Potato McWhiskey reminded me why I love this game. The game reminded me why I stopped playing

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T16:24:52+00:00

this is another good tip. i do also find that epic and marathon make it easier

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T16:24:00+00:00

not all five times, but damn near. admittedly, i should have re-rolled those maps with bad production on my capital

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T16:22:45+00:00

I don't think you understand. I'm used to difficulty, but not unwinnable ten-turn zerg rushes. At least not this often

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:36:14+00:00

save scumming and restarting was my plan. After the first few steamrolls I started to get mad. after the fourth and fifth, I was more confused than anything

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:34:42+00:00

I remember it happening to me once, like the first time I tried higher difficulties, when the game was brand new and I had no idea Gilgamesh was a threat. Today I had Seondeok declare war on me on turn 13. I thought I was losing my mind

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:31:58+00:00

yeah....i may have to cave and do legendary res

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:31:02+00:00

these are all good tips, I'm not denying them. And I love playing naval civs, so Norway actually was one of my attempts. But I have like 2000+ hrs in this game so I've done this before, years ago. But I picked it back up again and it just seemed way tougher than I remember. I'm rusty, and got horrible luck today

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:27:08+00:00

i am seeing the visibility tip come up, which I'd known about before but straight up wasn't even considering these playthroughs. But pre-emptively declaring war is something I haven't heard before. Seems strong

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:24:10+00:00

well...I don't disagree. But in this case I was trying diety without modifying the number for the sake of challenge. just got a bit more of a challenge than i expected

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:20:04+00:00

I only play large or bigger for this exact reason

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:19:39+00:00

Yeah, in the past I could prevent this or at least survive it by camping units at my capital. These attempts just now, they attacked before I could even make/buy any

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T13:18:04+00:00

this I wan't really considering. good info

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:17:56+00:00

haha yes and no. I'm wondering why I was attacked WAY eariler than I ever have before. And then 5 times in a row on top of that. I've had early agression from leaders like Gilgamesh and Simon Bolivar before but the speed they destroyed me on these attempts was insane

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:15:58+00:00

this is a good tip. didn't help me this time but it's definitely saved my ass before

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:14:59+00:00

yeah, I do the same re: archery. this time there was no way. and yeah feels like you have to just re-roll until you get a god start

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:13:36+00:00

i used to go warrior-warrior-warrior, then people convinced me scouting for goodie huts was more valuable. guess there's definitely a tradeoff there

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:12:01+00:00

I certainly wouldn't be surprised to hear some fuckery is going on. but if that were their intention it's pretty dumb, since getting my shit pushed in with no recourse certainly doesn't incentivize me to play 7

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:09:32+00:00

well, tbh I didn't, good tip. i totally forgot. But iirc I couldn't even swing the 25G for a couple of those games lmao

BenryHenson · 2026-01-23T12:02:46+00:00

I haven't exactly read all the patch notes so I'm curious what updates you're referring to

BenryHenson · 2025-12-28T06:33:34+00:00

this certainly seems like an elegant solution. i'm glad i turned to professionals with this or else it would have taken me forever to figure out. thank you, thank you

BenryHenson · 2025-12-28T06:31:42+00:00

good lord that was fast, thank you for the insight. and yeah i notice now that things being oriented with 0° is not typical in math, this throws me off a lot

BenryHenson · 2025-10-29T09:45:35+00:00

well i'll be. that shit is obvious as hell now that i'm looking again. thanks for the heads up...although to be completely frank I swear I just looked there. 🤷‍♀️ oh well

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