I'm going to be the Zulus first, on Cheiftain, you?

[FrostyBoy]

I just love the look of that impi!! I want that!!

and cheiftain, coz I want to get a feel of the game without too many distractions first =o)

[TechWins]

Even though this is about the millionth thread on this topic I'm still going to state what I'm going to play.

Map: The Biggest Random Default Map
Level: Chieftain
My Civ: Americans
AI Civs: French, English, Chinese, Japanese, Germans, Russians, and either the Greeks or Romans
CSU On
All Victory Paths On
Barbarian Level: Second Hardest

That's about all the pre-game setup info I can think of.

[JellyDonut]

Russians, chieftain, lightest barbs, world map, all victory paths.

[Patriqvium]

I'm trying out the Greeks on Prince difficulty, with random opponents and world map.

[Adagio]

I would proberly try out the Americans on the largest world map (The real world), with 1 set enemy, the Aztecs, and the rest should be random...And I would proberly start in chieftain mode, just to get the hang of it

And of cause with all the new "things" enabled, this means special civ abilities + unit

[Nikolai]

I will start with the Chinese, Cheftain level, all victory conditions on, civ specifics on, biggest map, light barbarians and random opponents.

[Solver]

I will play my first game as Aztecs, random enemies, biggest random map, and probably Prince. I can't wait for the game, I'll even try to figure something with the fuc*ing resolution.

[Tventano]

I'll start with the Zulus, prince level, medium size random map, all other civs random, all special abilities on, all victory methods on.
Zulus, because a scout can be very useful in the beginning I presume, and exploring is something I already understand.

Chieftain I only played the first time with Civ1, really uninteresting, I ran out of the maximum number of cities and had trouble finding some small city of a restarted civ which was on an island I had visited earlier. The AI is totally passive at that level, so I do not think it will give any nice experience for seasoned gamers.

[DrFell]

English, on King or Deity level, hardest barb settings, on largest real world map. The only time I ever played Chieftain was my first few games on Civ1, gradually moved up to Emperor then started Civ2 on King level and moved up to Deity. My first few games I'll play just for fun to work out all the controls etc. Then I'll start devising some devious multiplayers strats

[General Ludd]

I'll play as either Greek or Chinese, deity level(assuming that the difference between difficulties isn't just the amount of cheating that goes on), on the world map with the rest of the settings more or less average.

[Transcend]

I'll try either Americans, Chinese, or Germans at Prince level.

[Odin]

Civ: Babylonians
Difficulty: Warlord ( In civ2 I play prince or king)
Barbarians: Roving Bands
Victory: Diplomacy or Alpha Centauri

I picked the babylonians because thier special attributes (science, religion) and thier bowman unit would if civ3 has ranged attack would be deadly with a horseman or knight

[ToD.MB]

British

I'll be the British first, but will try and be a more reasonable version than our real-life countrymen - I'll try and establish relations of mutual benefit rather than expolitation.

Will it work? I don't know, but I hope it does.

The real British Empire was a tyranny in some places, I hope mine won't be . . .

MSB

[monkspider]

I'll be the Aztecs out of love for their history, inspite of personally being a moderately peaceful/scientific guy and their attributes being the most war-like!


MapSmall and Random (Big maps lead to phalanxs taking millenia to reach enemy civs!)
level: Chieftain
My Civ: Aztecs
AI Civs: Random
CSU On
All Victory Paths On
Barbarian Level: Lightest
I can't wait to try out all the great civs though. Babylonians, Zulus, Chinese, Russians, Germans....

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[jdd2007]

i have no idea. i just want the game before i think about that