Victory type preference

[Peregrine]

I play noble, huge continent maps, marathon speed.

Much prefer domination, as this is more fun.

For me, these wins usually occur in the late game w/infantry/tank/aircraft armies, augmented by submarine blockades of all enemy ports and, occasionally, a pre-DoW espionage campaign of terror.

This works best if I've had the opportunity to fight and win a medieval or ancient war, thus expanding the empire early and substantially so that by the industrial age there is a sufficient military-industrial complex with which to wage this type of war. Strategy becomes simple; selecting which AI empire to reduce next. The fun seems to be in the operational challenges and allocation of force. Theatres and fronts warfare.

 

[Glassfan]

I always work towards a Space Race victory while fighting numerous wars and maximizing my economy and spreading my religion and corporations along the way - you know, the American style.

 

[AFS]

Domination is fun, at least at first. Once you conquer a good piece of land you have pretty much the game under control, and the game gets boring from that on, unfortunely. I still prefer domination, though; I think the space race victories are boring. Time victories are not that bad if you have strong competitors. I've never won with the UN, I suck at diplo, and Conquest is too overwhelming for me. Oh, and I've never won cultural because, as I said, I suck at diplo and everyone DOW on me.

I just play at Prince, though. Maybe when I go for higher levels the other victories gets more appealling.

 

[revengeofmakno]

I find cultural the most difficult and thus the most rewarding victory. The military options are usually easier but time consuming.

 

[Camikaze]

I play Warlords, and Diplomatic is what I usually go for. You can get there before meeting the requirements for Domination or Conquest (assuming you haven't gone for an early game victory), and earlier than Space Race.

 

[Ataxerxes]

Domination is fun, at least at first. Once you conquer a good piece of land you have pretty much the game under control, and the game gets boring from that on, unfortunely. I still prefer domination, though; I think the space race victories are boring. Time victories are not that bad if you have strong competitors. I've never won with the UN, I suck at diplo, and Conquest is too overwhelming for me. Oh, and I've never won cultural because, as I said, I suck at diplo and everyone DOW on me.

I just play at Prince, though. Maybe when I go for higher levels the other victories gets more appealling.

I'm not terribly good at diplo either, but it's my most common victory. It's often the quickest way to wrap up a dom/conquest game. After you and your vassals have 50% of the population, the UN is your plaything. One more conquest/vassal and you've won the "diplomation" victory. It's quicker and less time-consuming than bringing the entire world under your heel.

An evil way to get yourself elected is to nuke enemy cities to reduce their populations so you can vote yourself in.

Remember, the most cooperative AI is a vassal (or a dead one).

 

[6K Man]

I don't feel I've won until I win domination (conquest is seldom an option on Huge/18)

 

[bitplayer]

Conquest/domination is usually what I end up going for. Really to me its either that or space race the others are- well- just not suited for how I play the game. Though I have tried to go for them on numerous occasions where I thought they were my only chance of winning.

Believe it or not I have gotten a fair amount of time wins while going for other things in the past. But they are rare.

Not as rare as cultural diplo though.

 

[mssmjscss]

Well, all of them are...except Time victories--I hate thoese!

 

[Archon_Wing]

Diplomatic; I dislike genocide (of people that like me, that is. ). Also, I find warfare a bit tiresome, having to move my guys around and such across the world and hunting down enemy remanents. Thank God for Vassalage.

Also, I'm a noob, so I don't even know how to win the space race without getting killed. I do remember launching a spaceship in civ 2 way back when...