Hail Ceasar!

[Jolly Rogerer]

I just completed my first game of Civ 4. I won a cultural victory in the mid 1800s as the Inca. All settings were normal, and I played on the continents map at the prince level of difficulty. My score was @ 58,000 iirc, giving me a ranking of "Augustus Ceasar". Does anyone know if there is a list of the rankings on the internet, or where Augustus ranks on the list? I could see that Dan Quayle is the lowest rated leader, but I'm not sure whether there are better ratings possible or not. Thanks.

 

[King Kalmah]

I'm pretty sure thats not the highest score possable,but I know Augustus Ceasar is the highest rating

I just got Hammurabi while playing as England,but before that I got Herbert Hoover as France.

Its all about how you play.Enland was going for Culture,but won a space Race and France was going for Time,but then I realized prolonged peace was giving the other Civs a chance to beat me by going to space.So I started a few wars and built the Space elevator to speed thing up.Probably how I got the low rating of Hoover since I didn't grab any land.

 

[Genv [FP]]

I got Augustus Ceasar too, Nothing special

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Caesar is the highest "ranking" possible. People have gotten scores of over 500,000 though, albeit rarely.

If you win on Monarch or higher it's almost impossible to get anything below caesar, implying that the rankings are a bit off. Winning at all gives max rank? Oh well.

 

[Supr49er]

I just completed my first game of Civ 4. I won a cultural victory in the mid 1800s as the Inca. All settings were normal, and I played on the continents map at the prince level of difficulty. My score was @ 58,000 iirc, giving me a ranking of "Augustus Ceasar". Does anyone know if there is a list of the rankings on the internet, or where Augustus ranks on the list? I could see that Dan Quayle is the lowest rated leader, but I'm not sure whether there are better ratings possible or not. Thanks.

Congratulations on your win.

 

[MyOtherName]

If you win on Monarch or higher it's almost impossible to get anything below caesar

Not true -- you just need not to have a large empire, and not to win early.

 

[CCRunner]

Don't you see the rankings when you finish the game?
Also, congratulations on the win. Prince is really good for your first game.

 

[Jolly Rogerer]

Thanks for all the replies. I've played every game of the Civ series (though only a couple of Civ 3), and almost every Civ related game (Colonization, Master of Magic, MOO2, SMAC), so I'm familiar enough with the game that I only have to grok the new stuff. I started about a dozen games of BtS and experimented with various openings and traits before this game, including two games I played up to rifles or so. And of course I've been reading these forums.

This game was a lot of fun, I was in the driver's seat tech wise the whole game. I built something like 37 wonders. My wars were not too bad. I really don't care for the length of wars in this game so I was pleased to only have 3 wars in the game, 1 Qechua rush, 1 Axe rush and one cutting Hammurabi down to size after he poisoned the water supply in two of my cities. The last was done with rifles / infantry and cannon against mostly middle ages equipment. It still took too long, but some of that I'm sure is my own fault.

I'm unsure whether I should play the next game at Monarch, or whether I should stay at Prince level and try for some other victory types with someone more difficult than the Inca. I suppose at some point I should try for a domination win in order to improve my warring and diplomacy skills, both of which need work.

 

[CivMonger]

odd, domination is generally how I win most of my games, but I've never won a cultural victory. Don't think I've ever come close even.

Besides, tanks and stealth bombers are more fun than sissy cultural wins anyways.

 

[oranges]

Actually, cultural wins are extremely fun. I'm sorry I don't have any screenshots of my last one becuase just seeing Hammurabi's borders is hilarious. I don't think he had any city with more than 3 tiles, including the city tile, because he liked to settle near or even in between my cities. Another interesting thing is that cultural games require the most different strategy. All the other wins you basically play you standard game. Differences to get space race, domination, conquest or diplomatic are minimal (in comparison) and it is often possible to go for one or the other. You can't play your normal game and decide you'll win with culture in 1500.

 

[PimpyMicPimp]

I got Augustus Ceasar too, Nothing special

What an unnecessary comment.


Anyhoo, winning on Prince on your first game? That's impressive, congratulations!

 

[Jolly Rogerer]

Again, thanks for your comments / compliments. I took a peak at the next level of difficulty today. Ouch! My quechua rush was brutally repulsed by the Ottomans. I'm going to have to work on getting it going earlier. This is one reason why it might pay to advance in difficulty as early as possible, as I don't have habits that are so ingrained that I'll have difficulty changing them. Let's see if I can improve my efficiency enough to at least take out one nearby opponent at Monarch.

 

[GIO888]

I always seem to get Augustus Caesar, although I too like Cultural victories, there's always a slugfest 1800 to 1900 as the other Big Dogs realise you've got 2 Legendary cities and try to take you out - surviving that onslaught is the fun part for me, validates all the empire building!!

I think the scoring thingy is poorly.

 

[Jolly Rogerer]

Well I finished my second game, this time on Monarch. It was the same settings (continents, normal, normal) and the same Civ (Inca). My (normalized) score was a lot lower, and my victory was 20 years later (1886). I only had one war in this game, which consisted of a Qechua rush of the Burger King. He was close, and this time I got them out the door fast enough. He founded Buddism for me, which was awfully nice of him.

My other neighbors were Cathy and Shi..., er Sitting Bull. Cathy became my buddy and kept feeding me religions. Both of them were cowed by my power, which was #1 in the world from about 800 BC. I played it smart and accepted her religion as did Sitting Bull, and we all got along Ok for most of the game, with only a little late inning espionage.

I think for my next game I'm going to play a random Civ and play the victory type by ear. Monarch seems about right for me at this point, and I do need to learn how to get along without the Qechuas and Financial. My diplomacy improved this game as did my city specialization, but I can tell that there is a lot more to learn about both areas. Any comments or advice are welcome.