Just beat my first Deity game, and I just wanted to talk about it a little bit.
I won with Korea and Small/Continents/Quick and a tech victory.
I started off on the same continent as Montezuma, who was the most dominant civ in the game. At the end, he was 3 turns away from winning World Congress, and probably 1-2 turns away from building his last spaceship part (he had one more to go, had researched all the techs, and had like 222 production in capital plus spaceship factory.)
Considering these factors, I think it's fair to say I was dealt a pretty crap hand from the beginning, but I managed diplomacy masterfully. I had spies and intrigue telling me that people were plotting against me the whole game, but I didn't have one war whatsoever, even with Monty next door.
However, considering how close I was to losing, I think it would be bold to say that I'm ready to plan consistently on this level. I still think that Immortal is around my comfort zone.
A question for Deity folks...as Korea, I really wanted to adopt Order, but I ended up doing Autocracy because both Monty and Denmark had adopted that. Happiness was one reason, but diplomacy was by far the most important. I really think this is what kept me alive until the end.
Do you typically let diplomacy be the primary factor in choosing your ideology? Would you adopt an Ideology you'd prefer not to have, just so the warmongering civs don't tear you apart?
I won with Korea and Small/Continents/Quick and a tech victory.
I started off on the same continent as Montezuma, who was the most dominant civ in the game. At the end, he was 3 turns away from winning World Congress, and probably 1-2 turns away from building his last spaceship part (he had one more to go, had researched all the techs, and had like 222 production in capital plus spaceship factory.)
Considering these factors, I think it's fair to say I was dealt a pretty crap hand from the beginning, but I managed diplomacy masterfully. I had spies and intrigue telling me that people were plotting against me the whole game, but I didn't have one war whatsoever, even with Monty next door.
However, considering how close I was to losing, I think it would be bold to say that I'm ready to plan consistently on this level. I still think that Immortal is around my comfort zone.
A question for Deity folks...as Korea, I really wanted to adopt Order, but I ended up doing Autocracy because both Monty and Denmark had adopted that. Happiness was one reason, but diplomacy was by far the most important. I really think this is what kept me alive until the end.
Do you typically let diplomacy be the primary factor in choosing your ideology? Would you adopt an Ideology you'd prefer not to have, just so the warmongering civs don't tear you apart?
not really, but there's plenty of room to improve, you've seen that winning on Deity is not an impossible task
. Like I said, it really came down to the wire. Monty was 3 turns from winning World Congress, and he only needed one more spaceship part.
