Moonsinger's Deity games

[drkodos]

Just so I am perfectly clear. I am not disparaging anybody. I think that is clear from the context of the post and if it is not, let me make it clear now. That said, I am asking, what IS her strategy?

And so far, nobody has answered.

EDIT - seriously, I don't understand this reaction. If I wanted to disparage her HOF wins, why would I bother to talk about the details of her game? Is is not clear that I am fascinated by her game, and wanting to know more about it? How it was achieved? Once I know that, I will pass judgment on it. But it should be clear that I am asking, not judging. I am more than a little annoyed by this.

Never said you were disparaging.

She basically bum rushes the heck out of the AI. As soon as she makes first contact she declares war. Her use of the Quecha is legendary. She does not let up. She often will use workers to bait the AI defenders out of cities (you win them back upon capture/raze of the city). She just systematically pounds away at the AI and pummels them into submission. She has used various exploits from time to time, but I believe she refines her skills playing at Settler level quite a bit (I read apost where she stated she actually plays more games at Settler level than any other level).


One of the tactics I have found a lot of success with when I've won on Immortal was that I completely ignored happiness in cities and let them starve to death so long as I had units to keep attacking. It is just having a Pit Bull mentality of sinking teeth into leg flesh and never letting go.

Why not PM her and ask her directly? I believe her to be very friendly and quite the good conversationalist.

 

[bassist2119]

I didn't mean to disparage Moonsinger's game. If it sounds that way, it is because I did not take care in wording the paragraph. I am interested in knowing how she achieved this, and I cannot tell completely from opening her game files.

If anybody can tell me more, that would be great. If you can't, that's fine too. No more accusations or lectures, please.

Apologies for picking a fight. Misinterpreted as bashing. I'm sure if she was offended, there would have been a legion of shirtless men brandishing clubs and square shields knocking at your door by now. Anyway, moving on...

Kodos's idea of PMing is good, though the lack of reply to a post bearing her name may indicate a hiatus from the forum. I believe there was some reference to a guide and/or game situation download she made available. Anyone wanna leave a link?

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

Pangaea is actually easy. The hardest map for higher levels are islands and fantasy. Not that I am deadly sure that some map combinations are not winnable with the deity difficulty level. However I insist on the barbarians turned on.

 

[Mutineer]

Islands actially an easy map for deity. I have no idea why you think it is a hurd map.

Ai has no idea how to figth wars across warter.

 

[sylvanllewelyn]

Well it depends on how far apart the islands are. If they're close enough so that the culture borders touch, then you can meet civs and trade with them. However, if they are far apart and you don't meet anyone, then by the time you get to astronomy, someone might already launch.