werothegreat
Warlord
So yesterday I decided to play a game (no, I don't have the save, I was too frustrated to bother) where I decided to play as France. Get a reasonable start in Flood Plains, get several Culture Ruins, and then a 60 Faith Ruin just in time to found Desert Folklore, and eventually found the first religion! Things are looking up. My build order was two scouts, Shrine, Great Library, having picked up a free Monument through Tradition. As I'm building the Great Library, and am scouting around, I notice something odd. Byzantium and Ethiopia both have 2, then 3 cities, all well good and to be expected. But Poland has 4. Then 5. Encroaching toward me. I dash to the free Settler policy in Liberty to snag the Silver north of me before Casimir does, and of course he yells at me for expanding near him even though he now has 6 cities. When the little bastard has NINE cities (forget the actual turn, I think maybe 80? I've done two scouts, Shrine, GL, Water Mill, Hanging Gardens, Settler), he declares war on me. Now at this point, with everything I've built, I also have one more city (purchased Settler), a single Worker, two Archers, and a Warrior. Poland marches in an army of 4 each of Catapults, Horsemen, Composite Bowmen, and Spearmen, and takes Orleans in two turns. And yet somehow, with NINE cities, he does not have a Happiness problem. How is that even possible?
EDIT: This was on King difficulty.
EDIT: This was on King difficulty.