Expansionism or Perfectionism?

[ManOfMiracles]

I like to mix it up and try different things. I think I've only had one spaceship win because I usually get a cultural before I get far enough to finish the ship. I don't care much for diplomatic win as a goal. If it happens, fine, but seems like an odd goal from the start of the game. Currently my wins are mostly domination and cultural (almost evenly split) with an occasional "other" including the dreaded histographic.

 

[Ville]

Domination is much more fun!

 

[Hooray]

I'm in between. I like conquering a large empire, but not so large that I start suffering massive corruption. Once I have a large enough nation, I'll focus on building my infrastructure and such until I achieve a peaceful victory, whether cultural or otherwise.

 

[Gumby78]

Domination, the first stop on the way to conquest. I usually have very large empires and I don't worry about corruption. Keep raging war and expanding untill the world is all mine.

peaceful victory, whats that???

 

[Yiannis]

I really can't get a culture win without tons of conquest in order to get enough cities to make enough culture.

As someone said before, you are right about all-cities cultural victory, but not for one-city. My last game was: one-city cultural victory, the smallest nation in the game, I captured only two cities next to me. Note that I won the one-city cultural victory exactly when an enormous state won an all-cities cultural victory (about 100125 culture points). War gets me tired. I want to build a perfectly organized empire, full of culture and without corruption, as possible. No matter the size.

 

[Yiannis]

Domination, the first stop on the way to conquest. I usually have very large empires and I don't worry about corruption. Keep raging war and expanding untill the world is all mine.

peaceful victory, whats that???

Only once in my life I won the way you are used to win. Only once. And by mistake.

 

[biggamer132]

Only once in my life I won the way you are used to win. Only once. And by mistake.

I'm all for strong culture and development, but you shouldn't critisize other people for being bloodthirsty.

Anyway, I tend to go for a mix of both. However, I usually play to control my nation and not to directly win, so most of my past games have been won through score. However, my last win was cultural (and while I was in the middle of a war, no less).

 

[Yiannis]

I'm all for strong culture and development, but you shouldn't critisize other people for being bloodthirsty.

There's a misunderstanding. I didn't critisize him. I mentioned a fact. The way I phrased it was to show how different strategy I have compared to him.
This "by mistake" I said was the funny side of the fact. In that game I was conquering because I grew tired of being bothered by some other countries, but I conquered almost the whole of the planet. And suddenly, because of always keeping the captured cities, I achived domination victory. Do not take me as a snob (well, not so much, at least).

 

[biggamer132]

There's a misunderstanding. I didn't critisize him. I mentioned a fact. The way I phrased it was to show how different strategy I have compared to him.
This "by mistake" I said was the funny side of the fact. In that game I was conquering because I grew tired of being bothered by some other countries, but I conquered almost the whole of the planet. And suddenly, because of always keeping the captured cities, I achived domination victory. Do not take me as a snob (well, not so much, at least).

I don't take you as a snob. It just sounded like you disliked people who were used to domination victories. Guess not, though.

 

[Tripwire]

I typically play defensive and try for a cultural victory.

But after I win (or lose for that matter) I'll usually try to take over the world.

 

[MeatWad]

I'm pretty efficient and demand no less from my subjects. Maximum productivity and as much land as I can grab and hold onto, then clobber them with culture. Nothing makes me happier than rival Civ's "Throwing off the yoke of oppression" to join my utopian paradise. Of course, while I'm busy building improvements and wonders, the AI is getting ready to cram 30 horsemen down my throat. It all depends on who your neighbors are. Rotten stinking Expansionist/Militaristic Civ's, I'm talkin' to you!

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Expansion! I like my countries big and strong, not tiny and weak.

 

[Darkness]

Voted domination, 'cause it's easier...

 

[mevlin]

I prefer a Domination victory but I sometimes accidently get a one city cultural victory!

Regards

 

[Rubber Ducky]

I usually go for the cultural victory. I usually go democracy, which is fine since i NEVER declare war. I have so much money i can pay to not go to war, and i usually like winning by space race.

 

[Yiannis]

I don't take you as a snob. It just sounded like you disliked people who were used to domination victories. Guess not, though.

Of course not. Civ3 is just a game. I can't blame someone for the way he plays!