Petrus Octavian
Chieftain
- Joined
- May 6, 2012
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I'm currently playing my first serious game of Test of Times, on King level, after a few trial games on lower on lower difficulties.
I chose to play on a Small map, since fewer cities means less micro-management. I'm doing well so far; in 1640 I own 25 cities, 3 of which have been conquered, while the other civs have 18 cities. My cities are on average about size 10, while few of the others' cities are larger than 5, and I'm in the lead in all positive Demographics categories.
So far my experience with ToT is that the AI plays much poorer than it did in Civ 1.
In Civ 1 had to struggle to be the first one on Alpha Centauri on King level, and the only time I managed to win on Emperor level was by doing the Chariot Blitzkrieg, so I'm not some super player, yet Civ 2/ToT so far feels too easy on King level.
Is King level supposed to be the same challenge as Civ 1 King level, considering that Civ 2/ToT has an additional Deity difficulty level?
Does map size influence the difficulty in your experience? Will the AI do better on a large map?
Now this is only my first serious game, and it's not over yet, but so far the AI seems too timid. They don't expand and settle new cities as quickly as they did in Civ 1, and so far I haven't even seen a single foreign ship. In Civ 1 it seemed to me the other civs were much better at taking advantage of every chance they got.
Maybe my current game is not the norm, or I'm imagining things, or is the AI really poorer in Civ 2 than in Civ 1?
I chose to play on a Small map, since fewer cities means less micro-management. I'm doing well so far; in 1640 I own 25 cities, 3 of which have been conquered, while the other civs have 18 cities. My cities are on average about size 10, while few of the others' cities are larger than 5, and I'm in the lead in all positive Demographics categories.
So far my experience with ToT is that the AI plays much poorer than it did in Civ 1.
In Civ 1 had to struggle to be the first one on Alpha Centauri on King level, and the only time I managed to win on Emperor level was by doing the Chariot Blitzkrieg, so I'm not some super player, yet Civ 2/ToT so far feels too easy on King level.
Is King level supposed to be the same challenge as Civ 1 King level, considering that Civ 2/ToT has an additional Deity difficulty level?
Does map size influence the difficulty in your experience? Will the AI do better on a large map?
Now this is only my first serious game, and it's not over yet, but so far the AI seems too timid. They don't expand and settle new cities as quickly as they did in Civ 1, and so far I haven't even seen a single foreign ship. In Civ 1 it seemed to me the other civs were much better at taking advantage of every chance they got.
Maybe my current game is not the norm, or I'm imagining things, or is the AI really poorer in Civ 2 than in Civ 1?