What should i do next

[flash9286]

im in war with greece and bablyon, im high on forces but losing money what should i do make peace and wait for space or go for conquest

[mulletman]

Either end the war quickly or go for complete conquest . Our have some of your cities build wealth while others build units.

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Ive downloaded this but I cant veiw it in game can you help,am I doing something wrong.

[Ethelred]

I didn't notice your money status. I was checking the file for ChrisiusMaximus. If you can cut your spending the get a ROP with Rome and start rolling. Greece will be easier and Babyon might be faster because of the Rails. Nothing can stop you except civil disorder. So if you don't have all the luxuries those should be your first target.

You don't need any more tech just more tanks. No can stop your tanks if you just keep pushing. Take the cities and you will soon have a domination victory. Don't leave extra units in the cities as they may flip. Don't worry about flipping just take the city back. Greece may be easier on this as they have less pop. Make everyone an entertainer and try to get temple if you can afford to rush them.

Conquest will take longer in which case you would need money for tech.

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by ChrisiusMaximus
Ive downloaded this but I cant veiw it in game can you help,am I doing something wrong.

It worked for me. Are you on 129f? did you load it to the save folder for civ3?

[vmxa1]

flash9286, it seems to me that you can do anything you want as they have no chance.
I would switch off of amp research and get radio to get onto the next age and the good stuff.
Cut back on research and increase lux slider to insure no disorder. cut back on some cities building tanks and make Temples and the like. They have nothing to stand up to you with. Money will be flowing in and go after who ever has the lux items. You will need to get the anti pollution tech or face lots of clean up. A size 9 city with out even a temple is scary to me, with 0 for luxs at the higher levels that is deadly. You have missed out on we love you days.

[vmxa1]

I should add that it looks like workers were on auto as I see lots of mines that are never going to be worked. That cost you. I am switching some cities from tanks to hospitols as they are not growing. I want those coll/cath as well as I see lots of unhappy faces.

Argos has 7 resisters, but soem citizens are on tiles? I moved all to jokers to start the starving and set to built temple once we get the resisters calmed. You can not make anything from a resisting city IIRC. I want to drop that pop down to 1 or 2 ASAP, if I can.

I see lots of irrigated tiles in cities that have 12 and no hospitol and no one even to work the tiles so that is lot time/shields as well. Workers are bad guys that need supervision.

I am finding lots of cities that are building factories that wil take as much as 172 turns in a city that has +1 shield, no temple and no growth at pop 4, may I suggest that is not productive. I would just drop a temple in and set them to wealth unless I can grow them.

[Theseus]

I agree with Ethelred's and vxma1's comments... no TEMPLES??!!

Some other thoughts:

* Why didn;t you build cities SW of Persepolis (minimal corruption) and SE of Bactra (unused cow and wheat!!)?

* You need a harbor on the SW island ASAP. You can disband Arty to get one built even while in disorder. Alternatively, if you take out Eretria, you get the benefit of the harbor in Ravenna. Also, you should starve down the Greek cities.

* You can trade a tech to Rome for Silks, gpt, etc.

* Notice that New Arbela, with the IW, is pumping out 81 shields. You are building Tanks there, which cost 100 shields. You are thus wasting 62 shields every second turn.

Overall, pretty strong except for the lack of buildings.

In answer to your original question, Hammy needs to be introduced to your many, many Tanks.

[Ethelred]

Looking at it again.

You can slow down your research. You don't need it set at 70%. cut back a bit so you can rush temple in any cities you take. You have plenty of money at the moment.

You have too much irrigation in most of your cities. Take some workers of automation and set them to building mines in your core cities.

Its too late now for this but you might want to build temples and cathedrals in the future. You have entertainers which is a waste of potential.

You can and should trade for spice with Rome. They need iron and you could use the three happy faces that will provide. With iron Rome will be a more usefull ally. You won't need as many entertainers. That plus some more mines and your core cities should produce a tank every other turn.

I don't think you realy need hospitals myself since the win is not that far away. It will increase your score but without more luxuries capping your population is not a bad idea since you have so few temples and therefor also few cathedrals. No sense trying to capture the Sistine Chapple since you don't have the cathedrals to make use of it.

Sistine Chapple and cathedrals gives you SIX contented population in each city with a cathedral. Its a very good GW unless you have a load of luxuries. You only have four despite having half the territory.

Weird. You are building a privateer in Argos the Greek city you just captured. Change that to a temple or library or an airport, you need the airport and something to produce culture. GET THOSE TROOPS OUT OF THERE NOW. That city could flip at any time. Greece has more culture than you do. Leave in just a couple of defensive units and maybe a few artilllery since you have so many. So many at the moment that is. If the city flips its all gone.

Set everyone in Argos as entertainers at least till resistence ends. That will decrease the chances of a flip and you want to keep that city because it has a harbor.

Take Corinth imediatly. It has wine and with spice from the Romans that will give SIX more happy faces than you have now. Beside if you take Corinth that will improve the chances that Argos won't flip.

Basicly all you need to do is keep pumping out tanks and getting them to the other continent to win this thing in ten to twenty turns or even less if you build temples or libraries. Libraries may be a better choice than temples. The cost you less and the cities boundries will expand faster.

[vmxa1]

I played out turn and was very sorry that some of the arties were not left behind for defence. I lost 2 DD to ironclads that if I had say 4 arties I could have pounded a bit before the turn and they would have fled or died. I took some of the 16 transports and disbanded them to finish a few temples as I do not see the need for that many. You will not be filling them up and several more were unconstruction (no longer). I mean you already have a foot hold, so a few for reinforcement is enough. That lack of mines really slows down prduction in those size 12 cities. They should crank out a temple in no more than 2 turns. Rome ask for ROP and MPP and I took it as I do not now what all is going on, but I do not see how I would gain more wars and do not want another enemy right now. I was too lazy to grab all workers yet, but soon. Need a harbor on the islands so you can make RR to the cities that are captured. I will rush it in one of the cities.

[vmxa1]

One thing that was not mentioned and is the reason to build 5 hospitols when you first got the tech is that Battle Field Medicine requires them. No healing on enemy ground without it. If you need to park a stack and take hit, no healing without with drawing. Bad rolls as the DD's are losing 4 out 5 fights with ironclads. Also the lack of marketplaces can hurt as they are useful to pacify citizens. Since this is Regent, it will not be fatal.

[flash9286]

thanks for all of your help i will try to post the finished game by monday if any of you finish the game i would appreciate it if you would post the game

[vmxa1]

Here it is in 1928. I do not know what win types are allowed. I am holding off on space as I figure that the AI can not out produce me if it comes to that race. Could make nice and have vote. Could make MPP with 2 and go after 3rd. Could wait to see who jumps, could just sit and get culture. All options are open. No one can do anything to the mainland, it is safe. All large cities have all structures up all eco building are up or going up in any city with pollution. All tiles are done on mainland and most other lands.
I started by switching from AW to radio. Since this is sci race, want to get to new age to get a free tech and get to MI/MA and the modern wonders first. Put many cities on wealth and stopped all tank production. Took all workers of auto and finished road system and built some mines over irrigation. Started some hospitols to get growth in no growth cities. Then get some temples going. This made Ravena switch sides and that island is all mine. Used some atries on that island to rush those temples. Use some transports to rush some on mainland and the cities on the other land mass. Grabbed a few cities there as well. Razed two more of Hammies cities and made peace all around. When Rome was going down I jumped in to take the last 2 cities. The fight with hammy gave one leader so I made an army of 1 tank and used it to kill a 1 hp unit. This leads to Epic, etc. Got hospitols up and then made Battle Field.
New age gave Rockets, so I jumped on Eco and Syn Fibers. Made tanks MA's. Went back to get labs and MI, then race for Cure. I discovered some where along the line that most large cities had coal plants along with Hydro. I sold off all coal plants (I never build them) to get cash and reduce pollution. Some time the workers got all done and I sold off most native workers and kept captured to do clean up and anything that come along.

[flash9286]

the only wins allowed are domination and conquest

[vmxa1]

Ok here you go Xeres the Wise has won.