What does "control" mean for Germany?

[G-Max]

Like, can I just conquer one city in England, or do I have to take them all? If I only need to take one, must it be London? How far into Russia do I have to go?

 

[The Number Pi]

It means that you have to control more cities than the civ whose core area you are invading. A common trick is to collapse the civ, and keep only 1 city. If another civ takes the cities, it doesn't matter.

For example, if you conquer France, and keep Paris. And then Spain takes the other cities, you still fufill the conditions.

Spoiler :

This type of question has been asked many times before. In the future, could you try to use the search function in the upper-right hand corner before asking? And for such a small question, it is generally reccommended to use the "questions and Answers" thread.

 

[nody]

'Control England' is a little ambiguous since Inverness is Scotland, not England, so you shouldn't have to control that city. Or Ireland for that matter.

If you have to 'control' Britain it should say 'control Britain'.

 

[blizzrd]

How far into Russia do I have to go?

You could even use the RFC Atlas to find the answer. It comes as a link with the 1.187 patch.

'Control England' is a little ambiguous since Inverness is Scotland, not England, so you shouldn't have to control that city.

Nonsense, there is no use of the term Britain in RFC, only England. You have to control England's core area (the area that flips to England after they spawn) when playing for the German UHV.

Or Ireland for that matter.

Ireland is excluded from the English requirement for the Germany UHV condition, as is clearly shown in the Atlas.

 

[G-Max]

It means that you have to control more cities than the civ whose core area you are invading. A common trick is to collapse the civ, and keep only 1 city. If another civ takes the cities, it doesn't matter.

For example, if you conquer France, and keep Paris. And then Spain takes the other cities, you still fufill the conditions.

Cool, thanks. I added the info to the Wiki to reduce the frequency of this question being asked in the future.

Thus far, I took Paris pretty early, and was planning on ignoring the other cities, but two of them flipped to me from culture and I grabbed the third just because I was bored

The Vikings have also collapsed and I didn't even touch them. Scandinavia should be easy.

I guess Russia's going to be the real b!tch...

You could even use the RFC Atlas to find the answer.

Duly bookmarked. I was hoping that someone would provide that link again; I lost track of it the first time I came across it.

 

[Jarlaxe Baenre]

Remember this URL, then, too G-Max: rhye.civfanatics.com

 

[G-Max]

Update: wow, I said Scandinavia would be easy... but not THIS easy. I have two cities there now just from culture-flipping! I never landed troops or attacked any cities there. Meanwhile, I passed up Athens in favor of Constantinople because I had some time to kill, then attacked and razed the Turk capital just for the hell of it. Athens went from Turkish to Indie, and is now about to flip to me.

I think I understand the key to doing well in RFC: Build insane amounts of Monuments, Theaters, Libraries, Monasteries, etc., and just wait for civs to become unstable and collapse. If a civ is being stubborn, "help" them collapse by taking their capital.

Also, when attacking Russia, bring Medics.

EDIT: 1805 AD, Scandinavian city #3 just flipped. Oddly, both it and the previously flipped city were outside my cultural borders when they flipped! This is crazy!

EDIT #2: 1817 AD, I get to ask for a city. I pick Hammerfest. I get it!

 

[Leoreth]

Culture? Don't you know that Germans are supposed to be bloodthirsty militarists?

 

[nody]

Culture? Don't you know that Germans are supposed to be bloodthirsty militarists?

Nice example of self-deprecation, Leo.

 

[Leoreth]

Why? That's honestly how I play them

And you've stolen my signature (which I in turn stole from Terry Pratchett, so I'll better be quiet now ).

 

[nody]

And you've stolen my signature (which I in turn stole from Terry Pratchett, so I'll better be quiet now ).

Not entirely. I made the statement more accurate.

 

[Magnificent One]

Technically shouldnt it be "If you give a man a fire, he'll be warm for the rest of the day. But if you set a man on fire, he'll be burnt for the rest of his life." ?

 

[Leoreth]

And you destroyed the Buddha reference. More accurate, less funny. Pratchett knows what he's doing.

 

[Magnificent One]

Still,more accurate.

 

[nody]

And you destroyed the Buddha reference. More accurate, less funny. Pratchett knows what he's doing.

I find the term 'crispy' quite funny, although I admit it is a little unsensitive to burn-victims...

 

[Baldyr]

No, no... You're missing the point: The man will be warm for the rest of his life - its just that his life won't even outlast the flames... Think about it.

 

[Leoreth]

Exactly

 

[Baldyr]

And I'd like to add that I'm also a big Pratchett fan.

 

[Jarlaxe Baenre]

Who's pratchett?

 

[Baldyr]

Sir Terry Pratchett is an English author. Humorist really, and a damn good one at that. If you like Douglas Adams you'll probably enjoy Pratchett too.