of_the_warrior
Chieftain
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- Mar 1, 2003
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Hi, I'm a newcomer to Civ3, and finally got a decent game going (for a while I just got frustrated by the time Industrial rolled around, this time I was behind at first, but then became the strongest civ around). Standard map, Regent difficulty, 7 other civs, pangea. I'm playing as Egypt. Victory conditions are diplomatic, domination, or conquest.
Here's the problem. I was confident in my standing both militarily and diplomatically earlier, but I didn't get how diplomatic victories worked. I let the AI (China) build the UN, and now, 130 years after it was built (it came up in 1850 or so, its now 1980), there still hasn't been a vote. They know they'll lose - Germany, England, and the Aztecs are gone, England in the BC era, Germany to me at the close of Industrial, and Aztecs to Russia, France, and Persia half way through modern. Persia, and China are gracious towards me. Russia and France are polite. I saved and tried to make a quick blitzkrieg military victory. Not going to work, there're too many MPP's going around, and I will have to build up for a very long time to kill of a single civ. If I want to whack the city containing the UN, I'm going to have to mow through about 7-8 others to get to it, and China is the strongest military power (not including my ICBMs). I'll be satisfied with a diplomatic victory, but how do I get China to hold a vote?
-Warrior
Here's the problem. I was confident in my standing both militarily and diplomatically earlier, but I didn't get how diplomatic victories worked. I let the AI (China) build the UN, and now, 130 years after it was built (it came up in 1850 or so, its now 1980), there still hasn't been a vote. They know they'll lose - Germany, England, and the Aztecs are gone, England in the BC era, Germany to me at the close of Industrial, and Aztecs to Russia, France, and Persia half way through modern. Persia, and China are gracious towards me. Russia and France are polite. I saved and tried to make a quick blitzkrieg military victory. Not going to work, there're too many MPP's going around, and I will have to build up for a very long time to kill of a single civ. If I want to whack the city containing the UN, I'm going to have to mow through about 7-8 others to get to it, and China is the strongest military power (not including my ICBMs). I'll be satisfied with a diplomatic victory, but how do I get China to hold a vote?
-Warrior