Choosing a winning condition in a xOTM

[metalmadt]

Hi,

As a few people got severly punish to answer my question in another thread an now fear the wrath of the almighty Sid, I will follow some recommandations that has been issue to me and postr somewhere else. But as I don't like the Strategy & Tips forum, I'll do it here.

In a xOTM, how do you choose your winning condition? The two answers I can foresee would be :

A- I go for what's look easier regarding to my leader and the type of map.

B- I go for the hardest as a fewer people will do that and I got more chance to win an award.

C- I go for the condition I need to complete my Epptathlon.

 

[ngraner42]

I tend to go for Space or Diplomacy since I enjoy getting through the tech tree and seeing my cities develop. If I am in the mood for a lot of work I will do a near domination space win, which lets me do it all. Diplomacy, teching, conquest and empire management.

 

[jesusin]

Hi metalmadt, this is a good place to ask.

All your 3 mentioned reasons are valid and widely used.

When I began playing I used to choose "the one that leads to an earlier victory". Unfortunately It always happened to be Domination/Conquest, since the Religious victory didn't exist back then.

Now, apart from your 3 reasons that I still use, there are another 2 I generally look for:

D- I want to be able to compare my game to the top players'. I am sure they are all going for...

E- Let's play the VC I like the most. Cultural once again then? Why not!


EDIT: Another one:
F- I don't want no Eptathlon, recognising variety. I want to be known as the specialist in Culture and I'll get more Cultural Awards than nobody else. Culture once again then!

 

[LowtherCastle]

-or-

G - I'm going to play Victory Condition X because I want to master it.

D - Conquest/Domination because I want to get this over with asap.

 

[kcd_swede]

Hi,

As a few people got severly punish to answer my question in another thread an now fear the wrath of the almighty Sid, I will follow some recommandations that has been issue to me and postr somewhere else. But as I don't like the Strategy & Tips forum, I'll do it here.

In a xOTM, how do you choose your winning condition? The two answers I can foresee would be :

A- I go for what's look easier regarding to my leader and the type of map.

B- I go for the hardest as a fewer people will do that and I got more chance to win an award.

C- I go for the condition I need to complete my Epptathlon.

I don't compete for awards --if I get one by accident that could change-- but for now its never part of consideration. One thing not mentioned yet is the difficulty level. This has for me a very important role in choosing victory condition. If we are above Emperor level, I will invariably go for whatever victory seems most attainable based on leader/map and I have better success with peaceful VC's than with the military ones. Just winning a game at high level is reward enough, since it is so rare. (OK, at Deity maybe just avoiding being conquered is enough).

If it is below Emperor level, I usually go for whatever victory will be fastest in Real Life time, not game years. Troop management takes long time on big map unless you can get 'em early. Whichever VC I choose I will try to get fastest finish I can manage, much like for any HOF game.

If we are AT Emperor level, I cannot explain my thought process... something akin to an RandomNumberGenerator, maybe.

 

[toller pretzl]

E- Let's play the VC I like the most. Cultural once again then? Why not!

F- I don't want no Eptathlon, recognising variety. I want to be known as the specialist in Culture and I'll get more Cultural Awards than nobody else. Culture once again then!

G- I have noticed that I tend not to finish military games cause I get bored with them. Also, I am bad at sucking up to anyone, even if it's an AI, so diplomatic is out. It will have to be space or culture.

H- Let's do culture again, maybe I can beat jesusin this time

 

[metalmadt]

Thanks to all,

I got to learn all these terms... VC for Victory Condition, easy one.

I'll consider Kcd tips about the level a lot I guess as emperor is also my basic level when I want to make sure I win.

 

[wwassme]

Here's a link to commonly used CIV acronyms:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/acronyms.php

 

[kcd_swede]

Almost forgot:

Whenever the game admin checks the "Always War" option, I usually tend to steer away from diplo/religious VC.

 

[da_Vinci]

I. The one I can finish before the clock runs out to submit.

If I already have the pop (or the pop and a friend), then that may well be diplo ... max research, beeline MM, hit end turn once every 5 seconds ...

Much faster than overseas warfare. But you have to be set up for it before the time squeeze hits.

dV

 

[adrianj]

E- Let's play the VC I like the most. Cultural once again then? Why not!

I'm with this one. And culture is my new favourite thing.

I'll generally always decide my VC before turn 1 and then pursue fastest finish.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

E- Let's play the VC I like the most. Cultural once again then? Why not!

I must admit, I've deliberately pursued conquest wins in each of my BOTM submissions for just this reason, and currently it's the only VC I've turned in. Immortal games would be different though (that's my real level), and I would take ANY deity win.