What's the highest difficulty level you can win on at least 90% of the time?

[Phoenician]

Monarch...I never lose. I probably should move up a level. In fact, I'll try that now.

Yeah, I just played a couple games on emperor. The first game, barbs killed me.
Second game, I had 4 cities and I couldn't get my slider past 10-20%...and I was mining gold...the gold was the only thing that was allowing me to survive. I gave up when Shaka killed most of my defenders and most of the other civs were in the middle ages by the time I researched mathematics. I was able to build the pyramids, but even with representation-my science production was pretty poor.

With my tail between my legs I march back to monarch...

 

[Turquoiside]

Uh, what is below Noble? I think Chieftain, so 90% on Noble and Chieftain

I'm not sure on Noble becuase of a recent loss that made me think I should not move up to Monarch.

Phoenician, I've heard the Prince-Monarch move and the Monarch-Emperor moves are the toughest jumps. Sometimes you just have to get better slowly, until then you make it to the A.D. years. Then the Middle Ages. Then learn things here and there, etc.

 

[javidbing]

Prince, can only win about 50 on monarch

 

[Iranon]

Not sure whether I'd qualify for Immortal... between freaks of probability and my own carelessness, probably not. So Emperor.

 

[Learningciv]

I would like to say Emperor and it would be close but 90% leaves very little margin. Fractal maps where I start isolated and there is a big tech club on another continent, random leader giving me a bad leader combined with a very poor start location, etc. Its also hard to judge because lately I have been heavily experimenting with my tactics so I'm not sure exactly how it would go if I pulled all stops to win.

 

[blitzkrieg1980]

Noble - 100%
Prince - 30% ???

I don't get it. Even after reading all the guides I seem to die out after my classic/early medieval war on Prince level. I've gotten over my fear of not dominating techs... but I still seem to falter after my first war.

 

[Galthromir]

Noble - 100%
Prince - 30% ???

I don't get it. Even after reading all the guides I seem to die out after my classic/early medieval war on Prince level. I've gotten over my fear of not dominating techs... but I still seem to falter after my first war.

Diplomacy? Thats whats made the biggest difference in Prince for me. Improving my previously awful diplo. has made me go from winning 10% of the time to like 85% (I have bad luck and tend to get "game over" events like AP loss to a civ I've never met cause their religions love fest is on the other continent.).

 

[ParadigmShifter]

After my early war I am normally going all out to get 6 universities up to get Oxford built and trying to take the best tech I can from liberalism.

 

[PhroX]

Monarch. Unless I get some atrocious luck, I can nearly always win. Emperor, on the other hand, I probably win about 20-25%

 

[michmbk]

Monarch. I think I had won about 15 straight at monarch before moving up to emperor, and I think I'm 6 for 9 so far on emperor.

 

[Zack]

Uh, what is below Noble? I think Chieftain, so 90% on Noble and Chieftain

I'm not sure on Noble becuase of a recent loss that made me think I should not move up to Monarch.

Warlord is the level below Chieftain. And shouldn't you try Prince before Monarch?

 

[greggbert]

It depends does the percentage include regenerating maps in turns 1-10?

 

[IAM]

Monarch 100% of the time. Of course I've only played one game on that level. My highest score ever. Hatty huge map domination 468,000 points. About 90% on Prince though.

 

[PreLynMax]

Pre-BTS, or post-BTS?

 

[Crusher1]

Post BTS every % gets better. Warlords was a pain. I fit in with Iranon. I win a majority of the time on Immortal but certainly not 90%. Random DoW or other uncontrollable events get me. So Emperor.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

On a related note, has anyone ever lost a game on settler? I don't believe it is possible

 

[Pohjalainen]

Haven't played enough games on Noble to say but it feels that it could be it. So, I must say Warlord.

 

[Amao]

Prince. 1 failure on Monarch, 2 more games pending...

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Post BTS every % gets better. Warlords was a pain. I fit in with Iranon. I win a majority of the time on Immortal but certainly not 90%. Random DoW or other uncontrollable events get me. So Emperor.

BTS is harder at lower difficulties due to the improved AI, but easier at higher difficulties because the AI bonuses are less severe.

 

[Earthling]

I'd say Immortal - if I was just to play random games off the forums on this difficulty that would probably be it. But I generally prefer a challenge though so with Huge maps/avoiding cheese (no Inca/Rome rushes, no AP for myself, etc...) I probably don't win 90%.