Unofficial Poll: What Advance Should We Research Next?

[Guardian]

Originally posted by notyoueither
How many who have voted have played emporer?

Sorry to be elitist, but...

This ain't civ 2.

I know it isn't Civ II. I also haven't played Civ III on the Emperor level yet. (Just beat the @#$?! out of it on Regent though...)

The granary-thing may be somewhat premature, but I said I'd also support alphabet.

[notyoueither]

The thing about 3 is it plays out completely differently on the different levels.

What seems to work on Monarch or Regent, you don't have time for at Emp or Deity.

REX is the only sure bet at higher levels. However, all we can do is REX into a swamp!

To be honest, I do not know any players who can win in any and all given starts at Emp or Deity. That includes Aeson if that means anything to you.

We have an absolute crap start. We must be very careful. We must not jump ahead of ourselves. Otherwise we may be entertaining Immortals in our capitol before 1000 BC. Or, we'll get off our island in galleys in time to see the Greeks floating by in Caravels.

[Harovan]

notyoueither is right. Despite of rare exceptions, you can't win Emperor as a peaceful builder. And Regent strategies lead on Emperor to a certain defeat. If that is what you want, go ahead.

[Zarg]

i do play civ3 on emperor and in most cases i win as peaceful builder. of course not if i start off from a really bad starting position.
but its not really clear for now if this starting position is really that bad. we dont know if its an island and where the jungle ends and what's behind.
so lets wait with this poll 20 turns and we will see clearer.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Zarg
i do play civ3 on emperor and in most cases i win as peaceful builder. of course not if i start off from a really bad starting position.
but its not really clear for now if this starting position is really that bad. we dont know if its an island and where the jungle ends and what's behind.
so lets wait with this poll 20 turns and we will see clearer.

I'd just like to remind everyone that this is an unofficial poll. I simply want to know the mindset of the people at this moment.

[Nym]

I never played on Emperor level (still improving my skills at Monarch), but I think wheel would be useful to locate horse resources.

[The Thing]

I vote for warroir code. With the archer we can attack our enemies early, when they are more vulnerable to attack. With archers we dont need iron and horses.

If we have conquered some cities with archers we can make peace for techs like the wheel. Then we can switch to war chariots or swordmen as offensive weapons.

[jdjdjd]

I agree with Zarg,

I banana'd.... its really to early...I like the Aplhabet next, because it does lead to MapMaking which we may need, however, we could be on the tip of a large land mass and then MapMaking ain't so necessary yet. Maybe we need the Spearman....if the Romans or Banana Vampires or some other militant group are beyond the Jungle. Maybe its a two headed monster with reincarnations of Allen Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover, and then we better build swordsman to chop off their heads.

...who knows yet.

Lets repoll in 10 or 20 turns.

[Kuciwalker]

We need our War Chariots.

[Jon Shafer]

Abstain. As others have said, this isn't the time to make that decision... we have another 20 turns.

[Franses]

On emperor level it is often better not to waste money on research in ancient times. Instead money should be saved to buy the techs from other civ's.

I am quite disappointed that our science advisor did not add this possibility to the poll and our president did not interfere. It makes you doubt whether they are the right people for the job.

PS: Sorry, could not resist to add the last alinea.

[Jon Shafer]

What do you think there's an 'abstain' option for. [IMG]http://www.colute.net/cwm/cwm/3dlil/****.gif[/IMG]

[jdd2007]

ha! the wheel has pulled even with alphabet!

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Franses
It makes you doubt whether they are the right people for the job.

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[The Thing]

I agree with franses. After i get the techs to build the appropriate offensive unit i set research on 10% in ancient times. Techs i get from negotiating peace treaties, when my troops conquer enemy cities.