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Paul, reminds me of my first riv2.scn game, where barbarians just walked into undefended Rome! In this game, if the Egyptians had learned combined arms, or if they had sent a transport with ground units along with all those aegis cruisers, our landing dates would have been the same, never. Next time, I'm going to think it over more before giving away so many of the good military techs later in the game.
Smash, I also couldn't believe all the gold through gifts, though I did not manage as much as you. You are right about too much tech giving early, too. Embassies are great for telling when and how much to give. With only 25 shields (5 short of completing structurals), I tried two other things besides rushing barracks: 1) Earlier, when it became apparent that 30 shields were out of reach, I tried to bribe every barb I ran into, using them later to disband while building structurals, saving quite a bit over the cost of buying a barracks (160g). I also sacrificed spare diplomats and other cheap units when doing this. 2) For the few structurals where I had nothing to disband, I would start a wonder with a caravan, switch to structural, and just buy the remaining 30 shields for 120g, saving 40g over the rushed barracks way of doing it; however, with all the extra gold you managed, I guess you weren't looking that hard for ways to economize!
samson, just got to repeat my wow of admiration for discovering the efficacy of smaller-sized cities and especially for the discovery of how to determine the key civ. Just how did you think of this? What frame of mind do you have to be in to discover things like this?
[This message has been edited by solo (edited April 30, 2001).]
Smash, I also couldn't believe all the gold through gifts, though I did not manage as much as you. You are right about too much tech giving early, too. Embassies are great for telling when and how much to give. With only 25 shields (5 short of completing structurals), I tried two other things besides rushing barracks: 1) Earlier, when it became apparent that 30 shields were out of reach, I tried to bribe every barb I ran into, using them later to disband while building structurals, saving quite a bit over the cost of buying a barracks (160g). I also sacrificed spare diplomats and other cheap units when doing this. 2) For the few structurals where I had nothing to disband, I would start a wonder with a caravan, switch to structural, and just buy the remaining 30 shields for 120g, saving 40g over the rushed barracks way of doing it; however, with all the extra gold you managed, I guess you weren't looking that hard for ways to economize!
samson, just got to repeat my wow of admiration for discovering the efficacy of smaller-sized cities and especially for the discovery of how to determine the key civ. Just how did you think of this? What frame of mind do you have to be in to discover things like this?
[This message has been edited by solo (edited April 30, 2001).]
. We were lucky to trade for Monarchy!
- until the commodities dried up, that is.
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