I'm not an RTS nut. At least I wasnt until RoN arrived :)

I haven't managed to beat Tough yet, enjoying the moderate level. I reckon I'll beat Tough soon, just need to work out how to fine tune the game amidst all the chaos.

As a TBS (Regent level Civ3) player, I play Tough with Very Slow & Expensive tech (which the AI does relatively poorly on). I play Normal speed but Very Slow during battles, and I pause whenever I want. A 2 hour game may take me 6-8 hours of my time.

Currently on Easy, but intend to move up to moderate when I get the time. I am just waiting to finish my CTW campaign.

I play easy for now. Dont have time to play much - and I have decided to fine tune my skills (shortcuts etc) before I go on upwards. I did beat the AI at moderate 1 time, but decided to stay put for a while. I am a regent player of civ, so I am used to taking the way from "bottom" to "top"...

Edit: I can beat the easy AI with my hands tied behind my back - it is just the "know all strenghts and weaknesses"-thing before you attempt a new challenge, that I suffer from ;)

Edit 2: spelling

Edit 3: I am now more or less comfortable on moderate....

I can beat the easy AI with my hands tied behind my back


Paul Stephanouk, RoN's producer, did say "That's the level my mother would play on" ;)

easiest

i admit it,...

@Jaybe & Paalikles - I managed to scrape my way up to beating monarch on civ 3, never come close on emporer though. For some reason, on RoN I think I'll be slaughtering tough every game soon, but getting wasted on Tougher no matter what :crazyeye:

@Zippy - thats exactly what I did first, had a quick play about and then started a world campaign on easy.

I find you can still win without too much micromanaging on moderate. On tough you have to start thinking about selling crap at the markets and managing your gathering at lot more closely, i still struggle to find the right balence.

Just tried moderate last night. Got totally stuffed.

I beat the CTW campaign pretty easily my first time through on Easy difficulty, so I thought I'd retart and play another one on Moderate. I got my ass handed to me. :( I need to learn the rock-paper-scissors of the units better first too.

I can pretty consistently beat the computer on tough 1v1, but I prefer to play with more nations in Diplomacy games and I rarely can handle two-front wars on that level. Moderate is where I'm happy at present - I can do well in a multinational diplomatic game without having to be too aggressive (which diminishes my fun).

i can almost always win on tough now. i think im getting better :)

2 on easy. I played moderate once and decided I am not quite ready for that. :)

On moderate I can win pretty easily.

On tough, I get whooped.

If I have a team that outnumbers the enemy team on tough, then it's too easy.

If I have a team that is outnumbered against the enemy team on moderate, then I get whooped.

What shall I do? :crazyeye:

I can beat Tougher with pausing, without pausing I can beat Tough almost all the time (I usually play diplomacy with many computers though, at least 6).
I also played a total of around 10 games, then I left for a vacation and didnt play at all. First game was on easy, won, second on moderate, I won, third on tough, lost, but then tried again and won, and then one time tried Tougher with pausing where I barley one (had to do a lot of dirty tricks on my allies :nuke: )

Silverflame-
On moderate I can win pretty easily.

On tough, I get whooped.

If I have a team that outnumbers the enemy team on tough, then it's too easy.

If I have a team that is outnumbered against the enemy team on moderate, then I get whooped.

What shall I do? :crazyeye: Is even teams out of the question ;)? Seriously though, I like to play moderate, with Diplomacy on. There is usually a chance of buying off the enemy if it gets to tough, to make peace. The limit for only one ally helps also for the AI in diplo, and you won’t run into crazy 5v1 or anything similar. I like to limit the ages to industrial, the game gets out of hand with nukes, they are far to common and the armageddon part really dampens the game, having no control over AI usage of nukes.

I have experiances in playing in Star Wars Galatic Battleground, Empire Earth, and Age of Kings, to play on the Highest level.

I need an ally to win on Easy. But I've won several CTW scenarios (not the campaigns) on easy. Does that count?

eisiest even teams usually

and i still cant destroy them...

was winning on tough consistently but have now gone back to Civ 3 until Patch 3 is released after the beta tests

The same counts for me,as zurichuk,beat the AI at Tough
several times and one or two (the latest games) at Tougher
level,but than went back to play Civ3.

of course with conquests just around the corner, it seems a return to RON unlikely now for a while, although mrs zurichuk enjoys a team game or two over the LAN (in this case we play 2 v 2 v 2, one easy, one moderate, as she likes to build up a massive army and blitz them at the end). Shame she doesn't like Civ

i can do a tough 1v1 i can beat tougher+toughest if i rush the comp but if i dont rush .... playing conquer the world on tough :D 2v1 and i was owned

I can do tougher on custom diplomcy, but on thoughest I get slaghterd.

On moderate doses for now...

Having difficulty on tough level. Seems to me there a major AI advantage between moderate and tough levels. Couldnt even last till beyond the first 2 ages on tough.

I play on tough, because that's where you and the AI are on an equal playing field.

Easiest. :blush:
I just got the game

If I can hold off the thoughest for about 45mins, I can win it.
Well...it's just too rare.

Tougher...I have some saved games that seem to be stalemates.
Much easier to defend and win a Wonder victory though. Defend coastlines from ships with attack heal and watch for incoming transports.
On scattered islands it is more difficult to win a military victory though.
But its definately worth the challenge.

Easy. I play it only when I get tired of civ3, so I don't spend much time on playing it :coffee:

Tougher :evil:
(I am, however, cheating abit :blush: I never let the two most powerful AIs join in an alliance, am playing the game on Very slow/expensive techs as the Americans and with my own poplimit mod :goodjob:)

I play campaigns on easiest since Empire Earth ruined my taste for tough campaign scenarios. I also can learn what all the buildings and units do and control the games at my own pace. I don't have much time to play the game anyway, so it saves me a whole lot of time too.

For custom maps and multiplayer games I play on tough and generally the computer mops the floor with me on sea battles, but I can crush them on land.

Toughest. I just beated USA with lakota on amazon rainforest.

Easy. Even though it's pretty easy, AI sometimes puts up decent fight so I haven't tried higher difficulty levels yet.

Some months ago, I was winning 1v1 diplo games on tough. Just started playing again a week ago, and warming up for tough by playing 1v1v1 diplo games on moderate.

I always play on Tough and always win, about to go to tougher.

I always win on tougher.

I have beaten toughest a couple of times, but lost most games on this level.

Easiest.
And owning :)

On CTW, I have beaten tough. After beating 3-4 capitals, it becomes really easy to win with so many resources. If I remember correctly, I played as the Germans, and I was able to take a capital every single turn.

I rarely play this game anymore except with my brother. On multiplayer, we can beat 2v6 on moderate (rushing 2, making it like a 4v4) and 2v2 on toughest (rushing 1, making it like a 3v1).

I haven't played in about a year... just wondered over here from the Civ forums... but when I did play tough was becoming pretty easy, I did okay at tougher in 1v1.... I probably couldn't beat easy now though ^^

Well when i started i thougth "easy" was hard. Some weeks later the AI of the game was already studied and "thougher" was much easier than the "easy" the first time i played.

BTW the "P" keyboard key is very helpfull.

I like to limit the ages to industrial, the game gets out of hand with nukes, they are far to common and the armageddon part really dampens the game, having no control over AI usage of nukes.
Hmm, I've never seen an AI firing a nuke in a Quick Battle. I usually just get bored and cause an Armageddon.

But then again, I've only played on Easy so far, maybe on the more difficult levels, the AIs are more nuke-happy. I can usually finish all CTW campaigns on Easy with total(100%) world conquests. Even in Cold War. That takes some VERY good timing, because you have to have the entire world apart from NATO and the U.S.(playing USSR), then quickly conquer the NATO, use Treachery on the south-western USA, and then take the capital, while hoping that Ronnie Reagan doesn't start a nuclear war.

EDIT: Oh, and you need to take Japan independently of the US and NATO too.

I can do tougher with peace until Enlightenment :D.

I just completed CTW on easy and to be honest it really was easy :) It is my first RTS though, so I didn't want to jump in at the deep end. Looking forward to tackling more ambitious levels in future, though it has to be said that when things get really frantic I tend to lose the plot somewhat.

I play on the Toughest and it is on peaceful until Englightment Age. I rarely play online.