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Prince
So I am playing this game, Earth map, Prince as Pericles (Greece). It's 1725 AD
I am aiming for a domination win and hence have been mostly warring since the start of time, having eliminated 1 rival (Frederick), restricted two (Darius and Monty) to islands (since I don't really have a navy) and am currently locked in a struggle with Gilgamesh (at peace with the rest). I am lagging in tech behind Gilgamesh and Isabella, but have the best military. Suleiman is my (voluntary) Vassal.
The problem is, I am currently Maces/Trebuchets, pretty far from Rifles, no Knights. My science slider is at 20% right now, I am currently focusing on stealing techs from Isabella (who is about to get Rifles) to keep parity (via suicided GSp).
I started in Europe, took Middle East from Germany and South/South-east Asia from Darius. Gilgamesh is in Central Asia and Russia. Suleiman and Isabella are on Africa.
The struggle was going mostly fine - until now Gilly has upgraded a lot of his maces to Grenades. I am losing too many units trying to take his cities now, my trebs are nearly wiped out, and even my most experienced maces can't take his cities even after 5-6 trebs suicide. I can out-produce him, but then I'll be easy pickings for Isabella (who although appears to be heading for a space / cultural win but has a strong military and will be willing to backstab me). At the same time, I don't wish to sue for peace since that leaves him with his main cities intact and a tech lead (till now I have taken out only his border cities and Monty, his vassal)
Currently, Suleiman and I are Islamic, rest of the world is Christian with Isabella a AP resident
So, how do you advise that I should proceed?
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I am aiming for a domination win and hence have been mostly warring since the start of time, having eliminated 1 rival (Frederick), restricted two (Darius and Monty) to islands (since I don't really have a navy) and am currently locked in a struggle with Gilgamesh (at peace with the rest). I am lagging in tech behind Gilgamesh and Isabella, but have the best military. Suleiman is my (voluntary) Vassal.
The problem is, I am currently Maces/Trebuchets, pretty far from Rifles, no Knights. My science slider is at 20% right now, I am currently focusing on stealing techs from Isabella (who is about to get Rifles) to keep parity (via suicided GSp).
I started in Europe, took Middle East from Germany and South/South-east Asia from Darius. Gilgamesh is in Central Asia and Russia. Suleiman and Isabella are on Africa.
The struggle was going mostly fine - until now Gilly has upgraded a lot of his maces to Grenades. I am losing too many units trying to take his cities now, my trebs are nearly wiped out, and even my most experienced maces can't take his cities even after 5-6 trebs suicide. I can out-produce him, but then I'll be easy pickings for Isabella (who although appears to be heading for a space / cultural win but has a strong military and will be willing to backstab me). At the same time, I don't wish to sue for peace since that leaves him with his main cities intact and a tech lead (till now I have taken out only his border cities and Monty, his vassal)
Currently, Suleiman and I are Islamic, rest of the world is Christian with Isabella a AP resident
So, how do you advise that I should proceed?
Save below
