As a general rule, when you are mobilizing for war and looking for the right target civ, do you prefer to go after (a) the easy weaker civ with outdated tech, to easy expand your empire, or (b) the strongest CIV you are competing with, in order to knock them down a little and expand your lead?
Mostly interested from the standpoint of those going for a conquest win. Which strategy would lead to a faster win?
I guess this depends on how I am doing during the game (and at what date I am at). If I am doing pretty good, and my military is strong - I will go after the tuff guy. If the tuff guys is pretty close to my borders I might reconsider (don't want to bite off more than I can chew). If I am struggling and I need to expand - I will go after the weaker guy. I made the mistake of not looking at the diplomacy screen and I attacked some guy with Mutual Protection - deep trouble!
i normally arnt bothered about how strong ir weak they are i normally go after the person who is further behind in tech than me so that i will have superior weapons
Kill the weakling. If you attack the stronger one, you might lose... Besides, you will get the same amount of score increase with attacking the weaker one. Unless you have some allies, crush the weakling. The stronger one can be beaten later when you have railroads and mobility the AI doesn't know how to take advantage of.
I prefer to attack for very specific reasons (resources, strategic land, etc.), but I always prefer a weaker enemy. If I plan on eliminating someone, I'll use MPP with the strongest, and go after the weaker one together. That gives me a good friend, and time to rebuild my infrastructure after war. But it is very dependent on the game situation, and I know a lot of players won't use MPP.
Get rid of the weak. Cut the deadwood out of the game. Wait until the assimilation of that civ is complete and productive before you go after the next target.
i say if u have nukes nuke em but watch out 4 the hole world against u its happened to me on monark :ekk: go for the one with better resourses take the resourses and their capitol WATCH OUT FOR FLIPPING BACK!
I'm trying for my first ever conquest victory as the Germans and I must admit, the thing that makes the most sense is to attack the civs you can gobble up whole first. That way, your expansion can be tightly controlled, with little danger from culture flips if things move quickly.
I attack not based on power of the civ but based on what I would get from it. If I am going for domination, weaker civ. If I am going for conquest, stronger civ. If I need resources, which ever civ has em closest.
For me, it also depends on what civ I'm playing as. If I'm playing as the Persians or the Indians (which both have strong UU's early), I like to go for the stronger opponents early. If I'm playing as the Americans or the Germans, which don't get their stronger UU's until much later, I'm more likely to go after the weaker opponents first.
I prefer to go for a weaker civ first or wait untill a stronger civ gets into a war and then blind side him. I try for positioning if i have the resources i need and if i dont have those resources, I go for a near by civ that has them. I sometimes use culature flipping get those resources since i prefer to play a religious civ.
All other things being equal (resources, luxuries, and other strategic concerns), I'd attack the weaker one first. Particularly if taking over the weak civ will make your civ stronger, or put you in a better position to attack the stonger AI civ. For instance, if you are planning on invading another continent, and that continent is home to a strong and a weak civ, hit the weak one, take them down, and use their former territory as a staging area for the invasion of the stronger civ.
The weaker civ. :scout:
Think about the real world for a minute.
If it's England against America, America would win.
But what if England conquered all of Europe first.
English victory would be more likely.
In most cases, I'll take on the stronger civ. Buy military alliances with the rest and knock them out. I systematically wipe out each civ as it becomes the strongest.
However, a lot of the decision of who I attack depends upon their proximity to me, and tech level. No use wiping out someone on the opposite continent in 800BC with galleys and horsemen. Much rather wait until Transports, Tanks, Carriers and Bombers.
Originally posted by archer_007 The weaker civ. :scout:
Think about the real world for a minute.
If it's England against America, America would win.
But what if England conquered all of Europe first.
English victory would be more likely.
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