What is your favorit Era?

[MamboJoel]

All of us have different way of playing. During the game, at different times, there is basically two big options: high foreign strategy, low domestic strategy or high domestic strategy and low foreign strategy (by the way, I'm french and I'm having a hard time writing in english, please excuse me . I found out that I was only interested in building a very nice civilization without any interest about things that where going on outside until the time Armors and Marines are available.
Some player maybe wait a little more or maybe some get interested about foreign civilization at the knights time... Of course an other way of playing is beeing agressive all the time.
So tell me when do you care about outside and when you don't (usally).

 

[Dell19]

I like the modern era when I get tanks, artillery and battleships. Then I can rule the seas and on the land and the computer can no longer hide in its cities....

 

[el_kalkylus]

I like the period when I go into republic or democracy, and see every city grow, and I discover new advances every second turn.

The fighting is not that fun, because I am always so unlucky. For example in the Gotm 10 game I played, I attacked a city with 5 Cavalries against some legions, and they all lost!

I had to wait 20 years for my scientist to discover Howitzers.

 

[duke o' york]

I don't mind going to war at all and will readily do so if it becomes necessary for the further expansion of my empire. On a large map, I will instantly go to war with any other civs that I find on my land mass to ensure that I have ample room to build my empire in. Then I will expand and make sure that my cities are placed so as to make the full benefit of the resources the computer carelessly leaves lying around but also to ensure the AI can't make those irritating cities in the spots that you've missed on your coastline. When I have enough cities then I will move onto the next most likely-looking continent and spread out there. If an AI civ has already claimed this ground then too bad for them . I will overrun their cities and found new and better ones. The time for war is always, but there must be a need to make war. I like to have a city on all the continents I plan to colonise before I move to Democracy but this is not always possible.
I do love tanks though!!:tank:
Stealth planes are great and so are mech infantry. I have never built a normal fighter, although ordinary bombers are quite useful when you are waiting for stealth to come along. the fact that you can stack units under them to get by ZsOC is very useful.

 

[Enkidu]

I'd say its the most fun fighting with the modern units (armors, bombers, battleships) but I find it a lot easier taking out the A.I in the ancient era, as the cities are hardly ever defended with more than a phalanx and will easily fall against elephants or crusaders.

 

[Killer A's]

I love the modern era with Armors and battleships. I just walk over the AI with them.

:tank: :flamedevi

 

[King of England]

I like the ancient era best. It's great to see your civ start from nothing and build into a great nation. I also try to eliminate or at least weaken rivals that are too close to me so I can have some breathing space. I also like exploring the land with my horsemen, reaching out to the farthest regions of the world. The world looks way bigger in the ancient world, what with few roads at the very beginning, little movement.

I love exploring!

The middle ages I mainly like because I get to explore and sometimes colonize other continents with my cool caravels, explorers and settlers/engineers (I usually don't care to build Lighthouse in ancient era, but my triremes can find some islands, continents close by), trade with any worthy rivals (very few, I might add. Would be cool if the AI civs could make some nice trade cities). However, attacking cities is harder during this era, so I like ancient times more.

Modern is cool: Stealth Fighters/Bombers can destroy AI easily, and Mech. Infantry is ever useful for battle within and out of cities. But by then the game gets a bit boring what with AI being weak or unexciting at all. If it gets too boring, I just attack everyone else and end it.

 

[thealien_83]

I did vote for the "Renessaince" era if you so will, the one including the Musketeers, Dragoons & Cannon. Now of course I can readily admit that that choice came more out of personal taste than any actual tactical/strategical inkling.

I don't particularly find that era suitable for war or any such, I just happen to just *love* good old muskets of all kinds, the roar of old cannons and the occasional sound of a cavalry charge followed by the unloading of countless belt pistols. Yum yum.

As for which era I prefer to make war in I tend to, whether I like it or not, get involved in wars in almost all "eras", and I do attempt to fight them, and not just weather them out, most often. Early on I fight to secure "lebensraum" for my dear nation and to fend off overly violent neighbors, and possibly eradicating them. Later on it tends to be struggles over luxurious stretches of land, and border-crossing piss-ant patrols the enemy sends and I end up forced to exterminate as they block my infrastructure and refuse to move. And in the end it is most often pure wars for survival as the still-standing juggernauts have at it with nuclear missiles, stealth bombers and whatnot.

But I must say, the last era tends to be way too easy really. If you have a somewhat working empire and you turn your head towards conquest the computer is sold, sooner or later. The pure efficiency of a massed assault by howitzers backed up by armors along a railroad or some such is never stopped by the computer. It is not capable of countering such a massed assault, and thus it looses. Sadly, because I'd have prefered more challenging "end wars". Thus I prefer the earlier wars, because they tend to be more gritty...

 

[Hamlet]

Ancient era. I like having the power to bulldoze all those civilizations still with warriors with my legions.

 

[Achinz]

For me it's the expectation of change of era that is involving. I guess the earliest era is the most exciting because it is when the great unknown looms largest and the suspense greatest.

 

[Ren]

I voted modern because of the immense power of howitzers, but I also like to include Armours and Stlth Fighters in my offensives.

 

[Sodak]

Modern era? What's that?

I either finish the game before tanks come around or get bored with micromanagement and begin anew. The ancient era is my favorite - exploration, growth, bullying the AI. Good fun.

 

[Dell19]

Bah! You are missing out on all the fun micro management. Endless turns of changing building options, woohoo.

 

[Baccus]

I love the early game, wiping out the next door civ. You just go all out for Polytheism, then Chivalry, blat their unfortified cities with Elephants and Knights, job's a good 'un. I like to go up against a stronger empire then - use veteran phalanxes and vet catapults. I find a vet catapult will take out a phalanx behind city walls most of the time. Same for vet cannon with musketeers. The worst attack time is after conscription, when you still only have cannon to take their riflemen. It just doesn't work - you just have to race madly for machine tools.

But I love the ancient era - I like to have lots developed by 0AD and compare my empire to the Roman Empire (20 million people, powerful army). Trying to have 20 million people in Civ II by 0AD is very hard, though I recently got close with my Persian empire, 18 million people by 0AD (I think the rest of the civs had 4 million all together! My economy dwarfed theirs!)

 

[Baccus]

I often find that I don't finish games - my hard drive is clogged with unfinished games, because once I'm into the Industrial era I tend to lose interest. All the work of winning is generally done by then. Perhaps I play on too easy a level (King).

 

[zenbowl]

For me, the Musketeer stage is the most fun for combat. I like the easier levels, but I also like my realism. The picture of a company of Dragoons supported by cannons wiping up an antiquated civilization who hasn't discovered gunpowder yet is a bit more realistic than Stealth Bombers striking a city defended by a bronze-age Phalanx.

Though not necessarily more amusing.

 

[Sodak]

Originally posted by zenbowl
... than Stealth Bombers striking a city defended by a bronze-age Phalanx.

Though not necessarily more amusing.

I find immense sadistic enjoyment in using my fighters to mow down an enemy AI's legions, phalanx, elephants, and such. I wonder what the AI military advisor says then?

"Sire, we need to train pigeons to fly into the fighter engines, or we are doomed!" :crazyeyes

 

[c2R]

It is quite amusing to play on an easy mode once in a while, to annhilate the enemy civs' pre-gunpowder units with howitzers and nukes.

The Destroyer vs. a Tireme, that's what I call fair

 

[Chump]

Oh the times between the ancient and renaissance (sp?) is sooo fun! When the AI's have only discovered Bronze and/or Warrior Code, and I already have Crusaders. So very fun

Of course, I can't forget Howitzers. Mmm... Ignore City Wall rule

:santa:

 

[Rowan]

My favorite era is the Ancient.Is it possible to stop(?) time and remain in that era.