Ank06 - 3CC Conquest
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Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Well we gave it a good effort. I need to reduce the number of SGs at the moment. Maybe in the fall I'd be up for a rematch.
SesnOfWthr
True Believer
Way to fight the good fight, all.
Drop me a line come rematch time....
Drop me a line come rematch time....
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Thanks for a good game.
jb1964
Hunter of Fish
Glad I could help out on this one. 
Helluva fight gang.
Helluva fight gang.
FWIW, now that I've had a chance to think about it, we may have waited too long to go to war. Once out of the Middle Ages it was all over but the shouting, I think. Industrial Age techs just got too expensive for three cities to keep up. And when tech costs reach ~3000g and you can produce only 150 beakers per turn at the max, but don't have 150gpt extra....
That is true. Another problem was our civ, we chose a civ with a bad UU for this, a knight replacement would have been propably better, or cav replacement.
We could start discussing for the rematch.
I suggest we choose a civ with a knight/cav UU, that's a much better timing for a UU than a sword replacement, in a 3CC you won't get enough of GS's or whatever before it's really too late to use them effectively.
In that case the civ would be one of these (please note if I forget someone):
Knight-replacement:
Japan
China
India
Cav replacement:
Russia
Ottomans
We could start discussing for the rematch.
I suggest we choose a civ with a knight/cav UU, that's a much better timing for a UU than a sword replacement, in a 3CC you won't get enough of GS's or whatever before it's really too late to use them effectively.
In that case the civ would be one of these (please note if I forget someone):
Knight-replacement:
Japan
China
India
Cav replacement:
Russia
Ottomans
Ankka said:That is true. Another problem was our civ, we chose a civ with a bad UU for this, a knight replacement would have been propably better, or cav replacement.
We could start discussing for the rematch.
I suggest we choose a civ with a knight/cav UU, that's a much better timing for a UU than a sword replacement, in a 3CC you won't get enough of GS's or whatever before it's really too late to use them effectively.
In that case the civ would be one of these (please note if I forget someone):
Knight-replacement:
Japan
China
India
Cav replacement:
Russia
Ottomans
Just to add fuel to the discussion: how about Babylon and start a major bowman rush. Crush 'em early and often. Stay in despotism, capture, rather than build towns, no culture, just barracks and lots and lots of military.
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
I've played two 3CC games now, DI1 was AW and this game. At the end of DI1, Gengis and I were discussing doing it again. If it wasn't for the off shore islands, we would have won DI1 on time. In the end we won in 2078 AD or something, but it went down as a histograph loss.
After having read Doc's article on winning Deity with AW over on RBCiv, I think AW is the way to go.
After having read Doc's article on winning Deity with AW over on RBCiv, I think AW is the way to go.
Why AW?
Although I personally don't care too much on whether it's AW or only a conquest aim... AW would be something I've never tried IIRC though, so could be fun.
Actually I did try AW, just remembered, it was the pathetic SGOTM1 loss.
That was the only time so far I've got an award from anything at CFC...
Although I personally don't care too much on whether it's AW or only a conquest aim... AW would be something I've never tried IIRC though, so could be fun.
Actually I did try AW, just remembered, it was the pathetic SGOTM1 loss.
That was the only time so far I've got an award from anything at CFC...
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
AW is a completely different mind set. I think with a late chivalry/Mill tradition based UU, a 3CC AW game is winnable in 540 turns. I'd go for either China or the Ottomans.
