G-Major 6/7

[andybrown65]

Yay I got 9th so far. How do people get the really quick dates, I used the following cheats but don't see how you can get b4 1800.
Random Player - OFF picked Wash
Random Opponents - OFF - picked 7 fast teching friendly ones
Barbs OFF
Raging Barbs OFF
Tribal villages on ON (about 3 free techs -3 warriors - 3 scouts)
Permenant Alliances ON
Aggressive AI OFF
Oracle Civil Service Slingshot DONE
Worker steals x3 (felt guilty after 3 and stopped)

When I got to Liberalism the AI were miles behind 8+ techs from the #2; I managed to get Conf to spread so everyone loved me. I set up 3 DefPacts but lost 1 when I went free religion. Then got a PA really easy. Do you just have to gift the AI tech, if so can you get away with only 0.7 milatry per 1 city?

I built all 18 cities; I could have picked off the weakest AI and taken his (Persia - due to worker steals I don't think her ever got to alpha) I suppose, but never had the time in main prod city to do so.

This took about 12hours of RL is that normal?

Bad things I done:
No happiness resources capped pop for most of the game.
Built S.Henge in Great Scientist Farm - that far was set up too late - should have built the GL there instead of capital.
No wars - boring
Too many Great Artists that I didn't Super Specialise- wait for a Golden Age that never happened - National epic for you.
Over estimate the AI's reasearch ability - thought I'd get some help at the end!

 

[Denniz]

My game №4900 is valid for G-Major7? If no, why?

Superslug didn't extend the cut-off date in the database as yet. I suspect he will set it to whatever time he does the update, so your game should make it, but that's his call.

 

[superslug]

Actually, I think I just extended them...I'll double check at update time.

 

[Gosha190]

Yay I got 9th so far. How do people get the really quick dates

It is difficult to answer shortly. Speed of space race is defined by speed of studying of sciences. I learned modern sciences for 2-3 moves.

I did not steal workers. I have constructed my own 7 cities, have grasped 48 AI's cities (have destroyed 17).

PS However, my friends abuse me for excessive quantity of cities.

 

[superslug]

Moderator Action: G-Major 6 has concluded. Congratulations to the victors.

Results:
Rank Player Date Score
1 Gosha190 1649 AD 112650
2 Lexad 1652 AD 46644
3 Alraun 1746 AD 39228
4 ori 1815 AD 22685
5 Andrei_V 1827 AD 19771
6 Airny 1833 AD 15384
7 sanabas 1848 AD 19146
8 Robo Kai 1853 AD 18749
9 Dracandross 1862 AD 17993
10 a space oddity 1875 AD 13372
11 Snaproll 1886 AD 11691
12 amh52 1888 AD 8889
13 phanc 1896 AD 12116
14 CliftonBazaar 1928 AD 11141
15 BLubmuz 1930 AD 8190
16 Duelingground 1950 AD 11364

Moderator Action: G-Major 7 has concluded. Congratulations to the victors.

Results:
Rank Player Date Score
1 WastinTime 1709 AD 31466
2 Grey Cardinal 1724 AD 50670
3 Lexad 1727 AD 42915
4 Bozso77 1776 AD 29237
5 Misotu 1780 AD 31059
6 The-Hawk 1800 AD 24033
7 jwm124 1821 AD 31997
8 Andrei_V 1829 AD 24062
9 Dracandross 1832 AD 24482
10 andybrown65 1847 AD 19801
11 ori 1848 AD 15550
12 bshumbera 1857 AD 12950
13 BLubmuz 1868 AD 16638
14 Murky 1871 AD 17146
15 Robo Kai 1871 AD 13948
16 Contraflexure 1876 AD 10839
17 a space oddity 1890 AD 13051
18 sanabas 1899 AD 12320
19 billator 1902 AD 12741
20 ozbenno 1907 AD 10828
21 Hyppy 1913 AD 10715
22 foolonthehill 1931 AD 13505
23 Hindi 1933 AD 11386
24 Methos 1936 AD 7861
25 dutchfire 1941 AD 10159
26 Hooha 1997 AD 5997

 

[WastinTime]

Looks like Warlords beat Vanilla. Not sure what that means. Are there better leaders? or other new features that make it a faster finish? Or is it just a coincidence that the best times were on Warlords. It looks like all the people who played both versions finished slower on Vanilla. I'd be interested in hearing the differences. I don't own Warlords.

Anyway, I promised to discuss my research. My tech path looked like this:

I get one or two needed worker techs.
If that happens to include Anim. Husb. then I just go straight to Writing-Alphabet ~2000 BC
No pottery, no religious techs, never bronze.

This allows the maximum # of free techs from the AI. At Prince level, I usually have to get Priesthood myself next, but sometimes that's free too. So then CoL, oracle->CS. 1270 BC

Then Literature to build the G.lib ASAP. (built in 850 BC)
You need G. Scientists to start popping out before the Oracle makes a prophet. (Academy 745 BC)

Education 250 BC
Oxford complete 155 AD

At Prince level, I can always hold off Liberalism to get Computers free. (1280 AD) The AI doesn't seem to go for Edu. I gift away a lot of tech too so I can continue to trade, but they still don't beat me to Liberalism. I usually feed Mansa so he'll get new techs.

I NEVER research Iron Work, Math, Currency, Construction, Calendar,
Philo, Monarchy, Feudal, Guilds, Banking, Nationalism, Constitution, or Combustion
There are a few more techs I occasionally get free -- Metal casting, Corporation, Biology. Since I've started going for more cities, it doesn't seem smart to hold off waiting for Biology or Corporation.

 

[Gosha190]

Looks like Warlords beat Vanilla. Not sure what that means. Are there better leaders? or other new features that make it a faster finish? Or is it just a coincidence that the best times were on Warlords.

better leaders+other new features = better resalts ))

 

[Lexad]

As I played both I'd say faster development and more money to trade from better AI in Warlords.