Acken Challenges - #2 Rome Demigod (7)

If you have issues making this work please let me know.

Welcome to this challenge !



First to participate and share your experience you must download the mod here by simply clicking subscribe on the mod workshop page :
Workshop link.
OR download it here manually:
Dropbox

If you picked the workshop version you are set to go ! If the mod doesn't appear in the game menu, try downloading the mod manually.
To install the mod manually just pick the file above from dropbox and drop it in your mod folder. If the mod doesn't appear in the game menu, open the file as if it were a ".rar" file and extract the directory in it to your mods directory. It it still doesn't work try deleting your cache folder in the civ5 documents folder and then restart the game.

If you are using the workshop version the mod will be updated to the latest version automatically and you are good to go. However if you are using the manual version I suggest first deleting the mod from the mods directory and then download the new version.

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PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ONLY THE MOD IS ACTIVATED (that you do not have NQMod installed as a DLC for example). This save also uses version 7.

Sadly the mod is not compatible with the mac version of the game. You would have to emulate windows to be able to play on a mac (mac users may help you with this).
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Note that the mod introduces a DemiGod difficulty between Immortal and Deity.
I have decided to move Immortal to level 6 as a result but most of the AI bonuses are the same as the base game Immortal.
This save is therefore on a difficulty between Immortal and Deity. The AI starts with one settler but 2 workers and has bonuses above Immortal.

You will play as Rome with the following bonuses compared to Vanilla:
-Rome gets a basic +10% production to buildings and an additional +15% for things already built in the capital
-The Legion is a very strong melee unit for both defense and offense.
-The forum is a special amphitheater giving extra GPP.

Starting area:


Settings:


There are no particular way of winning that challenge. Just win it and share your thoughts and strategies.

The mod change list is a bit long but here are a few pointers to remember when starting the game:

For a more detailed list go there:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=14107218&postcount=736


Hints for the map/civ :


And most of all : good luck and have fun.

You'll find the save game below.

this game won't work for me for some reason; i downloaded the save but when i try to play it it tells me i don't have the required DLC, despite having v7 enabled

Ho I have once again forgotten to disable some map dlc. I'll fix this.

Alright this should be fixed.

yup it's fixed, thanks acken. religions really vanished in a flash this game, playing with faith is hard

okay started this game and it's really a lot harder than previous one ...
rome is super strong in your mod and i think we'll need this op start and civ here.

you'r change to warrior code is pretty good, i wanted to tell you that's a bit overtuned and should reconsider it because getting an upgrade + warrior code with alex or persia, was just stupid, i took a turn 33 capital in a demigod game cause of this.

I finished this game before posting it and got a T236 domination victory. I recorded it and will probably comment it in the future. Consentient will probably be happy that this is a warring game from start to finish.

Couple details :


End screenshot :

Indeed I am very happy with this map. It could be the best CFC map ever, actually.

Strong start, I'm on T80 something and already have 2 capitals. Legion rush is seriously powerful.

Used Liberty finisher for GG to bomb into Northern neighbor's territory, thus stealing his Iron and giving my troops a great place to assault from and heal.

One thing I noticed so far: the 'other' Liberty finisher (the passive effect) seems a bit strong. I mean, on T79, I had 7 cities and NC was still only going to take 10 turns to hard build, in a less than 10 sized capital that had been pumping units and Wonders. I think this could do with being nerfed 30-40%.

What passive effect ? Cheaper nw is for everybody.

The bit you added to Liberty finisher so that National Wonders get a discount. I think that if I start building NC on T79 in a not that great capital whose empire has 7 total cities, it ought to take longer than 10 turns. Thats all I was saying. Otherwise it seems like Wide play has yet one more benefit

hope i'll be abble to catch up but AI are hard to bribe in your mod, did you change anything about it?

Yes ai that dont like you are a lot less likely to accept a bribe.

well even friendly AI that hate the target i want to bribe him against want 3 luxury here, that's a bit expensive.

Either they think the target is too strong or they are actually deceptive towards you. Might be worth it to double check with whether or not they accept full price in trade deals.

T114

I feel like I have seized control of the game, but I'm also worried that the AIs at the edge may runaway and be a huge pain by the time I get to them. Although I'm doing well-ish, I'm still not sure exactly how best to manoeuver the troops in this mod. To compensate, I have built a LOT of them. Comfortably the biggest army.

I'd like to compare benchmarks with others. I got Steel at T104, Education T117.

Really fun game. Hope I manage to do the midgame properly.

well we got edu allmost at the same turn, but i picked guild and not steel, wanted to pick machupichu with my GE to fix a bit the gold.
but i'm not playing a domination game here, hope i wont die because AI refuses to make peace, if they declare war they'll stay at war if you dont build 500 units, even after getting raped and having a city threaten.
he prob have a huge army in the other side of his empire but it is a bit annoying.

I think you re on a good track to win a fast domination game consentient. Nobody seems to really pose a threat so as long as you tech you should be fine.

Tried the honor legion rush, but as I was taking the northern neighbor capital (with ToA and HG!), the eastern neighbor backstabbed me and took a city from me, so things are going to be hard I will probably restart.

The change to warrior code makes tributing in the early game impossible right?

Acken I would love to watch your LP, as without help this game is probably out of my league

And please keep posting immortal games for us poor sub-tier players!

T133 - Very Challenging!

Yeah Puhi I'm beginning to think that losing units is not only unavoidable but maybe even optimal, since if it allows you to capture the cities quicker, it might be best for this mod as you need to capture quickly before they can spam even more units than in the basegame, and also they tech a lot quicker.

I lost a few units fighting the E neighbour as well.

Quick update for my game: I loaded the save just to look at it so I could think about my strategy while at work, and saw a Tercio

I guess I need to push towards Cannons, fast