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**Hydey** · July 3, 2002, 18:59

That is the stategy a great player uses so he needs no other strategy.

**SmartFart** · July 3, 2002, 19:13

If you want a game,I am willing to participate.
You play 2x2x king and I prefere 1x1x deity. So,how about 2x1x emperor? Best of three? I don't mind long turns. Small map?

**SmartFart** · July 3, 2002, 19:14

And yes...I do build Sun-Tzu.

**War4ever** · July 3, 2002, 19:30

yes....he does

**atawa** · July 3, 2002, 19:37

Originally posted by SmartFart
If you want a game,I am willing to participate.
You play 2x2x king and I prefere 1x1x deity. So,how about 2x1x emperor? Best of three? I don't mind long turns. Small map?

Cool, always good to play new players on different settings.

Zone me sometimes

**Alexander's Horse** · July 3, 2002, 20:20

Originally posted by StrategicKingMi
My tips here are not "tips" at all. They are universal truths.

Some kind of new religion

**Ming** · July 3, 2002, 20:27

Nahhh... not a religion... only truths if you play on large maps, King level, lots of islands, and no barbs

**Alexander's Horse** · July 3, 2002, 20:31

Originally posted by Ming
only truths if you play on large maps, King level, lots of islands, and no barbs

Those settings are the devil's work. They designed to ensure you will never become a good player.

**War4ever** · July 3, 2002, 20:31

you forgot the x2 move as well.....

**Ming** · July 3, 2002, 20:38

Originally posted by War4ever
you forgot the x2 move as well.....

No... I didn't. He has stated that they apply for 1x1x as well.

**rah** · July 3, 2002, 20:42

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

Those settings are the devil's work. They designed to ensure you will never become a good player.

They do ensure that you will become a great player, (in your own mind),

. There's a lot of proof for that in almost all the threads here.

RAH

**Alexander's Horse** · July 3, 2002, 20:57

That's the way the devil works - he makes you THINK you are a great player by tempting you with crap settings.

**War4ever** · July 3, 2002, 21:18

lets be PC here....lets call them maturally challenged

**StrategicKingMi** · July 3, 2002, 21:35

Remember, you play 1 x 1 deity. This means that your units dont move as fast and that you dont have as many units overall. On 2 x 2 king, 60 x 60 is a very small world where you WILL run into your neighbors early and have to fight.
Caravans are even more important in warfare since the profit you earn can be redirected to more citys, more units and more ships.
As far as stealing tech, that is exactly why universal trueth #1 can not be argued. If your science rate is too high, not only are you being inefficent but all that tech is stolen. With vans producing the tech, you basically get the tech for free so it is no great lose when stolen.
And as far as pikeman being the only defense...WRONG.......
A vet crusader will beat a vet pikeman 50% of the time. (a great player will come at you with catapults instead that will win all the time defeating the purpose of pikes)
However, strategically placed forts with vet phalanxs in them will stop any invasion in its tracks.
And with a quick response offensive team, you can kill the attackers on your turn.

Hell, vet wariors can stop an invasion also behind forts , since an offensive unit will usually end its turn after attacking once and the quick offensive strike team will kill the attacker, a trade of 10 resources for 40!

**StrategicKingMi** · July 3, 2002, 21:36

And where did I ever say in my universal trueths that citys should be ungarrisioned?

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