GeneralAchilles
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I play monarch on a large earth map now with 31 opponents (some are gone now) but I notice that if I get a good start early on I become uncatchable and by the mid ages I'm runnaway. I control all geater europe and am halfway the industrious age.
From 700 to 900 ad seemingly only 1 civ (china) developped a bit into the middle ages; America, africa and parts of asia do nothing but being stuck in the stone age. I wonder why.
TK Earth standard1HN 100x100 but i have adjusted it quite a bit to fix my mod.I got Civ III in 2006 and made it to Monarch in 2011 and I've never advanced any further.
Just wondering, which map is that?
I don't play consistently enough to really hone my skills. I like playing Regent, where neither the human nor the AI get any bonuses. I need to out-think it, and avoid making any mistakes when moving my troops around. I love playing for Space victories, so that I have lots of intermediate goals: Philosophy slingshot; build both Cope's and Newton's; build ToE and grab the two extra techs; build the UN. I suppose that I'm winning often enough that I could step up a difficulty level, but I need to adjust my RL activities to get more time to play!
The only mod I use consistently is Sn00py's terrain mod. Love the way it looks!
civ2 assist is a must for reducing micromanagement. If nothing else it tells you when cities are about to riot. You nay have a little trouble installing on win 10 though. Although I just installed it on win10 and seems to workI haven't finished more than a handful of Civ3 games over the years, so I'm right there with you.
Due to watching a stream, my desire to play Civ3 was re-ignited and I jumped back in at Regent without having played for years. I'm finding it fairly easy so far.
My biggest problem with Civ3 is that I get too bogged down in micromanagement (more than I need to win the game) and games take very long for me to finish. But squeezing extra drops out of your empire is part of the fun!
civ2 assist is a must for reducing micromanagement. If nothing else it tells you when cities are about to riot. You nay have a little trouble installing on win 10 though. Although I just installed it on win10 and seems to work
I have not yet been able to successfully install CAII on Win10. I cannot even load the Saves, in fact.civ2 assist is a must for reducing micromanagement. If nothing else it tells you when cities are about to riot. You nay have a little trouble installing on win 10 though. Although I just installed it on win10 and seems to work
Are you someone interested in history or more just playing as a different feel?Why haven't I posted in this thread already?
I play most of my solo epic-games (including mods, e.g. CCM) at Emperor these days (using CivAssist). Lose some, win more. I've made a few attempts at solo epic DG so far, and (apart from 1 curb-stomp on Turn 20) mostly managed to survive a lot longer than I expected to, but have not yet reached the point of feeling comfortable/ in control at that level. Possibly I gave up some of those games too soon, but when Bismarck has marched over most of a Pan-map and is into the Moderns (and probably building his Ship) while 'Dora (me) is still Industrial, the game is effectively lost one way or another, and likely sooner rather than later...
Apart from my first attempt at "Mesopotamia" (as the Babs, at Regent), all of my Conquest-Scenario attempts have been at Emp as well, albeit with a generally higher failure-/quit-rate than for the epics.Spoiler Conquest-Scenario results to date... :I've won "Mesopotamia" as the Greeks and the Egyptians (second attempt), but no-one else yet (lost as the Babs and Phoenicians). I won both my attempts at "Sengoku", letting the game pick my Daimyo both times (got the Uesugi, then the Mori); second run was really just to see what it looked like after importing @warpstorm's "Watercolour"-terrain into the scenario (gorgeous — try it!). "Rise of Rome" took two attempts (both as the Romans) to win.
Victory has eluded me thus far for "Mesoamerica" (as the Mayans and Aztecs), "Middle Ages" (as the Cordovans; currently trying again as the Fatimids), and "Fall of Rome" (1 run as the Anglo-Saxons and 2 runs with the Celts suggest that both these Civs will have a hard time winning at/above this level, being overcrowded or too far from the action; and although Caesar's usually a pushover, 'Dora seems to kick VP-butt every time...).
Yes, I suppose I am broadly interested in how we (humans) got to where we are today, although I am probably more interested in where we might be going tomorrow (my preferred VC for epic-games is the Spaceship!).Are you someone interested in history or more just playing as a different feel?