Which civ will you use in Civ3?

[easy]

OK, here comes a fighter!
If you don't have settlers, you still won't be able to build cities even you have explored all the land, it's still useless. You need industrious ability to produce settlers faster.
Do you often exchange technology with other civilizations? I think my technology is always more advanced, and I can research technology faster, so I never exchange with them.

Originally posted by campmajor!
I Think I'll opt for Russians, because I like to expand fast early in the game. First because of the goody huts.

Second because when you build several cities, your empire grows, making you less vulnerable than one city only. So making new cities early will create several small cities in stead of some larger ones. No ICS, but a sound strategy though.

Third, when you expand, you'll find your opponents quicker. That obviously provides advantages. Trading tech etc.

And science is also very important as well. All depends on that. If you have better tech, you'll have better soldiers etc.

So the combination of expansionist/scientific does it for me!

But, after playing and actually testing I might have to adjust my opinion...

[Mister Pleasant]

Shouldn't the Germans be Militaristic/Scientific?

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Mister Pleasant
Shouldn't the Germans be Militaristic/Scientific?

I think they should be industrious/commercial. At least that is what they are now.

I hope we can customize the special abilities table. I'll make the germans industrious/commercial, the americans scientific/expansionist or maybe scientific/commercial and the russians militaristic/expansionist; also I'll change the Brittish to be industrious and the French not to be industrious.

Anyway I will play with a scientific/commercial civ.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, scientific/commercial is a good mix. As well as the boost to the economy which indirectly means a boost to science, you get the science advantage on top. So if you are furious researcher, Greeks are the way to go. To me, the attributes of the French look very appealing as well

[Buck Birdseed]

I like to keep my population as large and happy as possible, so Industrious/Religious (The Egyptians) seems to be an ideal choice. Good for culture, happiness and city improvements.

[Draco aka Se7eN]

Why? Some sort of nationalistic tendencies?

Nice question Jellydonut

All in all, by reading your posts i think this is going to be a great game, i am looking for loads of fun, dump trucks full of the stuff lined up for miles.

I always play as the Romans, their my favorite civ. Im a builder not a fighter though.

[Provost Harrison]

Thinking about it, I think I would personally select the French. The economy and industrial bonuses are a must, enhanced city square production in both minerals and trade, reduced corruption, accelerated workers. Oh yeah baby Plus I think that their time when their golden age would come about, the middle age, would be the ideal point (with their special unit being the musketeer) and allow you to jump to the industrial age in a flash Froggies are the way to go!

[campmajor!]

Originally posted by easy
If you don't have settlers, you still won't be able to build cities even you have explored all the land, it's still useless. You need industrious ability to produce settlers faster.

True. But if you expand you know where to build. Plus maybe you'll get a settler out of a goody hut!
Or even a new city!

Do you often exchange technology with other civilizations? I think my technology is always more advanced, and I can research technology faster, so I never exchange with them.

Well, if you exchange not only will they benefit, but you will as well! It just goes faster. But if you are really much more advanced, than there is of course nothing to exchange...

[Estilpón]

I think there are diferent steps, but the abilities I generally prefer:
1. scientific
2. industrious
3. commercial

then I use:
a. Chinese
b. Greeks
c. French

[TechWins]

Otherwise you might actually learn something about the world, how terrible! oh well just the cultural incest of america at work I guess

I never once said that I didn't know history about the world, I only said that I know more American history. Usually, now just usually people know more history about their own nation than any other nation. I guess that just shows the literacy capabilities of whatever nation you're from.

[splangy]

Originally posted by Kropotkin

Otherwise you might actually learn something about the world, how terrible! oh well just the cultural incest of america at work I guess

what did america or TW ever do to you? stop being a whiny little ***** and leave us Americans alone just becouse somone in america likes to play America in a game dosen't meen is some fannatic nationalist !!

back to the question.

I will probably play Rome (industrial, millitaristic) when i get the game to pump out real good units. Then i'll probably edit America to be industrial, scientific, warlike (ill edit all others to make it fair) and ill give them the minutmen UU and play them

[Eli]

China.

[Comrade Tribune]

Among those included: The Romans.

Otherwise: I will modify the Greeks, making them Byzantines. The Byzantines are scientific and religious, their special unit is the Cataphract. Cataphracts are modified knights with a slightly stronger attack, so the Byzantines will have their Golden Age in the medieval period, which is fitting. The Byzantines, if played by me, lean towards Monarchy and Communism. They do a lot of research and expand slowly but ceaselessly, like a steamroller.

[Footie Mad]

I'll customise my own civ the swedes that have their golden age in the 17th century and their special unit would be karolin ( sort of a musketeer ). Of the one Firaxis has made im leaning towards romans since I really like legions.

[Dugrik]

All of them.