Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper NOTE: This is a re-upload with a different audio balance for those of you who prefer the background music be a bit lower! Let me know which is better! Upon further discussion in the comments, we've found a few new ways to test archery out! Turns out... way better than expected in some cases, and WAAAY worse in others! ORIGINAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ModuJDaweYU Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Discussion and first test (strength buffed crossbows into 31 protection knights!) 4:36 - Second test: Ctis poison slingers against super buffed knights 6:11 - Third test: Caelum frost bows with vitriolic weapons against buffed knights in the cold 8:45 - Fourth Test: Caelum frost bows with thunder weapons against buffed knights in the cold 11:34 - Fourth Test (second attempt): Caelum frost bows with thunder weapons against buffed knights 14:46 - Most ultimate super secret tech, players hate him for revealing this secret! 16:42 - The forbidden bless.... 17:12 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Full video the conversation via comments happened in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ModuJDaweYU Follow up on a request/question from Darksidecookies: one of the Dominions greats!

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Upon further discussion in the comments, we've found a few new ways to test archery out! Turns out... way better than expected in some cases, and WAAAY worse in others! UPDATED AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiehkBwQxAM Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Discussion and first test (strength buffed crossbows into 31 protection knights!) 4:36 - Second test: Ctis poison slingers against super buffed knights 6:11 - Third test: Caelum frost bows with vitriolic weapons against buffed knights in the cold 8:45 - Fourth Test: Caelum frost bows with thunder weapons against buffed knights in the cold 11:34 - Fourth Test (second attempt): Caelum frost bows with thunder weapons against buffed knights 14:46 - Most ultimate super secret tech, players hate him for revealing this secret! 16:42 - The forbidden bless.... 17:12 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Today, we're going over the basics of "thinking" about blesses. Nothing super specific to a particular nation here, but we utilize EA Mictlan as an example, and go through some testing as well. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Topic for Today 0:20 - Discussion about blesses 0:55 - Misconceptions about the differences between the ages 1:47 - Picking Arcoscephale to show the way to approach a nation's sacred 5:40 - Comparing Arcoscephale's sacred to a cheaper Abysian sacred 10:01 - Nations we would go more heavily sacred focused with 11:08 - Testing just how effective White Centaur javelins CAN be if you actually use them 13:33 - Its HOW you use your sacreds, not just their stats! 13:58 - Extreme bless nation: EA Mictlan 32:30 - Testing our discussed "bless build" against a varied grouping of enemies in pitched battle 38:54 - Discussion about the results 39:11 - How would we structure a bless differently for Middle or Late Ages? 44:20 - My opinion on the ACTUAL difference between ages 47:16 - Traps to avoid 49:37 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper In the second episode of our Pretender Creation series, we're going to be discussing Chassis selections for our Pretenders. Why do we select a certain chassis? Is there one "best" selection for a nation? We're going to discuss the how and the why in today's episode! Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Topic for today's video, Chassis selection, what to pick, when and why! Also the nation we're discussing today: Middle Aged Ind! 5:37 - Basic chassis "type" discussion 6:37 - First example - Sacred abuse for Ind 16:10 - Second example - Early Expanding Snake 20:31 - Third example - Immobile Mage focused global controller 25:06 - Discussion about when and why to select each of the three, as well as how to "modify" them 29:14 - Discussion about next week's topic, comment down below what you want to see! 32:01 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper In our new Pretender Creation series, we're going to be first discussing the general idea for the series, and what we hope to get out of it for everybody. Tag along, and see where things are heading! Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Topic for today's video, discussion about the series 1:04 - LA Ulm quick example 17:05 - My general mindset crafting a Pretender w/Marignon as an example 39:29 - Next video idea discussion (make sure you comment ideas!) 39:56 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Happy fourth of July! The first video in our new format, turns out the advanced editing is much more difficult, but hopefully leads to much more enjoyable videos, and easier to take in bite-size chunks with the new 15 minute timeframe. These are new, simplified guides, designed for brand new players (or relatively new) to be able to leap into a game, and have a few on hand strategies to get a "feel" for the nation. Enjoy, and the advanced guides later to come will go into all sorts of deeper detail. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:06 - Is MA Ulm for you? 0:23 - Pretender Creation 1:06 - Basic Researcher setup 1:29 - Expansion 3:20 - Point and battlefield Buffing 9:28 - Global spells 9:59 - Assassinations 10:34 - Late game combat/Bringing it all together 14:40 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Today is our last video in our old format! We're going to touch on some late game strategies, and spell usage, as well as showing players how to set them up. Once we're done with that, we'll show some destructive results of these spells and tactics when used properly (even a bit of stealthy raiding!), and we'll finish it out chatting about the new format of our following videos. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:13 - Alternate Pretender idea and explanation 3:38 - Why the change to our bless? 5:07 - How to survive strong units like Vanheres with a huge bless? 6:22 - Slings no longer help against glamour 10:20 - Problem solving against tough opponents like hellblessed sacreds 19:46 - Other late game tricks with Fomoria 26:44 - Raiding with Nemedian Sorceress 28:24 - Game ending tactic 31:14 - Fireside chat 32:31 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Grand Communions, added as the latest 6.15 patch for Dominions 6. Are they worth it? Better for any particular nations? Let's check and see! Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - General discussion about Grand Communions 0:49 - How we THOUGHT it would work, initially 2:08 - How they ACTUALLY work... 3:45 - Potential Problems 7:06 - Summary and Key points 10:03 - Random battle 10:31 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Diving into the Early Age nation of Fomoria, thanks to a recommendation from a very helpful viewer, we're jumping aboard the "Giants plus Elves" train, and seeing what we can make happen. We're very comfortable with Fomoria from Dominions 5, but now we get to see what's changed for us in Dominions 6! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - EA Fomoria Nation Overview 5:50 - Pretender Creation and Discussion 10:02 - National Heroes 12:24 - Expansion 1 (first attempt) 19:22 - Expansion 2 (multiplayer/realistic expansion and strategy) 29:30 - First year recap and spell discussion 42:20 - Explanation 42:24 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Late Aged Pyrene is a blood-heavy nation that Illwinter just added to the game in their latest patch! Come check out the brand new nation with us, and see if you like their particular brand of demonic worship! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Thank you all for subscribing! 0:33 - Nation Overview 6:26 - National Heroes 8:05 - Pretender Creation and Ideas 10:43 - Quick Spell Overview 15:52 - Year 1 expansion 22:30 - Year 1 Summary/Overview 23:27 - Mid/Late game pitched battle #1 vs LA Man 27:15 - Mid/Late game pitched battle #2 vs LA Marignon (to show contrast but with the SAME army) 29:51 - Special on the Storm Demons 31:01 - Succubus trick to open new magic paths 32:35 - Outro (and brief explanation about new glamour/blood spell) Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Part of of our Early Age Marverni guide! Hope you guys like it, we've got some boar spawn testing rates in here, we've also got a little bit of "how-to" spam technique, and year one expansion! Enjoy! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Boar generation 2:46 - Youtuber luck 5:01 - Gift from Heaven example communions 8:36 - Stellar Cascades spam and how to abuse Sequanis 11:49 - Marverni Year 1 Expansion how to 26:08 - Year 1 summary, province count and future plan 27:25 - Discussion about video styles 27:44 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Part 1 of the Early Age Marverni playthrough and discussion. In part 1, we're going to be discussing the general nation overview, our pretender, and more importantly: all of the spells that make Marverni, well... Marverni! Stick around for part 2, and we'll dive into the actual execution of these tactics so you can pick this guide up and start winning games ;) Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Piggy Intro 0:10 - Marverni quick discussion about issues and playstyles 3:19 - Nation Overview/unit discussion 10:49 - Metal interlude 10:51 - Druid trick 11:07 - National Heroes 12:23 - Pretender Creation and options 14:32 - Spell goals and national spell discussion 25:47 - How to squeeze high level Death into your communions 26:30 - Discussion about Part 2 26:47 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

The second installment in our Hungry Hungry Hipp... err, Early Age Agartha analysis! Let's dive in and figure out how to expand properly! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:13 - Notable spells for Agartha (see video 1 for summons) 3:31 - Oracle of the Dead tip 4:45 - Unique site searching spell and Unleash Imprisoned Ones 5:41 - Agartha Expansion and First Year 22:13 - Unleash Imprisoned Ones 23:57 - God Vessels 26:02 - Legion of Gods... uhoh 27:58 - Do NOT do a hell bless with Agartha 28:50 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Early Aged Agartha is a blast of a nation. Big rock-gobbling Cyclopes from underground with seemingly no knowledge of the sun or surface, and certainly no knowledge of their own appearances. Let's dive in with these guys and see what we can pull off! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Nation and troop Overview 6:27 - Why we love boulders 7:44 - Nation and troop Overview (continued) 12:26 - Pretender Creation 15:47 - Alternate Death focused Pretender 17:13 - National Heroes 19:16 - Agartha's summons (spoiler: they've changed a LOT in terms of costs) 26:49 - Outro and thank you message Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

The second video where we go more in depth with the mid-level spells and combat spells that can contribute to early wars. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Earth spells continued 2:30 - Water spells 5:19 - Air spells 8:07 - Astral spells 9:55 - Glamour spells 13:09 - Nature spells 15:50 - Death spells 22:07 - Adapting your approach to what you're facing 26:01 - Testing the difference the actual troops made (spoiler: not much - it was the spell selection) 26:31 - Basic point buffing setup 28:28 - Question about longer form 28:32 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Early wars... the bane of many multiplayer enjoyers, as well as even a few of those who enjoy singleplayer. We'll run over a few things here, such as good spells early vs thugs, early armies, and ways to fight your way out of early wars with success! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - What is a "war"? 2:38 - Thug and small raid counters with magic 3:05 - Fire spells (vs thugs/raids) 4:55 - Earth spells (vs thugs/raids) 6:45 - Water spells (vs thugs/raids) 9:10 - Air spells (vs thugs/raids) 10:57 - Astral spells (vs thugs/raids) 13:00 - Glamour spells (vs thugs/raids) 14:10 - Nature spells (vs thugs/raids) 15:44 - Death spells (vs thugs/raids) 17:39 - Discussion about small armies and early wars 18:08 - Fire spells (vs armies) 23:09 - Earth spells (vs armies) 26:45 - Be REALLY careful with Gifts of Heaven... 27:33 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

A brief overview of Communions, Sabbaths and even Choir Choruses. These tools are VERY difficult and confusing to use, so I'm going to simplify them for you, and put them into a quick and easy format, so that when you DO need one: you have it available. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - Why bother with communions? 0:41 - Rough timeline of video 1:31 - Basic Marverni and Niefelheim battle (Marv loss) 2:56 - Marverni turns the tide with a simple communion 7:52 - What if Niefelheim instead countered with a blood sabbath? 10:53 - BASIC communion setup how-to 23:33 - Communion Master vs Sabbath Master fatigue (why spend on items?) 26:59 - Turbo Communion how to (and why?) 33:02 - Differences between TYPES of communions 36:07 - INFO CARD 36:20 - No seriously don't show anybody this secret technique... 37:43 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

T'ien Ch'i, at a viewer's request. A simple-ish guide for a VERY complicated nation. Easily one of the most powerful and versatile nations in Dominions 6... this nation gave me hell to figure out, but the sheer capability of a talented player with this nation staggers the mind. Check it out, and see if it helps. Feel free to use the chapters, and treat this as a reference for yourself, to save you a ton of time and effort in the process of learning this great nation. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro, nation overview 09:36 - Pretender creation 12:10 - Expansion tips and tricks (year 1 playthrough) 33:29 - Research Goals and explanations 40:43 - VERY brief example of a communion setup 43:16 - Notable national summons 45:08 - BRIEF lategame discussion and tricks (too complex for THIS video to go into detail) 46:22 - Summary/reminder of tips 46:37 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Ind is a human nation in Middle Age Dominions 6 that confuses a lot of people, and frankly can fool a lot of people into over-investing into certain parts of the nation. This is a simplified guide where I test and show EXACTLY what works for these guys, so you can just hop in and start to dominate with a human sized nation. Please feel free to use the chapters to flick back and forth through the guide as a reference! Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Troops, brief nation overview 5:01 - Oriande discussion and Lions of strange colors 6:19 - The Gog and Cynocephalians (and great blood access) 7:58 - Wasteland Giants 8:31 - Piconye tiny people 9:17 - Pretender Design and plan of attack for the nation (quick summary) 13:06 - First year playthrough and example of "thinking" for Ind expansion 26:15 - Reminder about Pretender goals 26:30 - Blood summons available to us AKA How to break into other paths of magic 27:49 - Angel summons brief overview of useful ones 28:42 - Brief example battles 28:46 - Ethereal Trick vs tramplers 29:40 - Gog reaver army vs knights example of "the blenders" 30:29 - Basis battle for testing (AKA we lose this battle and see what we can do magically to "fix" it) 31:51 - Archery only vs arrow fend 32:45 - Archery only vs mistform (spoiler: its better EVEN vs archers) 33:45 - Protection buffs (Army of Gold/Temper army followed by Earthquake) 35:12 - Breaking into late game fire magic (fire fend + fire evocations) 35:57 - Breaking into death magic Horde of skeletons with plague 36:30 - Outnumbered with high level astral spells 37:33 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

In my last Archery Changes SIMPLIFIED, a viewer brought up a couple of interesting points, and requested a few more tests, so here they are! Hopefully this clarifies a few things for us all. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Viewer question that prompted the video 0:12 - Viewer shoutout and explanation for the video/goals 0:53 - First battle, 600 crossbows vs 200 no shield infantry 2:27 - Second battle, 600 crossbows vs 200 heavy cavalry with shields and heavy horses 4:32 - Third battle, 600 crossbows vs 100 heavy cavalry with shields 5:45 - Fourth battle mathematical equivalent 600 crossbows vs 120 heavy cavalry with shields 7:06 - Fifth battle 600 crossbows vs 120 heavy cavalry with shields in BOX formation (instead of lines) 7:59 - Sixth battle 600 crossbows vs 120 heavy cavalry with shields in SPARSE line formation 8:50 - Conclusions about results 9:38 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Blood magic, one of the most frustrating and difficult magic paths to learn and understand in Dominions 6, but I'm here to help throw some tips your way, and easy guidelines to follow to make it much more simple to pursue, without needing to get another bachelor's degree to pull it off. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Blood magic math summary 1:33 - First Blood Check (hunter's blood level) 2:12 - Sanguine Dowsing Rod (Aids with Blood Hunting level) 2:37 - Second Blood Check (province population) 3:03 - Third Blood Check (unrest) 3:30 - 3 Blood hunting success rules 3:50 - Blood Hunting rules to live by (BLOOD PLAN) 6:49 - Notable/affordable Blood Summons of each level 13:54 - 1 turn summon army vs throne example 16:43 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Archery changes in dominions 6. Piercing damage is 5% LESS effective Bow archers get +1/2 strength instead of +1/3 strength to damage Crossbowmen get a total of 65% armor reduction, bringing a sweet 24 protection down to a measly 8.4 effective protection MOST IMPORTANTLY: Protection is hugely nerfed, which seems to open a window for archery to remain strong. Let's test this out. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Purpose of this video 0:11 - Introduction and goals 0:48 - Longbowman equal numbers 1:30 - Longbowman 50% more troops 2:13 - Longbowman 2x the troops 2:57 - Longbowman 3x the troops 3:39 - Longbowman 3x the troops vs BUFFED prot 4:16 - Crossbowmen equal numbers 4:56 - Crossbowmen 50% more troops 5:44 - Crossbowmen 2x the troops 6:33 - Crossbowmen 3x the troops 7:15 - Crossbowmen 3x the troops vs BUFFED prot 8:04 - Arbalests equal numbers 9:42 - Caelum Blessed Shortbows equal numbers 12:09 - Pure chaos battles 14:35 - Summary 15:24 - Easy notecard summary 15:30 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Early Age Abysia, but a simplified guide for those of us who have careers, jobs, or just frankly don't want to watch 6 hours of a tutorial. Down and dirty, simple guide for those of us chasing some fun. Want to support the channel? Feel free to buy me a coffee and help me make more videos! https://linktr.ee/AOReaper Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Abysia Overview 3:00 - Pretender Design 4:51 - Expansion strategies 7:51 - Take a few chances! 8:33 - WHY we take Air shield 9:36 - Expansion Armies can be TINY 10:16 - First Year Goals 11:46 - Early Research Goals 13:41 - Early Fireball spam 17:31 - Fire Elemental Summoning 19:10 - Importance of Breaking up Formations 21:52 - Infernal Breeding gives diversity 24:06 - Abusing Fear with Agony and Blood Rain late game 27:23 - Overall combat summary 28:05 - Do NOT take a Hell Bless. EVER! 28:13 - Do not watch this. Super private stuff, hidden info. 28:54 - Outro Outro music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio