online play

[dwx6591]

what is a good civ to be in online games so i can defend myself for a while till i can't build a good army?

 

[Tomoyo]

Greece I would think. Welcome to CFC. Another way is by being very persuasive.

 

[Hygro]

I often play as the celts. Very powerful when you need to be

 

[Tsunami23]

Sumeria and Aztecs, easily the best to play in multiplayer online games. Trust me, I play online everyday. Other good civs to be are maya, zulu, inca, and celts. They are the most popular civs, and are very good civs for multiplayer.

Hope this helps ,
Tsu

 

[Randy]

Aztecs or a civ with an early offence UU. Celts, Persian, Iroquois, Egyptian, Rome, & Babylonian. You only need to build warriors & swordsmen for defence. 2 warriors = 1 spearman. You can use them to scout, defend or attack.

Also most games are won in the AA so think vary hard before you switch govs. The 4+ turns of lost production can really hurt.

Last a got offence is the best defence. If your opponent can't attack your cities if they can't get near them.

 

[Chieftess]

The Greeks are also good. A nice non-resource defender that'll serve you well into the middle ages.

 

[Hygro]

Most games I play go well into the middle ages before falling aprat so switching governments I have found is often a good idea.

 

[Randy]

The Greeks are also good. A nice non-resource defender that'll serve you well into the middle ages.

If I'm the Aztecs I like the Greeks to be next to me. 3 to 1 build rate. It does not take long to over run them.

 

[Gainy]

My favourite for online play are the Greeks. I love just sending Hoplites in and pillaging everything my opponents have They don't seem to like it as much as I do

 

[punkbass2000]

If I'm the Aztecs I like the Greeks to be next to me. 3 to 1 build rate. It does not take long to over run them.

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by this? 3 what to 3 what? Certainly not JWs and hops, any way, as they're 15 and 20 shields, respectively.

 

[Hygro]

randy, you can make 4 jaguar warriors for every 3 hoplites. better rethink that.

 

[Randy]

it's a 2:1 ratio. (not 3:1) 10 and 20 shields in ptw. so i think thats why i still over run the greeks. this may be diff. in c3c?

 

[majk-iii]

Babylonians... Quick culture and u really dont HAVE to build anything but bowmen for a untill pikes comes aling... and bowmen are CHEAP wich means that u can build alot of them... especially since u wont have to waste time on temples.

 

[punkbass2000]

it's a 2:1 ratio. (not 3:1) 10 and 20 shields in ptw. so i think thats why i still over run the greeks. this may be diff. in c3c?

Yes, JWs were increased to 15 shields in C3C.

Another thing to note is that shield production doesn't always line up well, either, also confounding your ratio. Eg. a city produces 7/8/9 shields = 2 turn JWs and 3 turn hoplites, even under PTW.

 

[Tomoyo]

Babylonians... Quick culture and u really dont HAVE to build anything but bowmen for a untill pikes comes aling... and bowmen are CHEAP wich means that u can build alot of them... especially since u wont have to waste time on temples.

I would think that culture is pretty much useless in MP, compared to epics.

 

[Hygro]

I don't. I win most games I play and I get culture, build temples, do all the "wrong" things. I've done pretty decent in my CTON games too, winning one, coming in 3 of 7 on another, and well, the last one was second to last

 

[CivCube]

If you can find them, read Friedrich Psitalon's excellent articles on Civs in multiplayer.

 

[Tsunami23]

http://civ3players.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=STRATEGY

Lots of good stategy for online play here......