...so far after five completed games ( 3 Regent wins, 1 Monarch win and 1 Monarch loss ), 4 at average maps+ 8 civs and 1 at huge + 16 civs ( so I'm NOT talking about tiny maps+4 civs which are naturally devoted to warlord players ), I've come to the conclusion that you can play peacefully most of the game at Regent ( and less surely ) but NOT at Monarch ( can't imagine yet above ), especially if you seek NOT to win by Space Race, which is by far the easiest form of victory ( my Monarch win ).
If you try to win culturally ( good luck because you need many wonders to do that, and you don't have many Leaders, and at Monarch+ the AI get most of them even if it start building AFTER you have accumulated hundreds of shields through Palace, etc...), or by domination, or by Rank at 2050, you need to conquer a lot of AI territory. Unless a player intends to win all his civ games by Spaceship, and since I like diversity, well that means no more peaceful or hybrid strategy for every game. Sometimes you need 200+ units to sustain a world war ( some civs combined against you by mutual protection pact, and the duration of that kind of war is one of the most notable upgrades from Regent to Monarch ). Believe me, the strongest Ai civs can land in your home continent a lot of tanks squadrons via transports. The Greeks have taken 4 of my cities in a single turn....
So far in this forum, the few players telling us that they already beat the game at Deity use the vassalizing strategy and steal AI settlers in the early game. They are warmongers. We, the hybrids and peacemakers, have a lot to learn before reaching Monarch-Emperor. To the contrary of what some have said before the release, Civ III is NOT necessarily more devoted to peaceful players. Oh no. The AI is cheating, but is impressive and I don't have any major gripe less 2 things: the military overides too much the culture, and everyone seeks to reach the Space Race victory....
Please for the next tournaments, DISABLE the Space victory and only then you'll see the real champions ( I'm afraid I have much to learn and I'm not ...)
If you try to win culturally ( good luck because you need many wonders to do that, and you don't have many Leaders, and at Monarch+ the AI get most of them even if it start building AFTER you have accumulated hundreds of shields through Palace, etc...), or by domination, or by Rank at 2050, you need to conquer a lot of AI territory. Unless a player intends to win all his civ games by Spaceship, and since I like diversity, well that means no more peaceful or hybrid strategy for every game. Sometimes you need 200+ units to sustain a world war ( some civs combined against you by mutual protection pact, and the duration of that kind of war is one of the most notable upgrades from Regent to Monarch ). Believe me, the strongest Ai civs can land in your home continent a lot of tanks squadrons via transports. The Greeks have taken 4 of my cities in a single turn....
So far in this forum, the few players telling us that they already beat the game at Deity use the vassalizing strategy and steal AI settlers in the early game. They are warmongers. We, the hybrids and peacemakers, have a lot to learn before reaching Monarch-Emperor. To the contrary of what some have said before the release, Civ III is NOT necessarily more devoted to peaceful players. Oh no. The AI is cheating, but is impressive and I don't have any major gripe less 2 things: the military overides too much the culture, and everyone seeks to reach the Space Race victory....
Please for the next tournaments, DISABLE the Space victory and only then you'll see the real champions ( I'm afraid I have much to learn and I'm not ...)
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