I got a bit bored of Continents and I wanted to play England. The two thoughts married in me playing a Large Islands map on King. But since I didn't want to autowin just because I play THE naval superpower, I made a deliberate effort to make my life difficult. So I preset the following people as my opponents:
Dido, Goku ( I didn't realise the whole world will be passable by Triremes, so I guess his UA wasn't that useful...), Oda Nobunaga, Isabella , Sejong, Suleiman, Bluetooth, Enrico Dandolo, William
5 of these are warmongers, all of them having some sort of advantage that can be used in a naval game (Japan is a cultural monster atm). I honestly tried to make it as difficult as possible, also grinded my teeth and put Korea in to make absolutely sure it won't be an easy win.
But so far, it looks way too easy.
I took Venice, and everybody started hating me (except Suleiman, but I'm sure he's just being deceptive), yet right now, I can just DOW anyone and sack a few thousand gold from their trade routes (ren era), and I'm sure that it's just a question of time before I start taking more capitals. Shooting at Triremes with SOTL is a bit cruel.
Apart from me attacking Venice (he beat me on Oracle with 1 turn. That pissed me off), there hasn't been a single DOW. None. And Bluetooth went Piety+Patronage (lol?).
So the following questions occurred to me:
Are island games considered to be easy(er)?
Can the AI not handle a naval game (even with a Naval-oriented civ and scripting)?
Is it because I'm playing on King?
Is it because I'm playing England? (and rushed Great Lighthouse, and adopted Exploration, hue)
Can somebody please clarify why I find this game so easy?
But even if it's easy for me, Dido, Suleiman and Oda all adopted Honor, Dido also got Exploration, yet the whole game is a hippy paradise where everybody loves everybody and I'm the only one who ruins the party.
Edit: Title wanted to be: Naval game on King, but my brain is broken. Much sorries.
Dido, Goku ( I didn't realise the whole world will be passable by Triremes, so I guess his UA wasn't that useful...), Oda Nobunaga, Isabella , Sejong, Suleiman, Bluetooth, Enrico Dandolo, William
5 of these are warmongers, all of them having some sort of advantage that can be used in a naval game (Japan is a cultural monster atm). I honestly tried to make it as difficult as possible, also grinded my teeth and put Korea in to make absolutely sure it won't be an easy win.
But so far, it looks way too easy.
I took Venice, and everybody started hating me (except Suleiman, but I'm sure he's just being deceptive), yet right now, I can just DOW anyone and sack a few thousand gold from their trade routes (ren era), and I'm sure that it's just a question of time before I start taking more capitals. Shooting at Triremes with SOTL is a bit cruel.
Apart from me attacking Venice (he beat me on Oracle with 1 turn. That pissed me off), there hasn't been a single DOW. None. And Bluetooth went Piety+Patronage (lol?).
So the following questions occurred to me:
Are island games considered to be easy(er)?
Can the AI not handle a naval game (even with a Naval-oriented civ and scripting)?
Is it because I'm playing on King?
Is it because I'm playing England? (and rushed Great Lighthouse, and adopted Exploration, hue)
Can somebody please clarify why I find this game so easy?
But even if it's easy for me, Dido, Suleiman and Oda all adopted Honor, Dido also got Exploration, yet the whole game is a hippy paradise where everybody loves everybody and I'm the only one who ruins the party.
Edit: Title wanted to be: Naval game on King, but my brain is broken. Much sorries.