Mack_Jagger
Oct 26, 2008, 03:10 AM
Hello Mack Jagger here. Sitting and being quite content with my self, managing to win a handfull of Emperor games. But then it strikes me – or maybe that is to say to much – I finally admit to my self that I can only win in one fashion – The early rush. All the way from Noble to Prince, to Monarch and finally Emperor I had relied on the BC-rusch. After that consolidating, before upgrading my attack-force to maces and attack another civ, backed up by trebs och cats. After that I usually can pick my victory condition.
So recently I started challenge my self. I shall win an Emperor game WITHOUT the early rush. But I’m struggling, to say the least.
One example.
A Buddhist lovefest breaks out on my continent and I’m part of it. Me (Zara Yaqob) and Justinian share the southern part of the continent, Sury and De Gaulle is in the north. Justinian is the founder of Buddhism and he has built the shrine. I consider Justinian to be one of those civs that are rather easy to deal with in the early parts of the game, but can run away with the game if left alone. I pick him as my target, beeline to machinery and whip and chop out an army as big as my economy allows (six city CE-empire with one good cottagecity). I declare and get declared upon by Sury and De Gaulle but that’s no biggie. My northern citys are all built on hills and some Guerrilla II crossbows and some spears would be enough to deal with their stacks.
I capture one of Justinans border city, taking down culture defences with a spy. Then marching on his capitol, bypassing one city. Me experience is that the best way to brake the moral backbone of another civ is to capture their capitol. There after they usually just turtle up.
De Gaulle sent som stray axes, so did Sury. But Sury wouldn’t be Sury if he didn’t send one colossal stack with elephants and when that one showed up I swallowed hard a couple of times. Lets get on thing clear, I knew I would be declared upon by my Buddhist brothers but I counted on it not to be to hard to get peace with them. So was the case, for 280 gold I got peace with Sury and bounced his elephant stack outside my borders. De Gaulle accepted peace hand down, great guy. They emiddiatly went to pleased again.
Problems then. When I started the war my power rating was well above Justinians. That was not to last. When the war broke out he must have traded Ivory from Sury and gotten feudalismen from some one. Elephants ans Longbows showed up The elephants wasn’t a major concern, since Justinans best unit before the war was horse archers, so I had quite a lot of spears. The shere number of elephants that somehow materialized from now where was a big concern though. I captured Justinians capital and got yet another one of his major citys before my stack was so grinded down that i couldn't continue the war. All that effort and build up for three citys. Three major citys but in no way gamebreaking. And the tech hole I was in, it was deep I tell you, deep.
I like Zara and I shall try this again but in another manner. Rex like mad and beeline to gunpowder and oromo warriors. So, any of you enlighted ones, which is the fastest and most effective way to get to gun powder?
So recently I started challenge my self. I shall win an Emperor game WITHOUT the early rush. But I’m struggling, to say the least.
One example.
A Buddhist lovefest breaks out on my continent and I’m part of it. Me (Zara Yaqob) and Justinian share the southern part of the continent, Sury and De Gaulle is in the north. Justinian is the founder of Buddhism and he has built the shrine. I consider Justinian to be one of those civs that are rather easy to deal with in the early parts of the game, but can run away with the game if left alone. I pick him as my target, beeline to machinery and whip and chop out an army as big as my economy allows (six city CE-empire with one good cottagecity). I declare and get declared upon by Sury and De Gaulle but that’s no biggie. My northern citys are all built on hills and some Guerrilla II crossbows and some spears would be enough to deal with their stacks.
I capture one of Justinans border city, taking down culture defences with a spy. Then marching on his capitol, bypassing one city. Me experience is that the best way to brake the moral backbone of another civ is to capture their capitol. There after they usually just turtle up.
De Gaulle sent som stray axes, so did Sury. But Sury wouldn’t be Sury if he didn’t send one colossal stack with elephants and when that one showed up I swallowed hard a couple of times. Lets get on thing clear, I knew I would be declared upon by my Buddhist brothers but I counted on it not to be to hard to get peace with them. So was the case, for 280 gold I got peace with Sury and bounced his elephant stack outside my borders. De Gaulle accepted peace hand down, great guy. They emiddiatly went to pleased again.
Problems then. When I started the war my power rating was well above Justinians. That was not to last. When the war broke out he must have traded Ivory from Sury and gotten feudalismen from some one. Elephants ans Longbows showed up The elephants wasn’t a major concern, since Justinans best unit before the war was horse archers, so I had quite a lot of spears. The shere number of elephants that somehow materialized from now where was a big concern though. I captured Justinians capital and got yet another one of his major citys before my stack was so grinded down that i couldn't continue the war. All that effort and build up for three citys. Three major citys but in no way gamebreaking. And the tech hole I was in, it was deep I tell you, deep.
I like Zara and I shall try this again but in another manner. Rex like mad and beeline to gunpowder and oromo warriors. So, any of you enlighted ones, which is the fastest and most effective way to get to gun powder?