Thread Tools
Old December 23, 2002, 11:54   #1
shclo
Settler
 
Local Time: 13:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: texas
Posts: 26
How do you win against space race at Monarch level?
I recently attempted my first forray into Monarch level. I was surprised to find that I was able to dominate the map, but got spanked on technology. All other civs were pumping out SS parts as I was just breaking into the modern age. The other civs seemed pretty willing to trade technology for money early on, but all became tight-lipped later and I couldn't ever get technologies off of them. Has anyone ever won the space race at Monarch or above? How did you do it? More importantly, how do you keep the other civs from winning the space race without having to crush every capital (or is that the only way)?
shclo is offline  
Old December 23, 2002, 12:19   #2
DaveMcW
Prince
 
DaveMcW's Avatar
 
Local Time: 08:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 699
At some point you need to switch places and become the civ that sells techs to everyone. This guarantees you will get the SS techs and forces everyone to pay you instead of researching.

By the industrial age you should have palace/FP cores and universities everywhere, which can keep up in research even on deity. Then it's simply a matter of grabbing the tech lead through Theory of Evolution and selling everything to keep your rivals bankrupt.
DaveMcW is offline  
Old December 23, 2002, 14:07   #3
Lawrence of Arabia
PtWDG Gathering StormMac
King
 
Lawrence of Arabia's Avatar
 
Local Time: 05:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: California Republic
Posts: 1,240
I keep science at zero, dont build universities, and buy the techs from the other civs. The shields that save by not building universities I use to build factories, manufactoring plants, etc. to boost production. My Monarch level space races are usually a race for most production.
As an interesting sidenote, diplomacy will also help you win. If there are three civs building spaceships, I bribe one with gold to attack another. That way when they research different space age techs, they wont trade with each other, but with me. Divide and conquer.
__________________
"Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini
Lawrence of Arabia is offline  
Old December 23, 2002, 16:35   #4
Mattaba
NationStates
Chieftain
 
Mattaba's Avatar
 
Local Time: 15:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 81
If you're having trouble with the late game on monarch, then there is something in the early game that requires attention I think( planning your first war and so on).
So how do you normally do things when you start?
Mattaba is offline  
Old December 28, 2002, 18:48   #5
Datajack Franit
NationStates
King
 
Datajack Franit's Avatar
 
Local Time: 14:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Italia
Posts: 2,036
Keep in mind that Monarch isn't even the hardest level- I always play at emperor, and never have troubles with my enemies. The key is a huge expansion in the ancient ages, military strikes to possible dangerous AI (as French, Egyptians, Babylonians) in order to block their expansion and force them to give up their tech. If you are THAT far behind I really suggest you to attack your weakest AI neighbr, seize his cities and get his luxuries/resources to trade. If you can't get either the Pyramids/Great Library nor Bach's Cathedral/Sistine/Sun Tzu's you're toast- play more and get some exp
__________________
I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

Asher on molly bloom
Datajack Franit is offline  
Old December 30, 2002, 16:35   #6
joncnunn
Civilization III Democracy GameC3C IDG: Apolyton TeamCivilization III PBEMApolyton UniversityC3CDG Team BabylonApolyton Storywriters' GuildCiv4 SP Democracy GameC4DG SarantiumC4BtSDG Templars
Emperor
 
joncnunn's Avatar
 
Local Time: 08:08
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Maryland Heights, MO
Posts: 6,188
My guess is that your either not building the FP or else placing it in a poor choice.

In addition, perhaps your not building enough Court Houses and later Police Stations.

On the Emperor level, pre-FP, I run 0% science + 1 beaker and buy techs from the AI. Once the FP is complete, I turn on reserach and go all out and am the one selling techs to the AI.

My FP had as pre builds the Court House, Catherdrial, Market Place & buying the additional luxary to ensure a WLTPD. (It was also on a river, and had several irrigated plains tiles and a few mined hill tiles as well.) It was also a border city in the direction I expanded in the most and so the cities were roughly split in half between Palace centric and Forbiden Palace centric.
__________________
1st C3DG Term 7 Science Advisor 1st C3DG Term 8 Domestic Minister
Templar Science Minister
AI: I sure wish Jon would hurry up and complete his turn, he's been at it for over 1,200,000 milliseconds now. :mad:
joncnunn is offline  
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:08.


Design by Vjacheslav Trushkin, color scheme by ColorizeIt!.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Apolyton Civilization Site | Copyright © The Apolyton Team