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Ok, my first Deity attempt failed.
This time I decided to make one correction to the game setup
and three corrections in strategy. Instead of Pangea I chose
thick Archipelago. This configuration will result in much
longer survival of underdog AIs. As to the changes in my strategy
I decided to maintain minimum emergency fund in the bank at
all times and pay significantly less attention to the overall
strength of my military. Military units are now used only as police,
not as a containment factor. Technology purchases are only warranted
when I need to switch almost finished unit/barrack to some city
improvement. The foundation for this approach was kindly elaborated
by Daran in the recent thread "I tried it on Diety and lost".
My starting position was extreamly good again (11 cities and three
different luxuries + 1 iron). I found myself between the Vikings to
the east and Sumerians to the south. Later I discovered huge
nobody's frontier land to the west. I was so obnoxious to claim
that land this time, that after two warriors I neglected the granary in
my capital and proceeded directly to a settler. Also, half of
my cities were left absolutely undefended for at least 20-30 turns.
So far all of this paid off. The year is now 400 AD. I had no wars.
At least seven nations are still in the game.
My monarchy arrived in 100BC. The rest of the world is less than half
of era before me. Hey, they did not even manage to build the GL yet!
The main battleground so far was the city of Buffalo.
I devoted a lot of resources to the city of Buffalo which marginally
controls my only gem. In order to establish this city I had to send a lot
of workers to form a barrier line against other competing settlers.
After that, those workers collected timber around Buffalo
to help that city build a temple. I believe that this
gem is now secured. At the moment I remain very hopeful and expect
a great endspiel. The game is conquest only and ends in 2150.
Any comments to the possible past mistakes and the future strategy
are most welcome.
Ok, my first Deity attempt failed.
This time I decided to make one correction to the game setup
and three corrections in strategy. Instead of Pangea I chose
thick Archipelago. This configuration will result in much
longer survival of underdog AIs. As to the changes in my strategy
I decided to maintain minimum emergency fund in the bank at
all times and pay significantly less attention to the overall
strength of my military. Military units are now used only as police,
not as a containment factor. Technology purchases are only warranted
when I need to switch almost finished unit/barrack to some city
improvement. The foundation for this approach was kindly elaborated
by Daran in the recent thread "I tried it on Diety and lost".
My starting position was extreamly good again (11 cities and three
different luxuries + 1 iron). I found myself between the Vikings to
the east and Sumerians to the south. Later I discovered huge
nobody's frontier land to the west. I was so obnoxious to claim
that land this time, that after two warriors I neglected the granary in
my capital and proceeded directly to a settler. Also, half of
my cities were left absolutely undefended for at least 20-30 turns.
So far all of this paid off. The year is now 400 AD. I had no wars.
At least seven nations are still in the game.
My monarchy arrived in 100BC. The rest of the world is less than half
of era before me. Hey, they did not even manage to build the GL yet!
The main battleground so far was the city of Buffalo.
I devoted a lot of resources to the city of Buffalo which marginally
controls my only gem. In order to establish this city I had to send a lot
of workers to form a barrier line against other competing settlers.
After that, those workers collected timber around Buffalo
to help that city build a temple. I believe that this
gem is now secured. At the moment I remain very hopeful and expect
a great endspiel. The game is conquest only and ends in 2150.
Any comments to the possible past mistakes and the future strategy
are most welcome.
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