troytheface
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Thinking of taking the plunge into ol MultiPlayer civ? There are some basics new players should know- and, while individual tactics are a matter of taste bear in mind the ancient saying "better to tech to bronzeworking than writing"
You have to log into the game thing and if you have trouble doing that then you might not be able to understand the following sentences. After you log in you see a menu to the right that has games- most are "locked" meaning you can't join them which is ok because they may be strange groupings of niche types like "homosexuals OCC revenge game " or something.
Speaking of niche groups there is also a "ladder" a league you can join that puts rules atop of rules and purports to offer games without the mayhem of quitters or other crowd non pleasers. They are fond of naming playing styles after each other's handles, so you'll see things like "cton" game or some such nonsense that glorify themselves.
Then there are of course many Spiels and Parties- apparently the germans and french like to play Civ alot.
The Chat lobby is the first place to begin your attack. Tactical deployment can be crucial here, one can type in statements that suggest one is "familiar with mp and the rules but is not a strong defender" or something. Watch the script, a good attacker knows how to spot a weakness. A strong early rush has a much better chance against a 10 year old kid from Belgium then it does against someone with a mega computer and coding information. Psychological barrage from the get go- veiled behind sentences of feigned incompetence.
If you click on a game- your in and ready to go, now what?
(don't join a game in progress- chances are you'll get an abandoned civ close to death- unless you want to play an abandoned civ close to death.)
I suggest a FFA (Free for all) that is new -you get in fast cheap and start killing. However, if you create a game yourself you can title it "new players only" or "FFA continents-learning the ropes" .
Also, some dictate that you click quick combat def/offense on - as combat animation impedes movement. unless you can get away with it and say, "lol, first game, didn't know" then after an important battle turn combat automation off.
Secret freinds/allies is another issue one may have to contend with. One can deal with this issue in a number of ways. if you are at a level of mp expertise then its no big deal as is said at times "it takes three to equal one attacko". However, there are other ways, ...if you see you are getting gang attacked you can type in "ah well, it was a really great game, i'm stuck at home because of the operation and can't do much of anything else".
To finalize- build lots of units, trust no one, use 2 move units and ship attacks when you can. And RAZE. these cats on MP know all the tricks,
so when they vacate to let you take a city in prep to retake it ...- raze it.
You have to log into the game thing and if you have trouble doing that then you might not be able to understand the following sentences. After you log in you see a menu to the right that has games- most are "locked" meaning you can't join them which is ok because they may be strange groupings of niche types like "homosexuals OCC revenge game " or something.
Speaking of niche groups there is also a "ladder" a league you can join that puts rules atop of rules and purports to offer games without the mayhem of quitters or other crowd non pleasers. They are fond of naming playing styles after each other's handles, so you'll see things like "cton" game or some such nonsense that glorify themselves.
Then there are of course many Spiels and Parties- apparently the germans and french like to play Civ alot.
The Chat lobby is the first place to begin your attack. Tactical deployment can be crucial here, one can type in statements that suggest one is "familiar with mp and the rules but is not a strong defender" or something. Watch the script, a good attacker knows how to spot a weakness. A strong early rush has a much better chance against a 10 year old kid from Belgium then it does against someone with a mega computer and coding information. Psychological barrage from the get go- veiled behind sentences of feigned incompetence.
If you click on a game- your in and ready to go, now what?
(don't join a game in progress- chances are you'll get an abandoned civ close to death- unless you want to play an abandoned civ close to death.)
I suggest a FFA (Free for all) that is new -you get in fast cheap and start killing. However, if you create a game yourself you can title it "new players only" or "FFA continents-learning the ropes" .
Also, some dictate that you click quick combat def/offense on - as combat animation impedes movement. unless you can get away with it and say, "lol, first game, didn't know" then after an important battle turn combat automation off.
Secret freinds/allies is another issue one may have to contend with. One can deal with this issue in a number of ways. if you are at a level of mp expertise then its no big deal as is said at times "it takes three to equal one attacko". However, there are other ways, ...if you see you are getting gang attacked you can type in "ah well, it was a really great game, i'm stuck at home because of the operation and can't do much of anything else".
To finalize- build lots of units, trust no one, use 2 move units and ship attacks when you can. And RAZE. these cats on MP know all the tricks,
so when they vacate to let you take a city in prep to retake it ...- raze it.
