UHV in 600AD Start

[coko]

Seriously...is the Chinese one even possible? I get abused by the horse archers and have no time to even whip up anything before I can't complete the UHV.

Can't there be different UHV for the 600AD starts, at least for China (I am going to give Arabia a go in a bit see if can be done!).

However I can say the funniest is the spanish one. I've worked out if you get every unit together at the start and take out marsa (southern france) you can easily build your third city in the eastern tip without losing culture points to France!

 

[Thonnas]

I've been trying the China @ 600 start, and it does seem near impossible. Last game I basically did nothing but build missionaries and whip temples and was still a few temples and pagodas shy. I would have certainly been obliterated by the Mongols once they spawned as my infrastructure and production power was pathetic, but it was the closest I could get. I think the southern cities and korea need to start with Confucianism or taoism and at least one temple of said type. a couple of extra workers would be nice, too.

 

[Corm]

Tried it a couple of times from 600 and gave up. I didnt play enough to say for sure but it certainly seemed too difficult.

 

[wr4th]

I just finished the UHV in the 600 AD start on monarch. So its possible. I was lucky with taoism spreading to bejing so the religions were spread more evenly. After that its just chopping and whipping. Took me a looot of tries to figure out how to do it but then no luck is needed. I finished my last academy in 1000AD. After that its just turteling and whipping troops. I got nationalism around 1550, so i could get the last troops needed by drafting.
If Anybody is interested i can write a whole guide.

 

[Zhuge_Liang]

Pls. Write it up.

 

[Úmarth]

Surely the great Kongming isn't having trouble getting the UHV!

 

[wr4th]

I put it in the strategy discussion. Good luck!