Magean
Prince
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2009
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- 474
Hi,
Now that I'm accustomed to Immortal, I normally don't have much trouble at that difficulty level. And, at any case, the AI has become quite tame in BNW.
So, I start a game as Denmark, planning to go for domination, or any other victory backed by conquest. Map is Continents plus, tweaked so that CS don't spawn on islands, and everything else is standard.
I start on a rather big continent, cut in two parts by a sort of isthmus, which controlled by Hong Kong. My closest neighbours are England and Venice. On the other half on the continent, there's Morocco and Spain.
Things run smoothly at the beginning. I plant two cities in iron locations, catch up in tech thanks to trade routes, and beeline Metal Casting, for berserkers. I build 4 berserkers, a few CB, and invade England. I take London, then peace out and leave a gimped England.
Meanwhile, I get a declaration of friendship with Morocco. Though every leader has "early concerns" about my warmongering, things aren't dramatic yet, diplomatically. And I meet Polynesia.
Then Venice, which was my friend, backstabs me and declares war. Enrico has the first army, but it's only strong in sheer numbers. His units are crap, so I destroy his invasion army targeted at Copenhagen, then strike back and conquer Venice. I make peace with Dandolo (still alive thanks to 2 puppeted CS).
[As a side note, Denmark might be the most loathed civ in the forum, but zerks are truly awesome. Not least because they unlock at metal casting, that's a boon. And there's a perfect synergy with Denmark's UA. Even outside of a naval war, 3 movements + free pillage, that's great.]
I'm quite lucky, because the turn right after the fall of Venice, I meet Ramesses, who founds the World Congress : I thus meet Bismark too, and none of them witnessed my conquests. They sit on the same continent, not far away from my shores.
Now, I decide to sit for a while on my conquests, stabilize, develop... I swim in cash thanks to trade routes and sold resources, everything is fine. I wage a little harassment war against England to extract some more cash and farm XP before peacing out.
I've a nasty surprise, though : Ramesses plants a settler 4 tiles south of capital stealing some workable space. Oh well, I'll deal with this later, that's what I thought.
Suddenly, all hell breaks loose.
A giant Egyptian invasion force comes from across the ocean and surrounds Copenhagen. That was all but expected, my troops are garrisoned elsewhere. The battle is long-fought. I have to buy walls and a caste, and I loose multiple well-trained units from my previous wars. Eventually, I repeal the invaders, and starts pushing toward the base city of Elephantine established on my coastline.
Seeing how weakened I am, Enrico decides to take his revenge and declares war. OK, challenge accepted. His cities are in the South, so any Venetian army would arrive near the current front. I can handle this.
The scrambe didn't stop there, though. Isabella, whom I had paid to fight Germany, makes peace and declares war on me. She has the first army of the world, according the demographics. And indeed, a pretty impressive Spanish army marches to the Honk Kong choke point. I rely on HK, my ally, to stop the invasion while I'm expelling the Egyptians and removes them from my continent. HK holds firm, so I don't worry that much.
However, while Elephantine is about to fall, a large Spanish fleet heads to undefended Venice (the city I control, not the faction). Within two turns, Venice falls. It was my second best city after the capital.
Wow. I had never seen such a raging AI at immortal. Well, sometimes I get DoW'd by a coalition, but I don't really feel threatened, especially when my immediate land neighbours are week. That's the first time I face threatening, and even successful, naval invasions from the AI. And an AI that opens two fronts. I didn't expect the naval attack on Venice.
Moreover, for the immersion, it's the Renaissance... so these two wars really feel like colonial wars, Spanish conquest of America and all.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this exciting game with you. I'm eager to see what's coming next. Will I be able to recover, be strong again, take my revenge ? On the bright side, I made two new friends, Germany and Polynesia.
Now that I'm accustomed to Immortal, I normally don't have much trouble at that difficulty level. And, at any case, the AI has become quite tame in BNW.
So, I start a game as Denmark, planning to go for domination, or any other victory backed by conquest. Map is Continents plus, tweaked so that CS don't spawn on islands, and everything else is standard.
I start on a rather big continent, cut in two parts by a sort of isthmus, which controlled by Hong Kong. My closest neighbours are England and Venice. On the other half on the continent, there's Morocco and Spain.
Things run smoothly at the beginning. I plant two cities in iron locations, catch up in tech thanks to trade routes, and beeline Metal Casting, for berserkers. I build 4 berserkers, a few CB, and invade England. I take London, then peace out and leave a gimped England.
Meanwhile, I get a declaration of friendship with Morocco. Though every leader has "early concerns" about my warmongering, things aren't dramatic yet, diplomatically. And I meet Polynesia.
Then Venice, which was my friend, backstabs me and declares war. Enrico has the first army, but it's only strong in sheer numbers. His units are crap, so I destroy his invasion army targeted at Copenhagen, then strike back and conquer Venice. I make peace with Dandolo (still alive thanks to 2 puppeted CS).
[As a side note, Denmark might be the most loathed civ in the forum, but zerks are truly awesome. Not least because they unlock at metal casting, that's a boon. And there's a perfect synergy with Denmark's UA. Even outside of a naval war, 3 movements + free pillage, that's great.]
I'm quite lucky, because the turn right after the fall of Venice, I meet Ramesses, who founds the World Congress : I thus meet Bismark too, and none of them witnessed my conquests. They sit on the same continent, not far away from my shores.
Now, I decide to sit for a while on my conquests, stabilize, develop... I swim in cash thanks to trade routes and sold resources, everything is fine. I wage a little harassment war against England to extract some more cash and farm XP before peacing out.
I've a nasty surprise, though : Ramesses plants a settler 4 tiles south of capital stealing some workable space. Oh well, I'll deal with this later, that's what I thought.
Suddenly, all hell breaks loose.
A giant Egyptian invasion force comes from across the ocean and surrounds Copenhagen. That was all but expected, my troops are garrisoned elsewhere. The battle is long-fought. I have to buy walls and a caste, and I loose multiple well-trained units from my previous wars. Eventually, I repeal the invaders, and starts pushing toward the base city of Elephantine established on my coastline.
Seeing how weakened I am, Enrico decides to take his revenge and declares war. OK, challenge accepted. His cities are in the South, so any Venetian army would arrive near the current front. I can handle this.
The scrambe didn't stop there, though. Isabella, whom I had paid to fight Germany, makes peace and declares war on me. She has the first army of the world, according the demographics. And indeed, a pretty impressive Spanish army marches to the Honk Kong choke point. I rely on HK, my ally, to stop the invasion while I'm expelling the Egyptians and removes them from my continent. HK holds firm, so I don't worry that much.
However, while Elephantine is about to fall, a large Spanish fleet heads to undefended Venice (the city I control, not the faction). Within two turns, Venice falls. It was my second best city after the capital.
Wow. I had never seen such a raging AI at immortal. Well, sometimes I get DoW'd by a coalition, but I don't really feel threatened, especially when my immediate land neighbours are week. That's the first time I face threatening, and even successful, naval invasions from the AI. And an AI that opens two fronts. I didn't expect the naval attack on Venice.
Moreover, for the immersion, it's the Renaissance... so these two wars really feel like colonial wars, Spanish conquest of America and all.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this exciting game with you. I'm eager to see what's coming next. Will I be able to recover, be strong again, take my revenge ? On the bright side, I made two new friends, Germany and Polynesia.
