TrilobyteOverlords
Chieftain
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- Aug 28, 2020
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I am playing on extramodmod continued on Monarch and I am really struggling versus Illians, who seem to dominate every game they're in. If they border me they can hit me with 7 strength units (frost speakers) while I still have warriors and they have a tendency to cause blizzards on my tiles that make them unproductive. They also have the world spell that stops me from producing units for 10 turns, so combining that with the 7 strength units going up against my warriors feels like an auto game over.
If they don't border me, they tend to eat up other civilizations and end up twice the military power of the other AI by the time I know where they are. Even if I manage to conquer their territory, the cities are unproductive unless I use sun mana and then I'm still stuck with tundra, so I'm putting all my hammers into conquering these relatively non-productive cities. Ice mana is super strong as well. Meanwhile non-Illian AI is getting lots of productive territory and expanding military units, so bannor or sheaim will declare war on me in my weakened state even if I manage to beat the Illians.
What am I missing here? How do I beat the Illians?
Currently I'm playing with svaltafar, but I play a variety of civilizations.
If they don't border me, they tend to eat up other civilizations and end up twice the military power of the other AI by the time I know where they are. Even if I manage to conquer their territory, the cities are unproductive unless I use sun mana and then I'm still stuck with tundra, so I'm putting all my hammers into conquering these relatively non-productive cities. Ice mana is super strong as well. Meanwhile non-Illian AI is getting lots of productive territory and expanding military units, so bannor or sheaim will declare war on me in my weakened state even if I manage to beat the Illians.
What am I missing here? How do I beat the Illians?
Currently I'm playing with svaltafar, but I play a variety of civilizations.
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