Autocracy Government

[hongyu20]

When do you actually use the Autocracy Government ?
Most of the times a warmonger picks Oligarchy and a peaceful Civ takes Classical Republic , does anyone actually take autocracy ? 2 military cards is a bit excessive at that time even for a warmonger and and the boost to wonder production does not help a warmonger .

 

[Victoria]

If you want wonders like china/france
If you want to choose the same governent as gorgo whose first impressions of you are not good
You decide boosting your capital is the best thing and do not need 2 commercial cards

 

[Arent11]

When do you actually use the Autocracy Government ?
Most of the times a warmonger picks Oligarchy and a peaceful Civ takes Classical Republic , does anyone actually take autocracy ? 2 military cards is a bit excessive at that time even for a warmonger and and the boost to wonder production does not help a warmonger .

AFAIK Oligarchy combat bonus only applies to melee combat units excluding cavalry, which leads some cavalry players to use autocracy, although they don't care about the wonder bonus. I personally even use republic & the wildcard slot for military bonuses.

 

[greygamer]

2 military policies mean Conscription and Agoge/Maneuver for a carpet of death or war on two fronts. Need a navy then Maritime Industries. All of this helps until your traders are up and running.

 

[Jarms48]

I feel like they should just swap Autocracies and Oligarchies bonus. That would make Autocracy the military government, Oligarchy the tall government, and Classical Republic as the wide government.

 

[daliwest]

Playing Harald I usually switch between Oligarchy and Autocracy to get the wonder bonus to finish The Great Lighthouse and The Colossus faster.

 

[Victoria]

There are a lot of good military cards around that time I often use the 100% ones for overflow now. I tend to hold off on heavy builder wave until feudalism and just get settlers out there. I can cope in the period with one commerce card and as said there is the wildard slot

 

[ShinigamiKenji]

Like policies, you can swap governments. Start at Autocracy to mass-produce units for reduced maintenance, then use Oligarchy when fighting, then maybe switch to Classical Republic while preparing for Feudalism.

 

[hongyu20]

Like policies, you can swap governments. Start at Autocracy to mass-produce units for reduced maintenance, then use Oligarchy when fighting, then maybe switch to Classical Republic while preparing for Feudalism.

thanks

 

[Bro]

I played one game with Russia with only sticking to Autocracy untill I had build all the wonders that I wanted. Have the correct civ card also for the era. It did work towards the goal on getting everything I wanted and it wasn't that bad when you could even get all of the extra policy wonders. It's not optimal, but can work well.