Brownsfan02
WWII Buff
I am trying to get the achievment (excuse the spelling) for ending the game before 1000 A.D. on king difficulty, does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this?
Didn't build any warriors. Just set all the workers to science and researched Horseback Riding. When I got that, changed to production and build 3 Horsemen. Have the Horsemen scout the land and when you find an enemy capitol, bring them together, form an army and take it (except the Chinese and Greek, because their defences are better in the early game.)
The Germans are good for a fast victory.
These are pretty much all-or-nothing strategies, especially for the Americans. They are great if you just want early conquest. However, if you are playing a game of the week or whatever, be aware that failing to conquer with your Horses/Knights means you will not win the game at all, much less in impressive fashion.
Ya I looked at the strategies and I found that the Aztecs are really good for rushing and on my first try I almost got the achievment I just couldn't find the French.
I used to do this, but it's actually a bit faster to send out two warriors to pick up gold. If you research HBR first then you get your first horse out in 3000 BC. If you send two warriors first, then you finish researching in 3000 BC. It's possible you'll have 100 gold by then and can rush horses in 3000, 2900 and 2800, which is a good date to get your army together. If you are that fast, any nearby civ will fall, especially on king difficulty.
Also spending your first 5 turns researching can really get you dead fast if you're playing online. It's vitally important to get some units into the field to get the lay of the land and find out what's coming. 10 turns in and just one horseman will not do you much good if somebody's warrior army trundles up from the other direction.
The outlined strategy isn't particularly speedy compared to an Arab or Aztec horserush. I have conquered all capitals on deity level with the Aztecs in 20 turns (2000 BC) by getting a lot of fast gold, having all my enemies close to me, getting religion off the Arabs (this is very good as you note) and doing nothing but producing horsemen. German warrior upgrades will not be going off that quickly. With practice you'll have the dom victory before 1000 AD, but I think the Arab and Aztec strategies are easier. The German one is fun though. Can work well online too.
I don't really agree with that. The AI is massively dumb and will accept peace at times when it could just take you out. I mostly play online where the AI difficulty is the same as the King level AI. I can recall one game where the AI threatened war unless I gave it valuable knowledge of Pottery...and it was after 1000 AD! Another game I was way behind in tech and getting crushed by a player who had tanks and artillery, but then that player left the game (probably a disconnection) and the AI remained at war, but just couldn't do anything right. I was able to defend myself fine with a single catapult army against the AI's highly advanced weaponry.
The point is if you feel like trying to salvage a game after your rush has failed, it's probably doable. The main thing to go for is big expansion, especially to islands. The AI never builds enough cities.
Again, we're not talking about general strategies, just about one to get a specific achievement, preferably one that is usable by the more casual player.