Deity-Lite(TM) game I - England

Shark Diver said:

Agreed. About the only time I'll ever scrap a game 10 turns in is when that bonus settler shows up and plants itself right in my face. At least make Alex work a bit.

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Amen to that! I am just starting to play Immortal level games and even the number of units I see at T20 boggles my mind...I am scared stupid at the thought of Diety.
I get so angry when I see that 3rd or 4th city plopped right next to my capital and I am lucky to have my second city built.

Isn't that a lovely idea. I played the old roll when it was posted. I guess, there is a reason why human players don't get a worker or an extra settler on Deity. You will just roflstomp over the AI's.

@OP, I do wish that there was a difficulty level between Immortal and Deity. It has been a struggle for me, but at least I feel I am making some progress. Still, the extra units seems like your buff might mean that things are easier than Immortal?

What I would like, is suggestions for civ/map settings combos that make Deity easier -- but still play like a regular game. I mean, besides using Babs/Maya/Poland! I have tried a few watery civs on archipelago but that didn't really help me. Any ideas?

Shark Diver said:

The other change I'd want is for the AI to NOT SETTLE USELESS CITIES JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE RING OF FREE DIRT LEFT!

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So sorry that I missed this earlier. There is a one-line setting in the config file to increase minimum city distance from 3 to 4 (or more, but then some CS settlers may never plant). This one tweak has increased my enjoyment tremendously! I don't resent the AI unit spam, but the trash cities just kill the fun.

adcarrymaokai said:

I guess, there is a reason why human players don't get a worker or an extra settler on Deity. You will just roflstomp over the AI's.

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LOL - If your pics are from the original start I was surprised to see your E neighbor didn't forward settle you more. That's quite a great setup.

beetle said:

@OP, I do wish that there was a difficulty level between Immortal and Deity. It has been a struggle for me, but at least I feel I am making some progress. Still, the extra units seems like your buff might mean that things are easier than Immortal?

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Yeah, part of what I was doing here was to create a process to test out maps with Firetuner. That part worked pretty well - but the additional units are best added in the IGE mod. The Settler, Worker, Scout are probably overkill for most regular Deity players, but a newbie would have more room to play sub-optimally (as long as the 2nd city gets a lux immediately).

My approach to Immortal has been to avoid Rationalism until Industrial, then only go 2 in to Secularism (or skip it altogether). Deity is still not that much fun to me unless it's a strong civ and/or cool dirt. The Spain DCL has been great because it brings me back to the old days where I was obsessed with exploration, and getting the Magellan bonus movement (Civ 3 or 4 - or 2?)...

Nigel_Tufnel2 said:

LOL - If your pics are from the original start I was surprised to see your E neighbor didn't forward settle you more. That's quite a great setup.

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I think I replayed because Kameha got Petra. So I made sure so rapidly expand in every direction during my second replay, thanks to all the luxuries. I also bribed Pachacuti to attack Ghandi to distract him from my expansion. There is no Ghandi on the map, as you can see.