Sons of Monarchy XIV: Ramesses II of Egypt
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ben-jammin
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Vassaling all the AIs becomes a lot more complicated when some start on other continents you can't even discover until Astronomy. I can't really give advice for your difficulty level, had it been pangea it looks like you could have potentially killed off every AI with war chariots. On higher difficulty levels it doesnt make sense to rampage too far from home during an early rush (generally HAs if there isnt an overpowered unique unit like war chariots or immortals) even if the opportunity presents itself. The maintenance cost without developed infrastructure will have you behind for the rest of the game.
You can of course make an exception if you capture a fairly distant city with valuable wonders. Great Lighthouse is one that's so good to capture early (you can spam coastal and island cities that will pay for themselves right away), likewise with Pyramids (representation can save your economy if you have decent food). More debatable is the Temple of Artemis, which can be quite good but not worth it if it's too far away. Stonehenge and Great Wall are certainly not worth keeping if they're too far. You also have to be careful what you do with the city capture and pillage gold, at a point when you're losing gold at 0% science slider if you dont at least get yourself pottery and writing you aren't likely to recover (still possible, but slowly, with representation). Then currency and CoL for courthouses become the most important.
Vassaling all the AIs becomes a lot more complicated when some start on other continents you can't even discover until Astronomy. I can't really give advice for your difficulty level, had it been pangea it looks like you could have potentially killed off every AI with war chariots. On higher difficulty levels it doesnt make sense to rampage too far from home during an early rush (generally HAs if there isnt an overpowered unique unit like war chariots or immortals) even if the opportunity presents itself. The maintenance cost without developed infrastructure will have you behind for the rest of the game.
You can of course make an exception if you capture a fairly distant city with valuable wonders. Great Lighthouse is one that's so good to capture early (you can spam coastal and island cities that will pay for themselves right away), likewise with Pyramids (representation can save your economy if you have decent food). More debatable is the Temple of Artemis, which can be quite good but not worth it if it's too far away. Stonehenge and Great Wall are certainly not worth keeping if they're too far. You also have to be careful what you do with the city capture and pillage gold, at a point when you're losing gold at 0% science slider if you dont at least get yourself pottery and writing you aren't likely to recover (still possible, but slowly, with representation). Then currency and CoL for courthouses become the most important.
Giant Wolfman
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Monarch, No Events, Standard Settings
1370 AD Conquest Victory, and a personal best score!
1370 AD Conquest Victory, and a personal best score!
Spoiler :
Have you seen the NC de Gaulle game? (it's another that lends itself to cuirr stomping if you like that sort of game)
