What is your Civ2's style of playing?

[yaroslav]

I started this post to learn from better players that I am. I want to know what, with few words, is your way to victory. For example, I normally prefer going to war only in late 18th or 19th or in the very begining. I love to build many improvements in my city...

I have a friend that don't build anything else the most urgents buildings and go always for war (and He hasn't problems breaking a treaty). I, normally, dislike to break a treaty...

Well, I want to know: How do you play civ?

(As always, I beg perdon to all English-speakers for a not very good master of this idiom)

[Fiera]

Yo tampoco soy tan bueno, la verdad... Y no es que sea un fanático de los improvements, pero me gusta construir graneros. He leÃdo por ahà que son de lo más útiles, pero yo es de lo primero que fabrico.

También me gusta variar la forma de jugar. A menudo voy a por democracia lo más rápido posible, preparándome para llevar guerras defensivas con la máxima eficacia, y me pongo a construir la nave antes que los demás.

Otras veces, empiezo asÃ, pero cuando alguien me ataca, le borro del mapa, y nunca mejor dicho. A veces es más divertido, pero no cabe duda de que se avanza más lentamente.

Es una de las cosas buenas del Civ, deja claro que el mundo es un lugar más próspero en perÃodos de paz.

[Shaka Naldur]

Re: What is your Civ2's style of playing?

Originally posted by yaroslav

I have a friend that don't build anything else the most urgents buildings and go always for war (and He hasn't problems breaking a treaty). I, normally, dislike to break a treaty...

that´s the way I used to play
but I haven´t played a normal civ2 game in maybe MORE than a year, scenarios are funnier for me

(As always, I beg perdon to all English-speakers for a not very good master of this idiom)

you are not the only one

[Marquis de Sodaq]

I play the early game to expand quickly. The first order of the kingdom is to build the colossus and research monarchy. I always gift techs and then demand tribute (unless the AI finds a yet-undefended village ). Uso el oro to rushbuy (para ruxbaiar? ) caravans for wonder building. I also send a diplomat on a trireme to bribe barbarians so I can have NON-units to defend my cities. The next era is exploration and slow expansion while building libraries, walls, markets, and such.

Your english is much better than my mastery of spanish...

[Jay Bee]

I also like the peaceful approach. I like to biuld almost all improvements exept granaries and barracks (that's and old custom from the civ1 days).

[Fiera]

Oh, I also like to build barracks as well. I normally only wage war with veteran units. I know it's not that important, but, as you say, it's an old custom.

[Waku]

Originally posted by Fiera
Oh, I also like to build barracks as well.

Yep, that's the first important building 4 me. I'm very Shakanian when playing normal civ2.

Roads/railroads are the best war machine (settlers/engineers are then essential, I really hate when one of them is destroyed )
Leo's WS is my indispensable wow)

Something ironic I usually do: discover democracy to build the statue of liberty to be the first one becoming fanaticist...

[Shaka Naldur]

Originally posted by Waku
Shakanian

uhm, I like the word

[Henrik]

I am usually a peacefull player in civ, building and developing cities, ultimately ending with democracy, however I have been revising my play style a lot since I found apolyton, I had no idea of the possible population booms in democracy an republics before, or for that matter the power of caravans for trade.

In cities I end up building all improvements given time (the cities need to reach certain sizes before I want them to have certain improvements, etc) I also allways (nowadays) make sure that all cities has atleast 3 traderoutes...

As Shaka I dont play the normal game a lot anymore though, I use my time to build and play scenarios...

[Waku]

Originally posted by Henrik
ultimately ending with democracy,

Me too!

But only when I've already destroyed all my enemies except one small isolated city

[Marquis de Sodaq]

Originally posted by Fiera
Oh, I also like to build barracks as well. I normally only wage war with veteran units. I know it's not that important, but, as you say, it's an old custom.

No es importante!? The attack and defense strengths of each veteran are multiplied x1.5, no small difference! A legion is 4a/2d, a veteran is 6a/3d - catapult attack strength with musketeer defense (except the extra hit point).

That said, I almost never build barracks. I'm not sure why, but I prefer to have my units earn the status.

[kIndal]

I believe that when all the lands are under my control are peacefull and happy
I really like fundamentalism and comunism, if I am fundamentalism I build lot of universities,labs,caravans...to make scientifics rates the same as other civs
I don´t like breaking treaties, I usually forced to other civs to break them asking lot of tributes
The best way to conquer a city in modern age is builidng railroads with engineers and of course in all ages if you want to win you have to build a great fleet of diplomats and spies.
Ahh!!! the airports in special cities are very,very usefull.

Pd.of course in scenarios everything changes

[Henrik]

I also almost never break a treaty, I allways keep a reputation of spotless (I don't know why, the AI doesnt care about it annyway).
When I go to war I get the computer players to declare war against me and then I crush them completely (although with a few pauses, when they pay me 500 gold for cease fire)...

[alf]

Mi dubts:
-Setlers, they must buid citys or irrigations at the beginning?
-I must excahnge knowlledge wiht other civs?
-What "marvels" I must build?
-I good open "citys abandonateds"?
-What percentage for "luxury"(?) es the best?
-The first settler must to move or buid inmedastly the fisrt city?
-What is better, warrior or culture?
And more, more...

[Fiera]

Originally posted by Marquis de Sodaq
No es importante!? The attack and defense strengths of each veteran are multiplied x1.5, no small difference! A legion is 4a/2d, a veteran is 6a/3d - catapult attack strength with musketeer defense (except the extra hit point).

That said, I almost never build barracks. I'm not sure why, but I prefer to have my units earn the status.

I mean that barracks aren't important, not that Veteran units aren't important, 'cause, as you say, you can make green units easily gain their veteran status.

I think having veteran units is the key to win any Civ2 war, that's why I always go to war only with veteran troops.