What map size do you play?

[Babbler]

Standard now. I use to play alot of Large, but those maps is very hard too get good wars going, IMHO. With standard, the entire map will be filled by the late ancient/early middle ages, and you can start kill the AIs.

But your right, Tripwire. 6 GHz CPU can't come fast enough :lol :king :lol

 

[Darkness]

All of them. Kind of depends on if I'm in the mood for a short or a long game...

 

[mevlin]

I used to always use Large or Huge but have lately started using Standard. The game take's too long on the AI turns as many have said on a big map.

 

[hawai_74]

i like standard. When i'm angry i just play a tiny pangea map with the aztec and try to erase life in a few turn
as said before, i sleep when i play on a huge map in the industrial ages

 

[Lennon]

When i'm angry i just play a tiny pangea map with the aztec and try to erase life in a few turn

I suppose we all have our ways of releasing our anger...

 

[Hakim]

I went to large because I wanted more civilizations in the game, and have never changed since. I do have a problem with not finishing games though.

I never play on the earth map, exploration is a key element in the game for me.

 

[Deo Invicto]

Huge, Larger empires,countries,civs. Takes more effort to conquer your enemies and be conquered.. and takes more time. Makes final victory something to have a triumph over.

 

[coolio7]

I like to modify the game rules and shove 16 civs on a tiny map!!! It's so funny because there aren't enough starting spots. Then, 3 or 4 ai players just fortify their settler and worker until they are crushed by me. After that, it's just one big sardine can. Boy do I love sardine cans. So many civs and such different expansion!!! You all should try it sometime!!!! (it would be interesting on deity and sid...I've never tried)

But other than that I mainly stick to standard 80% water archipelagos. I'm not into managing big empires. I like little island expansion games. And peace games.

 

[general_kill]

I used to play huge maps and large earth maps alot. And i agree those games do take a long time. I set the turn limit at 1000 and i still have trouble getting a domination win. Its not difficult as it is annoying, its like beating one of those clown dolls that always stands upright even if you punch it down. Trying to keep the doll down (or in the case of civ3, trying to take over all the 1 tile island cities.) is just a pain.

The turns take a long time also, and at times, i wanted my city to stop producing shields so i wouldnt have to constantly micro manage the dozens of new units being produced in the industrial age.

Now i moved down to large maps because its much smaller and faster compared to huge maps but large epic battles could still be fought in large.