AznWarlord
Monarch
Ive been playing Civ3 for over a year now. I am at Regent level, and I think I have finally grasped the basics of the game.
Most of my previous games were played either on Tiny and Small maps or Pangaea, avoiding Naval and Bombard Units (besides Airplanes). I rarely made it to Flight anyways, before winning (Conquest Victory is so easy on Pan.) or being crushed by massive AI armies. But a couple days ago, I started a game on a Standard Continent (I think 70% water, I'm not sure).
I tried using everything I avoided before, Cats, Galleys, even Diplomacy (just kidding, although I did do pretty well in Diplomatic meetings. For the first part of the game that is.). I was China, and I actually became the leader in science and military, hell I became the leader in everything (maybe it was just starting location - tons of lux and in the middle of grassland with a bit of bonus, no rivers but near the coast. A downside was, no Iron. Crushing Korea early in the game, I now had a considerably large empire. With a ton of Gold and Techs, persuading the AI's (England and Germany) to kill each other was simple. They weakened each other and I cleaned up the mess. I struck terror on their last city, took everything they had, and destroyed them afterwards. I took control of my whole continent. Now the new continent was a little different. I took over some French cities while they were fighting Japan, but many of them switched back to French control, except for one coastal city. I was still a noob at using ships, but I got the hang of it. Eventually, Japan took over French (I got the last city though) and we were the two remaining civs. I was developing Infantry while my last rival was stuck with Pikes so I set up a massive invading force, knowing that Japan had the Standing Army of Doom. I had loads of Infantry, Artillery (which I found really useful), and used up Cavalry and a bunch of Galleons, including a Cav army. I was preparing to attack, as soon as I got Tanks and the key to victory - flight. Thats when Privateers started wrecking havoc on my Galleons, killing my beloved Army. I went straight for the largest cities, capturing them with heavy losses. Just as I suspected, the insanely large Japanese army overwhelmed my troops. every unit - From Archers and Spears to Cavalry and Riflemen were all over my men. Finally I got peace, back down to that one coastal city I took from France. By now I had flight and had transported a dozen tanks overseas waiting for the final war with Japan. I based all the bombers I had in that one city and I hit the future age - not very common for me. I started bombing the hell out of the closest city and moved in my tanks. Repeat. Only this time, I went straight through the continent cutting off the vital resources - one side had oil, the other had rubber. Pretty much useless. I was assaulted by hordes of infantry and cavs, but Mech Infantry really helped. I didn't lose a single unit and I destroyed the Standing Army - a pretty good deal. I had 2 Armies, one Mech and one Tank. And Japan was weak. So I started experimenting. I left Japan to do whatever useless attacks they had - cutting off Saltpeter wasn't gonna do anything. With bombers killing their troops and Galleons (bombing ships sure is fun - try it) I wanted to try out all the new gadgets I never used before, including the Tactical Nuke. I was one city from a Conquest so whatever right? No, a cultural conversion destroyed my tank army so I had to use my Mech Army to capture as many cities as possible to win, I had to leave some cities defenseless. Finally I did win, and after 9 long hours (this was spread over 3 days) I won, with the map looking like the included attachment.
So how is this a strategy/tip rather than me just bragging about a game I did well on? Well, the moral is, if you think Bombarding things is cumbersome, or if you hate naval combat and only stick to playing Pangaea, you should start changing. This game of civ was easily the best I have ever played and feel like I've finally mastered the basics of the game.
Also, if you're trying to cripple an Empire on another continent, cut it in half. You'll leave them with crappy units that won't do anything to you. Except Spearmen. Because we all know that (it sort of happened, an Ancient Cav killed my tank.)
And the tactical nuke almost lost me the continent. If I didn't risk leave my new cities undefended, I probably would've been overwhelmed and forced to wait out the game to win.
I know it's a lot of words, the preview got me a bit dizzy. So thanks for reading. I hope my tips lead to a fun Civ3 experience for people who are just like how I used to be (does that make sense?)
Most of my previous games were played either on Tiny and Small maps or Pangaea, avoiding Naval and Bombard Units (besides Airplanes). I rarely made it to Flight anyways, before winning (Conquest Victory is so easy on Pan.) or being crushed by massive AI armies. But a couple days ago, I started a game on a Standard Continent (I think 70% water, I'm not sure).
I tried using everything I avoided before, Cats, Galleys, even Diplomacy (just kidding, although I did do pretty well in Diplomatic meetings. For the first part of the game that is.). I was China, and I actually became the leader in science and military, hell I became the leader in everything (maybe it was just starting location - tons of lux and in the middle of grassland with a bit of bonus, no rivers but near the coast. A downside was, no Iron. Crushing Korea early in the game, I now had a considerably large empire. With a ton of Gold and Techs, persuading the AI's (England and Germany) to kill each other was simple. They weakened each other and I cleaned up the mess. I struck terror on their last city, took everything they had, and destroyed them afterwards. I took control of my whole continent. Now the new continent was a little different. I took over some French cities while they were fighting Japan, but many of them switched back to French control, except for one coastal city. I was still a noob at using ships, but I got the hang of it. Eventually, Japan took over French (I got the last city though) and we were the two remaining civs. I was developing Infantry while my last rival was stuck with Pikes so I set up a massive invading force, knowing that Japan had the Standing Army of Doom. I had loads of Infantry, Artillery (which I found really useful), and used up Cavalry and a bunch of Galleons, including a Cav army. I was preparing to attack, as soon as I got Tanks and the key to victory - flight. Thats when Privateers started wrecking havoc on my Galleons, killing my beloved Army. I went straight for the largest cities, capturing them with heavy losses. Just as I suspected, the insanely large Japanese army overwhelmed my troops. every unit - From Archers and Spears to Cavalry and Riflemen were all over my men. Finally I got peace, back down to that one coastal city I took from France. By now I had flight and had transported a dozen tanks overseas waiting for the final war with Japan. I based all the bombers I had in that one city and I hit the future age - not very common for me. I started bombing the hell out of the closest city and moved in my tanks. Repeat. Only this time, I went straight through the continent cutting off the vital resources - one side had oil, the other had rubber. Pretty much useless. I was assaulted by hordes of infantry and cavs, but Mech Infantry really helped. I didn't lose a single unit and I destroyed the Standing Army - a pretty good deal. I had 2 Armies, one Mech and one Tank. And Japan was weak. So I started experimenting. I left Japan to do whatever useless attacks they had - cutting off Saltpeter wasn't gonna do anything. With bombers killing their troops and Galleons (bombing ships sure is fun - try it) I wanted to try out all the new gadgets I never used before, including the Tactical Nuke. I was one city from a Conquest so whatever right? No, a cultural conversion destroyed my tank army so I had to use my Mech Army to capture as many cities as possible to win, I had to leave some cities defenseless. Finally I did win, and after 9 long hours (this was spread over 3 days) I won, with the map looking like the included attachment.
So how is this a strategy/tip rather than me just bragging about a game I did well on? Well, the moral is, if you think Bombarding things is cumbersome, or if you hate naval combat and only stick to playing Pangaea, you should start changing. This game of civ was easily the best I have ever played and feel like I've finally mastered the basics of the game.
Also, if you're trying to cripple an Empire on another continent, cut it in half. You'll leave them with crappy units that won't do anything to you. Except Spearmen. Because we all know that (it sort of happened, an Ancient Cav killed my tank.)
And the tactical nuke almost lost me the continent. If I didn't risk leave my new cities undefended, I probably would've been overwhelmed and forced to wait out the game to win.
I know it's a lot of words, the preview got me a bit dizzy. So thanks for reading. I hope my tips lead to a fun Civ3 experience for people who are just like how I used to be (does that make sense?)