Yin has Civ3!: Let the testing begin ...

[yin26]

HOLY GOD!

"The English are Coming! The English are Coming!: OR: Never Enter a Mutual Protection Pact Unless It's With the Top Dog"

I have just witnessed the most amazing amphibious assault in Civ HISTORY!! I still have chills thinking about it.

So, I entered a Mutual Protection Pact with somebody thinking, "Hey, I need all the friends I can get!" Well (duh, Yin), this idiot goes and gets into a fight with the Top Dog, England, forcing me to join the war.

"Well," I think. "England could kick my butt easily ... too bad they are an ocean away. HA HA!"

Next thing I know, a few English battleships start cruising off my eastern shore. They lob a few shots at my coastal cities, destroying a few things. "Hey, no big deal. We all know it's gonna take ground troops, baby, and England ain't got the guts!"

Holy Christ, a few turns later another fleet of battleships come by along with some aircraft carriers. Before I know it, MASSIVE carpet bombing is hitting me and India! I grant India rights of passage and in a strage twist of fate, they greet the first wave of ground troops landing at their southern most located city. Yes, groud troops.

Almost simultaneously, a troop transport ESCORTED by two battleships and still under support of bombing aircraft begins to unload.

"Well," a bit more worried now, "wonder what he's got?"

Holy Christ again! 5 assault troops (machine gun infantry) along with some artillery completely wipe out my SW city in one turn! Just wiped it off the map! They then ripped up all my improvements in the area for good measure.

"Oh, Lord. I'm dead." But wait, it gets more impressive.

England offers me peace for 420 gold ... nearly half my stash. That's a bargain! Getting peace, England goes after India full force.

This thing was out of the Colin Powell play book: First, air assualts ripped up India's rails, bombing cities down as well, smacking any troops on the land. Then 5(!) tanks and supporting mounted riflemen (I think that was the troop) were dropped off on the SE side of the continent! They simply ROLLED over India's cities. No fewer than 3 aircraft carriers pulled in (there are under the battleships you see in the shot above) and began to pound Bombay! With bomb raining like hell-fire from English plane, support fire laid down from battleships, and tanks, artillery and machine gun infantry rolling over the land, the landscape of my little continent was changed forever.

England owns Bombay ... and is still ripping into India.

I'm am nothing but England's errand boy at this point.

Good Lord. Humbling.

[yin26]

Jeje: It's 1928. The orange guys are Enland. I'm the light blue. India (if you can see any!) is purple.

As you can see, I'm developing cruise missiles and space flight ... so you wouldn't thing I'm so horribly behind. But I'm nothing. A speck of dust.

[Jeje2]

Wow!!!

I do belive that you're not a bad player so obviously one needs new tactics for Civ3 which is nice...

So it was your horses we see in that screencapure?
(Ever thinking of thw white flag and starting a new game?)

P.S. I want my Civ3 right now - this sounda interesting & challenging

[yin26]

I have some mounted units sitting there on fortify. I couldn't seem to upgrade one of them (this has been reported by other as a potential bug). But England also has the mounted riflemen in that shot!

All I can say is: Yes, this is my first game. Yes, I am behind and deserve to lose.

But do I derserve to be pulled out of my home, slapped in front of every woman I ever lusted for, kicked in the gut, spat on and push to the gutter in the end just because I'm not even significant enough to kill totally?

Man, that entire attack just goes against Yin's Ethics of War, which clearly state: "Thou shall not humiliate Yin in such a gross display of superiority over him."

Buggers!

[yin26]

Take a look at this minimap! Notice how far away Orange was. I never imagine they could get me. Now notice the curious Orange spot where Bombay is ... and the curious grey spots on the SE part of the continent where India's two big cities USED to be!

[MidKnight Lament]

OK, I've been patiently waiting for the 9th so I can get my hands on this thing, but now I'm getting a little on the keen side... Keep the story up Yin - I'm having a good read.

[MrRogers]

yeah, who woulda thought, escorted transports and carriers and mass assaults on foreign continents?
WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT ON CIV2
I hope its not just a one off. Definitely keep this thread up yin, even with yer next game. I love reading it (what a geek)
man i want this game. yes

[SuiteSisterMary]

Yin,

Hold down the 'shift' key during AI move phase, and the little buggers go Zoom. Dunno if this mimicks turning off unit anims, as I've never tried.

I'm am nothing but England's errand boy at this point.

Great story! I'm definately finding the AI strategic acumen is a bit better.


In me current game, as the Persians, Zululand, to my south, decided to wage war. Impis, swordsmen, spearmen, now some pikemen, and warriors. So I throw my rear-line cities into troop making mode, and start sweeping south with my armies of horsemen. That 'no road bonus' is a wonderful thing.

Anywho, the AI then waits until all of my troops are south; i.e. at least three turns, even across roads, from my rear, then starts dropping troops and attacking my cities!

So I teched to Chivalry and got knights. Three lost cities later, he sued for peace. :-)

[yin26]

O.K. Game Over. I will now post the final screens you see at the end of the game. Skip these parts if you don't want to see them...but they are pretty good.

This is how my continent looked at the end of the game (ended in 2006 because of space launch). You'll notice that the English did NOT expand on my continent as they probably should have. This might possibly be a weakness, as I was able to really eat up territory. You'll notice that since the English were so far from their capital, that the cultural influence of their cities on my continent was like ZERO! This mean I could and was on my way to taking them over with culture. Notice my city planted right NEXT to Bombay. A bit better planning and I could have taken it over that way. Cool!

[yin26]

Histograph:

[yin26]

Ranking:

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Summary Replay:

[Grunthex]

Wow. The part I like is that Rome, France, and someone else were all destroyed, but still ranked higher than you. Humbling indeed.

[yin26]

Yes, indeed. This game judges your ENTIRE effort. Very cool!

Top 5 Cities:

[yin26]

A few closing comments before I have to go to bed. Yes, I couldn't stop playing.

Negative:

* The music stopped playing a while ago, and some of the sounds seem too loud even when you turn down the volume on them. The battleship blasting me almost blew my headphones off! So, some sound problems ... as others have reported, I think.

Positive:

* "We know that Alaxander has betrayed our friends, the French" -- Your Foreign Relations advisor actually tells you that kind of stuff!

* When I asked the Greeks for a Right of Passage Agreement: "Keep your dirty, thieving troops off of our land. We know of your treament of India"! WOW! I'll have to take back one of my earlier statements about the AI not remember what you do.

* You can, of course, continue playing. I might continue this just to see if I can take over my continent with culture ... but I know I can, so I'll start a new game tomorrow.

* Your units are supported NOT by cities but by your entire empire. You all know this, of course, but let me say: Lord, it makes things SO MUCH less pointlessly complicated!

* Starting a war when you are a Democracy REALLY puts the hurt on you. You can do it, but your cities will have to be converted to a lot of entertainers, etc., to keep the populace from tearing stuff apart. Very good.

* Finally, the ability to upgrade troops instead of having a warrior on the map in the year 2000 is very nice, though the mounted unit won't upgrade even in a city with barracks. Bug?

Alright, enough for the day. Before the rises, I'd better run.