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Okay, I'm on Regent, pangea, 8 civs. I wiped out the Indians early so I'm about eqaul in landmass with the world powers: Zulu, Egypt and China. In the late middle ages/ industrial period I fell way behind in tech. Probably due to my bad habit of waiting and waiting for that perfect forbidden palace spot. Fortunately the AIs got into senseless and endless war and had to switch to communism (no tech for you
), except for the Zulu. Shaka roared ahead into the modern era and I thought my only hope would be to raize Zimbabwe to stop the Spaceship Shaka.
Well the Zulu had gone ahead and researched rocketry, fission and minaturization. When I somehow wandered into the Modern Era I (stupidly) researched computers first ...still hoping for SETI and needing mech inf in this warmongering world. Then I figured I would research a tech no one had and hope for a trade. OMG . After researching ecology I was able to get almost anything I wanted for it.
First I went to "God of the world" Shaka and got fission, rocketry, adv. flight, espionage and all his gold (about 2600) and world map. Then I gave ecology to the lowly Germanfolk and got communism, amhib. combat, all their gold (144) and like 20 gpt. Then I gave it to Egypt and got all their gold (1600). Gave it to the Chinese and got all their gold (not much) plus 2 luxuries. Then I gave it to the mediocre Russians for all their gold (not much).
So I go from like 7 techs behind, with a weak military to having every tech (except minaturization), essentially all the gold in the world, every luxury, a map of everything and my citizens are dancing in the streets.
It was still a race to get the spaceship win but the Chinese helped me out with their invasion of like 50 paratroopers and 15 mech inf - can you say Great Leaders . So the moral of the story is, I guess, supply and demand... get something everyone wants. Don't research those cheap techs everyone has already.
), except for the Zulu. Shaka roared ahead into the modern era and I thought my only hope would be to raize Zimbabwe to stop the Spaceship Shaka. Well the Zulu had gone ahead and researched rocketry, fission and minaturization. When I somehow wandered into the Modern Era I (stupidly) researched computers first ...still hoping for SETI and needing mech inf in this warmongering world. Then I figured I would research a tech no one had and hope for a trade. OMG . After researching ecology I was able to get almost anything I wanted for it.
First I went to "God of the world" Shaka and got fission, rocketry, adv. flight, espionage and all his gold (about 2600) and world map. Then I gave ecology to the lowly Germanfolk and got communism, amhib. combat, all their gold (144) and like 20 gpt. Then I gave it to Egypt and got all their gold (1600). Gave it to the Chinese and got all their gold (not much) plus 2 luxuries. Then I gave it to the mediocre Russians for all their gold (not much).
So I go from like 7 techs behind, with a weak military to having every tech (except minaturization), essentially all the gold in the world, every luxury, a map of everything and my citizens are dancing in the streets.
It was still a race to get the spaceship win but the Chinese helped me out with their invasion of like 50 paratroopers and 15 mech inf - can you say Great Leaders
. So the moral of the story is, I guess, supply and demand... get something everyone wants. Don't research those cheap techs everyone has already.
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