Yzman
Deity
So I am working on my 5th game I think and having a lot of fun so far. I tend to be more on the peaceful side focusing on the cultural / science victories, but I have done at least one of each so far. My thoughts on leaders I used
Ben Franklin - This was my first game so I didn't know a lot of the mechanics. He seems decent but after playing with others I wonder if he may be on the weaker side. I will have to use him again. I think I went Greece / Ming / America on this and somehow won with a economic victory even though I really didn't understand the system well.
Xerves, Achmenaid (sp?) - This was my weakest game I feel. I can't even remember what I did. I think it was Persia / Abbasids / .....blanking here. Even though I was playing a non-military leader, still seemed like I had to focus on military to get anything done with him. Not great synergy. I achieved a military victory which I wasn't really going after until the end.
Filipino Leader ( sorry forgetting his name already) This game was a lot of fun. I went Maya / Hawaii / Mexico and achieved a cultural victory. This path had great synergy the whole way through. Hawaii is a monster at culture and Mexico is too provided you have the happiness. Very fun leader.
Catherine the Great - Love her. Even though I felt that the civs she had available didn't have great synergy with her for a science victory, I ended up loving her anyway. I went Rome / Normans ( liked them a lot better than I thought but I had no good options. The free defenses is really nice) / Russia. Won pretty comfortably with a science victory. Had culture lined up but Russia wanted a science so I went with that. Forgot to mention that I try to get as many paths unlocked as possible. I achieved flawless campaign on this one.
Machevelli - Was trying to decide what play style to do next so I decided on going hardcore diplo. I noticed that diplo is not really a play style in and of itself though, it is mostly just complementary to culture ( it is even under the culture track) but I am having fun so far. Like I said previously, I have been using the city states to help get science / culture victories in each age. I achieve science on very last turn so was close this time in antiquity. Just started exploration.
What has everyone else done so far? Found good combos for civs?
Ben Franklin - This was my first game so I didn't know a lot of the mechanics. He seems decent but after playing with others I wonder if he may be on the weaker side. I will have to use him again. I think I went Greece / Ming / America on this and somehow won with a economic victory even though I really didn't understand the system well.
Xerves, Achmenaid (sp?) - This was my weakest game I feel. I can't even remember what I did. I think it was Persia / Abbasids / .....blanking here. Even though I was playing a non-military leader, still seemed like I had to focus on military to get anything done with him. Not great synergy. I achieved a military victory which I wasn't really going after until the end.
Filipino Leader ( sorry forgetting his name already) This game was a lot of fun. I went Maya / Hawaii / Mexico and achieved a cultural victory. This path had great synergy the whole way through. Hawaii is a monster at culture and Mexico is too provided you have the happiness. Very fun leader.
Catherine the Great - Love her. Even though I felt that the civs she had available didn't have great synergy with her for a science victory, I ended up loving her anyway. I went Rome / Normans ( liked them a lot better than I thought but I had no good options. The free defenses is really nice) / Russia. Won pretty comfortably with a science victory. Had culture lined up but Russia wanted a science so I went with that. Forgot to mention that I try to get as many paths unlocked as possible. I achieved flawless campaign on this one.
Machevelli - Was trying to decide what play style to do next so I decided on going hardcore diplo. I noticed that diplo is not really a play style in and of itself though, it is mostly just complementary to culture ( it is even under the culture track) but I am having fun so far. Like I said previously, I have been using the city states to help get science / culture victories in each age. I achieve science on very last turn so was close this time in antiquity. Just started exploration.
What has everyone else done so far? Found good combos for civs?
