David In Asia
Chieftain
hi all
(btw, this is not a gripe!!! i love the game, just not too good at it
)
into my second game now (warlord level)
in this game, and my last, i went from despotism to republic, and both times, oooer. yep, my income shot up, but boy, so did my expenses - and i only had a handful of units over neccessary one (ie. city defense units).
also, with despot, i could quite happily run at 0% lux and 70% science, but i had to change that severely - 20% lux and 40% science. i knew i would have to change these levels, but this seems a bit much just to keep a +1 income!!
so, i went to monarchy and that was much better, which leads me to my question. am i going to republic too quickly?? in civ2, i always went to monarchy first, then to republic/democracy, but the games natural gameplay pretty meant that you had to, whereas in CivIII you can reach republic just as quick, so i just went for it......
any comments??
many thanks in advance
david
ps before anyone asks who remembers my other posts, i abandoned my second game and started a new one after all the helpful posts you people gave me
pps for what its worth, i used to use apolyton forums, but jeez, so much complaining. i'm talking about people complaining day and day about a game they don't like, but continue to go back to the forums week in, week out. sad. sure, if you don't like the game, write a few posts, get it of your chest, then get over it.
(btw, this is not a gripe!!! i love the game, just not too good at it

into my second game now (warlord level)
in this game, and my last, i went from despotism to republic, and both times, oooer. yep, my income shot up, but boy, so did my expenses - and i only had a handful of units over neccessary one (ie. city defense units).
also, with despot, i could quite happily run at 0% lux and 70% science, but i had to change that severely - 20% lux and 40% science. i knew i would have to change these levels, but this seems a bit much just to keep a +1 income!!
so, i went to monarchy and that was much better, which leads me to my question. am i going to republic too quickly?? in civ2, i always went to monarchy first, then to republic/democracy, but the games natural gameplay pretty meant that you had to, whereas in CivIII you can reach republic just as quick, so i just went for it......
any comments??
many thanks in advance
david
ps before anyone asks who remembers my other posts, i abandoned my second game and started a new one after all the helpful posts you people gave me
pps for what its worth, i used to use apolyton forums, but jeez, so much complaining. i'm talking about people complaining day and day about a game they don't like, but continue to go back to the forums week in, week out. sad. sure, if you don't like the game, write a few posts, get it of your chest, then get over it.