SnowlyWhite
Emperor
As the title says.
For a long while, I've been obsessed with fastest domination win. However, I've more or less hit a ceiling, from where I don't seem to make any more progress. Tried uping to deity, however, what I get from faster tech pace I lose from ai having more units.
The discussion is for a fractal, random map, random leader, emperor to deity level(as wierd as it may sound, fastest win was actually on emperor). Goal would be to win as fast as possible(as in year, not as in highest score).
Obviously not all starts are equal; however, in the situation of a great start:
Even from looking only at demographics, the game is in the bag.
However:
Would it end faster if taking over the continent in a boring rifle war, or if letting the ai be and peacefully developing?
Assumptions:
- internet is a given(normally it allows me to skip rocketry/arti/flight/with some luck fission);
- any invasion can be repelled(duh... noone won while dying
)
- probably sushi/mining is a given;
Pros of taking over the ai lands:
- err... more land
- probably way higher commerce/research per city due to corps;
- human micro management exists, ai micro management is nowhere to be found;
Cons:
- losing their bonus in research(which varies with level obviously, but I feel that the human better micro management is offset in a good proportion by their bonus);
- time it takes to develop your conquests;
- losing the ai gpp which, even as crappy as it's used, still provides them with something; same for overall having more GAs, or lower maintenance since the ai holds some land, and so on(remember, space race it's about mustering a certain number of beakers - even if you get, let's say, refrigeration or fusion for... dunno, robotics, or something as imbalanced as that, still, refrigeration or fusion obtained from trade are more or less "free beakers" as long as the guy doesn't use the mech infs on you);
For a long while, I've been obsessed with fastest domination win. However, I've more or less hit a ceiling, from where I don't seem to make any more progress. Tried uping to deity, however, what I get from faster tech pace I lose from ai having more units.
The discussion is for a fractal, random map, random leader, emperor to deity level(as wierd as it may sound, fastest win was actually on emperor). Goal would be to win as fast as possible(as in year, not as in highest score).
Obviously not all starts are equal; however, in the situation of a great start:
Spoiler :
Even from looking only at demographics, the game is in the bag.
However:
Would it end faster if taking over the continent in a boring rifle war, or if letting the ai be and peacefully developing?
Assumptions:
- internet is a given(normally it allows me to skip rocketry/arti/flight/with some luck fission);
- any invasion can be repelled(duh... noone won while dying
)- probably sushi/mining is a given;
Pros of taking over the ai lands:
- err... more land
- probably way higher commerce/research per city due to corps;
- human micro management exists, ai micro management is nowhere to be found;
Cons:
- losing their bonus in research(which varies with level obviously, but I feel that the human better micro management is offset in a good proportion by their bonus);
- time it takes to develop your conquests;
- losing the ai gpp which, even as crappy as it's used, still provides them with something; same for overall having more GAs, or lower maintenance since the ai holds some land, and so on(remember, space race it's about mustering a certain number of beakers - even if you get, let's say, refrigeration or fusion for... dunno, robotics, or something as imbalanced as that, still, refrigeration or fusion obtained from trade are more or less "free beakers" as long as the guy doesn't use the mech infs on you);
Wow, I've beaten emperor with almost every leader, and immortal about 10 times and I think my earliest launch is 1890 something.
