Playing the French on Monarch on a Huge map

[vmxa1]

I some how suspect that archer rushing a Civ is not exactly what a builder would be doing.

[Master Zen]

Why build when you can destroy and conquer??

I can never get the AI to like me and play a peaceful game (unless I'm isolated)

So I beat the living *expletive deleted* out of them. Hope this doesn't affect my aspirations for a diplomatic victory..

Sir Ralph:

me thinks I have met thee in my past adventures! Care thee for a drink at the Wild Boar?

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Master Zen Sir Ralph:

me thinks I have met thee in my past adventures! Care thee for a drink at the Wild Boar?

I would enjoy a drink with thee, but officially I died by self sacrifice in the crematory of Monitor. (Richard Garriott )

[RGBVideo]

I am a builder.

Well, that explains BOTH huge map AND French civ.
Lucky you, for owning such PC...

[Mountain Sage]

Originally posted by Tuomerehu

Well, that explains BOTH huge map AND French civ.
Lucky you, for owning such PC...

Well, even you can get a faster PC, you just have to:

Ask your parents/wife (or husband)/girl (boy) friend/Santa Claus...
You can even work...
Or sell your car...
Or ask Firaxis to fix this 'bug'...



I presume you the French only because you never won a space race with only 1 Galley and 2 Spearmen as your only military ever built

[badams52]

Originally posted by Mountain Sage
I presume you the French only because you never won a space race with only 1 Galley and 2 Spearmen as your only military ever built

Ah, you won't have to worry about Tuomerehu anymore, he was just spammin' his way up to 500 posts to get that custom avatar. I don't expect to see him around here anymore.

[Master Zen]

From experience I'll say people will always have an excuse to keep on spamming... I'm only half-way to Emperor...

anyways, seems like this is turning into a warmonger vs builder thread... I'd just like to add that no true warmonger discourages his builder instinct because that is the foundation of an even more poweful war machine.

[Theseus]

Damn right... production power wins the day, whether in cash, research, or military.

Can we say WW2? The Cold War?

Civ is so great.

[Master Zen]

I hear you bro!

How to get 2-turn tanks? 2-turn bombers? Being a simple warmonger is just not enough. You'll need the librarys and unviersities to get the techs, you'll need the techs to get the factories and the wonders, and THEN, you start kicking some serious @SS.

It's truly amazing what you can do with just 10+ cities with over 50 shields of production.

[Odin]

I have a relatively new computer, but waiting 3 minutes for the next turn is too long for me.: rant: I usually play on a standard or small map. I usually play Carthage, Persia, or Babylonia on a Pangaea or Continental map. Through my experience I have seen some good things do do on smaller maps.
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Mine most grassland untill you get hospitals, most cities can get to size 12 when all the grassland is mined.

Have some city overlap, space is at a premium on small maps. I don't like placing them too close together, ICS SUCKS. I overlap no more than 8 tiles unless there is a good reason for doing so.

REX ASAP, The AI seams to have diarrhea when it comes to settlers, Expansionist civs are even worse. You do not want to get stuck with not enough cities, REX like the AI, just build Barracks and maybe a Temple and then build settlers like crazy.

PREPARE FOR WAR! Lack of space will result in a lot of jostling for space when REXing is finished, keep you cities protected from oppurtunists who sneak-attack you when you have a RoP agreement. Germany is VERY guilty of this, don't trust them with RoP agreements.

[TriMiro]

Thanks for this tread. I myself have always been a builder and I tend to work more peacefully with other Civs. I hate Zulu AI for instance, he always attacks no-matter what. Even if I have infantry vs his Impies. Most of the others are not much better. When I start a war I make sure that first: no enemy will ever come to my teritory and second: I am so powerful that I have at least 2 to 1 for his units. Then I end it as fast as i can.

It wasn't too long ago that I realized the pleasure to play with France. I just wish I had done this earlier.

Thanks for the tread.

[Mountain Sage]

Tri Miro,

You're welcome

You can look at the AU207 Spoilers thread. I will be posting the 'History of the French' with lots of screenshots. It's a very interesting game with a bit of war and lots of building, on a huge map.

[MPatton]

I play French but I play a warmonger monarch government. I play on on huge. I select the middle one for barbarians. I build 10 cities or so conquer the rest. I like pangea. Pratically all my money goes to upgrades.
Current game Regent level 1770 and I have 70 tanks. Three of my cities make 1 tank a turn. Currently the only one who starts wars is me. I only trade luxury items I never trade strategic items. If a country has a crap load of culture raze every big city unless it has a working wonder.