Dominion

Dominion is the newest game mode in Rise in Time. The goal of this fast-paced, battle royale-like game mode is to survive and beat all other players. While every player starts on their own safe island, everyone needs to move to the inner islands as the outer islands disappear quickly. With an average play-time of 20 minutes, it's the perfect place for some quick action-heavy PvP battles.

Beginners Guide

Once a new world of dominion is ready, players have time to join and look around before the game starts. Use this time to find islands with fields that have big field buffs or lots of artifacts. When the game starts, you need to be quick. Claim fields on your starter island as soon as you can. You can choose different ways to move forward from your starter island: either go through the portal and attack another island right away or take all the fields on your island first and then choose which island to attack next. Remember, you only have 10 minutes before your starter island goes away. Make sure you have a strong position on the inner islands and move all your units off the starter island before time runs out.

Good timing is very important to win. Keep an eye on the island and siege timers (learn more about sieges here). Plan your attacks and defenses well, whether you are going after another player's island or defending your own. If you're attacking, you might not be able to take over every field, so focus on controlling more than half of them and get ready for the enemy's comeback. If you're defending, you can use all your units to protect the portal or defend certain fields, especially those close to the portal, with field buffs. As long as you keep at least one field, you have a chance to fight back and win back most of the island.

Use any free time to check the map to see what others are doing. Who is attacking whom? Who looks weak and open to attack? In the end, the big battle will be for the center island. If another player has it, you get only one shot to take it over. If your attack fails, you're out of the game. If you're defending the center island, do everything you can to keep it. If you lose the center island, you lose the game.

Islands

The islands are set up in rings. The first ring has the starter islands (coordinates: 1xx). These islands are safe because they can't be attacked and each one is for one player only. The next two rings (coordinates: 2xx and 3xx) don't belong to anyone at the beginning and have random field buffs and artifacts. In the very middle of the map, there's just one island. This island also has random field buffs and artifacts, and it's the last one that stays in the game.

The islands in the first ring, the starter islands, are the first to go away. They only last for 10 minutes, which you can track with a countdown. Everything on these islands, like units and treasure fields, will also disappear! Once the starter islands are gone, a countdown starts for the next ring of islands (coordinates 2xx).

In the game of Dominion, you can't mine soulstone from the fields. The fields are just for recruiting units. However, when you find treasure, it gives you soulstone but doesn't add any units to your army. The only way to recruit spotter nakis is through treasure fields. Instead of local skill trees, you can improve any field (apart from portals) with field buffs that can make your attacks stronger, boost your defenses, spread plague, heal, or help you recruit faster. The islands closer to the center have more NPC units guarding them than the ones on the outside, but the reward is that you can recruit more powerful units there, like pangoans and athlas.

Battle system

Dominion has a unique battle system. Global attacks always need 30 seconds to arrive regardless of the distance. Once a player starts an attack, the island is under siege and can't be attacked by other players. If the island belongs to another player, the attacker has limited time to siege the island. If he's not able to conquer all enemy fields, the defender gets time to retake at least 50% of the fields on the counter-siege phase.

Ranking

Dominions has its ranking visible in the universal ranking in the lobby. The amount of ranking points earned through a round of dominion depends on the average rank of all players in the current world and the performance of the player. A win against high-ranked players gives more ranking points while being eliminated after the starter islands disappear can make players lose ranking points. Disclaimer: The ranking point formula will be adjusted over time and the ranking might get reset after greater changes.