Question about revolution

[DarthVeda]

I assume that you have to win the game in the timespan (300 turns) including revolution? That is, if you declare revolution on turn 299, you're pretty much done for because the game ends on 300, right?

[Ijuin]

That's a good question. In the original Colonization you were required to declare Independence by 1800, but your War of Independence could last until 1849.

[Machismo]

You need to defeat the REF before you win, so if you declare at 299, you won't win. You can't defeat the King quickly enough. It sounds like the wars last about 40 turns normally.

[jdchambe]

this is one of the most annoying things about the game. you have to win your revolution in the time limit. which means you have to know how many waves the AI is going to send and how long the AI is going to wait between sending each wave. you can completely annihilate every wave on the same turn that it lands and still lose because the AI can end up running out the clock because it waits so long between each wave.

That would be fine... but i really wish the game would just tell me up front "you waited to long to start the revolution the last wave will be sent after the timer runs out". then I wouldn't have to waste an hour of my time just to find out that i had already lost before the war even started.

there should be two time limits. one on when you have to start your revolution, and then the other on how long you have to win it. having a time limit only for the later, and then running a "invasion script" from the point that the war is declared that has events in it that occur after the timer runs out is pretty dumb.