17-07-2002 00:04									#1
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Which difficulty would you say is "right" for you, e.g. you can survive and have at least a hope of winning.

	17-07-2002 00:11									#2
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Emperor. Not good enough for Deity yet.

	17-07-2002 00:23									#3
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Well i did warlord.

	17-07-2002 00:34									#4
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Warlord... But I don't play that much.

	17-07-2002 00:37									#5
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Regent - and right now, it's all about the starting location.

	17-07-2002 00:42									#6
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Regent for me

	17-07-2002 00:55									#7
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Regent... Contemplating moving up to Monarch.

	17-07-2002 01:24									#8
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Regent for me, though winning pretty frequently now. I may give Monarch a try, but the game is a good challenge on this level for me, so why bother with handicaps?

	17-07-2002 01:28									#9
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Regent


And don't bother with the manual, it's got more errors then Carter has liver pills.


And BTW, who here hasn't gone on an ego trip and take over the world on Cheiftan?

	17-07-2002 02:06									#10
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Emperor mostly, Monarch if I'm testing a theory.

	17-07-2002 02:35									#11
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Monarchy is too easy, but Emperor is still a challenge.

	17-07-2002 03:13									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Thrawn05 And don't bother with the manual, it's got more errors then Carter has liver pills.

Yes, manual=crap.

Regent is good for me. With a good start I can usually win but its no cake walk.

	17-07-2002 03:22									#13
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Regent for now, although I think I may be making the big step up to Monarch soon.

	17-07-2002 03:48									#14
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Diety usually, Monarch for testing.

	17-07-2002 04:05									#15
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quote: Originally posted by N. Machiavelli Diety usually, Monarch for testing.

What makes everybody misspelling Deity as Diety?

Is this deliberate?

	17-07-2002 04:13									#16
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Been playing Regeant, moving over to Monarch now. And yeah when first playing Civ3 after losing horribly on Warlord I went on Chieftain and conquered a buncha Civs on a pangea map, heh.

vondrack: Its that english rule, i before e except after c, or something like that. Or maybe its the opposite, I failed english.

	17-07-2002 04:17									#17
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I flirted with Emperor, but was soundly humbled, so I reverted to Monarch for the past four or five games. I may try again after my current game, which is so easy I'm bored.

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	17-07-2002 04:22									#18
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quote: Originally posted by vondrack What makes everybody misspelling Deity as Diety? Is this deliberate?

Tiipo. I'm prone to them sometimes. (See, another one)

	17-07-2002 07:32									#19
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Emperor just kicked my but, so it's back to Monarch...

	17-07-2002 07:49									#20
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quote: Originally posted by ChaotikVisions vondrack: Its that english rule, i before e except after c, or something like that. Or maybe its the opposite, I failed english.

Thats how I remember it, although I also failed english.

	17-07-2002 08:00									#21
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I'm able to beat the game on any difficulty, but I enjoy playing Monarch the most. Enough of a challenge, but still relatively fair, without the AI getting outrageous bonuses, simply to make it 'harder'.

	17-07-2002 09:03									#22
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Trying out Monarch right now, having some real fun (read "in trouble").
Before that game I played only regent. After I was able to win five games in a row using all random conditions and accepting whatever position I was given, I decided to move up the ladder.
And there's definitely a steep step: 5-6 techs behind, no treasury worth the name, only 20% of my units upgraded to the standard of the day (1000AD) ... Feeling the heat and liking it...

	17-07-2002 09:12									#23
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I play on Regent, and I usually win. I'm getting ready to move up to Monarch soon.

	17-07-2002 11:04									#24
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I normally play Monarch. In my lastest game I moved down to Regent for a bit of fun, ie. not having to micro-manage every bit of my empire to squeeze every last drop out of it.

I could never go past Emperor in Civ2 and I think I got my but handed to me when I played Emperor in Civ3. Not good enough I guess. But I prefer fun over a challenge, though both would be best.

	17-07-2002 13:02									#25
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I am not sure people who voted deity or emperor are playing with the standard rules or without restarting when their initial position is not good.

I voted regent but with standard rules, large map and with any starting position (even without fresh water some times).

	17-07-2002 13:09									#26
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Just moved to Regent, planning to get Monarch after couple of weeks, then I'm staying there.

	17-07-2002 13:45									#27
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Emperor, no diety games yet (don't know if ever)
my current one is not modded.
I did restart a couple of times, but only to get a difficult start (wanted to do something similar to Aeson), diddn't work out the way i hoped, so I set myself a new challenge.
I did not trade or conquer any techs. I did sell 2 or 3 but only to very weak civs.
Game is virtually won by late middleages

	17-07-2002 16:22									#28
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Modded Emporer/Diety. The settings I use make it a little more difficult than standard emporer, and a little less difficult than Diety. In general it's Diety production for the AI, but with Emporer bonusses (like starting units).

I can win diety though, but's no fun at all. It forces me to addopt a playstyle (warmonger + infinite city sleeze) that I don't particulary like.

	17-07-2002 16:44									#29
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emperor, even though i hardly ever survive. but i prefer being challenged with and a great AI than winning with a whimpy computer oponent.

hey, in diety, the enemy actually prepares for a war, stacks up 100s of units and attacks at once, destroying your land, taking away your resources, allying against you and finally destroying you. and that is, if you make it past the first few rounds

	17-07-2002 18:15									#30
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I like Monarch