Hello Folks.
I've been a Civ4 player a good long time, but Im not very good at it.
I can defeat the AI on the difficulty level under prince (I believe its Noble?). Typically I win by a long shot, usually fighting the CPUs longbowmen/musketeers against my infantry. The victory doesnt feel earned.
Once I up it to prince, I get slaughtered. The failure feels just as cheap given that something Im doing forbids me from defeating the tactics they use... If anyone has advice for me or thinks there is a particular article that deals with one of my problems I list, please point me in the right direction!
Problem 1: Diplomacy: Just keep askin' until you hate me!
I'm familiar with basic triangle diplomacy, but in most of my games I end up on peoples craplist fast. Its not long before two civs go to war and BOTH start asking favors. Typically they'll just keep right on asking me, getting more and more mad as I decline to enter a war I cant afford. Stop trading, Help me in war, blah blah blah. I say no, and a few turns later they just ask again. What hilarious is later in the game they'll end up friends and together declare war on me. The CPU will ask me to participate in wars that would SURELY be suicide, and I cant get them to stop asking... Advice?
Problem 2: Diplomacy: Do as I say, not as I do.
A CPU who Im trying to impress just loves me. He askes me to help him in war, I say "Sure thing buddy!". Next thing I know, someone else decides to declare war on me. I go to my "friend" CPU and ask for help. Even if he doesnt like the person at war with me, typically his answer is "I've got too much going on right now" and he wont enter war to help me. He asks me for help and I have to comply or I lose standing, I ask him for help and I nearly always get refused. Basically I end up a puppet for the empire Im trying to help, then he watches me get wiped out later....Advice?
Problem 3: Military: Scorched earth, its not just an 80s game!
I used to just place military units in cities. But on harder difficulty levels the CPU tends to bee-line my resources that let me build troops stronger than warriors. Makes sense, so I started sprinkling military units in fortified positions over top of iron/copper mines and other military resources. Well, the CPU just brings in a big enough stack to destroy whatever I put there. If I place 4 troops on each iron/copper mine, its already very expensive, and he'll just bring 8-10 troops to wipe it out. The same thing with cities actually. If my city is well enough defended, he'll just move his stack of doom through my empire sticking to hills and forests where they are available pillaging everything along the way. I build LOTS of roads, so mobility isnt a huge problem, but how do other people stop the CPU from just bringing a massive stack in and pillaging everything in your empire?
Problem 4: Victory: Whadda mean Cultural/space race victory?!
A friend of mine asked me if there was a way to play Civ4 peacefully. I told him I had read about people doing it, but I had no idea how to do it. Basically on Noble I mount an aggressive military campaign that always ends in a Domination victory just before or just after the first air units become available. Basically if I ever let up on my aggression I get out teched and their in space. If this game can be won peacefully, its outside of my current skill.... Any advice?
I've been a Civ4 player a good long time, but Im not very good at it.
I can defeat the AI on the difficulty level under prince (I believe its Noble?). Typically I win by a long shot, usually fighting the CPUs longbowmen/musketeers against my infantry. The victory doesnt feel earned.
Once I up it to prince, I get slaughtered. The failure feels just as cheap given that something Im doing forbids me from defeating the tactics they use... If anyone has advice for me or thinks there is a particular article that deals with one of my problems I list, please point me in the right direction!
Problem 1: Diplomacy: Just keep askin' until you hate me!
I'm familiar with basic triangle diplomacy, but in most of my games I end up on peoples craplist fast. Its not long before two civs go to war and BOTH start asking favors. Typically they'll just keep right on asking me, getting more and more mad as I decline to enter a war I cant afford. Stop trading, Help me in war, blah blah blah. I say no, and a few turns later they just ask again. What hilarious is later in the game they'll end up friends and together declare war on me. The CPU will ask me to participate in wars that would SURELY be suicide, and I cant get them to stop asking... Advice?
Problem 2: Diplomacy: Do as I say, not as I do.
A CPU who Im trying to impress just loves me. He askes me to help him in war, I say "Sure thing buddy!". Next thing I know, someone else decides to declare war on me. I go to my "friend" CPU and ask for help. Even if he doesnt like the person at war with me, typically his answer is "I've got too much going on right now" and he wont enter war to help me. He asks me for help and I have to comply or I lose standing, I ask him for help and I nearly always get refused. Basically I end up a puppet for the empire Im trying to help, then he watches me get wiped out later....Advice?
Problem 3: Military: Scorched earth, its not just an 80s game!
I used to just place military units in cities. But on harder difficulty levels the CPU tends to bee-line my resources that let me build troops stronger than warriors. Makes sense, so I started sprinkling military units in fortified positions over top of iron/copper mines and other military resources. Well, the CPU just brings in a big enough stack to destroy whatever I put there. If I place 4 troops on each iron/copper mine, its already very expensive, and he'll just bring 8-10 troops to wipe it out. The same thing with cities actually. If my city is well enough defended, he'll just move his stack of doom through my empire sticking to hills and forests where they are available pillaging everything along the way. I build LOTS of roads, so mobility isnt a huge problem, but how do other people stop the CPU from just bringing a massive stack in and pillaging everything in your empire?
Problem 4: Victory: Whadda mean Cultural/space race victory?!
A friend of mine asked me if there was a way to play Civ4 peacefully. I told him I had read about people doing it, but I had no idea how to do it. Basically on Noble I mount an aggressive military campaign that always ends in a Domination victory just before or just after the first air units become available. Basically if I ever let up on my aggression I get out teched and their in space. If this game can be won peacefully, its outside of my current skill.... Any advice?