bazzotter
Chieftain
I have just started to play civ4 online and Im trying to play Ladder games at the myleague.com/civ4players/ and I keep getting my butt kicked lol. How do you play and win games under 150 turns? Any help would be GREAT. Thanks.
How do I play a Ladder?
- Thread starter bazzotter
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ULTIMATEGP
Blitzkrieg!!!
Dude no point in typing such a large font. Pick the civ your best with and go by your instincs. Don't trust anybody because when you let your guard down, they'll destroy you.
MookieNJ
Noob
Here are a few little nuggets of advice that I have learned over time:
Chop, chop, chop -- Get rid of most of your forests as quickly as possible. This provides 2 advantages. First, you get the hammer bonus that will speed along production in the adjoining city. Second, forests are a great place for your opponents to fortify a unit or two and attempt to choke your city. Don't give them this chance! To use this strategy, you will need to get bronze working, which also requires mining if your civilization does not start with it. On the flip side, if you have a few extra units exploring and happen to get near a rival city, by all means, find a forest+hill square and happily fortify on it.
Balance your defensive forces -- You can't just rely on archers and expect your city to be safe. A small stack of horse archers or swordsmen will tear right through them. It's vital to build some axes and spears to keep your cities safe.
Improve your land -- You'll need at least a 1:1 ratio of workers to cities, but I prefer to go 1.5:1 or 2:1 (or even more, depending on the situation) to get the job done right. If you don't hook up your resources, mine hills, build farms and cottages appropriately, your production, research, and crop yield will suffer and your opponents will easily surpass you.
Don't provoke your neighbor if you can't back it up -- So what if there is an unguarded worker near you. So what if you think you can pillage a few improvements. If you are not prepared for a counterattack, it's not worth the short term gain. Similarly, if you decide you have a large enough army to attack a neighbor, if you don't eliminate him (or her) from the game and lose your stack, you'd better build up some defenses!
Chop, chop, chop -- Get rid of most of your forests as quickly as possible. This provides 2 advantages. First, you get the hammer bonus that will speed along production in the adjoining city. Second, forests are a great place for your opponents to fortify a unit or two and attempt to choke your city. Don't give them this chance! To use this strategy, you will need to get bronze working, which also requires mining if your civilization does not start with it. On the flip side, if you have a few extra units exploring and happen to get near a rival city, by all means, find a forest+hill square and happily fortify on it.
Balance your defensive forces -- You can't just rely on archers and expect your city to be safe. A small stack of horse archers or swordsmen will tear right through them. It's vital to build some axes and spears to keep your cities safe.
Improve your land -- You'll need at least a 1:1 ratio of workers to cities, but I prefer to go 1.5:1 or 2:1 (or even more, depending on the situation) to get the job done right. If you don't hook up your resources, mine hills, build farms and cottages appropriately, your production, research, and crop yield will suffer and your opponents will easily surpass you.
Don't provoke your neighbor if you can't back it up -- So what if there is an unguarded worker near you. So what if you think you can pillage a few improvements. If you are not prepared for a counterattack, it's not worth the short term gain. Similarly, if you decide you have a large enough army to attack a neighbor, if you don't eliminate him (or her) from the game and lose your stack, you'd better build up some defenses!
DonaldKipper
Chieftain
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what said above is good advice
also, make sure u get catapults - most attacking players put a lot of units in a big stack. Hit that stack with 5-6 catapults and finish it off withj pretty much anything else.
When attacking, make sure to have a few horse archers in your stack, it reduces the effect of the catapults. When defending a few horse archers help reduce collaterol damage from catapults too.
obviously when u attack you should bring catapults and bombarb the city defence to 0, then next turn, unless u have overwhelming force, sacrifice your catapults to cause collateral damage then attack with the rest of your stack.
some players will try to keep some units out of the city while your catapults attack, then move them in after the collatorla dmage to still have full health units when your main stack attacks. This works well against weaker players but good players group their units and have their catapults attack a split second before the rest of the stack so u do not have time to reinforce between - obviously you should have stack attack checked in the options.
also, make sure u get catapults - most attacking players put a lot of units in a big stack. Hit that stack with 5-6 catapults and finish it off withj pretty much anything else.
When attacking, make sure to have a few horse archers in your stack, it reduces the effect of the catapults. When defending a few horse archers help reduce collaterol damage from catapults too.
obviously when u attack you should bring catapults and bombarb the city defence to 0, then next turn, unless u have overwhelming force, sacrifice your catapults to cause collateral damage then attack with the rest of your stack.
some players will try to keep some units out of the city while your catapults attack, then move them in after the collatorla dmage to still have full health units when your main stack attacks. This works well against weaker players but good players group their units and have their catapults attack a split second before the rest of the stack so u do not have time to reinforce between - obviously you should have stack attack checked in the options.
Bushface
Deity
How to play a Ladder - the silly ways.
1). Get a costume made of two uprights and some crossbars. During Act 1, all you have to do is lean against a wall.
2). Using the same costume, tune the rungs to different notes and hit them with little hammers.
Not much help, am I ?
1). Get a costume made of two uprights and some crossbars. During Act 1, all you have to do is lean against a wall.
2). Using the same costume, tune the rungs to different notes and hit them with little hammers.
Not much help, am I ?
bazzotter
Chieftain
No but I might try it anyways.
