SCENARIO: Age of Imperialism; 1895-1924, Deluxe Version

[BEERPACK]

@First, are you joking about liking the brown railroads? I assume since you put ugly in there. I don't think anyone likes that color.

 

[rickyson1]

nice el justo,really looking forward to the new version coming out


update on my boers game:



now at the start of 1915

since my last post ive taken in a few wars against the germans and austrians in europe: nancy and lyons(the two french citys the germans had),5 of germanys original citys(strassberg,dusseldorf,munchen,dresden,breslau),all of austria-hungarys original citys except two(triest,prag,wien,troppau,krakau)

also took milan and bologna off the austrians in italy(and the rest of italy off the italians)

in the asian colonial area took all of the ottomons colonies there,all of persia,and aden/muskat/kandahar/karachi

wars in europe are slow going,india seems like itll be extremely easy to finish off by comparison(only problem there right now is the terrible road network so need to take a break on that front while i get some roads build)

i dont like the armoured cars very much,dont really see what you see in them hikaro
the loss of blitz,extremely high cost(2x as expensive as commandos,3x as expensive as lc!!!!) and inability to attack/move onto any square that doesnt have a road or railroad seems like too much for the +1 attack over commandos

my military now stands at 1353 units

69 field gun batterys
my boer light cavalry corps
5 renault armoured cars
238 steam transports
129 torpedo boats
2 city guards
62 maxim machine gun exports
266 boer infantry
114 boer commandos
158 boer light cavalry
1 naval infantry
23 civil engineers
285 7.5 cm GebK247(n) Mt Gun Batterys



the us military now has 2794(!) units

16 colonial workers
a corps
539 us infantry
255 us cavalry
122 gatling guns
14 steam transports
36 advanced airships
5 chlorine gas
1 nieuport plane
89 curtiss jn planes
5 wright flyers
4 us marines
30 new york class battleships
22 virginia class battleships
5 south carolina class battleships
3 florida class battleships
31 nevada class battleships
1 pennsylvania class battleship
6 advanced transports
18 home guards
112 colonial sentrys
13 city guards
978(!) us infantry ww1
13 colt m18 machine guns
198 chauchat machine guns
39 civil engineers
60 assorted artillery pieces(like 6 different kinds)
24 mustard gas
84 ford armoured cars
4 ft-17 tanks






current plans are to continue my conquest of europe and india

 

[El Justo]

is right!! look at those numbers!! great report rickyson!! this is a true classic

 

[BEERPACK]

I know what you mean rickyson1. My Ford armored cars completely suck and my WW1 infantry are way better. I haven't built one of them. Although, I might let Detroit build one. I only have 957 units and it is 1911 right now. However, I have 257 New York BB and 34 Virginia Class BB (left over, attacking like crazy with them and don't even care if they have low health/ die off).

One problem I noticed with the scenario is that the computer AI hardly uses their ships to go on offensive. Maybe it is because my New York BB are superior to some of their ships but they hardly attack me even if a ship is very low. They are more concerned with their convoys than having individual attacking ships. Maybe when everyone gets bombers then they will bomb the ships but it would be nice if the AI would use more individual ships or group of ships for attacking. It seemed that they used far more ships to attack other ships in Rocoteh WW2 global scenario. Not sure why this is the case.

 

[TsarNikolai]

One problem I noticed with the scenario is that the computer AI hardly uses their ships to go on offensive. Maybe it is because my New York BB are superior to some of their ships but they hardly attack me even if a ship is very low. They are more concerned with their convoys than having individual attacking ships.

@BEERPACK,
I've played many civs here and the AI sucks all the same. Capital ships, even if superior, are used for convoy duty. They don't even fire back (bombard) when you attack them. The AI simply sets them on autopilot, all the way back home, covering the transports.
I am frustrated with the armoured cars myself. I build them only for the flavour.

 

[El Justo]

agreed that the AI uses many of their ships for escort duties; however, i've seen a good deal of AI ships used for naval gunfire support against coastal cities. so it's not across the board in terms of AI crappiness

re the armored cars - note that the stats are like that on purpose. i mean, they were pretty lousy in terms of effectiveness (horsehockey armor, a few guns but small caliber, usually MGs, broke down often, poor terrain capabilities). at the same time though, to have left them out altogether wouldn't have been quite right thus we have those lame stats...

 

[TsarNikolai]

I understand completely the issue of the armored cars. I use a few only for the feeling of it, like you would drive a retro-car.
Actually I've seen a few capital ships (German and British, esp.) used offensively, but mostly they are used by the AI interchangeably with cruisers, which is plain wrong.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

El Justo, I'm working on the Resource Icons in between epicly Pwning the British (Hint: The British Empire's Capital is now Staurt, Australia ), and was wondering if you could post a screen shot of the actual resources you're using... that would be a HUGE help (I lucked out in guessing that you used the shrunk-down Civ III Factory for Industrialization)... I'll post screenshots later when I get some more done....

As for the armored cars, I sorta-kinda use them as fast defenders/mopping up units....

BTW, El Justo, maybe you could have a "FT-17 Tank Export" for the low-end civs... According to my sources, immediately after WWI, HUGE numbers of those tanks were purchased by everyone from Brazil to AFGHANISTAN If the Afghans could afford those tanks, then I don't see why the Abyssinians or Boers wouldn't either..... Ditto goes for Curtis Jenny's: If General Robert L. Scott (of God Is My Copilot fame) could pick one up for $75 when he was a kid, then I don't see why some ambitious 3rd World countries couldn't do the same.

 

[First]

@First, are you joking about liking the brown railroads? I assume since you put ugly in there. I don't think anyone likes that color.

Actually I'm not joking, I really like them.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Actually I'm not joking, I really like them.

As do I, fits in with the gritty, industrial atmosphere of the era

 

[El Justo]

HT-
scratch the natural ones off the list. i found some ones that will suffice however, the country ones are still needed as are the images for the trenchworks and adv trenchworks. i can post an image if need by although you can open the editor and check them out (adv trench isn't on the starting map but the trench is).

sorry to bust anyone's bubble but the railroads have been recolored lots of tweaks have gone down over the last week+ and the railroads (and roads for that matter) have been adjusted some. list is too long to post here but perhaps if time permits, i can post some screens. i must say that the work done on it all has been outstanding. a Big Thanks to Vuldacon for helping us out

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

All I really want is the following:

a screenshot of what you're using for the Colonialism Resource.... I've got the flags for the countries... Just to clarify, do you want Australia and New Zealand separate or combined? I'm already working on the trenchworks (gotta find the Blank grassland icons I use for Building backgrounds), and I've got the Industrialization done:



All I did was convert the Firaxis Factory, like whoever made the original Resource did

 

[El Justo]

re NZ & Australia - seperate please will dig up a screen of the Colonialism in a moment...

 

[El Justo]

the Globe thingy is the Colonialism resource thanks...

 

[againsttheflow]

El Justo/Hikaro, I still have a vintage globe icon all cleaned up and ready for a resource pedia icon, which I never got around to because various business. Its only crazier now with finishing school and leaving for Alaska this week, I could still get you the image but I see you've switched to one of Vuldacon's images. He usually makes pedia icons for all of his does he not? I'd ask him.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

If you post the globe, I'd be very happy... I'll try and get the various icons done tomorrow (I had to do some digging for the British Union of South Africa flag, but I got it )

BTW, even though I haven't gotten around to posting it in my story thread yet, I've managed to reduce the British to 7 cities, and they should be wiped out by the end of 1913.... Something that I never thought a minor civ would be able to do... Their few remaining R Class DD's have been making a nuisance of themselves (they sank 3 of my Coastal Defense Gunboats and a transport full of troops), but ever since I took Stuart, they won't be able to build any more... They still can build M Class DD's, but once I overrun Perth and hit New Zealand, they will no longer be an issue, either... As a matter of fact, the current British Capitol is the Solomon Islands.

 

[El Justo]

yeah, Vuldacon adjusted some stuff for me on the resource sheet. i didn't ask for to make an icon b/c i already asked Hikaro

nice work Hikaro

 

[El Justo]

cast your vote please!!

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=322133

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Vuldacon already made icons for the Globe resource.... I've included them with my file:

From top left:

Row 1: Colonialism, Industrialism, Norway/Sweden, Denmark, German East Africa
Row 2: Australia, New Zealand, British India, Canada, Egypt
Row 3: German SW Africa, South Africa.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Oh, almost forgot, here's the trenches.