OKScientist
Chieftain
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- Jun 21, 2007
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I am so proud of myself!
In one of my last games before BTS arrived, I managed to get 29 great people! My game was:
patched Vanilla, Noble difficulty (I specifically wanted to concentrate on GP generation), large map (didn't want too many wars, just a lot of land to choose my city spots carefully), and Marathon speed.
I was playing with Elizabeth (being Philosophical helped) on a Fractal Map, and the start was semi-isolated, as it was only me and Nappy on my continent. I killed Nappy by 80 AD to get Paris and the opportunity to concentrate on GP with Pacifism.
I ran Pacifism from 540 AD and on, and Mercantilism from 1250 AD and on. I also built the Parthenon in 560 BC.
I am sorry I have no screenshots, but here are some details:
London (wonder building city): 11 GP
Nottingham (a lot of clam and desert around, NEpic city): 7 GP
Paris (conquered in 80 AD): 4 GP
York: 1 GP
Lyons: 1 GP
Hastings: 1 GP
Tech-related: 4 GP (Music, Economics, Physics, Fusion -yes, all of them, it was on Noble!)
So, as you can see, I concentrated the GP generation on 3 cities, and that's the way I feel it works best (instead of concentrating on 1 or 2), as the 2nd and 3rd cities fill in the gaps when the GP points required are too many.
Totally, I got 13 scientists, 5 prophets, 4 engineers, 4 artists and 3 merchants.
I got my first GP in 550 BC, had 3 GP by 1 AD, 10 GP by Liberalism (1145 AD). Last GP was in 1706 AD.
I ended up with a 1707 AD Space Race win. It only took so long because I didn't have coal to make railroads and boost my production for the spaceship parts. Also, I didn't want to conquer anybody for coal, since I didn't want to quit Pacifism and lose concentration on GP generation, which was my main focus.
OK, enough with my bragging. Have you kept track on your best GP generating games?
In one of my last games before BTS arrived, I managed to get 29 great people! My game was:
patched Vanilla, Noble difficulty (I specifically wanted to concentrate on GP generation), large map (didn't want too many wars, just a lot of land to choose my city spots carefully), and Marathon speed.
I was playing with Elizabeth (being Philosophical helped) on a Fractal Map, and the start was semi-isolated, as it was only me and Nappy on my continent. I killed Nappy by 80 AD to get Paris and the opportunity to concentrate on GP with Pacifism.
I ran Pacifism from 540 AD and on, and Mercantilism from 1250 AD and on. I also built the Parthenon in 560 BC.
I am sorry I have no screenshots, but here are some details:
London (wonder building city): 11 GP
Nottingham (a lot of clam and desert around, NEpic city): 7 GP
Paris (conquered in 80 AD): 4 GP
York: 1 GP
Lyons: 1 GP
Hastings: 1 GP
Tech-related: 4 GP (Music, Economics, Physics, Fusion -yes, all of them, it was on Noble!)
So, as you can see, I concentrated the GP generation on 3 cities, and that's the way I feel it works best (instead of concentrating on 1 or 2), as the 2nd and 3rd cities fill in the gaps when the GP points required are too many.
Totally, I got 13 scientists, 5 prophets, 4 engineers, 4 artists and 3 merchants.
I got my first GP in 550 BC, had 3 GP by 1 AD, 10 GP by Liberalism (1145 AD). Last GP was in 1706 AD.
I ended up with a 1707 AD Space Race win. It only took so long because I didn't have coal to make railroads and boost my production for the spaceship parts. Also, I didn't want to conquer anybody for coal, since I didn't want to quit Pacifism and lose concentration on GP generation, which was my main focus.
OK, enough with my bragging. Have you kept track on your best GP generating games?