Bz8 - 5CC AWE (small map)

[jb1964]

When I got into this, my first SG, I had no idea the 5CC AWE meant. After figuring out that we were limited to five cities and AW was "always war" I questioned the sanity of this endeavor.

Anyway, great game! Thanks for the education.

BTW, what does the “Bz” stand for?

 

[Arathorn]

I must admit...I thought this endeavor was doomed when I first saw the concept. Congratulations on a well-played game. Next time, though, play a true 5CC and not a relaxed 5CC and see if you can pull it off.

Unfortunately, I also see it as another data point in the "C3C is horribly unbalanced, mostly because of armies" problem. It's a shame, but it's making me start to lose some interest in the game.

Arathorn

 

[Greebley]

Congrats everyone!

I too was dubious whether we could win this, but we ended up crushing it.

I agree a pure 5CC would be the next level of challenge. One could also try on a standard map.

We did have some luck in this one. That peninsula was pretty much the perfect size for 5 cities. Boat attacks are nicer for us in that we always get first attacks when they land.

I do agree that armies are unbalanced - not because the concept itself is unbalanced, but because the current AI does not correctly handle them. Same is true on bombardment and bombers. I was pretty disappointed to hear the next patch was put on hold. I was really hoping they could add one more level of tweaks to the AI to fix these major difficientcies.

I also think the smaller the map the more important armies become. A single army can pillage a much greater percentage of the map. I am guessing that AWS would be easiest on a tiny map by a good margin because of this. I would like to see a AWE game on a large map to see if armies were "good enough" to pull out a win (It almost certainly depends on the starting conditions).

 

[betazed]

A great game everyone.

This game was in a little doubt sometime in the middle but after that we coasted thru. So we did a 5CC AWM on a standard and a 5CC AWE on a small. Can we do a 5CC Always War Deity?

Maybe that is an idea for Bz10.