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jshelr
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pittsburgh
Apr 2002
time: 00:21
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Theseus is getting literary, sneaking in lines from great movies about Rome.
My answer to competing on Emporer would be:
1. Grovel -- when they demand furs and gold, pay up, every time. You can't afford to bog down in fighting until you are ready.
2. Don't build any buildings but barracks -- follow Dr Fell's expansion strat until it's time for war
3. Set science to zero after iron and horses -- you can buy it at half price and get it for nothing after conquest. (You have to keep only one level behind on the tree to make the conquest idea pay off optimally.)
4. Expect a good game. Don't expect to dominate from the start. Your advantages are in the fighting, where you will be much smarter, and in the late stage building, where I don't understand why the AI lags so badly, but they do, and in research strategy in the late game, where the AI doesn't get the power of MA.
5. I noticed last night that AI civs were building factories and power plants on the new patch -- you may be in for a tougher late game than before.
But -- after 30 hours or so, you will win!!
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23-07-2002 02:26
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