God Favors the Mighty

[Alkis]

I downloaded the file and I' ll try it too. Your saves will be very interesting. Who knows maybe I learn something. Now that I think about it I will definately learn something because my style is different (builder in the extreme)

[Theseus]

Replaying... what an odd start from a tech perspective!!

[Theseus]

And what a start!!!!!

[Harovan]

This was one fun game. I still remember it with pleasure.

[Aqualung71]

Can this be played using C3C?

[Harovan]

Heaven forbid.

[Krill]

yes, it can be replayed using C3C, although you will never meet marsh, or volcanoes, or any of the new terrain bonuses. Or any of the new civs...

[Theseus]

I go up to 270 AD last night... it's a lot of fun, but, errr, I guess I am better than I used to be 'cause I am kickin' mofo *ss. It was a Monarch level game, IIRC.

There are a couple of little bugs, but it's playable. In addition to missing the new terrain, it's also got the old tech tree and only the old Wonders.

I am building the FP, and will soon know the corruption model, more or less.... oh, crap, I just realized that might mean a different FP location!!

Anyway, other than the inherent C3 versus C3C issues, it's a nice teaching tool.

[Aqualung71]

This was a vanilla Civ3 game, not PTW right?

I recall that the levels are harder under vanilla Civ3/PTW than they are under C3C, largely due to the number of levels. For example, under Vanilla Civ3 Emperor is 5th of 6 levels, whereas under C3C it's 5th of 8 levels. Certainly, I used to get my arse handed to me on Emperor in PTW, while in C3C it's a bit of a cakewalk usually. I presume the same applies for Monarch.

Then again, I'm not sure if playing it under C3C would account for 8 playing levels or 6

So maybe I should just shutup.

[alexman]

Maybe.

The AI bonus at a given level is the same for PTW and C3C. It's the score that differs, and that's only for Deity.

[Aqualung71]

Then I stand corrected I must admit, I've never even opened the PTW editor.

But I still maintain that PTW "felt" harder. Perhaps the AI was a little better and I've improved

[Harovan]

PtW is certainly harder in SP than Conquests in the same difficulty level, because it has a halfway decent AI.

[Aqualung71]

Should've seen that one coming from SR

[Harovan]

Better city placement (Conquests leaves gaps, PtW largely doesn't), better tile improvements, that adds up. Ah well, maybe Firaxis wanted to implement an "anyone can beat Deity" touch to the game. Must have been too hard for their broadest customer base.

[Theseus]

Actually, whatever friggin' level I'm replaying at (I can't tell!), the AI CP is not so bad... no 5-tile at least... I think it's prolly due to terrain.

China is the most badass of the AI civs, but not the kind of killer I'd now expect to see in C3C.

Very weird reverting all the way back to vanilla, and also not being in the AU Mod... Had to disband all of my Swords!! And I forgot how utterly dominating winning the Industrial Tech Corridor was!

Maaan, and back to my original approach to the game: Samurai and Cavs are indomitable together, and this time around I've got vanilla Infantry to hold the hard points...



/me trods upon baked goods