Hi,
normally I don't like games on Deity (feels too much dependant on luck and too unfair to me), but I actually had both the time and the itch to play CIV and no other event was open, so...hell, why not.
Here's a quick summary what happened:
I moved my settler one tile E to get the bananas in range, then teched to Bronze Working to chop and whip out some settlers. I managed to expand to 6 cities, but apart from the capital they all were...a bit underwhelming, especially when it came to food.
I got lucky in that several AI-AI wars broke out, so my neighbours were busy. I offered them several resources for free to improve relations, and tried to land some tech trades. Sometimes it worked (Education), sometimes it didn't (Metal Casting - I got very lucky by popping gems, so I had an incentive to go for MC early).
While I tried to lay low, please my neighbours with gifts and giving in to demands, and set my empire up for a desperate try at a culture win, Ragnar vassalized one AI and captured some cities of another. Although some AIs were at war, I still missed Sistine's - ah well, but at least I got 4(!) religions. Maybe that would be enough?
Around 1000AD (edit: okay, I looked it up: 780AD
), I was about to win the Liberalism race - when I suddenly realized: ON DEITY I was about to WIN THE LIBERALISM RACE!!! Er...what had happened here? That was unreal!
Thankfully, one turn before getting the tech, Ragnar reminded me what difficulty level this game was played on, and declared war on me with a monster stack I had no way of stopping. He wasn't even a direct neighbour, but had moved his stack all the way through Mansa's(?) lands...and since everyone refused to declare war on him ("nothing to gain"), or even close borders, the game was over.
I don't know if I would have had a chance of winning a cultural victory, with only 6 cities, no Sistine's and somewhat slow building cathedrals. But I do know that while the game had been some fun, overall I still don't like Deity.
-Kylearan
normally I don't like games on Deity (feels too much dependant on luck and too unfair to me), but I actually had both the time and the itch to play CIV and no other event was open, so...hell, why not.
Here's a quick summary what happened:
I moved my settler one tile E to get the bananas in range, then teched to Bronze Working to chop and whip out some settlers. I managed to expand to 6 cities, but apart from the capital they all were...a bit underwhelming, especially when it came to food.
I got lucky in that several AI-AI wars broke out, so my neighbours were busy. I offered them several resources for free to improve relations, and tried to land some tech trades. Sometimes it worked (Education), sometimes it didn't (Metal Casting - I got very lucky by popping gems, so I had an incentive to go for MC early).
While I tried to lay low, please my neighbours with gifts and giving in to demands, and set my empire up for a desperate try at a culture win, Ragnar vassalized one AI and captured some cities of another. Although some AIs were at war, I still missed Sistine's - ah well, but at least I got 4(!) religions. Maybe that would be enough?
Around 1000AD (edit: okay, I looked it up: 780AD
), I was about to win the Liberalism race - when I suddenly realized: ON DEITY I was about to WIN THE LIBERALISM RACE!!! Er...what had happened here? That was unreal!Thankfully, one turn before getting the tech, Ragnar reminded me what difficulty level this game was played on, and declared war on me with a monster stack I had no way of stopping. He wasn't even a direct neighbour, but had moved his stack all the way through Mansa's(?) lands...and since everyone refused to declare war on him ("nothing to gain"), or even close borders, the game was over.
I don't know if I would have had a chance of winning a cultural victory, with only 6 cities, no Sistine's and somewhat slow building cathedrals. But I do know that while the game had been some fun, overall I still don't like Deity.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider
