As I said, I gave kings other try, and unexpectedly this time I'm doing somewhat well. Well It helps to have somewhat of an isolated start instead of spawning next to a runaway. In this game, I spawned next to alexander the frat boy. I found him via my scouts, and in the following turn he denounced me instantly and is hostile. And he still haven't seen my capital yet but he decided that I am weak via scores. He would've gotten me if He rushed me while I was taking a risk with stonehenge build. But he didn't. Must be because of all those mountains inconveniencing him and me.
But I didn't like him anymore after that turn 1 denouncement. So I just rushed an town into a really important spot in the area and sold all my luxuries to fund the gold purchase of hexes. Got myself an nice awesome city with tons of forest, hills and rivers plus mountains.
Alexander got butthurt'd over it and rushed me but..
Faith healers trounced his silly hoplites trying to dislodge my spearmen and such healing for 50 hp every turn instead of 20.
It got to the point where his revenge cities in my territory became isolated because he focused on zanber. So those was razed by a couple of catapults i had running wild.
After the first war, alexander was like fine ok, you can keep the eastern part of this land plus zanber and I'll keep to my west. I was like sure whatever fine with me.
All was rosy and happy as me and alexander expanded some more until you see.. this screenshot.
He came riding up to me on his usual black horse to say this stuff.
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I was like huh? Oh so you want me to remove the soldiers protecting Zanber city because they screwed with your plans of razing it eh?
And the screenshot of said Zanber at same turn when he requested me to uh move those bothersome protectors somewhere preferably faraway from his soldiers.
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I refused to let him uh invade zanber without a fight so I told him to sod off and said war's on and probably didn't go as planned for alexander because his first turn was ineffective.
I went nuts building alot of musketmen and cannons before I finally invaded greece. It was sorta bloody due to him having my faith healers too but with me having an edge because suicided on me during the first war which made him fall behind in tech after I suicided alot of units just to pillage his lands hard.
Then he qq'd.
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Now, only problem is, I barely on the first row of industrial era.
And uh, dear fella monty to the south of me is in modern era. Rest assured I have an spy running for his capital to snag me nice techs already.
This part is where I have alot of trouble, alot of civs just using their cheats to skip whole eras. :( I have to press next turn as I grow my pop for sci even then that's not feasible due to low happiness now. But i'm almost maxed out the commerce tree for that +2 happiness per lux.
After commerce maxs out, I get autocracy.
Sigh this whole happiness mechanic is just a huge nuisance, I like the wealth mechanic of civ 4 for expansion. :(
Edit: Vikings just started to plot against me, that's good anyways I've been coveting their desert cities for ages now XD
But I didn't like him anymore after that turn 1 denouncement. So I just rushed an town into a really important spot in the area and sold all my luxuries to fund the gold purchase of hexes. Got myself an nice awesome city with tons of forest, hills and rivers plus mountains.
Alexander got butthurt'd over it and rushed me but..
Faith healers trounced his silly hoplites trying to dislodge my spearmen and such healing for 50 hp every turn instead of 20.
It got to the point where his revenge cities in my territory became isolated because he focused on zanber. So those was razed by a couple of catapults i had running wild.
After the first war, alexander was like fine ok, you can keep the eastern part of this land plus zanber and I'll keep to my west. I was like sure whatever fine with me.
All was rosy and happy as me and alexander expanded some more until you see.. this screenshot.
He came riding up to me on his usual black horse to say this stuff.
I was like huh? Oh so you want me to remove the soldiers protecting Zanber city because they screwed with your plans of razing it eh?
And the screenshot of said Zanber at same turn when he requested me to uh move those bothersome protectors somewhere preferably faraway from his soldiers.
I refused to let him uh invade zanber without a fight so I told him to sod off and said war's on and probably didn't go as planned for alexander because his first turn was ineffective.
I went nuts building alot of musketmen and cannons before I finally invaded greece. It was sorta bloody due to him having my faith healers too but with me having an edge because suicided on me during the first war which made him fall behind in tech after I suicided alot of units just to pillage his lands hard.
Then he qq'd.
Now, only problem is, I barely on the first row of industrial era.
And uh, dear fella monty to the south of me is in modern era. Rest assured I have an spy running for his capital to snag me nice techs already.
This part is where I have alot of trouble, alot of civs just using their cheats to skip whole eras. :( I have to press next turn as I grow my pop for sci even then that's not feasible due to low happiness now. But i'm almost maxed out the commerce tree for that +2 happiness per lux.
After commerce maxs out, I get autocracy.
Sigh this whole happiness mechanic is just a huge nuisance, I like the wealth mechanic of civ 4 for expansion. :(
Edit: Vikings just started to plot against me, that's good anyways I've been coveting their desert cities for ages now XD