Hi, i come back, hope i didn't sound rude or... pretentious or... i don't have the words, but...
i didn't play since then, i don't feel like; i think my problem with this game is that i want a good wining situation
I want to grow a strong civ, dominating in most ways when that makes sense, not all the time, not even often, but 1 in 20 times for example :|
i want it EASY after it has been DIFFICULT, i mean : you struggle, you have a bit or a lot of luck, but then, as long as you passed it, ok, you can create a huge gap between the AI and your civ.
but it seems the game doesn't work like that
It's more like.. almost in the algorithms, you HAVE to sacrifice some aspects : war, culture, tourism, science, demography... economics... it's like you can't dominate on 2 or more main domains
so you have to make your choice in the beginning, early enough, take advantage of the map, and EVEN IF you manage to conquer neighbours, have a ton of money, well... the IA WILL have better science, or better armies, or better culture
If it requires the IA to be able to surpass your science with less cities, less schools etc, it will.
Take over one of your neighbours, and on another continent an IA will have taken two of her.
I can't accept this tacit rule, i want to build wonders, have the best science if i deserve it, have the best army if i deserve it, and get rich if i deserve it
The game i posted earlier was kind of "rewarding" : i managed to conquier almost 3 civ, but also did a lot for my science level, took risks, and took care of the culture, because i WANTED one, it's not because i won wars that i should end up with a culturally dying civ.
The IA of course backstabed me as often they could, bringing out their "you lose" joker card. "you lose cause u see, i expanded like crazy", "you lose, cause i make war on you", "you lose... because... because basically i want you to win not ^-^ ooops, what ? not happy with that? Well, check dat, you lose because
<snip>, is that a sufficient reason to you?"
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PS: Sorry for the mess with the smileys :x and the bad word :x :x
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