Emporer level, normal speed, continents, standard.
I just finished conquest of my neighbor, Gandhi, and now I have a solid empire of 13 cities. I have a fairly small army because of my recent conquest, but I have excellent production capability and a good economy. I can run 70% without deficit and I have plenty of towns. My tech level is grenadiers and cannons. I'm #3 in score.
My problem is Qin who I now border. He is #1 in score, and I was dismayed to look at one of his towns recently and find SAM Infantry and Artillery! He's always been ahead of me in tech but apparently he beelined to rocketry. His border city to me has a ... size stack. I was planning to attack him next for obvious reasons, but now it may be impossible. I assume if I turtle and build Qin will crush me in the sapce race.
My option other than attacking Qin would be to attack Napolean who also sort of borders me. He is even in tech with me and has a moderate amount of land for me to eat, though it would spread my empire out a lot.
So should I just mass produce cannons, sell out on Qin and hope to beat the odds? Or try to take Napolean, hope Qin doesn't attack me when I'm weak, and then try to take Qin later with a bigger empire and Panzers. I suppose I could turtle and beeline for Panzers too, but given how far he already is ahead he may have Modern tanks by then.
I thought I would win easily, but now I may have no chance. I guess the way to win this game would have been to finish Gandhi much earlier.
I just finished conquest of my neighbor, Gandhi, and now I have a solid empire of 13 cities. I have a fairly small army because of my recent conquest, but I have excellent production capability and a good economy. I can run 70% without deficit and I have plenty of towns. My tech level is grenadiers and cannons. I'm #3 in score.
My problem is Qin who I now border. He is #1 in score, and I was dismayed to look at one of his towns recently and find SAM Infantry and Artillery! He's always been ahead of me in tech but apparently he beelined to rocketry. His border city to me has a ... size stack. I was planning to attack him next for obvious reasons, but now it may be impossible. I assume if I turtle and build Qin will crush me in the sapce race.
My option other than attacking Qin would be to attack Napolean who also sort of borders me. He is even in tech with me and has a moderate amount of land for me to eat, though it would spread my empire out a lot.
So should I just mass produce cannons, sell out on Qin and hope to beat the odds? Or try to take Napolean, hope Qin doesn't attack me when I'm weak, and then try to take Qin later with a bigger empire and Panzers. I suppose I could turtle and beeline for Panzers too, but given how far he already is ahead he may have Modern tanks by then.
I thought I would win easily, but now I may have no chance. I guess the way to win this game would have been to finish Gandhi much earlier.
The Financial trait dovetails a little too nicely with what the AI is good at, especially on levels where they get significant bonuses. (Building cottages, space victory.) The best is where you can get one of the psychotic civs involved in longterm fighting with them. Monty vs Qin, Temujin vs Mansa, etc. I've found I almost always find myself in the situation you described if I leave them alone. My .02.
