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Crusader999

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I have always understood that the Civilization game series was designed after the real course of Earth's history. When playing, however, I have never been able to really do that. I have never researched the tech "Theory of Gravity," before around 1900 AD. But the theory was actually created in the mid-1600's. Is the game only loosely based on Earth's history? Or am I missing something here? Please tell me because it would be great to actually make it to the Modern Ages by about 1950 AD when it actually started (I tend to end the game in the middle of the Industrial Ages). Thanks.

P.S. Does the number of opponents and/or difficulty level play a part in it?
 
Hi Crusader999. It depends more likely of your skill.

A skilled player at Emperor can research ToG in the 1300's. The difficulty level, number of civs, type of map...etc are all factors which decrease or increase the speed of the tech race. What level are you playing at ?
 
Some native tribes (in real life) havent even discovered "Feudalism" yet!!
 
That was my other question...does anyone have any helpful hints for getting through the game? I'd love to play at a harder level but I can never really excel with anything more than one opponent...
 
Try going to the war academy at civfanatics.com
 
I wouldn't say newbie. I played for a while (not really trying) and then moved on. I recently came back to the game. I know how the game works but Ive forgotten most of it and also ive only now just gotten interested in actually improving my gameplay

But thank you anyway for the aid.
 
still chieftain but like i said i havent been really trying to improve my game until now (i.e. earlier civ3 was just something to do but now im actually interested in becoming better not just playing)
 
Drakan said:
Hi Crusader999. It depends more likely of your skill.

A skilled player at Emperor can research ToG in the 1300's. The difficulty level, number of civs, type of map...etc are all factors which decrease or increase the speed of the tech race. What level are you playing at ?
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well im about average on emperor but i get ToG around 950 AD on normal map :p

@Crusader999
i suggest you jump straight to regent (warlord is roughly same as chieftian)
and BTW civ3 is better the dificulty level is higher :goodjob:
 
I would say the science is more based on a general, flexible timeline of human discovery. The date of a tech discovery is different every game.
 
The three tops tips....

1) build workers
2) build artillery (and learn to use it)
3) go to war early and take their land
 
I've found that the timeline is pretty accurate for regent. On lower levels, the tech pace is slower--on chieftain, I can't win a space race because the AI trading techs are so crippled, whereas a game on Emperor (narrowly lost a space race) I entered the modern age by 1620.

I've heard of Deity players and up winning a space race before 1000. :worship:
 
I think it also depends on the map size and difficulty level as well as the number of civs (more civs, faster tech pace). Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I find it extremely hard to believe that someone might be winning on SS on Deity in huge pangaea maps in 1000 a.D., but then I might be wrong. I ought to look more at them SG games to see what the best players are achieving...hmmm.

However, almost every day I'm surprised reading some awesome feat someone has achieved in a game. I've even read recently players winning the SS on huge pangaea maps on....drumbeats...Sid !!! :worship: there are no limits after reading that SG game; well, perhaps OCC on Sid without heavily tampering with the maps as I've seen someone doing.

Now, If you tell me there playing standard or small maps, then I'm prone to believe it. At Emperor I understand someone sending the SS in 1000 a.D. or even earlier.

Currently the game I'm playing in at Deity, the Middle Ages were correctly depicted in the 1300's, for me that is. Because the AI's were roughly at the beginning of the Industrial Era, six techs above me in that same timeline. Thanks to the ACS (my signature) the Byzantines passed away with the help of their huge neighbours the Hittites I might add in a war I started, planning slily the Byzantine downfall and thus gifting me with four techs. I only paid during three gpt turns until they were wiped out. Now they are only six and not ten techs ahead of me. I'll see If I'll make it to ToE first and shoot for HD.
 
On chieftain the tech race is awfully slow. AI's are so crippled that they need bloody ages to advance in tech, so you cannot benefit on trading / stealing / extorting.
On deity, they can build libraries & universities dirt cheap, and they also trade very aggressively each other. You can hit the industrial age before 1000 A.D.

Try warlord or regent and you'll see a more realistic tech advance. And if you lose, don't give up. It's the difficulty that force you to become a better player. If there's no challenge, there's no nedd to improve. Stick on chieftain and you'll always be a rookie.
 
Drakan said:
Tricky, you've changed your avatar and motto. What ever happened to the World domination schemes ?
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Brain's world domination plot still goes on. He's in hiding now. :evil: Time to give some visibility to his loyal aide, Pinky. :worship:
 
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