Succession Game for Newbies

[Kumquat]

I am O.K with France but I would rather be the Ottomans Joan isn't even a real leader...and there pink (most of the time)...I don't like there UU much either, there traits are nice though. I am no conqueror but I do fight for resourses and to stomp bullies like the Mongols and Germans. Could you show a preview of your map Overseer

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

I think that if we are going for a space race/ Diplomatic victory, I think we should chose a civ that is scientific, cause that extra tech will be very very useful for money.

 

[HyCrest]

I've kicked around here as a guest for some time and would like to join a succession game. I play at regent and monarch. I don't care what civilization you choose but I do like industrious and agricultural ones.

 

[Othniel]

How big do you plan your cities to be? If more than 12, well, you will need hospitals to do that, and they don't come early.

My preferred city spacing style is to do a rough cxxc that leaves most core cities with 12 or less workable tiles. By rough, I mean that I do not rigorously keep this spacing pattern if the terrain is not ideally suited for it (i.e. mountains get in the way, the sea, etc.), so some of my cities may get a slightly larger quota of tiles. This style of play allows nearly all the core tiles to be worked without needing the hospitals to grow beyond size 12.

Therefore, for a long time I've avoided the supercity style of play that needs mass hospitals (cxxxc or looser and cities of 20 pop or higher) because of the waste I mentioned. There may be situations that warrant it, such as needing a mega-producer for a 20k try or some other production reason, but generally don't find supercities worth as much as many, many cities infesting the map.

BTW, I like the "disband city" idea. I've heard of it, though never tried it before, but it could be a wonderful workaround solution to city spacing.

In general terms, a war game will take longer to play in time per turn because of all the fighting and unit movement. Takes longer to record in Notepad, also. A space/diplo game will take more turns but each turn will require less time.

Good point. You just made we want to try the peaceful route. My last COTM took 90+ hours of micromanaging (although I let the game run unattended for some stretches of time), so I'm a little "massive game" burned out at the moment. Still, I'm up for any VC.

Othniel, you hit so many things right that I wonder if you should be running this thing.

Thanks, but no. You are the boss.

I have Conquests v1.0 on this computer, would a map made with that work for v1.22?

No, pretty sure it WON'T work. Sorry.

@Kumquat
-Yep, those rules are what I had in mind. Except for possibly picking our civ...

 

[Kumquat]

4 players is enough...I want to play already >.> We should vote on the VC!

 

[Kumquat]

Did not see you there HyCrest.

 

[Othniel]

France is a good traits combo, but I rarely play them. I haven't done Russia in awhile, but with a good starting location, they should be an excellent choice.

I am O.K with France but I would rather be the Ottomans

I think that if we are going for a space race/ Diplomatic victory, I think we should chose a civ that is scientific, cause that extra tech will be very very useful for money.

Does playing for a space race / diplo game with Russia sound like a fair compromise?

They're scientific for the space race part, they are not French , they have an interesting UU and traits, but are not easy to play and so should be a challenge.

If so, I'll roll some (v1.22 ) maps tonight and see if I can get a good Russian one. I'll also do some maps for Ottomans and French to get the natives from becoming restless.

P.S.
Hey Hycrest.

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

This is a stupid question but how do you take screenshots out the the game cause I think I might have a good start on the russians

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

I wonder if 2 gold mountains 2 cows and some plains & grass and a river sound good?

 

[Kumquat]

60% water is better than 70%. Think about it 30% land...that is nothing 40% is much better and I heard all the cool kids are doing it The Ottomans are better the Russians. I have played a game as the Russians and there UU is awful, simply awful.

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

yeah 60% water is better. More Cites By the way I still need 2 know how 2 take pictures in the game so I can post my russian start.

 

[Kumquat]

Hit the print screen button and paste it in paint "save as" a jpeg then use the upload option at the bottom of your screen ^_^

 

[Othniel]

60% water is better than 70%. Think about it 30% land...that is nothing 40% is much better and I heard all the cool kids are doing it The Ottomans are better the Russians. I have played a game as the Russians and there UU is awful, simply awful.

The good thing about the Cossack (Russian UU) is that it has blitz. That means it can attack twice in the same turn. If it wins both times, it auto-promotes. So, if you build vet Cossacks, then attack and win twice with the same unit, voila!, an elite Cossack. You can have tons of elite Cossacks, which usually means tons of leaders--> tons of armies--> crazy power. Armies are unbelievable in C3C.

Besides that, yeah, the Cossack is nothing special. But I thought that one of the points I have been hammering is to get a Civ with a less than stellar UU so that we have to win by other means...

I'm ok with 60% water, but that does mean a lot more cities --> way more micromanaging if we are going to play well and not lazy. Ouch.

Yeah, Tad Empire, please do post that screenshot if you can make it work. Sounds too good to be true.

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/96353/Russia.JPG <---- it told me to use this in my post :S

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

Take a looK at my Start ^^^^ click link

 

[Othniel]

This is a stupid question but how do you take screenshots out the the game cause I think I might have a good start on the russians

I recommend downloading the ScreenShotAssistent tool located here --> http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=83728

Follow Kumquat's advice on how to upload the jpg to the forum.

Edit: crosspost.

 

[Tad Empire_0_o]

Follow Kumquat's advice on how to upload the jpg to the forum.

Yeah I just did that

I recommend downloading the ScreenShotAssistent tool located here --> http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=83728

You mean PAINT? I already had that on my comp & thats what I used

 

[Othniel]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/96353/Russia.JPG <---- it told me to use this in my post :S

Looks good except...I don't think we can use it.

We need to get a start where we don't move the scout and worker until we've decided as a team if we want to give the map a go. Then, we talk about how we want to move the units. Thanks though, and keep the starts rolling!

 

[Kumquat]

I play huge maps with 60&#37; water (I have had over 200 cites before) Cossacks have blitz but there chance of winning twice is low even against muskets, you would have haul cannons with you eliminating there speed making them useless exept catching workers. I know you want a awful UU...the Sipahi costs 20 shields more than standard cavs so we will not have as many.

 

[Othniel]

You mean PAINT? I already had that on my comp & thats what I used

No, click on the link. It's a really helpful little utility for taking computer screenshots (useful for more than Civ.)