January 2024 Challenge Robot Revolution DISCUSSION THREAD

[reddishrecue]

There's no beating war and conquest in Civilization.

• Secure Uranium. (So settle strategically, rather than wide).
• Slot in Total War and pillage your way to Robotics for GDRs. (Also take the free GDR from Automation Warfare).
• Supply Convoys will give GDR extra movement.
• First GDR: Washington -> London.
• Buy a second GDR: Canberra -> Bogota -> Gyeongju.
• Moksha (gov) with Healing Hands promotion was useful to heal up armies quickly.
• Build a navy for home continent and an army of artillery and Mounties for Australia.
• (Don't forget) Canada: cannot surprise attack, so plan ahead and denounce leaders so by the time your units move they can attack.

I think getting the Deity Alexander scenario achievement might have helped considerably
B'cos it's all about strategic military planning.

EDIT: So you do need to eliminate all civs rather than Domination.
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I ought to have won here (for Domination) but shoulda known better (as a modder) that that victory wouldn't trigger.
I was 3 cities away from wiping the map. So close. But I'm done.
This is for anyone else wanting to attempt the 0.66%.

Hey nice try. I appreciate you trying at least.

 

[KyivanRusCivPlease]

I tried it on Emperor. The first run was a loss. In the second I again wasn't much better in score than America (my biggest rival), thus unreliably winning, so fortunately in the second half of the game it dawned on me that I can create a nuke (eventually I made two) to take away some score from America. Which I did by nuking its capital, capturing it and keeping it from revolting.

 

[blackbutterfly]

I tried it on Emperor. The first run was a loss. In the second I again wasn't much better in score than America (my biggest rival), thus unreliably winning, so fortunately in the second half of the game it dawned on me that I can create a nuke (eventually I made two) to take away some score from America. Which I did by nuking its capital, capturing it and keeping it from revolting.

Apparently GDRs can stand up to nukes.
i.e. they only go to half health.

Did anyone try it?

 

[KyivanRusCivPlease]

Apparently GDRs can stand up to nukes.
i.e. they only go to half health.

Did anyone try it?

Interesting question indeed.

 

[tedhebert]

Finally did this on Emperor !

Score of 944, 19 cities, 8 biplanes....

Took out all reachable barb camp and at least half a dozen GDRs.

Very fast gov plaza+Ancestral Hall then Ottawa pumps out settlers pretty much all the way... As most have said, Encampments first always, then another district at your taste... I often went Aerodrome so I could move my biplanes around more...

Get those 3 Naturalists/rock bands right off the bat and explore with them (and if you're lucky take out a barb camp you've just cleaned up with biplane ;-) )

It's altogether not too hard... didn't have a CLUE about what to do first time around, went for about 15 turns then restarted once I'd gotten the gist...

I have no clue how peeps can go wipe out the other civs though... I met them all, traded my strats for a lot a money I then bought builders with, but conquer all in 100 turns in this setting ? Awesome !

Fun to get back into civ 6 for a turn... they REALLY need to get something going newswise on CIV 7 though...

Enjoy the challenge while it's still active

 

[Haig]

Valentines day is soon so I expect next challenge to touch that.

Eleanor game maybe?