Epic 4
As this is my first attempt at Deity I decide to use Sirianâs start. the goal is simply to survive, and this would be a major achievement. In fact surviving into the AD years would be an achievement.
First Thoughts
Hmm, 2 warriors and Rome has grown to size 2â¦.I suspect that one isnât going to be enough to survive. So I decide I will build units until I reach the health and happiness limits. I decide to send the warrior home and leave culture to do my exploring for me. The first barbs appear in 3400 bc, but they are only warriors.
I see what Sirian means when he says raging barbsâ¦.
![[Image: firstattack.jpg]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Drugged_Unholy/epic4/firstattack.jpg)
I suspect things are only going to get worse.
The first 2 barbs attack and lose, so Iâm halfway there towards a promotion. Another warrior joins the army in 3310 bc, and now I set Rome to build an Archer. By 3280 bc the first wave of barbs is over and I havenât suffered a loss. But what little rest they get is soon over and the warriors keep coming.
In 2980 bc my first archer arrives, and I start on another one. He soon the gains his first promotion, and I chose hills defence â he can then guard the sheep when/if I get a worker out. It turns out he has 2 promotions, so I go to hills defence 2. in the meantime the barb warriors continue to give him experience.
Bronze working comes in and I start on a worker as I now feel I have enough units. After animal husbandry comes in I decide on Iron working as the copper looks to be too far away for now, and I hope for iron next to Rome.
Once the worker is built I resumed archers and sent the worker (protected of course) out to get the bacon. In the meantime the first archer barbarian appears and the pasture finally gets built , the worker will now move to the other hill and build a mine (protected of course) â hopefully Iâll pop some iron or copper.
In 1870 BC I lost my first unit â a warrior who was guarding the worker, but I also had an archer guarding him as well so I donât lose the worker. I now felt confident enough to start a barracks.
I entered the classical era in 1390BC â Iron is nearer to me than copper, but Iâll still need a new city to claim it. First however I thought I needed some commerce to fund this new city so I set on the path to pottery
Oh dearâ¦.
![[Image: ohno.jpg]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Drugged_Unholy/epic4/ohno.jpg)
The first axe barb arrived in 910BC, I needed to step up production of units and go claim the iron ASAP. In the meantime Confucianism was FIDL, and my research rate went down to 40% research due to unit costs now. I started the settler in 715 BC but then noticedâ¦
![[Image: doh.jpg]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Drugged_Unholy/epic4/doh.jpg)
Doh!
I guess revealing this at this late stage now shows the importance of early exploring. However I hadnât yet built the settler so I could just re-arrange my plans. In 500BC antium was founded one tile above the copper
Rome then celebrated making it into the AD years.I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
4000 years old, only another 2k to go.
In 260 AD I suffered a major loss with 4 archers and 2 workers lost in a turn. But on the plus side that reduced unit cost, and I could increase research towards longbows and the new security that would bring.
In 830 ad â Islam was FIDL, I hadnât even researched monarchy yetâ¦
In 1030 AD the axemen commethâ¦
![[Image: axes.jpg]](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/Drugged_Unholy/epic4/axes.jpg)
It was this onslaught that finished me off, they pillaged everything and killed my units. I was just hanging on when the deadline came around.
Still, 5000 years of survival on deity is my best yet .
As this is my first attempt at Deity I decide to use Sirianâs start. the goal is simply to survive, and this would be a major achievement. In fact surviving into the AD years would be an achievement.
First Thoughts
Hmm, 2 warriors and Rome has grown to size 2â¦.I suspect that one isnât going to be enough to survive. So I decide I will build units until I reach the health and happiness limits. I decide to send the warrior home and leave culture to do my exploring for me. The first barbs appear in 3400 bc, but they are only warriors.
I see what Sirian means when he says raging barbsâ¦.
I suspect things are only going to get worse.
The first 2 barbs attack and lose, so Iâm halfway there towards a promotion. Another warrior joins the army in 3310 bc, and now I set Rome to build an Archer. By 3280 bc the first wave of barbs is over and I havenât suffered a loss. But what little rest they get is soon over and the warriors keep coming.
In 2980 bc my first archer arrives, and I start on another one. He soon the gains his first promotion, and I chose hills defence â he can then guard the sheep when/if I get a worker out. It turns out he has 2 promotions, so I go to hills defence 2. in the meantime the barb warriors continue to give him experience.
Bronze working comes in and I start on a worker as I now feel I have enough units. After animal husbandry comes in I decide on Iron working as the copper looks to be too far away for now, and I hope for iron next to Rome.
Once the worker is built I resumed archers and sent the worker (protected of course) out to get the bacon. In the meantime the first archer barbarian appears and the pasture finally gets built , the worker will now move to the other hill and build a mine (protected of course) â hopefully Iâll pop some iron or copper.
In 1870 BC I lost my first unit â a warrior who was guarding the worker, but I also had an archer guarding him as well so I donât lose the worker. I now felt confident enough to start a barracks.
I entered the classical era in 1390BC â Iron is nearer to me than copper, but Iâll still need a new city to claim it. First however I thought I needed some commerce to fund this new city so I set on the path to pottery
Oh dearâ¦.
The first axe barb arrived in 910BC, I needed to step up production of units and go claim the iron ASAP. In the meantime Confucianism was FIDL, and my research rate went down to 40% research due to unit costs now. I started the settler in 715 BC but then noticedâ¦
Doh!
I guess revealing this at this late stage now shows the importance of early exploring. However I hadnât yet built the settler so I could just re-arrange my plans. In 500BC antium was founded one tile above the copper
Rome then celebrated making it into the AD years.I MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
4000 years old, only another 2k to go.
In 260 AD I suffered a major loss with 4 archers and 2 workers lost in a turn. But on the plus side that reduced unit cost, and I could increase research towards longbows and the new security that would bring.
In 830 ad â Islam was FIDL, I hadnât even researched monarchy yetâ¦
In 1030 AD the axemen commethâ¦
It was this onslaught that finished me off, they pillaged everything and killed my units. I was just hanging on when the deadline came around.
Still, 5000 years of survival on deity is my best yet .
), but I lucked out and didn't see any of the nastier melee units (just archers, longbowmen, horse archers, a small handful of macemen then straight onto gunpowder units later) and so survived the Barbarians! 