Biggest technological gap?

[Pariah]

My current Monarch-level game is a disaster in nearly every measurable way, but I'm persevering just for the novelty.

Choosing my civ randomly on a huge, big-&-small type map, I started as Holy Roman. My civ was completely isolated until the 8th century AD, and the home continent has no luxury resources (or horses). The tech rate went down to 0% at least once as I expanded; didn't even get currency until after the leading civs had corporation. It turned out that most of the AIs were on a large continent far from mine, trading techs and boosting each other... When Hammurabi & Boudica finally made contact, I was shocked to discover how far backward I was. Mansa Musa actually completed Broadway while I was still researching Paper!

I decided that catching up, not winning, would be my challenge. I eventually found that United Nations resolutions can impose a new civic even when you don't have the prerequisite tech yet. Currently, at 1870 AD, I'm still far behind in both techs and points, although I've got a strong economy - it's just good luck, diplomacy and geographical accident which have kept my neighbours from declaring war and crushing me. How long could my CG2 riflemen stand against tanks and mechanised infantry? Let's hope my luck holds.

I'll consider this humiliating game to be a lesson in isolationist empire-building.

 

[W|M]

Once, in an earth 1000AD scenario, I was playing as Louis XIV and I attacked Tenochtitlan with modern armours facing longbows. Then again it was settler difficulty

 

[Pacifist46]

In my game as Hatshepsut, I had Marines by the end.
Genghis Khan had trebs and maces

 

[KinesongPayaso]

Im pretty sure I fought frederick's tanks with my redcoats, and no, they weren't just residue from earlier production. I was still producing redcoats while he was producing tanks
This was vanilla, I turned off the research, converted majority of my cities into production

 

[6K Man]

In my current game - the crazy Privateer rampage - on Prince, I'm equipped with Jet Fighters, Tanks, Mobile Artillery and Mobile SAMs... and only 1 AI has gotten as far as Riflemen. Chemistry was just researched by another AI a few turns ago.

 

[Pariah]

Im pretty sure I fought frederick's tanks with my redcoats, and no, they weren't just residue from earlier production. I was still producing redcoats while he was producing tanks

Did you actually manage to hold your own? Numbers can sometimes win the day, even against far superior tech.

 

[KinesongPayaso]

It wasnt the worst match up against him. I think Panzers have +50% against other armored units. It would be worse if I used tanks too haha

I think you need Combat II, just to reach Ambush, which I couldn't even produce in my west point city + Theocracy. I think adding vassalage allows you to reach Ambush, but I probably used another civic

I think my ambush redcoats were the redcoats that were produced(not axemen CR3 upgrade) normally, then won battles against other civ's mounted and gunpowder units(barracks + theocracy's Combat I & II)

I didnt have factories and power plants or Pentagon too

I only had: Heroic, Ironworks, and West Point
Police State, Free Speech to help the newly captured German Cities, and of course financial towns, then Caste System's Artists

Im not all that sure, this game was probably 1-2 years ago. I thought culture flipping and culture bombing was pretty neat then


Vanilla redcoats are 16 attack + Combat I & II + Ambush - 100 or so
against 28 attack panzers (X promotions) - 200?

not that big of a deal

 

[pianoman1242]

In a game as Asoka on Noble I had modern armor when most other civs had riflemen

 

[Timewatch]

Modern Armor vs. Archer on Viceroy. I'm not sure it counts though, because it was RFC, against the natives.
Another:
Infantry vs. Longbowmen, Warlord.

 

[pianoman1242]

On Noble I've also had tanks and infantry vs. longbowmen

 

[pianoman1242]

ignore this