Anyone interested in a Succession Game?

[EPW]

I vote for cradle on very hard, 15 civs, barbs on second lowest setting

[hexagonian]

If using Cradle, I would suggest using Cradle 1.30b at my site, as this seems to be the most stable.

I would also suggest using the 'no raze' cities houserule.

[Tamerlin]

I vote for the SAP2 with the updater but I don't mind testing the Cradle, as everybody is saying this is a great mod I think it is actually a great one.

[HuangShang]

i'd like to join
i just reinstalled all my PC and can start fresh w/ CtP2 no matter which mod

[Maquiladora]

HuangShang. What are your preferences for game mod and settings?

Still waiting on a repsonse from Gilg.

[Tamerlin]

IMO Gilgamensch won't reply until monday as he can't connect to the Internet at home.

[Maquiladora]

EDIT: I should read my PM's before posting Gilg will be away for a week but he's still in, so we can stick him on the end of the order.

Oh yeah, thats right. Well i think its pretty obvious we're all easy for using Cradle so we can start and then drop Gilg at the end of the queue if he wants to join.

Player Order:

Maquiladora
EPW
Tamerlin
HuangShang
Gilgamensch (TBC)

Rules:
- turn per player: 20 turns for the first round, 15 for the second and third and 10 turns for every round after that (taken from last succession game)
- loose 3 day (72hrs) limit on passing turn on
- No Razing cities
- No Farms under cities (use goods more)
- No Right-Clicking
- Obviously no cheat menu

And here are my preferences:

Mod: Cradle 1.30b ("Cradle 1.3 Beta" option in modswapper)
Difficulty: Very Hard (5/6)
Barbarians: Raiders (3/4)
AI Civs: 7 (9 with us + Barbs)
Map: Gigantic Map (NOT ultra gig option)
Wet-Dry - 5
Warm-Cold - 5
Ocean-Land - 6
Island-Cont- 6
Uniform-Diverse - 6
Few-Many Goods - 7

Aztec civ.

[EPW]

My prefrences:
Mod: 1.30b cradle
Difficulty:very hard
Barbarians: Bandits (2/4)
AIs:12(14 with us+barbs)
Map: Gigantic doughnut shaped
Wet/dry:5
Warm/Cold:5
Ocean/Land:6
Island/Continent:6
Uniform/diverse:4
Goods:7
Pollution ON, Bloodlust off

[HuangShang]

i'm fine w/ anything, but I'd like more Ai Civs and more oceans and islands

[Maquiladora]

On the subject of AI's, i think its becoming clear we use the Gigantic map. 8 is a good maximum on this map size IMO, also having just the right amount gives some of those AI civs plenty of room to expand into and become very strong, rather than bumping into another player too quickly. We could increase the map size to accomodate more room for more civs but we'd be playing until christmas

For oceans and islands, the AI is poor at cross water invasions and naval warfare in general, thats why i prefer just a little water to give us the extra option, but not too much ocean it cripples the AI's threat.

[Tamerlin]

I am OK with the settings though I am a bit afraid of being crushed by the AI civs at such a high difficulty level. I have heard that The Cradle is very tough for the human player.

BTW Maq, Is "Right Clicking" a trick?

[Maquiladora]

BTW Maq, Is "Right Clicking" a trick?

I mean the right-click bug, where you right-click on terrain (under and not under FoW) and if no info box appears then a stealth unit (or normal unit under FoW) is on that square. Obviously its fine to right click for any other reason.

So if we go with a balance between mine and EPW's choices and everyone is fine with them, these will be the settings:

Mod: Cradle 1.30b ("Cradle 1.3 Beta" option in modswapper)
Difficulty: Very Hard (5/6)
Barbarians: Bandits (2/4)
AI Civs: 10 (12 with us + Barbs)
Map: Gigantic Doughnut Map (NOT ultra gig option)
Wet-Dry - 5
Warm-Cold - 5
Ocean-Land - 6
Island-Cont- 6
Uniform-Diverse - 5
Few-Many Goods - 7
Pollution ON
Bloodlust OFF
Civ: Aztecs

Ill start up the game and a new thread with my report and the save for EPW attached.

[EPW]

Sounds good though its definitly going to be a challenge.

[Maquiladora]

Yeah but thats the fun. Im certainly not used to all Cradle's workings yet, but this will be a good way for us all to learn.

[HuangShang]

i'm fine w/ all the settings... now its time for me to install CtP2