Have you finished a GOTM with a half of the month left? Have you wondered how much better you could have scored, if only you knew what you now know?
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who's been curious about what it would have been like to replay GOTM5 using the "perfect" strategy, which came to me, alas, too late. (It's a bit like thinking of the perfect, witty comeback to a taunting, just a few minutes too late.) Well, with restarting and reloading, Civ3 does let you do "retakes."
With good reason, we have been asked not to submit these to the rankings, since that list is reserved for non-reloaders with no foreknowledge. However, I think that there should be some sort of recognition for the person who can get the highest score on their "retake." This is a person able to learn from their mistakes, someone who can use their foreknowlege to cursh the AI.
It is also someone who is curious just how high a score is possible in the given GOTM. I must say, I am certainly curious about this, and I can guess many "legit" GOTM players are too.
Anyway, what I attached is the "final draft" of my GOTM5, replayed with full knowledge of the map and even a couple of reloads. The victory type was domination in 880AD, and my score was 5852. I'm sure more experienced players can do better, but if you do, I would very much like to see/read about your game. Please add to this thread if your reloading game beat the previously posted scores/victory dates.
As for the game I attached, here is a quick rundown: I took Paris early, leving France with only two tundra cities, one of which conveniently built the Pyramids for me. My first batch of swordsmen conquered Russia, at which point I destroyed my road to the iron source, quickly making a ton of veteran warrirors. In the 300's AD I rebuilt the iron road and upgraded all the warriros to swordsmen, who invaded Japan on galleys. My homeland produced horsemen, and when I made peace with Japan they gave me all the pre-requisites for Chivalry. I researched it as fast as I could, then upgraded the horsemen to knights who ran over Greece (supported by swordsmen divisions from the Japan campaign). Galleys met the victorious knights on the eastern (formerly) Greek shore to shuttle them to Egypt, where they were joined in their raid by more knights built on my continent. In the meanwhile, I was making settlers as fast as possible, occupying the various vacant islands. Domination came in 880, when all but one of the Egyptian cities was under my control.
Well, I'm sure many of you can do better, so please add to this thread. I am still learning about which strategies maximize score, and I'd love to see what the ultimate GOTM5 would look like.
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who's been curious about what it would have been like to replay GOTM5 using the "perfect" strategy, which came to me, alas, too late. (It's a bit like thinking of the perfect, witty comeback to a taunting, just a few minutes too late.) Well, with restarting and reloading, Civ3 does let you do "retakes."
With good reason, we have been asked not to submit these to the rankings, since that list is reserved for non-reloaders with no foreknowledge. However, I think that there should be some sort of recognition for the person who can get the highest score on their "retake." This is a person able to learn from their mistakes, someone who can use their foreknowlege to cursh the AI.
It is also someone who is curious just how high a score is possible in the given GOTM. I must say, I am certainly curious about this, and I can guess many "legit" GOTM players are too.
Anyway, what I attached is the "final draft" of my GOTM5, replayed with full knowledge of the map and even a couple of reloads. The victory type was domination in 880AD, and my score was 5852. I'm sure more experienced players can do better, but if you do, I would very much like to see/read about your game. Please add to this thread if your reloading game beat the previously posted scores/victory dates.
As for the game I attached, here is a quick rundown: I took Paris early, leving France with only two tundra cities, one of which conveniently built the Pyramids for me. My first batch of swordsmen conquered Russia, at which point I destroyed my road to the iron source, quickly making a ton of veteran warrirors. In the 300's AD I rebuilt the iron road and upgraded all the warriros to swordsmen, who invaded Japan on galleys. My homeland produced horsemen, and when I made peace with Japan they gave me all the pre-requisites for Chivalry. I researched it as fast as I could, then upgraded the horsemen to knights who ran over Greece (supported by swordsmen divisions from the Japan campaign). Galleys met the victorious knights on the eastern (formerly) Greek shore to shuttle them to Egypt, where they were joined in their raid by more knights built on my continent. In the meanwhile, I was making settlers as fast as possible, occupying the various vacant islands. Domination came in 880, when all but one of the Egyptian cities was under my control.
Well, I'm sure many of you can do better, so please add to this thread. I am still learning about which strategies maximize score, and I'd love to see what the ultimate GOTM5 would look like.
