Handy 26 AWM - Overpowered Persians

[ThERat]

I agree on starting a new one here, we didn't play well and we will not win this

I say same settings, though monarch can be brutal on AW. Shall we chose another Civ?

 

[grs]

How about Genghis Khan?

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I should probably skip the next game. My band goes into the studio on the 18th and I don't think I'm giving you guys 100%.

 

[Greebley]

They must have brought up more units at Bremen or gotten pretty lucky. I didn't think they could wipe out all but one defender.

Good luck on the gig Bugsy You can always lurk and keep us updated on how things are going as well as make the occasional comment on the game.

Agree on starting again. Do we want to go for prince or monarch? I would prefer to play a "normal" game on prince (standard map with either all 1 land mass or at most 2 - not the Persians again) to get a better feel on playing the beginning of the game before tackling Monarch again. Pangea, Inland sea, lakes, highlands, 2 continents would all work for me.

We played AW with the Mongols once before so I am less inclined to want to do them again. Are there other civs ppl want to try? If not then the Mongols would work. They are not my first choice (though I do agree they are a good AW civ).

Note that I think the Mongols play like the Persians in that one can move quickly and suppress their production as well.

 

[ThERat]

if everyone (Greebley, grs and Shillen) are ok, I will start a new game with the following settings:

highlands, standard, epic speed, barbs on, prince difficulty
Civ: Bismarck (he is hardly used)


lurkers: there is one open spot in the new game

Bugs, hope all works out well for your studio appointments.

 

[Bezhukov]

Alot of the exploits AW was designed to eliminate from CivIII have been eliminated by design in the normal CivIV...

 

[grs]

Ok for me, I will take it as it comes

 

[Greebley]

Sounds good to me too.

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I don't think I have ever played AW to avoid exploits. Rather it is an interesting game in its own right with different strategies than a normal game.

 

[ThERat]

ok, will start a game tonight.

I also don't really understand Bez comment. Even in standard SG's exploits were not encouraged.
AW in Civ3 is pretty different from Civ4 I'd say. It starts with city spacing. In Civ3 it was possible to shuffle units so to counter the enemy where it appears. In Civ4 every city has to be defended by itself and that's very touch at higher levels.

I hope the expansion pack will feature some military Great Person or whatsoever to get some advantages for that aspect. Proper defense towers etc would help as well.

 

[ThERat]

started a new thread here

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3668880#post3668880