G-Minor LII

[Peets]

[img=right]http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/170/hofgauntlet.jpg[/img]While the general Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we like to run time-definite competitions between updates that we call Gauntlets. Standard Hall of Fame rules (*) still apply, but any games meeting the settings will be counted towards the Gauntlet.

(*) Please read the >> HOF rules << BEFORE playing!​

Settings:

• Expansion: Gods & Kings + DLC
• Victory Condition: Domination (though all victory conditions must be enabled)
• Difficulty: Settler
• Map Size: Standard
• Map Type: Highlands
• Speed: Standard
• Leader: China (Wu Zetian)
• Opponents: Any
• Version: SV8
• Date: 1st to 15th May 2013

The earliest finish date wins, with score as a tiebreaker.

 

[kirbdog]

There can be only one!

 

[vexing]

ckn -> gatling rush ftw

huzzah, no petra =D

 

[kirbdog]

ckn -> gatling rush ftw

Do you like to use Oxford for Industrialization or do you save it for Dynamite?

 

[dinanipedro]

There can be only one!

Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod

 

[Salomo]

ckn -> gatling rush ftw

huzzah, no petra =D

Better Petra reroll stupidity than having to make&break deals on the broder of breaking the anti-exploit rules, as usualy the case for domination games.

 

[TyfoonTurk]

arid, scattered, thin and small lakes?

what's the setting for less mountains?

 

[TyfoonTurk]

first try t67

winning game will be below 50

 

[kirbdog]

what's the setting for less mountains?

5 million years.

 

[The Pilgrim]

Better Petra reroll stupidity than having to make&break deals on the broder of breaking the anti-exploit rules, as usualy the case for domination games.

Probably not a problem on settler.
Ruin rerolls ftw! Gotta love HoF.

 

[Mesix]

ckn -> gatling rush ftw

huzzah, no petra =D

I seriously doubt the winner will be any where near that advanced in tech. On Settler difficulty I expect a CB rush to win it all.

 

[kirbdog]

On Settler difficulty I expect an archer rush to win it all.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Mesix]

Naw...I think archers will take the first 2-3 AI players, but to take out a standard sized map they will be upgraded to CB (Construction comes rather quick).

 

[vexing]

Ruin rerolls ftw! Gotta love HoF.

ruins shouldn't have a large impact on this one... center of map rerolls ftw =p

 

[The Pilgrim]

ruins shouldn't have a large impact on this one... center of map rerolls ftw =p

I assume they might. Based on my (very superficial) knowledge of highlands maps, many capitals will be on hills. Scarchers and CB's should speed things up considerably. Dodging settlers and workers can be a problem though.
Centered start is a given.

 

[Mesix]

It's official, the We are Family achievement is broken. After giving up on trying to get it some months back, the achievement popped while I was playing this Gauntlet. My religion was the only religion in the world, and it hadn't even spread to my other cities, much less every capital on the map. Oh well, one more achievement down!

On a different note, this Gauntlet is much more tedious than I had expected. It is turning out to be more of a hunt through a maze of mountain ranges than anything else. I haven't even found all of the other civs, but when I do I kill them (or at least take the capital) in short order. The game is taking significantly longer because I have to back track through rough terrain as I find dead ends in the maze.

 

[Mesix]

I've never experienced this before. Egypt is completely surrounded by mountains!

Spoiler :

 

[vexing]

guess you need to wait for paratroopers...
if you want to compete, go to advanced options and choose scattered and thin

 

[DarkSim]

First try 100 turns. 67 seems like it'll be hard for me to beat, but at least it's a relatively short game. I can't imagine a sub-50 game!

 

[Mesix]

guess you need to wait for paratroopers...
if you want to compete, go to advanced options and choose scattered and thin

That is actually what I am thinking of doing. Too much time invested in the game so far. I will switch gears and go for a heavy focus. I think these is still one more AI to find in the bottom center of the map as well, but I haven't found a way through those mountains yet either. I think there might be a lack I can swim my troop across though. That is what happened with the Inca in the lower left. I needed to embark to get to them, but my troops did not have the ability to embark. I had to march them all back to Seoul in the middle of the map to get the embarkation promotion and then back down to the Inca, crossing the one tile lake one unit at a time. This has been a very tedious game!