Too much time spent playing on Chieftain, eh?Like @Lanzelot I went up the mountain and saw the splendor. TBH this was influenced by the fact that this was not purely random but designed by a deity with a sense of humor, so I figured that the start couldn't be that bad. Kudos to @LaSalle for the integrity of not reloading.
I made Salamanca a settler pump too and made Niagara Falls my production workhorse which is now getting an amazing 200 shields per turn. However now I'm tempted to reload myself haha as I've started an ill-advised war and was not prepared for the number of units the AI can brew up on Deity.
And whose fault was that, lol? I'll have you know that my latest HOF attempt is on Warlord, btw, so I'm moving up. All jokes aside, I actually learned a lot from both games since you know you're not going to get steamrolled / backstabbed at that difficulty you can concentrate on improving your micro.Too much time spent playing on Chieftain, eh?
I may have a totally wrong perception about this, but:At the risk of besmirching @LaSalle, I respectfully disagree. Since we started on the far right, I feel going west was the higher percentage move (or maybe SW, I can't remember but definitely not East)
You don't, except the map maker is human and no human ever made a pangaea with a bunch of water in the middle and the land on the left and right of the screen except to be a wise guy. And if that was the case you'd be correct about it being a bunch of luck/nonsense.I may have a totally wrong perception about this, but:
How does, especially in a handmade game, the "starting position in the far right of the map", give you any information about where to move? x-wrap is on, right? so all the landmass could still lie to THE EAST, or not?
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Don't give any other game to this stupid guy. Rich map and we are in worst position. I also restarted and play just for experience and experimenting without science advantage - zero science. The better will be 100% till republic and after that zero science is same. Although i move worker west and settler south and see cows
I find it interesting when an experienced player like yourself meets with such a challenge and fails. From one perspective, it shows that the game has some sort of depth to it. The game would not qualify as a challenge if you won every single time, would it?Except for a few early ancient age trades, I had to self research every tech.