Short Answer: Instant conversation.

LongerAnswer:
Everything has its pros and cons. If you are the kindof person who misses "chatter" or wants fast answers or faster moving games then learning how to use IRC can be rewarding. If you dont type well, tend to edit your posts over and over, rely alot on spell checkers and being able to take the time to look things up then maybe not.

Some people go beyond that and prefer a Skype group or some other voice chat. And some prefer webcam chats where you can see and talk. It can be a very different experience to be able to chat and blitz at the same time. I also really like white-board sites that allow the map to be uploaded and everyone can scribble things on it.

It should also be mentioned that just like the forums that tend to spawn them, different IRC communities have different feels to them. So if one turns you off you might hunt down another. The Chat here doesnt need any extra software (it works in your browser) and its the quietest that I know of. At most there have been 3 answerers in it at the same time and they all tended to be for different games. But its a way to get a taste of it

[Eximius Sus]

Oh I sort of meant what's the difference between them?

[Edi]

If you play any amount of single player, you will soon rn into the phenomenon of chaff hordes, meaning that no matter what AI nations you play against, you will soon be inundated with virtually indistinguishable hordes of chaff recruited from indie provinces, with few national troops mixed in.

If you want more nationally based AI armies in SP, you can use the Better Independents mod, which curtails the availability of the really bad chaff and makes for a more challenging single player game, especially against certain nations. The link to the BI mod thread is in my sig.

[Eximius Sus]

That's weird. I don't see any signatures.

[thejeff]

There's a configurable option in the forums user preference section to show or not show signatures.