I aint even mad.

[wilro85]

Currently playing a naval superpower game as Carthage. Huge map, 20 civs, 10 city states, marathon, king, small continents.

So far I've conquered China, England, and the Zulu. I'm in the process of conquering Brazil would was threatening me with their culture (I'm about to enter the industrial era and wouldn't want to get that happiness penalty if they chose a different tenant).

While in the process of conquering Brazil I started to recieve my first denouncements for being a warmonger and Poland decided to declare war on me (the former Zulu nation is on their border). The next turn I got one of the notices "People with the pointiest sticks". Poland is currently #2 in military strength with some 3800 and I was #6 at some 2000. When the Polish troops started pouring into my border I thought, "Excellent, I've been waiting for a worthy challenger!"

I look forward to the war, the way I figure it more wars means more antiquity sites and I know my naval fleet will crush them long before they can make the long march to my homeland.

Anyone else enjoy a solid AI offense?

 

[Lochlann]

Anyone else enjoy a solid AI offense?

Yep. I've always been a more defensive-minded warmonger, even when I set out to play specifically Domination games. I usually position myself into a defensive posture, goad the AI into declaring war on me, wipe out their units from that strong defensive position, and then advance into their territory. Rarely will I just go charging into enemy lands, unless the situation requires it.

 

[Abraxis]

Anyone else enjoy a solid AI offense?

I'll let you know if I ever see one.

Edit: actually, scratch that, AI carthage often demolishes me with her quinqueremes, but that's a special case I feel. Land, land I've never seen go well for AI. It's too easy to confuse them.

 

[mrwho]

I've recently suffered a string of early-game DoWs with armies so ridiculously, maintenance-defyingly huge I don't know how I could have possibly countered them, even with the AI's incompetence. In my most recent immortal game I managed to fend off a stupidly large army, pretty much entirely composed of units a tech level higher than me, but I've got no chance of winning the game or managing to go on the offensive.