Wang's Killing Fields (IMM Always War)

[Doshin]

grabblaka the answer you're looking for is probably buried somewhere in Tachywaxon's excellent strategy article on the topic: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=470157

I know nothing about the coding, but my experience here was that the AI would only send out unescorted Workers when they couldn't see your Warrior. If I fortified a WII Warrior on a hill outside their borders, the AI would just build Archers.

Worker steals seemed easiest when the AI had two or more cities they needed to connect. A Worker would move more than 2 tiles away from a city into an unroaded Forest or Jungle. You could then swoop in with a 2-movement unit and, even if you couldn't capture the Worker then and there, it could only retreat into a further Forest, letting you steal it on the next turn.

The first picture in this post gives a couple of examples: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=12107603&postcount=70

 

[Revent]

Hey guys, I've created the SG that I had in mind for Deity AW. It'd be great for some comments even if there's no particular interest in playing.

Link

 

[Izuul]

Bump. Revisited this game 8! years later. Horse Archers are strong!

 

[sampsa]

Horse Archers are strong!

The more I play the more I understand the magnitude of this. Cuirassiers, pfft.

Hmm, for some reason AW has been outside my comfort zone, so should try this map when I have time for civ.

Oh also Izuul, switch to rep?

 

[Izuul]

Oh also Izuul, switch to rep?

I did on that turn after I posted the save. I could have done it several turns earlier but I'm a dummy.

 

[Gumbolt]

So many old names i recognise on this thread. Cant tell if i tried this game or not.

 

[krikav]

@Gumbolt You seem to be very proficient at AW, I remember you succeding (or almost?) with that map BiC posted a while back.
I'm firmly in @sampsa s camp, not really comfortable with AW.

 

[Izuul]

Well, Immortal AI are still Immortal AI which means they are vulnerable early on, even in an AW game. You do need some early commerce to get to HBR or Construction quickly though or else you get stuck playing defensively, which, in my experience, means a slow and painful death.

 

[krikav]

I did play that BiC map too, multiple attempts too, and "slow and painful death" is something I recall vividly!

 

[Izuul]

Where is the BiC thread for that one? I remember him doing one as England a long time ago, but I don't know if that's the game you guys are referring to.

 

[krikav]

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-sea-people-immaw.654184/

 

[Izuul]

Oh wow, that start is a brain buster.

 

[Gumbolt]

I came undone on that map. On AW map even a weakened ai can be pretty strong. Likely didn't build enough markets. You really do need to kill or properly cripple ai with some kind of economy.