When's it Time to go up a Level?

[Gibsie]

So I finished my last game on Prince with a score of 20000+, being given the rank of Augustus Caesar (How silly that so many of the new leaders are already represented on the Hall of Fame board). Now I'm trying Monarch, but trying to keep up is such a hassle, should I kwwp trying to do better at Prince for a while yet?

[Will9]

Well it depends on what leader youare and your gameplay style. Like my standered level is Noble. I could win at a level higher with Augustus, but I would strugle on Noble with Gandi.

[Nacht]

I play prince and I sometimes end as Augustus Caesar. Prince is my level because I play with random leaders and continue games with a less than stellar start. I even play through games where I loose my second city to barbarians, trying to survive in such circumstances can be fun too.

On prince I have a fighting chance winning a spacerace when not all goes well, while when everything goes pretty, I mostly go for domination, also fun every now and then.

I guess my level would be monarch if I would always playing the same civ, the same stategy and quit when the map doesn't match that stategy.

[Swiss Pauli]

Re: When's it Time to go up a Level?

Originally posted by Gibsie
Now I'm trying Monarch, but trying to keep up is such a hassle, should I kwwp trying to do better at Prince for a while yet?

I think the answer's already there: if you're not enjoying the challenge of a higher level then stick to what you like. If whupping the AI on Prince is getting boring then it's time for a change.

[fed1943]

I would say it depends on what you want:

If have fun, go up when you win easily;

If play better, try first at same level diferent maps and leaders - styles

of play - and after go up.

Best regards,

[Nugog]

Play at what you find fun.

It is a game remember.

Play at the level that suits your mood - I change my level around all over the place, depending on what I am looking for.

[Proteus_MST]

Yup.

As others have mentiooned already.
I´m like Will9, I could win at higher levels, but normally play noble, because it´s the level where I have most fun.

If you like your games to be more difficult than at your current level, play a higher level, else stay at the same level.

There´s no need for civers to progress in difficulty levels until they, finally, are able to gain victory even at the highest difficulty level (although some of the civers like it this way, but that´s just their personal preference/style of play and doesn´t mean that evryone has to like it that way)

[rah]

I think I've finally gotten a handle on Monarch and thinking about moving up, but I agree, play the level you have fun with. If you're uber competitive and feel that it must be at deity, go for it.

From reading, I got the opinion that all deity wins must have tricked settings. SMALL PAG with few civs and rush them. SO, i thought I'd be a wise ass and try one with a quecha rush.
I said screw everything else, build a barracks and pump them out and rush. By the time I got the 4th one out, my neighbor 8 squares away was sending an SOD of spearmen, axemen, and swordsman in my direction.
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD and more modest expectations on Emperor.

[Arrian]

Answer: when you're no longer having fun due to lack of challenge.

If you're still having fun, you can just set the bar for "victory" higher. That's what I tend to do.

edit: and now I read the thread and find I'm like the 10th person to say this. Heh.

-Arrian

[Nugog]

Originally posted by Arrian
Answer: when you're no longer having fun due to lack of challenge.

If you're still having fun, you can just set the bar for "victory" higher. That's what I tend to do.

edit: and now I read the thread and find I'm like the 10th person to say this. Heh.

-Arrian

But it is true.

[gdgrimm]

Re: When's it Time to go up a Level?

Originally posted by Gibsie
... being given the rank of Augustus Caesar (How silly that so many of the new leaders are already represented on the Hall of Fame board).

LOL. I had that happen, too (Domination Victory). "You have shown the leadership ability of Augustus Ceasar".

Well, duh!!! That's what leader I was!

What was really weird, was my next game was a Cultural Victory with Shaka, and the score put me on the board as 'showing the leadership ability of Shaka'.



I almost started to think that they were 'personalizing' the message at the end.