High Scores Seem Possibly Easier Than Past Civ Games

[killercane]

It has to be the technology +land area/pop deal. Thats why I think you can milk technology and other stuff to a higher score.

 

[Craterus22]

I don't have the game, but I have a screen shot of the HOF (thanks! see signature) - what are the other options in the Normalized Scores dropdown list?

 

[Chris1111]

Seems quite high for a late victory on chieftain to. Notice the two scores though. The game score is probably the one that should be counted for the hall of fame and is like the civ3 scores.

*edits* fixing long picture...*

 

[Pentium]

Score is your score at the last turn. It's 0 if you are conquered (I know from my own experience )

Game score is probably average score, just like Civ3 score. And I agree, this one should be counted for HoF.

what are the other options in the Normalized Scores dropdown list?

Normalized Scores (Sorts by Game score), In-Game Score (Sorts by Score) and Finish date.

Edit: It might be vice versa, I'm not sure.

 

[JCricket]

55,943
250BC Conquest Victory for Catherine
Although Settler difficulty level and Duel map

 

[Pentium]

I also have to comment that in some cases both scores are equal, while in other they aren't.

Take a look at Chris' picture, they're equal in 4 out of 6 games.

 

[killercane]

55,943
250BC Conquest Victory for Catherine
Although Settler difficulty level and Duel map

That makes no sense at all compared to my score. Im thoroughly lost on the scoring mechanism.

Take a look at Chris' picture, they're equal in 4 out of 6 games.

I dont think he won in those games, under Victory it says "none".

 

[MeteorPunch]

I also have to comment that in some cases both scores are equal, while in other they aren't.

Take a look at Chris' picture, they're equal in 4 out of 6 games.

I think that is because of the victory bonus.

edit: crosspost...

 

[Pentium]

OK, my last game: 2014AD Prince SS, Score was 4000 and Game score just above 2800. Nowhere near those 50k+ scores

I discovered another interesting thing: SS defeats are listed as victories in my HoF.

 

[Kalypso]

It does seem wrong that you can get the same score while playing on the easiest setting as you would if playing at the hardest setting.

BTW, is there any way to clear the HOF?

 

[superslug]

BTW, is there any way to clear the HOF?

There's nothing in the HOF yet. We haven't opened yet...

 

[Craft]

Well i'm more confused than ever about the scoring system.

I just scored 71980 on a tiny map/noble/conquest in 750 A.D. against 3 other civs. It's not really making much sense to me since people in this thread beat it on a harder setting and earlier.

I didn't even build a wonder...

 

[skintigh]

I got 69000 in my second game

 

[skintigh]

I got 69000 in my second game

BTW: chieftan, tiny, 25BC

 

[Pounder]

BTW: chieftan, tiny, 25BC

So why is your score double mine, when we played the same size game at the same level and I actually finished 1200 years before you.

My game was a Conquest which should be the ulimate Victory, what type of victory was your's?

 

[Craft]

So why is your score double mine, when we played the same size game at the same level and I actually finished 1200 years before you.

My game was a Conquest which should be the ulimate Victory, what type of victory was your's?

How many cities did the AI have at that date? I can't imagine more than 2 or 3, but by the longer the AI's have to expand and grow the more points you'll get for taking their cities

If the early win bonus is the same if you win in any year B.C., then that would explain how Skintigh's score was higher than yours.

 

[Own]

Maybe conquest is no longer the ultimate victory, it's probably cultural, SS or diplo.

 

[Shillen]

I think if you want to score high you need to be near the domination limit in tiles for much of the game, way over the domination limit in population and maintain a fast tech pace all at once. Then cap it all off with a fast victory date. A good way to stay near the domination limit without having insane maintenance costs is to have really spread out cities in the areas you've conquered. Like keep one or two cities from each civ you conquer and then build culture in those cities (or culture bomb) to fill in a lot of land.

All I know is I've finished I think 5 games now. Four of those I didn't fight any wars except defensive ones. The last one I won by domination. The domination win got 3x the score of my next best one. I think you have to go to war and claim a lot of land to get a high score. No ifs ands or buts about it.

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

I've only played one game so far. I did it on standard settings (continents, noble, standard, normal, etc.).

I got 41284 score in 1785AD for Domination victory. I was checking the score every turn and my 'score if you win this turn' continued to go up and up and up, so one can overcome the early win bonus. Not sure when, if it would have started to turn back down because I wasn't getting so many points for eary finish.

My pre-win game score at that point was 5510 which was mostly from people and technology. I was getting far more for tech (had just got tanks) than I was land. Obviously expansion was important, but for the PEOPLE, not so much the land.

 

[Pentium]

Maybe conquest is no longer the ultimate victory, it's probably cultural, SS or diplo.

Yeah, that's why my Prince SS games get 4000 points, and Chieftain Conquest gets 50k