MELIKILLER1 - The AI Cattle Farmers

[Skyfish]

Dont wanna sound too presomptuous but AW Deity really is "something else"...
Would not advise unless you have won a AWE on random map ...and 2 times

EDIT : Jack did not mean O_W then...

 

[col]

Has anyone won AW at Deity on a random map?

 

[Skyfish]

Not as an SG I believe...

 

[col]

Thats what I thought - there have been rumours of individuals winning AWD but I've never seen a detailed account of a winning game anywhere.

 

[Aggie]

That's what I meant with extremely difficult I do think that we have a bunch of skilled players here, but to be honest, I don't see us achieve this.

 

[jack merchant]

Originally posted by col
Thats what I thought - there have been rumours of individuals winning AWD but I've never seen a detailed account of a winning game anywhere.

Here is an account of a winning game.

I don't see us achieving it either, but who cares ? The glory is in the attempt !

 

[Aggie]

I agree with Jack here. I don't mind going down heroically.

 

[Dr Alimentado]

Look what i found on the server: MK1-320AD.SAV

WF uploaded it but didnt link it

Sounds like this is dead now anyway...

personally AW dosen't appeal to me much. Deity AW we will lose of course, not that that's a problem as such!

Anyone up for deity 5CC or something similar?

 

[Belial]

Just make sure you have hundreds of warriors.

You'll also get tons of lurkers, for sure.

 

[Belisar]

Originally posted by Skyfish
Dont wanna sound too presomptuous but AW Deity really is "something else"...
Would not advise unless you have won a AWE on random map ...and 2 times

I can only second that. I have played AW from Regent on, notching it up step by step. AWE on a pangea in GM-2 was still a lot of work and we had a team with players like Sirp.
From my own 3 AWE games, I have won one on continents with only 2 opponents on my landmass, one small pangea and lost the third on a standard pangea, already a huge challenge.
I have tried AWD in solo games and junked the first two attempts, you really need an excellent start like Betazed and Zwingli had in their games with late first contacts to reach critical mass.
You may also check out our NOW-D game, one deity AI in 3000 BC was more than enough of a challenge.

Personally, I like Gothmog's idea of an AWD-game with the additional rule that you can trade with the civs in your cultural group, I think this would be feasible on continents.

 

[Aggie]

A lot of AWD talk, but no show

 

[carlosMM]

OK, aggie, me, woh else would try AWD with the gothmog trading rule?

or, maybe AWD- (no AI extra settler at start)?

 

[Aggie]

@CarlosMM: does that mean that we are at war with all civs, except with civs in our own cultural group? So Persia would be allowed to trade and keep peace with Babylon?

Sounds like fun As long as we are not European with all European AI

 

[carlosMM]

aggie, exactly that: we can stay at peace and may make peace at any time with all civs from our group - with the mapmaker hopefully placing them not too many of them

 

[Belisar]

I would provide the map or test a given start if you like
but you all will have to tell me your preferences and the
challenge you are up for.

 

[carlosMM]

Beli: thanx! we'd like to hear from ALL pariticipants before we make someone go to the trouble of making a map ;I

 

[Belial]

I'd play an AWD, but I think a discussion on how the beginning stages of the game should be noted as they will be the most critical provided we don't start next to our culture group.

 

[Belisar]

Ok, I suggest if you have a team then start a new thread, discusss the settings there and PM me, I probably need a day or so. This way Skyfish can paricipate too.
I would love to play too but one havy war game is the limit and if you guys fail our NOW team will certainly learn from your mistakes and try to revenge you