Has this happened to anybody else?

[oPunchDrunko]

Has anybody here ever had one AI civ completely dominate the other civs? In my current game, Pachacuti ( Inca ) effectively conquered Russia, Polynesia, England, and the Aztecs. And they are currently at a stalemate with Arabia. This is probably the best game I've had so far, it was funny to see one of the AI's sytematically take out other civs.

 

[WxDan]

I had a game last week where one Civ took out 3 other Civs. (If I remember correctly Rome conquered America, the Iroquois, and the Aztecs.) I was alone in my corner getting a cultural victory.

 

[Brigg]

I see the Ottomans start to roll if they start warring with their UU's and they can just keep that momentum up for the rest of the game.

 

[danieladler]

It often happens to me. I get the impression that there is some sort of game mechanic that makes one civ be the dominant one, while other civs are letting him win in order for the human player to have a bigger challenge. But i dont know. Just a feeling i have always had.

 

[Hammer Rabbi]

ive never lost to a domination victory on king or lower (always diplo or culture). but ive been in several games where 4 or 5 civs were conquered. i think one of them was a game where 1 civ did all the conquering but i cant remember who that was, i wanna say rome or mongolia.

 

[elprofesor]

Somebody in these fora had the theory that AIs' nasty tendency to offer you their whole empire randomly at some point in a war cause the creation of an early AI empire much bigger than any other, which snowballs into the late game for huge runaway civs.

It happens very often.

 

[Uzael36]

About half the games I play on continents, I've found that while I take over my continent, another AI civ takes over the other continent.

On my last Emperor victory, Alexander of Greece took over the other continent while I took out Ottoman and Ganghis Khan.

The strangest thing I ever witnessed was on another game where a City-State took over a city from Washington and created a puppet.

 

[apocalypse105]

Napoleon conquered the hole other continent and started a war against montezuma on my continent just before I finished the utopia project take that

 

[NotSure]

Somebody in these fora had the theory that AIs' nasty tendency to offer you their whole empire randomly at some point in a war cause the creation of an early AI empire much bigger than any other, which snowballs into the late game for huge runaway civs.

It happens very often.

Has anyone seen this recently? I know it's been this way since release, but in the last three games I've played I haven't got anything out of the AI. If I declare war one time or refuse one peace offer, all I get is white peace offers. The other thing I've noticed is the AI racing to the Hagia Sophia and Porcelain Tower. They wouldn't make AI modifications in a patch and not put it in the notes, would they?

 

[Hustapha Thool]

A couple of things in a recent game: large emperor epic

Allied City State state took a city from Denmark and razed the city.

I built the Pyramids in 1400 AD

 

[Hammer Rabbi]

Has anyone seen this recently? I know it's been this way since release, but in the last three games I've played I haven't got anything out of the AI. If I declare war one time or refuse one peace offer, all I get is white peace offers. The other thing I've noticed is the AI racing to the Hagia Sophia and Porcelain Tower. They wouldn't make AI modifications in a patch and not put it in the notes, would they?

ive been offered the whole kit and kaboodle before (persia did it once and another one i cant remember). all their gold, a few lux's and strat's, open borders and multiple cities. it was only a couple times and it was in king difficulty or less, but still it felt pretty random when it happened.

i have still yet to agree to a peace treaty that involved me giving up a city for 10 turns. i dont like that there is no real haggling in the process. i'd like to see a couple logical counter-offers actually work.

in a recent game, i was one turn from taking Persia's capitol and he offered a peace treaty asking for 2 of my cities and all of my gold. again, just stupid offers.

 

[gozpel]

Runaways civs elsewhere, do they get the war-monger penalty?

No!

Runaway on your own continent, EVERYBODY hates you.