LoneDragon
Warlord
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- Aug 20, 2016
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Here's how I set the game for what I think is my best chance:
King difficulty - Can't let everyone else start with multiple Settlers when I only get one city ever
Small, Fractal, High sea level, Max number of Civs and City States - Give everyone less space to expand
Epic Speed, Hot, Wet, Abundant resources - because I almost always use these settings
I got pretty lucky, Kilimanjaro in range, first CS I met was Kandy(though I only got 2 relics). I also discovered you can meet a CS and get the envoy before they even settle their city. I still have access to one hex next to Alexander's Matterhorn, so all my troops have Alpine Training - speaking of, why does my Slinger with AT have to go back to the Matterhorn and retrain when I upgrade to Archer and again every time I upgrade? Seems like a glitch.
Here I am at the beginning of the Renaissance:
As you can hopefully see, I have (from top) Chichen Itza, 1 Mbanza, Theater Square, Temple of Artemis, Government Plaza, Oracle, Industrial Zone, Commercial Hub, Potala Palace (under construction), Petra, Campus, and The Great Library.
You can see my last access to the Matterhorn at the top left, above the oysters.
I have been in the top 4 score-wise the whole game and am currently in 2nd behind Gilgamesh...only Gilgamesh and Rome have more military strength than me.
Look at those yields! I could yet build Ruhr Valley and Big Ben...are they worth the loss of 2 bananas?
I could also build Kilwa Kisiwani or Taj Mahal on that coast tile...not sure if it's worth losing yet another workable rainforest though.
If I feel the need to build more districts, there's always those 2 desert tiles. I currently plan to leave the rainforests as is.
The only one to attack me so far have been the Khmer. Alexander conquered Scythia and has denounced me several times, but that trader you see just now built that road, so I don't think he plans to attack me soon...his army is weaker than mine anyway. Gilgamesh, on the other hand, may be getting too big for his britches. He's conquered Egypt and Kandy....if he conquers Russia, I might have to go a-liberating.
Rome and Australia have their own continent which I haven't bothered to explore...I think there's about 4 City States I haven't met yet. Scotland is also on the North corner of my continent...he's not doing so well.
Any questions or advice on how to proceed are welcome...and if someone could tell me soon whether I should build a Foreign Ministry or Intelligence Agency, I'd appreciate it. Actually any building advice on my little remaining space would be greatly appreciated.
Wish me luck!
I've also hit every Golden Age. How do you make the era end faster once you have enough points for Golden? Does it matter? Are those points wasted? Is the next era score requirement set at the beginning of the game or as you enter the era?
King difficulty - Can't let everyone else start with multiple Settlers when I only get one city ever
Small, Fractal, High sea level, Max number of Civs and City States - Give everyone less space to expand
Epic Speed, Hot, Wet, Abundant resources - because I almost always use these settings
I got pretty lucky, Kilimanjaro in range, first CS I met was Kandy(though I only got 2 relics). I also discovered you can meet a CS and get the envoy before they even settle their city. I still have access to one hex next to Alexander's Matterhorn, so all my troops have Alpine Training - speaking of, why does my Slinger with AT have to go back to the Matterhorn and retrain when I upgrade to Archer and again every time I upgrade? Seems like a glitch.
Here I am at the beginning of the Renaissance:
As you can hopefully see, I have (from top) Chichen Itza, 1 Mbanza, Theater Square, Temple of Artemis, Government Plaza, Oracle, Industrial Zone, Commercial Hub, Potala Palace (under construction), Petra, Campus, and The Great Library.
You can see my last access to the Matterhorn at the top left, above the oysters.
I have been in the top 4 score-wise the whole game and am currently in 2nd behind Gilgamesh...only Gilgamesh and Rome have more military strength than me.
Look at those yields! I could yet build Ruhr Valley and Big Ben...are they worth the loss of 2 bananas?
I could also build Kilwa Kisiwani or Taj Mahal on that coast tile...not sure if it's worth losing yet another workable rainforest though.
If I feel the need to build more districts, there's always those 2 desert tiles. I currently plan to leave the rainforests as is.
The only one to attack me so far have been the Khmer. Alexander conquered Scythia and has denounced me several times, but that trader you see just now built that road, so I don't think he plans to attack me soon...his army is weaker than mine anyway. Gilgamesh, on the other hand, may be getting too big for his britches. He's conquered Egypt and Kandy....if he conquers Russia, I might have to go a-liberating.
Rome and Australia have their own continent which I haven't bothered to explore...I think there's about 4 City States I haven't met yet. Scotland is also on the North corner of my continent...he's not doing so well.
Any questions or advice on how to proceed are welcome...and if someone could tell me soon whether I should build a Foreign Ministry or Intelligence Agency, I'd appreciate it. Actually any building advice on my little remaining space would be greatly appreciated.
Wish me luck!
I've also hit every Golden Age. How do you make the era end faster once you have enough points for Golden? Does it matter? Are those points wasted? Is the next era score requirement set at the beginning of the game or as you enter the era?
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