Would ancient Civ II strategy threads interest you?

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by Ming
Oedo years was the biggest shock to learn. How could we have been so blind

Oedo years was a big one... But I think my astonishment was greater when you pulled the first OCC off. And I remember when Paul shaved off years of the landing date... He was almost flamed and marked as a cheater, but replied patiently to all questions...

Yes, the spring of 1999 and the rise of OCC... That killed my jogging season... And the shoes haven't left the shelf since.... Damn!

Carolus

[Ming]

I was in shock too when I won the first OCC game. Rah and I traded records back and forth shaving a few years off each time... and then came Paul. His early records were mind blowing... and then people eventually won with a size one OCC... unbelievable.

[Alex]

good old days, eh?

I still remember the old OWO forums about SMAC... pretty cool things.

[Panag]

hi ,

well the OCC works also in CIV III , to some extend lesson learned from CIV II can be implemented in it , ......

always good to go over these old threads

have a nice day

[Carolus Rex]

What other Civ II tricks/strategies work in Civ 3?

Have a great day!

Carolus

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by panag
hi ,

well the OCC works also in CIV III , to some extend lesson learned from CIV II can be implemented in it , ......

always good to go over these old threads

have a nice day

It's not really the same. One city in Civ2 is way more powerful than 1 in Civ3. Also, there is no celebrating. If OCC succeeds at Deity you need a killer map, and luck with resources. Even then the time wont be good. In Civ2 OCC records are impressive even by normal standards. Lastly 'shoestring' OCC is just a pipe-dream with Civ3.

[rah]

I doubt occ would work in CivIII. But I'm too lazy to go through all the posts in the CIV III forum.

[DrSpike]

It is feasible..........but if OCC didn't already exist it probably wouldn't be invented for Civ3.

[rah]

With no ability to get non-units and the nature of trading with the AI in CivIII, I doubt it is possible. (but then I originally thought it wasn't in CIVII also. )

[Ben Kenobi]

I was surprised to pull a win using the tricks from a size 1 OCC.

All you need is a mountain with Gold,

Unfortunately, the strat does not work with MGE, due to the nature of the AI. Even regular OCC is quite a bit harsher without accomodating AI.

I just lost an OCC game by one turn on a Large map on MGE.


ON another, I had a repeating hides demander on another continent, that was only three turns away by trireme. 150 gold and beakers for every caravan. Unfortunately, I deleted the game.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by rah
With no ability to get non-units and the nature of trading with the AI in CivIII, I doubt it is possible. (but then I originally thought it wasn't in CIVII also. )

Well I think it is possible, because I have done it. It is however much harder than in Civ2, and you require more luck.

[rah]

Doesn't building the space ship take too long without having caravans to rush it?

What settings were you playing?

Congrats.

[Gramphos]

you may try to search www.archive.org you will be surpriced of what you canh find in sush a place...

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by rah
Doesn't building the space ship take too long without having caravans to rush it?

What settings were you playing?

Congrats.

I'm not sure if you played Civ3, but with a decent tech path you can keep up with the AI because there are several relevant techs, all of which unlock some parts of the spaceship. You also have to prebuild the bigger parts using a convenient high shield wonder.

To be honest if you make it that far and have the right resources nearby the spaceship isn't that bad. But it's not really that fun IMO.........Civ3 OCC is just a little too much out of the player's hands for my tastes.

I played Emperor, but there was a guy that claimed he had done it on Deity. It is possible to be sure, if you are patient enough.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Gramphos
you may try to search www.archive.org you will be surpriced of what you canh find in sush a place...