Strangest Experience in Civ3?

[ScaryRussian]

What's the strangest thing that you've done in Civ3?

Mine would have to be the first time I played on Monarch. You see, I havn't played a Civ game since the original Civilization, so, for about 2 months, I was playing on Chieftain. For a begginner, Chieftain is pretty difficult. After a few weeks of playing, I finally mastered all the games controls, rules, functions, layout, whatnot.

I wanted to see what playing on a level that everyone is playing is like. So, I went straight from Chieftain, to Monarch.

Now, I was surprised how simple it was! If it wasn't for the little rule changes and a little smarter and much more warlike AI, I would've never noticed the difference.

I lost my first two games on Monarch, but won all the others from then on.

Now, feeling very proud of myself, I jump to Empreror.

Wow. I wasn't expecting that. I was whipped by the AI very quickly. Instead of covering the entire continent, I was a few little cities somewhere near the corner of the continent, technologically backwards, and being threatened constantly.

I wasn't expecting this at all, especially with the Chieftan to Monarch jump so easy, a Monarch to Emperor I though would be no problem at all. Boy was I wrong... Now I'm stuck challenging myself with Monarch, having plenty of liesure in Regent, and being smacked upside the face in Emperor.

 

[Turner]

The time Korea started on a coastal tundra square. They didn't build a harbor, so they didn't have any food. Took me a long time to figure out what was going on....I think this was right after I got PTW.

 

[ScaryRussian]

Korea started on a coastal tundra square

OUCH!

 

[Stylesjl]

When AI attacks me for no reason at all and send a few cavalry when they are halfway across the world!

Morons

 

[Michelangelo]

You're probably not the only one, you should read this thread in the strategy forum. It's all about this step.

 

[commodified]

After I mastered Regent, jumping to Monarch then Emperor wasn't too hard for me. The jump to Deity from Emperor... now that's hard! Maybe Demigod will be a smoother transition once I finally get C3C.

 

[TheBB]

This is just happening to me as we speak. I'm at war with the Inca, and they're cautious towards me? Is this some kind of masochist civ trait I was previously unaware of?

 

[NintendoNut]

Now I'm stuck challenging myself with Monarch, having plenty of liesure in Regent, and being smacked upside the face in Emperor.

lol. I have the same problem.

 

[Pentium]

Maybe Demigod will be a smoother transition once I finally get C3C.

DG os about as hard as Civ3 Deity. That's why they're listed together in HoF.

 

[Renata]

No, they're listed together because the score multipliers are the same. IME, C3C demigod is very much easier than vanilla/PTW deity.

Renata

 

[thetrooper]

This is just happening to me as we speak. I'm at war with the Inca, and they're cautious towards me? Is this some kind of masochist civ trait I was previously unaware of?

No that can happen if they declare war and you are on different continents without actually fighting echother. After many turns you may negotiate peace without a single shot fired and they turn back to pre-war attitude.

 

[Pentium]

No, they're listed together because the score multipliers are the same. IME, C3C demigod is very much easier than vanilla/PTW deity.

Oh. Cool then. All I can say is that my only HoF entry was on Civ3 Deity. Huh, you easy-riders.

 

[BobCW]

The Babylonians once declared war on me in a Conquests monarch-level game by attacking a coastal hills city... with a galley. I've never heard of that bug before, but it didn't seem to cause any problems, and didn't recur again.



I also once saw Portugal attack the Persians in a monarch-level game with an artillery defended by two infantry... the trio would move, bombard, pillage whatever square they were on, and move again. Later the Portuguese declared war on me, and the same group began to bombard/pillage into my territory. I was so surprised that the computer was using a ranged unit effectively that I left them around for several turns.


I've been bombarded by the AI before from its cities, and seen it occasionally move a ranged unit out of a city to hit a ship stationed nearby that it had already shot at, but never seen one used offensively in the field. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

 

[Calder]

Strangest experience in playing Civ would have to be in my current game. I couldn't believe the lack of resources the other continent has. 1 oil resource, 2 aluminium resources, 1 rubber resource. I'm winning the game, but Greece has the tech lead and 8 parts of the space ship finished, with no rubber to build the Exterior Casing. When the Greeks went to war with neighbouring Germany, they took Dover (sitting on their only rubber resource). However this captured city was deep in German territory so no trade route for Greece. If peace had been made then it would have been game over. I supplied Germany with more rubber and oil to ensure his Panzers could keep the balance of power. Meanwhile I'm only 6 turns away from being the only civ with Modern Armour and 10 empty armies ready to be filled. Having only 3 sources of luxuries on my side (the entire other continent), I'm being drained in cash with the trade deals. Time for some take over bids.

 

[vmxa]

I have not seen this strange notice before. I was just fooling around listen and rip music so I keep playing after the game was won. I got this from my advisor, note all civs have been eliminated.

She says we should make more friends???

 

[madviking]

vxma- that happened on a SOTD. it still funny.

Back on topic. Strangest is having to fight without iron or horses. ick.

 

[azzaman333]

the only stratigic resoucre i got in an entire game depleted in two turns.

 

[BasketCase]

My current Diety game. Medium size world. The Persians, who have five cities left, just declared war on the Romans--who have something like 25 cities--at a time when the Romans have an MPP with Carthage--20 cities, but MUCH larger--in complete ignorance of the fact that you can plainly SEE who has an MPP with who in the diplomacy screen. If it's public knowledge to me, the computer should certainly be able to tell.

Edit: on further reflection--if you're going to die, might as well go out swinging. And if you don't have nukes, the only way to do it is with conventional weapons....

 

[Pentium]

I went to war with Archers against Samurai. With no hope, but managed to capture ~5 cities. The very next turn, 3 cities flipped back to Japan! 3 in one turn!!

 

[mastertyguy]

I had reuced Rome to 3 small cities, defended by a few infantry, I ask for peace, and they offer me 10 gpt+world map!!!!!! I smashed them two turns later...
bt3w, vmxa, I like your advisors!