Tips for newbies

[Tassadar]

1.- play against only one opponent.
2.- choose continent map
3.-built 3 or 4 city around your capitol, 2 near coast to be able to built ship later.
4.-explore, built road and mine near your capitol city, irrigate wheat and cow.
5.- search luxuries and or built temple in your capital to increase population, granery is good too.
6.-if ennemy is close built a veteran army of your best soldier, archer and speaman for def, or swoardman if u got iron by luck. attack ennemy when u got 10 or 12 soldier never with 3 or 4.
7.- if your alone, biuilt library, market place , wonder, explore the sea, and so on, good luck.

 

[sealman]

I beg to differ. My first game was was against the max opponents (on a large map, not sure of the number cause I don't keep track of some stuff). I got my but learned a lot more than I believe that I would have playing against a single opponent. My next few games were also against many opponents and I continued to have problems but I think that the learning curve is greater.

As long as a newbie realizes that he/she will not always be on top, in the long run, this makes you a better player.

Of course, Maybe I would be a diety level by now if I did play against only one civ to start off with.

 

[Tassadar]

i aggree , i had lots of problem playing against 3 or more opponent, in red alert or starcraft playing agiainst 2 is already a challenge. so playing ag one you dont face multiexchange whitin a.i.

 

[Sentinali]

Your lack of knowledge about the true nature of this game is laughable. Civ 3 is not only about building an empire, its about diplomacy, war, and more generally strategy. With your advice the game would be off the hard drive due to sheer bordom after the first game.

for real rookies, read the short tips section in this forum, they'll give you a great start.

Play this game to explore it, not necessarily to win it, and you realize why it is the Game of the Year, for the third time.

 

[Tassadar]

Originally posted by Sentinali
Your lack of knowledge about the true nature of this game is laughable. Civ 3 is not only about building an empire, its about diplomacy, war, and more generally strategy. With your advice the game would be off the hard drive due to sheer bordom after the first game.

for real rookies, read the short tips section in this forum, they'll give you a great start.

Play this game to explore it, not necessarily to win it, and you realize why it is the Game of the Year, for the third time.

i said tips for newbies sorry if it make an insult to the deepest way this game can go on.

 

[Sentinali]

Originally posted by Tassadar



i said tips for newbies sorry if it make an insult to the deepest way this game can go on.

My point is, those are not tips, those are ways to make the game boring, or in the least case, point out the very obvious.

 

[sealman]

Originally posted by Tassadar
i aggree , i had lots of problem playing against 3 or more opponent, in red alert or starcraft playing agiainst 2 is already a challenge. so playing ag one you dont face multiexchange whitin a.i.

My point was that a player needs the challenge in order to truly learn and enjoy the game.

 

[Tassadar]

I dont think playing against 8 a.i player that do multi exchange between themselfe but doesnt want to trade on a resonable level with you is a good way to learn thro age. i dont think beeing invaded by 5 a.i with a multi pact is a good way to learn, and btw im not a newbies, i win civ 2 on deity 4 player with only 4 city. My point is , if you want to get irrittated with this game play against 8 or 16 its up to you, if you want to hav fun and you are a newbie play against 1 only.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Playing against 1 civ allows a newbie time to understand some of the basics of the game. Like how to move units around, building things, exploring, researching things, without worrying about being crushed by an opponent really early. This is for the peaceful expansion, builder type style of play. But to get an idea of how the game was designed to play and get the true 'civ experience' you must play with more civs. So they learn that there is more to the game than producing settlers and improvements. A newbie should just start on the easiest level and work his/her way up as he/she learns more about the game.

 

[obiwankanathan]

Of course, you can be insane like I was. The first time I played Civ3 I played on Diety against the maximum amount of civs. I died about the same time I reached medieval times but I guess I learned a little from that game. Especially in negotiations and defense.

 

[BiatchGuy]

Playing against only one opponent? Sounds like a recipe for boredom to me.. yikes

 

[Dutchman]

At least play against 2 or 3 players so you can also learn a little about diplomacy, I mean whats the point of an M.P.P when there is only 1 player, and although your a Newbie if you play on chieftain you just can't lose!!!

 

[Jason Fox]

I'm still no expert, but I started my first game on a huge map with only four other civs. We went a while before meeting up and I soon learned that one or two spearman per city and about 10 archers/swordsmen did little to dissuade the other civs from invading and crushing me. Plus I couldn't figure out why they had knights and I couldn't build them until I looked it up (I didn't have horse or Chivalry - good luck making a knight.)

I did learn how to handle workers and a few other things, but the more valuable lessons came in the second game (standard, eight civs) when cities started flipping to the Aztecs because I built almost nothing but military. But I did start to trade techs and things for the first time.

I obviously never played Civ, Civ2 or really any other similar game so, IMHO, it was more useful to play with multiple civs in close proximity than alone.