There are no long-time benefits to being the friend of a domination civ. There is no second place in CiV.the AI does seem to strangely ignore, at points, the clear benefits of being your friend.
Options:It feels like going domination victory isn't worth it because you will get a trade embargo and after that they embargo city states what are you suposed to do?
These are almost entirely terrible bits of advice and grammar.These are my tips for dominaiton:
Close, but try to make sure that some other civs at least tolerate warmongers (this isn't the same thing as being a warmonger themselves). Or bypass this entirely and actually try to become friends with another civ or two in order to mitigate the penalty they get toward you.-Only go for a domination victory if there are at least 2 warmongers in the game and they are strong They will become you're trading partners
This is actually close to the mark, but also make sure they're close to you. Remember that taking city-states doesn't get you closer to your domination victory and you might need some trading partners who can't kill you.-Pick at least 3 city states you want to be friends with and use for trade routes sometimes you can't use trade routes to major civs because you are going to kill them
Don't let your "friends" control these allies; you control these allies. Your "friend" Monty is going to screw you over. But it's on the right track in that you can no longer just ignore everything but war and expect to win a domination victory.- Control a lot of City state at least 3 to counter world congress votes of embargo's if you are going for a domination victory you need to control the world congress or have a friend who controlls it(a warmonger friend montezuma for example)
This is great advice for avoiding being labeled a warmonger, but if you're going for a domination victory, you'll do better to embrace that label and live up to it.-Only declare war 2 times early game and atack multiple people in the late game for the victory
This is basically like saying "I haven't read anything about BNW much less finished a game." The domination victory requires that you control all the original capitals in the game, and you're going to have a much harder time taking them from your brothers in warmongery than you will from your peacenik neighbors. In no case should you do what this piece of advice recommends.- if you are the only one capturing capitals you should consider going for a other victory because it will take to long
What does it matter how many civs are capturing capitols or not? In order to win a domination victory you still have to control all capitols... so it's going to be a similar time to complete regardless of competition.- if you are the only one capturing capitals you should consider going for a other victory because it will take to long
The domination victory requires that you control all the original capitals in the game, and you're going to have a much harder time taking them from your brothers in warmongery than you will from your peacenik neighbors. In no case should you do what this piece of advice recommends.
What does it matter how many civs are capturing capitols or not? In order to win a domination victory you still have to control all capitols... so it's going to be a similar time to complete regardless of competition.
You did play the game poorly. You have to know how the mechanics work.
I did a domination victory as Assyria and never got chain declared on for being a warmonger. It was my proudest victory yet.
The key steps I took.
1. If a civ doesn't know you are the civ you wipe out, they won't EVER KNOW. I cleared my continent of 3 civs and no one on the other continent ever knew they even existed.
2. Don't ever denounce. Seriously. As far as I can tell, the only thing that denouncing does is make a civ and other civs hate you more, it does nothing to lessen the warmonger penalty.
3. Have the other AIs be at war with the same civ. If they are at war with the same civ as you, they DO NOT CARE what you do. Thats right, as long as you only take cities while you are sharing a war with someone, you get no warmonger penalty whatsoever. This is what people mean by making blocks and forming alliances.
I had Denmark friendly with me even after I had taken over every other civ because he was always my war partner. Well until I took his capital finally.
Key lesson: IF YOU ACT LIKE A WARMONGER, YOU WILL BE TREATED LIKE ONE, unless you have friends along for the ride!
If I'm going to wipe someone off the planet, I make sure every CS near them is my ally. Not only does this reduce my losses, but I can let the CS's take cities, and keep them(more sci for me) or raze them.(again, no penalty for me) On top of that, and CS's that would act as a buffer between me and a new DoW are usually high friendly or an ally, so I can pop them as allies quickly if things look bad. On Domination/Razing.. if you have Atilla on your map, gift him every new city you take that you want razed.. he will glady take them, then promptly raze them. I Generally will defeat Atilla early, and trap him in a terrible location, just so I can feed him cities later. Even if he does keep a few cities, his tech is usually 3rd world.
You definitely don't want to DoW someone you have a DoF with, but you get a diplomatic hit nearly as bad for denouncing someone you have a DoF with. If possible, you should probably just wait for the DoF to expire before you attack (or don't make the DoF in the first place if it's someone high on your list of civs to conquer).2. I disagree, and there are many posts that also disagree. I will try the 'don't denounce before attacking' on a save one day and see what difference is made, as you may be right. BUT, when you have a DoF, you MUST denounce, as it breaks that DoF. If you still have one and attack, I think AI civs regard you as untrustworthy. Again, I have no proof yet, so may test it.
possibly due to a misunderstanding, but:
The fewer civs that still own their own capitals, the fewer civs you have to attack to claim all the capitals. Basically you can befriend all civs who have lost their own capital (to another civ, or even possibly yourself if it happened a long time ago). This is a Very Good Strategy.