Going back to Chieftan

[smeggo]

My regular level of play is now Monarch, took me quite some time to get there I must add. Then for a relaxing game I went back to Chieftan.
Quite a shock to see how much I'd improved from my first struggles at CIV.

Do many others drop a couple or more levels occasionally?
Do any Diety or Sid regulars ever play on Regent or below?

 

[Turner]

Usually play Monarch myself, but when I get too stressed about it I'll play Regent, which for me might as well be chieftain.

 

[xeroyne]

I go to Cheiftain when I want to try a totally different winning strategy, say, a 20k culture win when I'm used to winning Space Race or something.

 

[citizen001]

I get tired of the 'struggles' associated with higher level play (for me is about regentish monarch) so i relax and go back to chieftain.

 

[Frollo]

I may go back to Chieftain when I want to play a variant that makes the game harder, such as 1 or 5 City Challenge or Always War.

In my previous 5CC, that wasn't a good decision though. I wanted a Space Race victory with the Arabs, but the global tech pace was just too low. So when I retired in 2050, I hadn't even discovered all the space techs.

When playing a Conquest I don't know yet, I may turn the difficulty down a notch as well.

 

[Aggie]

I think that once you grab the basics of the game (how to use the AI to your benefit) that regent is easier than chieftain. But I once in a while go back to chieftain to grab all the wonders and win 20K culture as fast as possible. Or to conquer the world on a tiny map asap. But the fun is shortlived there.

 

[LLXerxes]

I play Chieftien and (what coems after that, Monarch?) all the time...
Don't feel bad, all among us are Civ-Wussies

 

[aaglo]

I play chieftain, because I want to win. Decisively.

 

[Frollo]

Is Chieftain difficulty level 1, or 2? I keep forgetting.

 

[LLXerxes]

Is Chieftain difficulty level 1, or 2? I keep forgetting.

first level

 

[Frollo]

first level

Ah, thanks.

In that case, I must correct my earlier post:

I never play Chieftain, but I sometimes play Warlord if I'm going to do a 5CC or some other variant.

 

[on7green]

Chieftan can be fun in Conquest scenarios. Take an also ran civ like Mayans in Age of Discovery and compete for VPs against the Euros.

 

[punkbass2000]

I've been playing chieftain lately for a little competition (friendly, of course) for the fastest possible 20k win and also only own for fastest possible 60k win.

 

[Arathorn]

I'll occasionally drop down to regeant. Usually, though, it's to test out some wild variant or to conquer the world in a casual evening or something. When I just want an easy game, I'll play emperor.

Arathorn

 

[Smellincoffee]

I'm a beginning monarch player. I do pretty well at it, but it's usually a struggle to stay ahead of the pack in techs. When I just want to take it easy and have a fun game, I play regent. When Conquests came out, I was just mastering regent, and I decided to play a few exploratory games of C3C as new Civs, so I played it on Warlord...not very fulfilling.

 

[Bagatur]

Emperor is comfortable for me, relaxing game. I play Demigod usually. Dropping bellow this level taking from me opportunity to kill that many enemy units. They(AIs) simply cant produce them. I like wars.

 

[Tomoyo]

Emporer is comfortable, Cheiftain is just boring (the AI sucks to much for decent competition), and when I want a relaxing game, I play Monarch with a slight variant that really puts me into the game.

My civ playing skills fluctuate a lot though. Sometimes I get lazy and lose those comfortable Emporer games, and sometimes I breeze through Deity.

 

[Binnor]

Usually a monarch or emporer player, i started a game on chieftain the other day just for a bit of fun. The tech pace was just soooooo slow. I couldn't believe it. Used to tuning my economy towards trading rather than researching, i struggled to adjust. I now much prefer to play on regent if i want a break from the harder levels because chieftain is just a completely different game.

 

[Chieftess]

You know... I've never played the conquests scenarios in chieftain (even in testing - regent was the testing level I used). Anyway, I sometimes do play on chieftain for the fun of it, especially if I want a relaxing builder game, and STILL be able to trounce the AI.

Although, I tend to win with just swordsmen (and archers if I'm lucky).

 

[zurichuk]

in some cases chieftain / lower levels can be a pain, ie the Fall of Rome scenario on chieftain means that you have to wipe out both Empires without any decent help from the other AI as they just don't produce enough units to help, this can be hard alone depending on the location of your chosen civ. Also the other day I was playing around with a one city sacrifice challenge in the RaR mod on chieftain as a relaxing game and gave up to restart on a much higher level as the AI wasn't replacing its workers / cities fast enough