Enemies don't spawn in on MPD missions, unless you spawn them in manually, so you can spawn in a lot for a hard fight, few for an easy one, or drop enemies in manually to test your dungeon's traps and such.
I was on the very LAST My Pet Dungeon level, Masterpeice. To win the level, you need 50,000 points. You get huge (IE : 15k or more) point bonuses for building a temple that's larger than 25 spaces, and for attracting 2 dark angels to your dungeon.
I had amassed a dungeon worthy of song and tale. It was huge, a fortress, with traps and alarms everywhere. Amazingly lethal. My minions were cruel and evil, experienced too. Most were level 10 (Best in the game). I had a fortune unsurpassed (Over 1.5 million gold, in like 20 different GIANT treasure rooms). Nearly every last one of my imps could teleport from one side of the world to the other, and could complete tasks almost the instant I gave it to them.
Yet, I could not finish, for the game would not give me the 2nd dark angel I needed to win. I tried dumping everything into the temple as sacrifices, hoping the gods would bless me with a dark angel - that didn't work. I dumped everything from my dungeon, except my dark angel, hoping I would get a 2nd. That didn't work. I built extra temples - total of four, all huge and kewl looking. That didn't work.
At that point, I had 35,000 points. So, I simply got all my guys up to level 10, stuck them outside the hero gate, and set it to constantly spawn in enemies. A half-hour later I came back and discovered I still needed 10,000 points to win the level. At which point, I not only kept the auto-spawn on, I also set all the guys in the hero toolbox to be level 10, and dropped them in the middle of the battle. That's when the game crashed. 3 hours building that dungeon, and I would have won if the game had given me JUST ONE MORE FUCKING DARK ANGEL.
JUST ONE GODDAMN MORE DARK ANGEL
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Khyron fucked around with this message on 09-01-2004 at 12:59 AM.
The MPD was the most fun I've had with DK2, really. Sorry it sucked so hard for you, Khy. 
Although DK2 in multiplayer is pretty damn fun, too...
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Led got bored and wrote this:
Never could find a copy of DK2Woe is me!
WOE!
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Blah blah blah JooJooFlop blah blah blah...
Google search Dungeon Keeper 2. You'll find lots of places that have it for sale. Some even have it packaged with the first Dungeon Keeper, which I also highly recommend.
Yes. Don't bother with EA's site with the patch, however; I searched for "Dungeon Keeper 2" and got everything BUT DK2. The first result was some WW2 game, the rest were multiple copies of the same game, cross platform that had the number 2 in the title. Go to fileplanet and hit patches > Strategy > Real time > DK series. 
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From the book of Khyron, chapter 3, verse 16:
Fae, in the Evil Genius thread, got my interest sparked to play DK2 again. So, I tracked down the version 1.7 patch, loaded it up, lo and behold they finally got it working in XP with the 1.7 patch. I tried a few campaign missions, but got bored with those. So, I tried some My Pet Dungeon games. The way MPD works... you start out with nothing, and build a dungeon from scratch. Some maps have very limited gold, some maps have no portals (You either find minions in hidden places on the map, or you create them from the prisons/graveyards). Some have lava EVERYWHERE so you can only build on certain islands in the sea of lava.Enemies don't spawn in on MPD missions, unless you spawn them in manually, so you can spawn in a lot for a hard fight, few for an easy one, or drop enemies in manually to test your dungeon's traps and such.
I was on the very LAST My Pet Dungeon level, Masterpeice. To win the level, you need 50,000 points. You get huge (IE : 15k or more) point bonuses for building a temple that's larger than 25 spaces, and for attracting 2 dark angels to your dungeon.
I had amassed a dungeon worthy of song and tale. It was huge, a fortress, with traps and alarms everywhere. Amazingly lethal. My minions were cruel and evil, experienced too. Most were level 10 (Best in the game). I had a fortune unsurpassed (Over 1.5 million gold, in like 20 different GIANT treasure rooms). Nearly every last one of my imps could teleport from one side of the world to the other, and could complete tasks almost the instant I gave it to them.
Yet, I could not finish, for the game would not give me the 2nd dark angel I needed to win. I tried dumping everything into the temple as sacrifices, hoping the gods would bless me with a dark angel - that didn't work. I dumped everything from my dungeon, except my dark angel, hoping I would get a 2nd. That didn't work. I built extra temples - total of four, all huge and kewl looking. That didn't work.
At that point, I had 35,000 points. So, I simply got all my guys up to level 10, stuck them outside the hero gate, and set it to constantly spawn in enemies. A half-hour later I came back and discovered I still needed 10,000 points to win the level. At which point, I not only kept the auto-spawn on, I also set all the guys in the hero toolbox to be level 10, and dropped them in the middle of the battle. That's when the game crashed. 3 hours building that dungeon, and I would have won if the game had given me JUST ONE MORE FUCKING DARK ANGEL.
I only used unique creatures in that dungeon. One L10 (possessed) vampire with a L10 Dark Angel and Dark Knight can hold a full wave of L8,9 and 10 heroes at once. Let's just say the points for the dungeon came in fast =) Asha'man fucked around with this message on 09-01-2004 at 12:17 PM.
See, Fae? That's one thing that Evil Genius has that DK2 doesn't. If I want a specific unit, I can tell the game that, and I GET a specific unit. I don't sit here for an hour and a half trying to either sacrifice shit at the temple, or trying to toss out every single creature in my dungeon in the hopes that the Dark Angle picture at the bottom goes from 1 to 2
The Karam gods are spiting you.
I miss anime
It comes with DK2, Clive Barker's undying, Alice, Dracula 1 and 2. Its about 20 bucks, not bad even though there are only 1 or 2 decent games in the bunch.
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That's about the only way I'll be able to finish, I think. Build a temple, look up a FAQ, and build an 'elite' temple to draw in the uber-DA.See, Fae? That's one thing that Evil Genius has that DK2 doesn't. If I want a specific unit, I can tell the game that, and I GET a specific unit. I don't sit here for an hour and a half trying to either sacrifice shit at the temple, or trying to toss out every single creature in my dungeon in the hopes that the Dark Angle picture at the bottom goes from 1 to 2
Actually, Khyron, when you get to the FAQs, you'll find the tips and tricks to influencing the units you get. 
You can directly influence the rate and type of creatures you get depending on the setup of your dungeon.
Having a Temple, and Mostly Mistresses and Dark Knights in your Dungeons increases your chances of getting a Dark Angel. The location of your Temple to other parts of your Dungeon also increase your chances. In fact you will get updates on how your creatures feel about your dungeon on it's efficiency.
Having a lair built right next to your portal, without anything else in your dungeon will attract flies. So build the lair next to a portal, and take some time excavating other parts of your DUnegon without building other rooms for a few minutes to get your flies. Flies are also rare until you dig far enough into a dungeon to break into open spaces. ie: Spaces over water or lava or such that a Fly can actually fly around. Faelynn LeAndris fucked around with this message on 09-01-2004 at 01:16 PM.
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Actually, Khyron, when you get to the FAQs, you'll find the tips and tricks to influencing the units you get.You can directly influence the rate and type of creatures you get depending on the setup of your dungeon.
Having a Temple, and Mostly Mistresses and Dark Knights in your Dungeons increases your chances of getting a Dark Angel. The location of your Temple to other parts of your Dungeon also increase your chances. In fact you will get updates on how your creatures feel about your dungeon on it's efficiency.
Having a lair built right next to your portal, without anything else in your dungeon will attract flies. So build the lair next to a portal, and take some time excavating other parts of your DUnegon without building other rooms for a few minutes to get your flies. Flies are also rare until you dig far enough into a dungeon to break into open spaces. ie: Spaces over water or lava or such that a Fly can actually fly around.
Ah, but there you prove my point.
If I want to make more guards, I click a plus button next to the guard counter on my minion page. If I want 5, I set it to five. No guessing exactly how to build the base so that they come to me - I make them appear, not the other way around. I also don't dump out tons of other minions to get them
And here's the real kicker - I built a new MPD, threw up a bunch of crap, built a tiny temple out in nowheresville on the map, threw in three imps, and got two dark angels. Who then never went near the temple, and instead gambled at my casino until one got a jackpot. Khyron fucked around with this message on 09-01-2004 at 02:00 PM.
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If I want to make more guards, I click a plus button next to the guard counter on my minion page. If I want 5, I set it to five. No guessing exactly how to build the base so that they come to me - I make them appear, not the other way around. I also don't dump out tons of other minions to get them
I uh, don't think those are good qualities at all.
That sounds remarkably like summoning your items and setting your level in EQ.
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I uh, don't think those are good qualities at all.That sounds remarkably like summoning your items and setting your level in EQ.
Nah. The thing to keep in mind is that in the game, you need to keep a balance between having a well-guarded base, and having a minimal amount of 'heat'.
If an agent gets in your base, the more 'heat' he sees, the more agents get dispatched. If an agent can get in but sees no 'heat', then he reports back that much.
Construction workers generate NO heat at all. Guards generate a little, Mercenaries generate more, on and on up the line. You want to seem harmless so they won't send any agents after you. If an agent sees heat, he can be terminated, but that will generate heat as well (U.S. Sends a spy in, spy never comes back, they know something's fishy. As opposed to the spy going in, seeing that nothing is happening, and leaving).
Too many guards will make the spies and agents realise something's up. Also, there's your budget to consider - guards cost more to maintain than construction workers do.
I just finished a three or so hour long MPD game on the masterpeice level; good god, my finger hurts from slapping all those fucking prisoners to death.. I think I had 30 vampires by the time I hit the point target, and I'd sacrificed anything below trolls.. even maidens (Dunno how I got those spider bitches) to nab a few dark angels.
It was horrible, though; Eventually, my casino got so popular that my people were becoming unhappy because they didn't have food or a lair, or hadn't gotten paid.
I'm sorry, but when you spend ALL YOUR TIME gambling, you stupid fucking spider bitch, don't whine when you are hungry, tired, and out of cash! It was even generous, too! WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE PAID?!
I sold the thing. Then they bitched that they didn't have a casino. I ignored them.
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Cleo had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
DAMN YOU ALL -_- You're killing me via nostalgia. I'm going to go draw a mistress now...
Why not reinstall?
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Delphi Aegis was naked while typing this:
I'm sorry, but when you spend ALL YOUR TIME gambling, you stupid fucking spider bitch, don't whine when you are hungry, tired, and out of cash! It was even generous, too! WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE PAID?!
9x9 Combat pit.
Problem solved.
