OK I am planning my next game of Civ and I want to go conquest (assuming I can finally get that elusive culture victory - damn space race!). I really want to use Rome for this. Their Praetorians are the closest thing to the civ3 killer stacks. In my experience they tend to roll-over all the enemies of that period - though their glory is short lived. They seem to become obsolete with Longbowmen. I also will be playing epic speed using the huge-real Earth map with all civs in their historical position on noble.
Now here is my basic plan and was just wondering what people thought of it:
Rush to ironworking for the praetorians. Start pumping them out.
Roll over the nearest AI civs with them until they become obsolete.
Rush to cavalry and use them to roll-over as many more AI as I can.
I think by this stage I should be big enough to just hammer the remaining civs into submission through brute force. I was going to ignore religions entirely but as soon as I inherited one switch to Organized Religion. The only wonder I was going to try for was the pyramid so I can switch to police state early. But if I fail I don't think its a game breaker. Eventually I would plan to put the forbidden palace in Asia and Versailles in the new world to cut back on maintenance. Or maybe the AI will be nice enough to oblige me before hand
Ultimately my goal is to have the following for XP units and warmongering:
Barracks (4), Theocracy (2), Vassalage (2) West Point (4), Heroic Epic, police state, Red Cross, Pentagon (2)
Anything else to consider? I know Catherine is better for the cavalry rush but I want to win as Rome so switching powers is out of the question. I also realise that probably Tokugawa or Kubla Khan is overall a better warmongering race.. but as I said I want the Pax Romanium not the Pax Nihon.
I will also probably put raging barbarians on. Mainly because I just like them but also it will hurt the AI more than it will hurt me considering my start position. And the new world should be partially colonised by barbarian settlements making it easier to get a foot hold long term.
I am also guessing I will get a domination victory before I get a conquest victory. But I believe that you can continue to play and get further victory types even when you win initially (?). At least that's what the manual says.
The only real problem will be if I am totally unlucky in getting iron somewhere within my border or close by. But not much I can do about that.
Now here is my basic plan and was just wondering what people thought of it:
Rush to ironworking for the praetorians. Start pumping them out.
Roll over the nearest AI civs with them until they become obsolete.
Rush to cavalry and use them to roll-over as many more AI as I can.
I think by this stage I should be big enough to just hammer the remaining civs into submission through brute force. I was going to ignore religions entirely but as soon as I inherited one switch to Organized Religion. The only wonder I was going to try for was the pyramid so I can switch to police state early. But if I fail I don't think its a game breaker. Eventually I would plan to put the forbidden palace in Asia and Versailles in the new world to cut back on maintenance. Or maybe the AI will be nice enough to oblige me before hand
Ultimately my goal is to have the following for XP units and warmongering:
Barracks (4), Theocracy (2), Vassalage (2) West Point (4), Heroic Epic, police state, Red Cross, Pentagon (2)
Anything else to consider? I know Catherine is better for the cavalry rush but I want to win as Rome so switching powers is out of the question. I also realise that probably Tokugawa or Kubla Khan is overall a better warmongering race.. but as I said I want the Pax Romanium not the Pax Nihon.
I will also probably put raging barbarians on. Mainly because I just like them but also it will hurt the AI more than it will hurt me considering my start position. And the new world should be partially colonised by barbarian settlements making it easier to get a foot hold long term.
I am also guessing I will get a domination victory before I get a conquest victory. But I believe that you can continue to play and get further victory types even when you win initially (?). At least that's what the manual says.
The only real problem will be if I am totally unlucky in getting iron somewhere within my border or close by. But not much I can do about that.
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