How do we wish to win?

[GodKing]

OK. This is kinda early. I know it. You know it. just get over that fact.

This can be an importand discussion regarding how we wish to start.

Cultural will be impossible IMO.

Domination? is possible.

Other methods?

Most likely IMHO is space race.

What do you think, and how will this effect how we start?

[Arnelos]

Space Race is BY FAR the most likely.

With 5 human civs in a balance of power relationship... it's highly unlikely that there will ever be a break-away civ. If anyone attempts to break away, everyone else will gang up on them... So I'd count out domination and certainly conquest unless we get amazingly lucky (and our opponents are amazingly dumb - something they are certainly not).

Cultural seems equally unlikely (and for similar reasons).

Of course, Diplomatic would always be a POSSIBILITY, but that will depend on the desire to "just end the game" by the time someone builds the U.N. (unlikely, people are more likely to remain competitive to the end).

[ThePlagueRat]

Perhaps the diplo-option will be taken away...
Or is there gonna be all possible options?

[Crousto]

Space race sounds like the most obvious to me. It's maybe a bit too early to talk about it, but it should guides our general strategy through the game (ie being technologically advanced and having a few cities with a huge production capacity).

[Ninot]

honestly... any possible given option
but for US, i see space race, or diplo (if available) being likely...


or by score

[OliverFA]

I think we shouldn't limit ourselves to one option, but agree with you that the most feasible is the Space Race one. The score victory has the same problem that the domination victory. Once we go too far in score the other civs would want to gather against us.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by oliverfa
I think we shouldn't limit ourselves to one option

This is the right idea

But we gotta be taking into account things about the Space Race.

If other civs get spies into our cities, and find out we are about to win by that method, they will go to very dramatic steps to stop us from winning