I'm interested in opinions, especially those who have been playing Civ 3 for a long time, of how well does Conquests go to fix certain problems in the game.
- Naval dominance. From what I heard, navies are made important in C3C - well, this sounds good. Is that true?
- The modern age. One of the biggest problems I saw... in the Modern Age, the spaceship came very early on the tech tree, and if you wanted, you could launch 3-4 turns after getting Synthetic Fibers. Most modern games ended very early in the modern age. Has the tech tree been reworked, or anything?
- Useless units. Marines seem to be good now, but how about Partroopers and Helicopters? Do they have their role in the game?
- Buying techs. Another big issue I think there was in Civ 3, that you had to research techs AI doesn't, and generally just buy techs from it for gold - or the rare tech you have. This approach provided better results at Regent, and at Monarch and above, you absolutely had to use it. Does it now make any sense to do your own research on Regent/Monarch?
- The tedium. Some might argue that there was none, but I believe that at a certain point in the Industrial Age, the game became tedious. The problem was, you pretty much had all the strategic resources, probably, and there was no real reason to fight a war - those were to expensive anyway. So, you just sit there, colonizing nothing, not fighting, and merely moving your workers around.
- Diplomatic agreements. Does your Foreign Advisor still always know whether the other side will accept the deal, making it feel like it's the advisor you're bargaining with, not the AI?
Please respond on the points above... I'll be getting C3C regardless, just because I want to own everything Civ, and I still believe Civ 3 has the most challenging AI (which, I hear, got improved again), but the points above are what make me annoyed by Civ 3 at times.
- Naval dominance. From what I heard, navies are made important in C3C - well, this sounds good. Is that true?
- The modern age. One of the biggest problems I saw... in the Modern Age, the spaceship came very early on the tech tree, and if you wanted, you could launch 3-4 turns after getting Synthetic Fibers. Most modern games ended very early in the modern age. Has the tech tree been reworked, or anything?
- Useless units. Marines seem to be good now, but how about Partroopers and Helicopters? Do they have their role in the game?
- Buying techs. Another big issue I think there was in Civ 3, that you had to research techs AI doesn't, and generally just buy techs from it for gold - or the rare tech you have. This approach provided better results at Regent, and at Monarch and above, you absolutely had to use it. Does it now make any sense to do your own research on Regent/Monarch?
- The tedium. Some might argue that there was none, but I believe that at a certain point in the Industrial Age, the game became tedious. The problem was, you pretty much had all the strategic resources, probably, and there was no real reason to fight a war - those were to expensive anyway. So, you just sit there, colonizing nothing, not fighting, and merely moving your workers around.
- Diplomatic agreements. Does your Foreign Advisor still always know whether the other side will accept the deal, making it feel like it's the advisor you're bargaining with, not the AI?
Please respond on the points above... I'll be getting C3C regardless, just because I want to own everything Civ, and I still believe Civ 3 has the most challenging AI (which, I hear, got improved again), but the points above are what make me annoyed by Civ 3 at times.
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