patinthedesert
Chieftain
I don't usually worry about the score at the end of the game, but I tried an experiment and do not understand the result.
Since I moved up to Regent level the last 2 months, I have been playing to Domination victories. I decided to try to get a Space Race victory instead. I know it would take longer but I figured I would be rewarded with a higher score. So my last game was played with Ottomans on a small Pangea map that was set to 70 or 80% water. I had taken it to a Domination victory without much trouble. I always prioritize the tech tree even when going for Domination. I re-loaded to a save I took about 6 or 8 turns before reaching Domination and stopped the wars and started focusing on developing and tech. I started building all the wonders as they came available. Also research labs and such. I had to abandon a couple of cities on islands to over growing to 66% and also one on the main continent I gave back to the Greeks. And I limited the army size to keep the expense down. I did stay in Republic but thought about whether it would be worth switching to Dem. It took me like 5 hours to build up then build the spaceship components. When I launched the spaceship and won, I got a score that was only ONE POINT different than the domination victory.
So I don't understand how it calculates the scores. But it seems like I get no credit for all the wonders and tech advances, etc.
Since I moved up to Regent level the last 2 months, I have been playing to Domination victories. I decided to try to get a Space Race victory instead. I know it would take longer but I figured I would be rewarded with a higher score. So my last game was played with Ottomans on a small Pangea map that was set to 70 or 80% water. I had taken it to a Domination victory without much trouble. I always prioritize the tech tree even when going for Domination. I re-loaded to a save I took about 6 or 8 turns before reaching Domination and stopped the wars and started focusing on developing and tech. I started building all the wonders as they came available. Also research labs and such. I had to abandon a couple of cities on islands to over growing to 66% and also one on the main continent I gave back to the Greeks. And I limited the army size to keep the expense down. I did stay in Republic but thought about whether it would be worth switching to Dem. It took me like 5 hours to build up then build the spaceship components. When I launched the spaceship and won, I got a score that was only ONE POINT different than the domination victory.
So I don't understand how it calculates the scores. But it seems like I get no credit for all the wonders and tech advances, etc.