Pangaea Improved (EA, MA and LA replacement) Thread - Dominions 3: The Awakening

Hi everyone,

I posted a long time ago on Shrapnel Games forums a mod to improved the RolePlaying experience for MA Pangaea (here is the original thread) : Pangaea Improved. I recently came back to the wonderfull world of Dominions 3 and decide to give an update to my old mod. And here it is ! DOWNLOAD Pangaea Improved v1.02.

Objectives
I am playing only on solo game, enjoying building my empire and leading rich et deep characters on my own. Unfortunately dom3 has many limitations, especially in the number of caracters (commanders) for each nations. With this mod, I tried to give Pangaea a richer recruitment list with a lot more diversity, BUT by keeping the feeling and gameplay of the nation. So don't expect "uber-commander", "overpowered units", and so on. My additions are essentially cosmetic or too small to give a deep change to the game. This is my intend, I hope I succeed.

Changes
There is many changes, additionnal units and magic sites. Here is a summary for MA Pangaea :

UNITS
- Harpies : New sprites (I don't like the actual).
- Dryad Slinger : I think dryads aren't the only White Dryad we can recruit for Pangaea. Brown Dryads will help their satyrs mate with slingers (and encouragements).
- Minotaur Consort : Same caracteristics as minotaur, cosmetic changes.
- (female) Centaur : Same caracteristics as Centaur Archer, cosmetic changes.

COMMANDERS
- Black Harpies : sprites change.
- Satyr Hunter : A stealthy satyr scout.
- Satyr Commander : Good hoplite commander and fighter for our satyr squads.
- "Hedonist" Satyr : With the version 3.10 of dominions come another satyr... But for Pythium. I integrate it as a regular commander of MA Pangaea.
- Satyr Elder : Old satyr who use nature magic, and sometimes earth magic.
- Dryad "acolyte" : Brown dryad. Use nature magic to help sacred white dryads.
- Minotaur Matron : Same caracteristics as minotaur lord, but with a maul.
- Centaur Chief : Leader of Centaurs Warriors.
- Centaur Hierophant : A female centaur commander, plus a berserk centaur hierophant who can lead sacred white centaurs.
- Paniic Mother : Looks like a Pan but don't attract maenads and with a emphasis on nature and healing (yes I know it's not very useful for Pangaea). Capital Only.
- Sultry Dryad : Dryad who can seduce men. Relatively weak and capital only. For RP essentialy (lore friendly ? What do you think ?)

PRETENDER
- White Pan : The most powerfull and respected of Panii.

Screenshots
Here is a comparison of MA Pangaea recruitment lists.

With the v1.02, I did modifications and additions to EA and LA Panagaea as well. Here is some :
- Satyr Champion : The equivalent of the Satyr Commander but for EA Pangaea. More aggressive, but less armored.
- Black Dryad : No more capital only. It's an important gameplay change, but lore friendly and hopefully balanced, even for multiplayer.
- Late Era White Dryad : become capital only. I always find strange to have more white dryads than ever in LA than in MA or EA. All of that because of dryad hoplites...

And many more !
I also add new magic sites to allow the recruitment of pangaean units for every one (like "Harpy Nests", "Centaurs Tribes", etc.) -> not tested.

Let me know if you like it, and what do you think could be suject to improvement.
Have a good play !

Qenetar.

Edited by: Qenetar