Hi, folks.
This is my first time playing in a Pitboss game, so it's going to be a learning experience for me. I've played in a lot of SGs, and also enough multiplayer over the years to understand how the MP game is vastly different from the SP game. But I think Pitboss will probably be a lot different from a traditional Civ MP game, sort of like the difference between Chess and Speed Chess. Players will have much more time to make optimal decisions and crunch plans, which is precisely what intrigues me about this type of play.
I'm expecting to get curbstomped, so my goal is really to just put up enough of a fight that I don't wind up being 'that guy' who lets his closest neighbor steamroll him and win the game.
Depending on what I get for my start, I'm looking at breaking the mold and trying out the new Agr/Pro traits in this mod. I really even want to just pick a non-financial Civ and see if I can swing a hybrid economy. To that end, I'm considering taking Arabia or Egypt to run some early priests, or possibly Sumeria and sprinting down for an early religion and Monarchy. I'm thinking that the new Phi trait is probably a necessity, as popping a lot of Great Prophets could actually keep me from rolling right over with that sort of plan.
I would say that as a player, my greatest strength is that I am willing to gamble, and that I'll hang in there when a gambit fails miserably. My big weaknesses are likely to be poor unit micro during warfare (haven't played MP in a while) and suboptimal city placement. I always put cities in those spots where an observer will look at it and immediately say "Should have put it 1SW of there."
Lurker feedback is always welcome, as I tend to make much better decisions (in Civ, in life, and in business) when I type up all of my dumb thoughts and bounce them off of people.
This is my first time playing in a Pitboss game, so it's going to be a learning experience for me. I've played in a lot of SGs, and also enough multiplayer over the years to understand how the MP game is vastly different from the SP game. But I think Pitboss will probably be a lot different from a traditional Civ MP game, sort of like the difference between Chess and Speed Chess. Players will have much more time to make optimal decisions and crunch plans, which is precisely what intrigues me about this type of play.
I'm expecting to get curbstomped, so my goal is really to just put up enough of a fight that I don't wind up being 'that guy' who lets his closest neighbor steamroll him and win the game.
Depending on what I get for my start, I'm looking at breaking the mold and trying out the new Agr/Pro traits in this mod. I really even want to just pick a non-financial Civ and see if I can swing a hybrid economy. To that end, I'm considering taking Arabia or Egypt to run some early priests, or possibly Sumeria and sprinting down for an early religion and Monarchy. I'm thinking that the new Phi trait is probably a necessity, as popping a lot of Great Prophets could actually keep me from rolling right over with that sort of plan.
I would say that as a player, my greatest strength is that I am willing to gamble, and that I'll hang in there when a gambit fails miserably. My big weaknesses are likely to be poor unit micro during warfare (haven't played MP in a while) and suboptimal city placement. I always put cities in those spots where an observer will look at it and immediately say "Should have put it 1SW of there."
Lurker feedback is always welcome, as I tend to make much better decisions (in Civ, in life, and in business) when I type up all of my dumb thoughts and bounce them off of people.