I had that question earlier - looking at the competitions that Duckweed linked, it appears that one of the answers is "points" -- specifically, riding the scoring points from research to a Big Score[tm].
I'd say its the other way around :
- You want the fastest space victory possible
- You need 10000+ beakers per turn to research every modern tech in 1-2 turns
- Since there's only so much commerce a single city can provide, and so many research multipliers one can build, you
need a huge empire with lots of citizens to reach that research power.
=> You
do win SSV early, with a huge land area, massive population, the entire tech tree researched,
hence the Big Score
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Thx for this guide, Duckweed.
Actually, I have been waiting for this since I read your report on BOTM 37 a year ago....
A few questions :
- I remember spending quite some time examining your final saves for BOTM 29 and 37, but there's only so much you can extract from the game log after ~300 turns, especially about the early game, which is most crucial.
So I was wondering if you had kept some intermediate saves for these games, and if yes, if you could maybe share them with us. It would be great for practicing.
- This is related to the above, but +1 to VoU's request for *approximate* guidelines for the REXing pace.
I know that it's too map/leader dependent for you to give precise dates, but knowing if one should target 6, 8 or 10 cities by 500BC for instance, could give us an idea of what it would take.
Specifically, I know I've never been able to reproduce your REXing in BOTM37, so I must not whip hard enough, or something....
- You didn't talk much about vassaling.
Should one take any opportunity to vassal their opponent and then get started on the next one, eventually using them for tech trades? The thing is, for them to actually be helpful would require to leave them with most of their cities, so that's less land for yourself...
Or is it better to conquer them entirely for a bigger domestic empire, just leaving vassals enough not to trigger the domination limit?
- I'd indeed appreciate if you could elaborate on the renaissance/industrial eras wonders worth going for.
- That's all, for now....