kamikazees
Warlord
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2012
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I am no expert at the new cultural VC, but I have been practicing and just got my fastest win yet on emperor. I got the win by a ton of war. I got the cultural VC about T265. Most of my peaceful cultural vics have come about T300, sometimes more. Is this how it's supposed to be?
I was playing as Byzantium on a continents map. Sweden, Japan, Siam and Ethiopa were on my continent. Siam and Japan hated me. Sweden (for the first time ever) loved me. Siam and Ethiopa were pushing culture from the start, so I decided to try "culture by crusade."
I Dow'd Siam about T90. I took his cap and left him with a tiny city in the corner. To get to Ethiopa I had to go through Japan or Sweden. I chose Japan and Dow'd him about T100. I took 1 city, had to burn it, then took his cap. Settled for peace leaving him with 2 cities.
I then turned to Ethiopia. He was surrounded by CS allies, so I had to bribe/coup my way in. He was also ahead of me in tech with favorable terrain, so it was a long war. Finally took 1 city and his cap, both full of wonders (yum!). Left him with 2 junky cities.
During my war with Ethiopia (which lasted through the Renaissance), I found Assyria, Mongolia and the Huns on the other continent. As might be expected, they were engaged in intercontinental war. Kinda funny. None except Assyria had done anything with culture.
So I sat back a few turns and watched my tourism overtake Japan (first), then Sweden, the Huns, Siam and Mongolia. Assyria was coming, but Ethiopa was a holdout. Although he was not producing any culture, he had *thousands* from before our war. Doing the math with my tourism vs. his culture, it was going to be at least another 50 turns before I would get him.
So I Dow'd him again. Completely wiped poor Ethiopia with muskets and cannons. 3 turns later I become influential over Assyria and win.
Is it strange that I wanted to leave the warmongers alive (easy cultural VC), but smash all the peaceful ones?
I was playing as Byzantium on a continents map. Sweden, Japan, Siam and Ethiopa were on my continent. Siam and Japan hated me. Sweden (for the first time ever) loved me. Siam and Ethiopa were pushing culture from the start, so I decided to try "culture by crusade."
I Dow'd Siam about T90. I took his cap and left him with a tiny city in the corner. To get to Ethiopa I had to go through Japan or Sweden. I chose Japan and Dow'd him about T100. I took 1 city, had to burn it, then took his cap. Settled for peace leaving him with 2 cities.
I then turned to Ethiopia. He was surrounded by CS allies, so I had to bribe/coup my way in. He was also ahead of me in tech with favorable terrain, so it was a long war. Finally took 1 city and his cap, both full of wonders (yum!). Left him with 2 junky cities.
During my war with Ethiopia (which lasted through the Renaissance), I found Assyria, Mongolia and the Huns on the other continent. As might be expected, they were engaged in intercontinental war. Kinda funny. None except Assyria had done anything with culture.
So I sat back a few turns and watched my tourism overtake Japan (first), then Sweden, the Huns, Siam and Mongolia. Assyria was coming, but Ethiopa was a holdout. Although he was not producing any culture, he had *thousands* from before our war. Doing the math with my tourism vs. his culture, it was going to be at least another 50 turns before I would get him.
So I Dow'd him again. Completely wiped poor Ethiopia with muskets and cannons. 3 turns later I become influential over Assyria and win.
Is it strange that I wanted to leave the warmongers alive (easy cultural VC), but smash all the peaceful ones?