Bolgard
Oct 30, 2005, 08:42 PM
Funny story,
A buddy of mine came to visit me for the weekend and brought his computer with him - we set up a direct IP game with five other civs, and had a blast playing. Then another friend of mine IMs me, we get to talking, and I tell him to jump in the game - he connects and takes over the Romans, and the three of us play for serveral hours, into the modern era.
Eventually, my friend who joined had to leave, so he logs out, returning control to the Romans, who instantly, out of the blue, declare war on me and storm my borders with about fifty units. This was the last thing I expected. I paniced, switched one of my civics to universal sufferage and changed my research rate to zero because the only viable defense I had at that second was to pump out at least one nuclear ICBM per turn.
In summery, I won, only by nuking every single Roman city at least three times apiece, sometimes more. I'd even have to fire nukes into areas of the map I couldn't see due to fog of war in hope of hitting units on the way to my country, or as I call it, the "Best-Guess Nuclear Defense."
I ended up having to use at least 35 ICBMs in order to win. The upshot was after years of nuclear hellfire, all of the Roman cities were completely empty, and I took over the entire country of Rome by peacefully marching a single unit into a desloate, radioactive, empty city.
So if you're playing a multiplayer game with friends, and one of the drops out, ANYTHING could happen when the AI regains control.
A buddy of mine came to visit me for the weekend and brought his computer with him - we set up a direct IP game with five other civs, and had a blast playing. Then another friend of mine IMs me, we get to talking, and I tell him to jump in the game - he connects and takes over the Romans, and the three of us play for serveral hours, into the modern era.
Eventually, my friend who joined had to leave, so he logs out, returning control to the Romans, who instantly, out of the blue, declare war on me and storm my borders with about fifty units. This was the last thing I expected. I paniced, switched one of my civics to universal sufferage and changed my research rate to zero because the only viable defense I had at that second was to pump out at least one nuclear ICBM per turn.
In summery, I won, only by nuking every single Roman city at least three times apiece, sometimes more. I'd even have to fire nukes into areas of the map I couldn't see due to fog of war in hope of hitting units on the way to my country, or as I call it, the "Best-Guess Nuclear Defense."
I ended up having to use at least 35 ICBMs in order to win. The upshot was after years of nuclear hellfire, all of the Roman cities were completely empty, and I took over the entire country of Rome by peacefully marching a single unit into a desloate, radioactive, empty city.
So if you're playing a multiplayer game with friends, and one of the drops out, ANYTHING could happen when the AI regains control.