That Warmonger Gandhi

[Plotinus]

Excellent stuff, xiaodave!
I remember Gandhi being a highly annoying psychotic maniac in Civ1, and thinking there must be an in-joke there somewhere. He never seems to be much of a force in Civ3. The worst in Civ1 were the Mongols - absolutely lethal, so much so that it was always a relief to discover that that grey thing was actually Indian. The ones I really hate now are the Zulus, who seem almost pre-programmed to become a killer AI. If I see Shaka's scowl beneath that preposterous bowler hat one more time...

[woody]

The Zulu never seem to be much of a late-game threat. The one civ that always seems to be a contender is the French. I hate the French!

[spy14]

They do. And I enjoy wipeing the grin off of Joans face each and every time XD

[Tall Stranger]

Originally posted by The_Aussie_Lurker


What you're saying here reminds me of WHY I wish they would bring back the Senate (albiet an improved one) either in an xp or in Civ4 ! I always loved that pop up you got when you finally succeeded in attacking a city you were at peace with-in a democracy. I think it went 'The Hawks have overruled your senate, allowing you to attack', or something like that. That always used to crack me up a bit-even the 'Senate goes behind your back and signs a peace deal' was kind of amusing-if slightly ANNOYING !

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

Actually, I found that to be one of the most annoying elements of the game. Either you are in charge of your civ or you're not. It just didn't add a very realistic or enjoyable element for me.

[Mace]

Originally posted by woody
The Zulu never seem to be much of a late-game threat. The one civ that always seems to be a contender is the French. I hate the French!

Yes, the French and CELTS always seem to be KAI's in my games.

But anyway I don't want to jack the thread so sounds like a fun game xiaodave...

[spy14]

The Senate hindering your decisions was realistic, but in no way fun - suing for peace when I'm about to take 3 cities?? Right, i'm changing to commie and re-employing the senate as human land mine detectors

[Blademun]

Actually Englands always been a KAI in my games. Infact, any civ with that expansionist trait seems to do really well. I think the programmers may have accidentally programmed REXing and ICS strategys into the AI nature of expanionism. Thus that + a early explorer give them a great leg up.

Egypt is another tough cookie. Mostly because Cleo always gets that nice balance of expansion and development, then churns and churns and churns military out. Very annoying when I'm the target..

I really don't know what a a late game threat is though..I always own the game by then...LoL

[Virdrago]

I've found that the agricultural civs get way too big, too early, and they tend to wipe out the competition quickly. The Celts and Incas are the worst, but the Mayans and even the Sumerians tend to do a lot of damage. Even the Dutch.