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Finally: victory at Diety!
I won my first game at Diety level. It was on a small map, 7 civs, raging hordes. I won by conquest, finishing in the late 1800's.
I've been playing Civ for over a year, but I only play a game a month due to lack of time. I got to King level pretty easily but was stuck there until I found Apolyton. With the things I learned here I started winning at Emperor. I tried Diety a few times but got behind very quickly and gave up when I was clearly losing.
I had good terrain in my Diety victory -- lots of river squares, and room to grow for the first couple dozen moves. However I think the key to victory was that I founded my first 8 cities very fast. (I built 12 altogether, plus conquered a bunch later on.)
In previous games I would diverge a little to build a couple units to explore, and a couple for a better defense, and I'd delay building a settler now and then to give a city time to grow. Also I'd use early settlers to build roads and sometimes irrigate for a few turns.
I think now that those diversions were a mistake. My victory worked because I built the first 8 cities as quickly as possible, and two more not long afterward. (I added the last two quite a bit later, each on an island just to boost trade bonuses. Otherwise I would have stopped at 10.)
I took an early lead in techs, got all but one of the wonders I wanted, and won easily. I was surprised at how far ahead I got, after having been blown away in previous attempts. I was winning so easily that I doublechecked to be sure it was really diety level.
My advice to newbies at the higher levels is to put down those cities fast. Better to delay exploring, hut-tipping, and city growth until you've got your city base down.
Now I have try again, just to be sure it wasn't a fluke.
I've been playing Civ for over a year, but I only play a game a month due to lack of time. I got to King level pretty easily but was stuck there until I found Apolyton. With the things I learned here I started winning at Emperor. I tried Diety a few times but got behind very quickly and gave up when I was clearly losing.
I had good terrain in my Diety victory -- lots of river squares, and room to grow for the first couple dozen moves. However I think the key to victory was that I founded my first 8 cities very fast. (I built 12 altogether, plus conquered a bunch later on.)
In previous games I would diverge a little to build a couple units to explore, and a couple for a better defense, and I'd delay building a settler now and then to give a city time to grow. Also I'd use early settlers to build roads and sometimes irrigate for a few turns.
I think now that those diversions were a mistake. My victory worked because I built the first 8 cities as quickly as possible, and two more not long afterward. (I added the last two quite a bit later, each on an island just to boost trade bonuses. Otherwise I would have stopped at 10.)
I took an early lead in techs, got all but one of the wonders I wanted, and won easily. I was surprised at how far ahead I got, after having been blown away in previous attempts. I was winning so easily that I doublechecked to be sure it was really diety level.
My advice to newbies at the higher levels is to put down those cities fast. Better to delay exploring, hut-tipping, and city growth until you've got your city base down.
Now I have try again, just to be sure it wasn't a fluke.
) but then i like to build those Large cities
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