TheViking
The world is not enough
It's slightly more difficult if you are not allowed to build or capture any wonders, meaning an AI civ must build Apollo.
Also meaning our science rate was not that high because of no SSC, and conquest is tougher than usual as wonder cities must be razed instead of captured...Originally posted by TheViking
It's slightly more difficult if you are not allowed to build or capture any wonders, meaning an AI civ must build Apollo.
I would definitely be interested in something like a gigamap succession game, actually I was thinking of mentioning the idea but Old n Slow did so first.Originally posted by Old n Slow
Even as this is winding down, I was wondering if there was a desire for another succession game. I recall Smash mentioning that there were masochists who clicked ahead to 1 AD before "starting"...
But I wonder if they ever did it on a Giga Map in MGE?![]()
Bribing of units only, I presume? Spies would not be a pacifist weapon if they can bribe cities.Originally posted by ElephantU
Andemagne resurrected it over at Apolyton.Net. No building or owning of any unit that has Attack>0. The way I played it before, you could build mil-units for defense only, never using them to attack (even BarbLeaders). Hard to do on MGE, but a bit easier on Classic. Win by Spaceship; bribing allowed (but not sabotage).
Bribing units can be a slightly more active defense than simply letting the units attack a city, even if you just disband them right away (or is that not allowed). Plus, it's always nice to have some extra NONE engineers.Originally posted by ElephantU
Not much point to bribing units if you cannot own them (of course it gets them out of the way).
Re: cities, you could look at it like "cultural flip" in Civ3...
Then again, having no way to "take down" the AI would make it quite a challenge later on. Sort of a "forced Early Landing" game.
Well we all know I can't complain about speed. last time I played I probably spent 2 hours each turn just plotting out where to send caravans and how to ship them (from-to airports, ship chains etc.) for maximum benefit. Then there was warmongering, production planning, rush buying, on top of that. I had my type of fun...If Viking wants to wipe out the planet, he can take all the time he wants!Originally posted by ElephantU
The perfectionist "builders" are chafing at the slow pace of our war-mongering cage-rattler...
Trying to see how many you can eliminate before the landing?
Exactly. I'm now on my last turn (1874 AD) with three AI civs eliminated and one frustratringly close to elimination but it can't be destroyed until 1875 AD because I lack one stealth fighter and several spies to poison some water supplies.Originally posted by ElephantU
Trying to see how many you can eliminate before the landing?
Originally posted by TheViking
I'm now on my last turn (1874 AD) with three AI civs eliminated and one frustratringly close to elimination but it can't be destroyed until 1875 AD because I lack one stealth fighter and several spies to poison some water supplies.
If you want to play pacifist, you can find an island and use the resources you save from wars to build a "wall" of fortresses on the perimiter of your island, then man them. It will be very hard to land on your island to take your cities. Just a thought...Originally posted by ElephantU
Andemagne resurrected it over at Apolyton.Net. No building or owning of any unit that has Attack>0. The way I played it before, you could build mil-units for defense only, never using them to attack (even BarbLeaders). Hard to do on MGE, but a bit easier on Classic. Win by Spaceship; bribing allowed (but not sabotage).
As long as we're playing classic, my thought was an OCC game. Maybe with a real small city so we'd always be pathetic and have the "sympathy" of the AIs while our ship sailed off to AC.Originally posted by Prof. Garfield
If you want to play pacifist, you can find an island and use the resources you save from wars to build a "wall" of fortresses on the perimiter of your island, then man them. It will be very hard to land on your island to take your cities. Just a thought...