Why making it that hard?

[BurnPoodle]

Is there anyone like me that thinks that the GOTM (for the first one on CIV 3) is to hard to start? I mean... Its something hard to do to win and to have a good score on an island map like this.

Burn Poodle...

 

[damunzy]

I got used, abused, and tossed to the side also. I think Regent is a good level. It is the mid level after all.

 

[Thunderfall]

...and we were talking about starting the Civ3 GOTM on Deity level...

 

[Cunobelin Of Hippo]

Regent's the place to be.

The AI doesn't cheat...and neither do we , so it's nice and balanced for our first time out.

 

[Matrix]

I'm starting with a warlord game first, to get used to the game. Then I'll play the GOTM.

(Edit: One guy makes his first post and three mods and the admin reply to it.)

 

[runaway]

I used to always play Civ1 on Chieftain level, because at the time I enjoyed games that were more relaxing than challenging.

Now, eight years later, I played my first Civ3 game on Chieftain also, and quickly found that the combat system worked a little different (duh). I stupidly didn't take much advantage of my CSAs though, until I realized that if I wanted to do well at all in the Prince-difficulty GOTM, I'd need to get into the habit of utilizing every advantage I possibly could.

And wow, the Immortals are pretty sweet in the ancient age. I mopped up the starting continent with them (although it did take four thousand years).

 

[Serg]

The GOTM is my first Civ3 game and although it isn't easy I think this difficulty level is optimal but the map was chosen not well (no river). I think the players who have won Civ2 on Emperior or Deity level without cheating will not have problem with Civ3's Regent level.

 

[Drew62]

I normally play on Warlord...Prince was a challenge. This was too!

I got abused and disposed of just as JC was born. How was one to expand on that tiny lil spit of land anyway? The Aztecs were just too strong.

Do I have to wait for DEC 2 for some play-by-play analysis?

 

[Drew62]

Now I know what my mistake was....!!

I'm not used to Militaristic folks. Peace, love, and money always worked for me!!


Guess I'll try again.....

 

[runaway]

Did I say "Prince"? I meant "Regent". Stupid name changes!

 

[BurnPoodle]

The problem I meant isnt the difficulty level but it was the map chosen! ... I am really having a hard time doing something good with the corruption problem...

 

[Drphil]

With the skinny land around your capital, and the Persians this GOTM screems of despotic conquest. If I would have realized it earlier I probably could have won earlier - but this isn't the type of win I like in Civ. As it was I dominated by 860AD and had a score over 3000.
Those immortals without the good defensive Greeks or Roman specials to worry about made the game too easy IMHO. Crack the whip spit out another immortarobocop and roll over the other 4 civs. The Babas were nice enough to build the GL for me so that wiping out the Amis and Iroq was pretty easy as well - just swim across the channel in pairs on galleys and roll across the island.

I may restart and try to just take over the Aztec capital and build a FP there and see if I can have a more "civilized" game/win with much fewer, better cities. I'll wipe out the Aztecs, babas and zulus on the main island - but raze their cities instead of taking them over muhoohoohaahaa.