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ValarMorghulis

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  1. Well, looks like I had to be the first one to kick this off. I'd like to see others contribute too so to get more people involved and motivated I will be making a FAQ kind of list of every feature in the game. This will take alot of time, effort and help from you guys. If you wish to participate send me a snippet where you explain a feature of the game. I will make an example below so you know what I'm planning to do. Anyone who patricipates will obviously get credit for their work and I will make sure Dan knows everyone who helped out. Force of Terror / FoT / AI The Force of Terror is the games hostile npc that follows the same rules and restrictions as human players. Everytime you click the 'LAND' button you have a chance to activate the FoT. Destroying the FoT base will render the FoT inactive for 7 days. All FoT lands will remain though requiring you to clean them all out individually. After the 7 days it will again be able to spawn a base near you if activated. When activated they will do one of the following actions; -Spawns a base (This is the first action if there is no FoT in your area yet) -Spawns lands -Make troops -Construct buildings on lands -Attack a land of yours You cannot capture FoT lands but rather destroy them. Killing soldiers, destroying buildings and destroying lands will all award you with peacekeeping points which are used to buy perks. You also cannot trade with FoT and they will always deny your trade deal. Force of Terror base with a nuclear silo built on it
  2. Hello and welcome to Domination: Earth I assume you have stumbled onto this section of the forums because you would like some help and guidance on your journey to conquer the world! I have written this quick guide to help you on your way. Please note that I will use the terms "land" and "flag" alot but they are essentially the same thing. 1. Starting the game After creating your account and setting up your profile, you are thrown straight into the game. There is no 'forced' tutorial you have to go through so this might leave you a little confused. Refer to the big yellow "GOALS" button on your bottom left corner for a basic tutorial and what you probably should try to do next. First you will want to put down a base. A base is used for multiple things later on. Choose this place wisely as you will want to visit your base every now and then. It is however not suggested to put it down at home, school, work etc places you visit often as you will want to grow your lands there. If you accidentally planted your base in a bad place you can move it for free ONCE, after which it will cost a premium currency (unobtanium) to move. If you are hesitant on where to move it then just save the one free move for a later date when you understand where a good place for a base is. But wait, how do I make a base? Easy! Just press the big yellow button with a flag on it that is located on your right bottom corner and is labeled "LAND" underneath. Normally this button plants a new flag, upgrades a flag, builds a new utility or upgrades an existing utility. But the very first land you plant will become a base. This button will be used alot while playing the game. To read more about bases and what they do refer to this link for more info [insert link] 2. Understanding the mechanics Now that you have your base setup you might have noticed that your "LAND" button now has a countdown on it. Whenever you plant a new flag, grow an existing land, build an utility or upgrade an utility your cooldown timer will start. You will have to wait that 15 minutes until you can grow again as there is no way to bypass it even with premium currency. Planting and growing lands is the fundemental idea of the game. That is how you conquer the world around you. When pressing the flag button in a spot you or nobody else has a land yet, you will make a new level 1 land there. A level 1 land will cover a 5m radius area and every level added by pressing the flag button again in that radius will gain it another 5m radius. You can level up a land up to level 100 which will cover a 500m radius. Level 100 is the cap for one land to grow and after that you will need to merge other lands into it for it to grow past level 100, however this will cost Travel Points and resources. You can also level up a land thats within 500m from you by pressing on the land you want to level and and pressing the small flag button found on the popup that appears. 3. Playing the game Now you have the most basic idea of the game and it's time to start playing. Just hit that flag button every 15 minutes to level or plant a new flag. This might sound a little bit dull at first glance but take note that this is just a quick guide to get you started on your journey. There's tons more to the game but I will not include them all in this guide as it would become far too long. Refer to the links below for more info on the different aspects and features of the game. Anything missing from this guide will be found there. [Link] [Link] There are several different tactics on how, where and when to plant but that is up to you to decide which route you want to go. If you need advice or help, hit us up here on the forums or on Discord. We are happy to guide you through all the different possibilities. 4. Resources There are 3 main resources, 1 premium resource and 2 point based resources. The main ones are 'Money', 'Personnel' and 'Supplies' and they are used to build buildings, merge lands, making power-ups and much more. All of these three resources can be found on the map. Everytime you hit that flag button a random resource will spawn somewhere on the map within a 5km radius. There is also a possibility that a resource station spawns somewhere in your vicinity. All three resources have their own resource station which can be captured if within 500m of it and pressing the flag button on the resource stations popup. These are however limited and will despawn after a certain time. To collect from these just go into your "MY LANDS" tab found on the top and in this tab at the bottom click the "COLLECT RESOURCES". The main way to collect resources is to walk up to a resource on the map and clicking the big yellow button at the bottom of your screen with a hand and "PICK UP" label. Your default pickup range is 100m but this can be increased with perks and power-ups. Power-ups are made using supplies at an assembly plant that can be built on your base. These are only temporary but still very important as you can activate up to 10 powerups for stacked effect. For example if you stack 10 super magnets you will get a 3km pickup radius which is a huge difference to the default 100m. Aim for these to collect resources fairly easily. You can also build a 'Tracking Satellite' on your base which lets you remotely collect any resource that has spawned on your lands. The tracking satellite uses one personnel to gather the resources. You will need resources to advance further into the game. Lands require a building to be built or upgraded for every 10 levels. You can access the construction tab on a land by clicking on the flag and at the popup click on the middle button with the tools. To learn more about resources, refer to this thread: https://forum.domination.earth/index.php?/topic/710-everything-you-need-to-know-resources/ 5. Epilogue This guide is a quick rough draft made for those who just started the game. It is being updated until I feel it is done. I will also be making another one for the more advanced stuff later on as I have the time. Please forgive me for any grammar, spelling or other language related errors as English is not my native language. Also any feedback on this quick guide is very much appreciated. If you feel something is missing or something should be removed, let me know. You can always DM me here on the forums or on Discord @ValarMorghulis Special thanks to the people on Discord helping me with this guide. Especially @Republic of America @Irrelevents and everybody else who contributed! // ValarMorghulis
  3. @Grizzlyfilms Is this some kind of day mode user joke i'm too night mode user to understand?
  4. @Grizzlyfilms Didn't you have a 6 page idea thread already? Maybe throw that missile defense thingy in there Doesn't really relate to the topic at hand
  5. Wait... What? No! You don't have to travel around the world even once to get a fair amount that lasts you for ages. I haven't been doing any long roadtrips ever since the travel point system update and I got more than plenty of it. I have done all the merges I can and still have several thousands of them to go. I Grizzly understand it might be harder for a underaged person or someone without a car to just "go out and travel" but that's still the idea you know? Rather than changing the whole games aim so we can cater to an partially unintended audience we should be thinking of ways to help them play somewhat fairly without ruining the idea of the game. You could first of start thinking of ways to play the game to the max at the places you do visit often that doesn't require much, if any, travel points. Like leveling a singel land to max rather than popping down low level lands everywhere that will require a lot of travel points to merge later on. And if this is too late, maybe suggest something along the lines "Hey I planted some lands wrong, maybe a feature to destroy lands so I can start over" rather than yelling something that roughly translates to "bring couching back". Though you are right on the fact that late game you kind of get locked out of your hometown at some point but then again I don't think the travel points are the problem but rather the "something else to do" side of the game. Theres not much more you can do late game inside your home city. But then again thats a whole other discussion about suggestions and new features which is a bottomless pit and a far reach right now as things are.
  6. Updated - Same problem Cleared cache and everything else, uninstalled and installed the "new" app - Same problem Problem persists
  7. This is a thing that has bothered me ever since the sentence "We don't want more buttons because the screen will become too cluttered" was said here on the forums. I 100% understand and support that but then again you have a huge button for basically the first 2 days of playing after which it becomes useless and is never ever again used. And said button is right on the main screen, kek! Never really bothered to complain about it officially as theres other things to be done but since we are talking about possible future updates this one should definitely be up there
  8. Tried clearing everything and reinstalling but to no effect. Upon starting the app there is a second where I can see the spinner bit then the screen "switches" and I get a static picture of the logo. Oneplus 5T OxygenOS 9.0.8
  9. Sadly I'm gonna have to be the first one to throw this one up into the air: Game doesn't work for me anymore after this update. It gets stuck on first screen with the Domination Earth logo
  10. Always had this problem. Notifications work how they like. Sometimes I get double ping and sometimes none. About 60% of the time they work like supposed to. Not sure if there has been a change recently as I haven't played for a while as I havent left the city.
  11. I feel you on this one Grizzly as I stumbled upon this problem myself last year. But no worry! There is a solution in the game as is. Just build a sandbag and keep repairing it and you will not lose any levels on the land when FoT attacks. So no need for 'quick' updates (if any) there. Regarding the renaming I will throw in my thoughts on this. - The cost for renames is way too high, I agree on that. A one-time buy to be able to rename lands might be a better choice in the sense that more people would probably buy it but then it would also give off a monetization vibe. - 50 unobtanium for renaming lands? That's kind of high don't you think? - Inappropriate names would become a problem really soon if prize is too low and more and more started buying said feature. There is no easy or simple way to check all renamed lands leading to some really bad land names or overburdening Dan.
  12. I stumbled onto this old thread but thought I'd let you know that the problem still exists. The game and forums both stop basically working every day at the same time for about 30-40 minutes. Some connections do go through but mostly it's really restricted. This issue has been around basically since this thread was made but we have learned to "live with it".
  13. This is kind of not related to Domination: Earth but still kind of, is it will be played during this trip nevertheless. Me, my girlfriend and our dog are going on a roadtrip (again) in the following two weeks. We are planning on a route going through Finland -> Sweden -> Denmark -> Germany -> Poland -> Lithuania -> Latvia -> Estonia -> Finland. But this is our first time in most of these countries so I ask you locals: What is there to do and see in your country? Any and all inputs are greatly appreciated since we planned this all in basically two days and haven't had the time to check around the internet for all the activities and sights to be seen. Doesn't matter if you aren't local but know something you recommend to do or see in any of these countries please do let us know! Edit: Any Do's and Don'ts are also appreciated if there are any Also we will be sleeping mainly in a tent so no need for hotel suggestions. Thank you already in advance! // ValarMorghulis
  14. Hello! As most have mentioned here in the forums and at discord, the game as currently stands has an fairly outdated tutorial (Sorry Dan ). The "Tutorials & Guides" section is also screaming for content. This in my mind should be fixed or changed somehow. This responsibility many are trying to put on Dan. But the problem to this is that Dan hasn't got the time. He just moved to a whole new country and he has to pay the bills and to do that he has to work. Working means less time to work on the game. But what if us, the community and the players, helped out him abit? So not just to complain I have come up with some possible solutions if you'll hear me out: 1. For the ingame tutorial we could have some sort of 'competition' where people would send in a text tutorial via email (or any other way Dan wishes). And the tutorial deemed 'best' would get implemented into the game at some point and the winner would get a prize. This could be a small amount of unobtanium? This would save Dan a huge amount of time and most of the tutorial could be just basically copy-pasted. Some coding would obviously be needed for the events and tutorial to advance. Dan? Inputs? 2. Encourage veteran players to start writing guides and tutorials on the forums by rewarding well made tutorials and guides. The quality of the guide/tutorial could be based on votes or just be judged by Dan himself. Well made ones would be stickied to keep them on top while other people submit theirs. Those that manage to get their tutorial/guide stickied would get a reward. This shouldn't be unobtanium but maybe something else. Recognition? Resources? Power-ups? We could setup a whole new role for people on the discord to show off that you have contributed? Veterans? Inputs? // ValarMorghulis
  15. There are so many things I want to comment on this but I just can't figure out how to do it without sounding rude... Also, "boi"? No... Just... No...
  16. Offtopic but I actually laughed out loud when I saw the picture with the sandbags
  17. @Luna You can change your ingame name and your "nations" name for free in profile settings
  18. @Grizzlyfilms Travel points is good. For earlier mentioned reasons and also influence has a totally different meaning.
  19. Go away 😂 In my defence I woke up at 5am for my morning shift so such brainfarts are to be expected!
  20. Thank you for reacting on the current problem with such haste even though you are busy in your private life. I feel that you have gotten alot of negativity thrown at you regarding the thought of removal of land trades and your absence from coding. I respect that you still try to find a solution that pleases for majority rather than taking the easy way out. Regarding the new changes here are my questions; - Do you have any plans on updating the current anti-cheat that is in place with these new changes? - Do you have an estimate on how long it will be until we can expect to see this update? (Not trying to hurry, just asking) - Will there be a new leaderboard for accumulated travel points? And here are my thoughts; I like the idea of fixing a problem and that the solution contains something new for the game. But what I'm afraid of is that how big of an project will this be. Untill we actually see this new change in the works it's hard to say if there is a way to cheese the mechanic but on paper it looks like it should quite well destroy the "couching" tactic. Without giving it more thought the only way to get around this would be to use 3rd party programs but then it would be just plain cheating rather than 'working around the rules' or 'its just too easy to not to'. Also the anti-cheat should pick up on this quite fast. So I quite like it and will be eagerly waiting for the new travel points to gather and see who actually travels and who sits at home. // ValarMorghulis
  21. (We are also discussing this in the discord)
  22. Heres my input on this, tryin got keep the quotes as clear as possible. All fairly minor losses taking in mind the current player base. Also military take-over only grants one 1lvl land in a period of what? Several hours? Also you could always surrender if you don't wish to fight. So no, this would not really make unwanted wars happen. And is being in an alliance all of a sudden a horrible thing? No but to be able to drive the car to the mechanic you need a handbrake. This is merely a temporary fix to a wide problem. This is maybe out of the 10 messages in this thread the only good comment. A solution and not only a complaint. However this would require quite abit of coding and we need a quickfix to end the leaderboard rape until then. Clearly saying "don't do this" is not enough. However I can already find a flaw in this; Multiple accounts/devices. Have one main account and one you keep capturing lands with. You just feed the mega land and the mega land never changes owner. Or an alternative is to co-op with someone using this same tactic. Person A lives in city 1 but sells all the land to person B who lives in city 2. And reverse. This way both get a mega land and they are strong togheter. What you intend to do about this? I would sell a couple of my high lvl lands, farm the resource points and max out my perks in DAYS. Is this what you had in mind? @Republic of America @Irrelevents
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