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Jasper McChesney posted 03-23-99 03:30 PM ET
Right, I'm in a slight predicament right now in my current game (v. 2.0) and just want some opinions on how it might be handled. How it is:
I'm playing a custom faction whose major atributes are +1 RESEARCH, ++PROBE, and -INDUSTRY. I have a very large empire spanning two continents (connected via a narrow land bridge). I conquered Yang long ago and Diedre jsut recently, both have a few surviving cities but are pretty loyal to me. Miriam was eradicated by me very early on.
After any long years of war (mostly wth Diedre), I've shifted my empire to building infrastructure and terrain imporvements. However, I'm wary of the other factions. The UoP controls a few very small bases and their captiol, their second largest city is mine because I threatened them for it. I have treay with them because I broke our pact after they probed me. They aren't a major problem, but they are in the middle of my empire.
Lal is really large and growing at a steady pace, in a century he could outpace me in terms of growth if left unchecked. He is currently at war with Morgan and UoP after I framed him several times. His tech is about equal to mine though his army isn't as large. He also has the Hunter-Seeker, which was been problematic.
Finally, Morgan has a good sized empire just above my own with a fair number of veyr large cities. His tech is equal to mine and his borders are well defended.
What to do? If I declare war on Morgan I open myself up to attack from Lal and may have a hard time invading (his cities are closely packed), though my Mag tubes allow easy access to his border. If I invade Lal, I would have to switch to total military production and hope to defeat him with air superiority and missiles. Attacking UoP wouldn't help me very much, though it would get him out of my hair.
Diplomatically, Lal has all the power. My custom faction has zero votes on the council (wasn't supposed to), so I can't be elected it seems.
Ideas?
VulturesRow posted 03-23-99 03:34 PM ET
here is on idea that may be far fetched. Try to take over the city that lal has the hunter-seeker in. Then its yours and you can probe the hell out of him..one thing you might want to try to do with your probes as well is use them to get morgan and lal into a big brawl. Just do naturally nasty things to morgan and frame lal...eventually they may go to war.
Jasper McChesney posted 03-23-99 06:30 PM ET
Oh, Lal and Morgan have alreayd declared war. The problem is that niether of them have very advanced aircraft programs yet (though they have the tech I think) and are each near opposite poles, though Lal is nearing the equator in some areas. Capturing the Hunter-Seeker city would be very effective, but I'm afraid gettign troops over there to take the city might be hard - though doable. Thanks.
JaimeWolf posted 03-23-99 06:56 PM ET
That's one thing the AI really can't deal with ... concentrated attacks on SP cities. If you start taking & defending them the AI starts to lose it, and it doesn't do the same thing back.
James
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Author	Topic: An interesting situation
Jasper McChesney	posted 03-23-99 03:30 PM ET Right, I'm in a slight predicament right now in my current game (v. 2.0) and just want some opinions on how it might be handled. How it is: I'm playing a custom faction whose major atributes are +1 RESEARCH, ++PROBE, and -INDUSTRY. I have a very large empire spanning two continents (connected via a narrow land bridge). I conquered Yang long ago and Diedre jsut recently, both have a few surviving cities but are pretty loyal to me. Miriam was eradicated by me very early on. After any long years of war (mostly wth Diedre), I've shifted my empire to building infrastructure and terrain imporvements. However, I'm wary of the other factions. The UoP controls a few very small bases and their captiol, their second largest city is mine because I threatened them for it. I have treay with them because I broke our pact after they probed me. They aren't a major problem, but they are in the middle of my empire. Lal is really large and growing at a steady pace, in a century he could outpace me in terms of growth if left unchecked. He is currently at war with Morgan and UoP after I framed him several times. His tech is about equal to mine though his army isn't as large. He also has the Hunter-Seeker, which was been problematic. Finally, Morgan has a good sized empire just above my own with a fair number of veyr large cities. His tech is equal to mine and his borders are well defended. What to do? If I declare war on Morgan I open myself up to attack from Lal and may have a hard time invading (his cities are closely packed), though my Mag tubes allow easy access to his border. If I invade Lal, I would have to switch to total military production and hope to defeat him with air superiority and missiles. Attacking UoP wouldn't help me very much, though it would get him out of my hair. Diplomatically, Lal has all the power. My custom faction has zero votes on the council (wasn't supposed to), so I can't be elected it seems. Ideas?
VulturesRow	posted 03-23-99 03:34 PM ET here is on idea that may be far fetched. Try to take over the city that lal has the hunter-seeker in. Then its yours and you can probe the hell out of him..one thing you might want to try to do with your probes as well is use them to get morgan and lal into a big brawl. Just do naturally nasty things to morgan and frame lal...eventually they may go to war.
Jasper McChesney	posted 03-23-99 06:30 PM ET Oh, Lal and Morgan have alreayd declared war. The problem is that niether of them have very advanced aircraft programs yet (though they have the tech I think) and are each near opposite poles, though Lal is nearing the equator in some areas. Capturing the Hunter-Seeker city would be very effective, but I'm afraid gettign troops over there to take the city might be hard - though doable. Thanks.
JaimeWolf	posted 03-23-99 06:56 PM ET That's one thing the AI really can't deal with ... concentrated attacks on SP cities. If you start taking & defending them the AI starts to lose it, and it doesn't do the same thing back. James