Restart for better positions

[Tomoyo]

Sabo, why did you quote me?

 

[sabo]

because I was answering your post that you qouted ME on

 

[Bigfoot]

Why restart? You are likely to learn more from a difficult game than an easy one, and sometimes a seemingly impossible position can still be won. To me that is when Civ really gets fun (although you sometimes do get roughed up instead -- it comes with the territory, so to speak). Likewise with reloads, I never do it. Bad breaks happen along with the good ones, it is more sporting to try and play the game as it unfolds, warts and all.

 

[Gainy]

Why restart? You are likely to learn more from a difficult game than an easy one, and sometimes a seemingly impossible position can still be won

If you feel you have learnt enough, and are going for a higher score = restart. I have no issues with restarting, generally do it a few times before i'm happy with a game.

 

[MeatWad]

I try not to restart. My rationalization is this: Resources that are absent on start can appear later. You never know just where that Saltpeter or Iron is going to pop up. I'd rather have it than the AI. My cop out used to be to not preserve random seed and playing ahead a few turns or until I screw up, then just reloading and taking advantage of the "mystical knowledge" I have of the surrounding terrain, potential confrontations, etc. I don't do that anymore. I only restart/reload when I do something forgetful, like mismanage my revenues and have something go unsupported (and away), because I would never just allow that to happen.

 

[LuckyAC]

I always restart a few times to get the worst possible start - I want a challenge.

 

[bob rulz]

I have never restarted. I use to reload all the time, but now I try not to do that either. In one game I started on a completely tundra island with no river and room for only six cities and still played it out. It was fun as hell. Then there was an archipelago map where I ended up as the mongols on an island with room for two cities and mostly desert (luckily other islands were near enough to settle early on).

 

[move_quietly]

for me it depends on what kind of mood i'm in. if i'm in the mood to get butt whipped then i just sit there on my hill surrounded by desert and try to get a warrior built so i can go out and meet the AI's and try to swap pottery with them for electricity or metallurgy or something. i mean if it's a bad enough start then it's fun just to see how long you can go without getting beat up.

 

[move_quietly]

oh and in response to meatwad .. waiting because you never know what resources might appear on the map later, hey, good strategy, it worked for the saudi's.

 

[Kalach]

I dont restart very often unless it involves lots of marsh or tundra.
I'm trying to do a OCC now, and have been hitting new game for the last 30mins
All I want is 1 food bonus, 1 hill/mountain, and fresh water. Why wont the civ gods give it too me

 

[earthguido]

I do restart if in middle of swamps or tundra (have seen both), or in a tiny island. I would play it the same and maybe I could make it work, but as I do not have much time to play (couple of hours in the week, some more in weekends) I prefer to get a decent location.

 

[Codpiece]

I only restarted the first few times I played, and wanted a nice easy game just to see all the way through. I did this on my first game ever (with the Greeks) to get some Gold in the surrounding hills, so those commercial bonuses would add up early on, but it turned out that the rest of the surrounding territory was pants, anyway. Had to risk an early war with Rome as a result, to get some nice fertile land, but it paid off.

The rest of the time I've stuck it out, though sometimes I've given up later on if the going's got impossibly tough (or my n00b skills fail me, one or the other) around late Medieval times or something.

 

[Prince David]

I used to restart if I didn't have ready access to horses and iron. And at least three resources. And no body too close. And . . . Now all I want is fresh water for my capitol city. I do occasionally re-load, though. My big reason is moving the mouse and clicking at the same time thus sending my unit someplace crazy (and no road). I frequently reload after I get my butt wupp't just so I can try some different things and see if I can stumble on a better strategy. I won't go deeper than the auto save, which is four turns, though.

 

[BrutalGodProjek]

I made a new rule for myself; I will try to never restart. Unfortunately, if I were to start in majorily tundra, marshes, jungles or next to a volcano, I probably would break that rule in ahquickness!

 

[Siv]

I am more a restarter now I know what to look for. As a monarch player I spend alot of restarting for a good initial position. I am trying to get away from this, and win games from whatever start happens to show. But, how frustrating is it to start out in the middle of a jungle.

 

[Warspite2]

I never restart. I play all settings random and play it out no matter what position I have at start. You can get much funner and strategic games this way. So next time try not to restart.

 

[chimo]

Sometimes a good starting location leaves you too cramped. On maps where I have cattle bonus or other goodies, there is always an AI close by, and at higher levels they can surround u quickly with their cities. But when jungle or mountains are nearby, you get a lot of land to expand in.

 

[Ian Beale]

I only restart if it is a truly appalling starting location, however i don't do it often and will accept a bad start, but not a terrible one.

 

[Mgoering]

I usually restart the game, when I see or find out that the map isn't to my taste. That can be starting on a small island, near a swamp, desert, mountain chain or if there is too much woods arround.
When the starting location isn't that bad, I'll continue and think "I'll rebuild the Palace on a better location."

 

[Dark Russell]

The only time I restart is if my starting location is good...I like the challenge of harder locations because when I win it makes the victory seem earned and not gifted...