Looking to improve

[Kione]

Well, I'm wondering what you can tell from the end result, where it gives you all the time stuff. I won my first game today(been too lazy to finish others), and did pretty well. I'm looking for hints, and ways I can improve. All you have to do is go to the next turn and it will end. Teach me your ways By the way, this is Civ3 Conquests.

I was also wondering what level I should play at, that is Cheiftain.

 

[gmaharriet]

I took a look and there's really not much I can say except contratulations.

When a game is completed and won isn't really the time to be asking for ways to improve. If you want suggestions, post a save at 1000bc or 10ad, when you can still implement the ideas that people give you.

The only suggestions I'd make is changing your preferences to "Always Wait at End of Turn" and "Always Ask for Build Orders". I wouldn't want the Governors making decisions for me. I also find it useful to set the preferences for "Use Team Color Disk" so I can spot which civ I'm looking at quickly, and for "Color Blind Help", which gives the name of the civ next to each city's name and helps you quickly see that (for example) the Japanese own San Francisco (or whatever town).

I'd say you're ready to move up, but without seeing an earlier save, it's hard to know what level you're ready for. The Iroquois are always a good civ at almost every level, so they're a good one for moving up. Good luck!

 

[Kione]

I've got 1530 if that helps at all. I picked the persians because they are Industrial, which is great for pumping out stuff, and Scientific so I can advance quicker.

 

[gmaharriet]

Well, 1530ad is still a bit late for giving tips unless you were asking a very specific question. I didn't open the save with the game itself, but I opened it with CAII, and I can make some general observations that you might consider for future games.

I can see that you are playing on a Standard 60% Pangea world with only 3 opponents. The normal number of opponents would be 7. Playing with fewer distorts the game...some would say to the human's advantage, though I've found some disadvantages in doing that as well. But it definitely does distort the way the game plays.

I can also see that you've built a courthouse in your capitol city. Since your capital has zero corruption or waste, you have no need for a court there and probably not in your first ring of cities either.

At 1530 ad you're still in Despotism. The circumstances where that would be a good idea are too rare to discuss. By 1770 ad you've switched to Communism...almost any government besides Despotism is an improvement, but I don't know enough to comment on which would have been best in this game.

Your early city placements were pretty good, being mostly CxxC, but your capitol was built just 1 tile away from the ocean. You could have moved your settler to either be right on the ocean or 2 tiles away and still be on a river. Either way would probably have been an improvement, but right now what should have been your best city is only size 8.

These are just broad observations that could apply to most any game. You'd find you could get much, much better help by posting a save at 1000bc and waiting to continue until the better players (probably not me ) have had an opportunity to comment, and then try out their ideas. Do the same at about 10ad, and wait for comments. Most beginning players make their errors very early in the game and the affect of those early errors just grows as the game goes on, so you want to learn to make the best early moves.