2013-07-24, 23:06 | Link #201 |
A Proud Lolicon
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: In front of my computer
Age: 36
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Thank for the tips.
Also, I found that Prince difficulty is kinda easy, but somehow King is way too hard. Even though I tried to beeline the tech, most of the time the AI will manage to snatch the wonder out of my hand. Usually I'm at lost at the start, do not know what should I focus first and foremost.
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2013-07-25, 06:52 | Link #202 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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There's many factors beyond the difficulty setting that affect your chances.
Bigger maps with more civs are always harder, since it means additional powerful rivals will emerge. I also find the AI plays worse in water maps. If you play on Terra, even though you don't see it you know there's a whole other continent you can expand to after Astronomy. Based on the map type you chose, you'll also know its general shape, unless you picked random. AIs don't take such things into account. Your starting location and neightbors play a huge role. Nobody wants to start as Egypt and find that they're sharing an island with the Aztecs, for example. But if the opposite happens, your victory is pretty much guaranteed. So sure, playing on a higher difficulty means you have to outplay the AIs with superior strategy, but at least on Emperor difficulty there are easy games and unwinnable games, depending on variables.
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2013-07-25, 07:24 | Link #203 | ||
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
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I think the best advantage that religion gives is the extra happiness, you can never have enough of that, and extra happiness mean more cities you can settle or more population in those you already have, and that's the way you can win. Pagoda are awesome, you should always get those whenever they are available. Of course you could just get the benefit of another religion but you won't have much control on that. You might end up on something that you don't need at all. Anyway regardless of that I always build a shrine as fast as I can getting pottery as my first tech. the +10% growth from the pantheon really helps in developing my civ fast to get a head start (or rather to get on par with my opponents, since I play on Emperor). Quote:
Smaller maps: easier Water maps: even easier And as an Emperor player myself I can confirm that how you start can completely change the course of the game. Just like in my latest game I spawned on an island with 7 copper luxuries and 1 silver. I mean what the hell happened to diversity?! My previous game was awesome because I got an expansion with 3 different luxuries all of them different from those near my capital. Some starts are just horrible.
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2013-07-25, 08:22 | Link #205 | |
別にいいけど
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
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To be honest I can see some good stuff there and I'd need to see what's beyond the mountains, anyway if you start like that as the Shoshone you might as well shot yourself in he head
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2013-07-25, 08:33 | Link #206 | |
Electrosphere
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Well, I had a kind of good game last night on King playing as Alexander. I played in Real World map starting in north america with no neighbors (strange because I programed 7 IAs), a sh**load of luxuries (silver, gold, ivory, gems) some horses, weat, deers and 2 city states at my sides. |
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