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Had some fun and frustration trying to get an MP game going after the European release today. Most of the games we started were very choppy and laggy and inevitably ended up with one or more of us freezing and dropping. It was only when jobe and I decided to play a duel that we were able to play for more than thirty turns.
I'm a long time civ player but haven't played MP since SMAX so I expected that my usual strategy would run into some trouble against human competition. Things started out innocently enough.
My second city was placed with a somewhat longer-term strategy involved. A good place, sure, but the real benefits would come in that second ring of tiles. I guess this is a big mistake for this duel type map. As was building stonehenge... that was probably my biggest mistake.
jobe quickly spread to four cities, and his French culture kept those borders expanding. I struggled to keep my happiness above 0 and finally built a fourth city. I had six military units which I thought was right on pace and was planning to invade once I managed ten.
I barely managed to build a barracks and burial tomb in my capitol. I discovered iron working but had no iron anywhere near my territory. Ugh. My third city had walls and a monument, and was just starting a barracks. My fourth city (where we were staging our armies) was just finishing a wall.
I don't even know how big jobe's army was, but it was big. 12 units? 14? It overwhelmed my defenses and quickly destroyed my front line. In this image, you can see what is left from his initial force... he still had several units behind these.
I had a couple of units hanging around my capitol that jobe came in quickly cleaned up, and I lost the game by about turn 80. Ouch.
I hope jobe sheds some light on how he built up so quick. I had plenty of improvements around my first two cities, a few around my third, and roads connecting everything. Yet somehow he built twice as many troops as me, basically the same number of buildings, and completely outpaced me in science. My hat is off to you, sir... I hope I can learn and some day pose real competition.
I'm a long time civ player but haven't played MP since SMAX so I expected that my usual strategy would run into some trouble against human competition. Things started out innocently enough.
My second city was placed with a somewhat longer-term strategy involved. A good place, sure, but the real benefits would come in that second ring of tiles. I guess this is a big mistake for this duel type map. As was building stonehenge... that was probably my biggest mistake.
jobe quickly spread to four cities, and his French culture kept those borders expanding. I struggled to keep my happiness above 0 and finally built a fourth city. I had six military units which I thought was right on pace and was planning to invade once I managed ten.
I barely managed to build a barracks and burial tomb in my capitol. I discovered iron working but had no iron anywhere near my territory. Ugh. My third city had walls and a monument, and was just starting a barracks. My fourth city (where we were staging our armies) was just finishing a wall.
I don't even know how big jobe's army was, but it was big. 12 units? 14? It overwhelmed my defenses and quickly destroyed my front line. In this image, you can see what is left from his initial force... he still had several units behind these.
I had a couple of units hanging around my capitol that jobe came in quickly cleaned up, and I lost the game by about turn 80. Ouch.
I hope jobe sheds some light on how he built up so quick. I had plenty of improvements around my first two cities, a few around my third, and roads connecting everything. Yet somehow he built twice as many troops as me, basically the same number of buildings, and completely outpaced me in science. My hat is off to you, sir... I hope I can learn and some day pose real competition.
Im gutted I missed opening night and I hope I didnt vent too much in chat about it but Im sure you can all understand where I was coming from.
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