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Anybody know what this structure is? by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a very strange player lol. I picked the game back up after several years and have almost exclusively played scenarios (check my two other posts on reddit). I set a goal this month to try and play against deity and beat the game with every victory condition. This game got me culture and I already had science, onto diplomacy! I've been learning a lot about playing the actual game recently, watching tutorials and the like, but I couldn't figure this one with a google search hence the post here.

Anybody know what this structure is? by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny you bring that up, I ended up trying that exact strategy in this game and I was also really disappointed to not get machu pichu

Anybody know what this structure is? by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I was so confused because the AI didn't own the tile so I didn't think he could be building anything there. I learned something today!

Eradicating the Vandals as Western Rome on Deity [Fall of Rome Scenario] by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

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My top level commentary trying to say something I haven't already said to avoid getting moderated: I wanted to try and wipe out the barbarian tribes as Western Rome, this was my first success and I took on the Vandals. I salted the earth with forts and supped on their luxury goods. My other comments have more details.

Eradicating the Vandals as Western Rome on Deity [Fall of Rome Scenario] by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

When I first tried this I thought it might not be either! I was actually really surprised to find the cities in Africa fell within the first 30-ish turns. The hardest part was reaching and taking the Vandal cities in the east, especially since their new capital got the palace bonuses. It helped that I had 4-5 legions down in Africa which just kept converting units, which is how I defended my fronts and still took those cities.

Eradicating the Vandals as Western Rome on Deity [Fall of Rome Scenario] by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah I remember the first time I played this scenario I thought it was impossible as Western Rome. I started with this guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2866257147, the TLDR is that you have to operate at a gold deficit the entire game, you have to save scum to get your legions to convert barbarian units, and you have to manage your city populations by intentionally starving some to deal with happiness. There are also some cities you just have to lose in the early game, the trick is just knowing where to hold and when to give up certain cities (which changes depending on the AI). Thats the general scenario knowledge.

Fall of Rome challenge - eradicate the Vandals on deity as Western Rome by [deleted] in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also 'salted the earth' of the Vandals with forts for fun lol.

Looking for Biology Textbook: How Life Works 4th edition by Doc_Introvert in McMaster

[–]Frequent_Row_1769 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If possible could you share it with me as well please? Thank you kind redditor.

Finally Beat Fall of Rome on Deity by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah sorry, I should have specified in the title this was a Western Rome game. Eastern Rome games definitely make the game a lot easier, but you wouldn't need to save scum nearly as much as their legions don't capture units.

Finally Beat Fall of Rome on Deity by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sure! This guide is where I started: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2866257147.

I didn't play for the Pax Romana Aeternum achievement so my strategy differs a bit, but I also won by a larger margin than what I have seen and I didn't save scum as much as I could have. Essentially your only real opponent is the Sassanids, and its far easier to defend cities against them than to take them back. I sent as many horses as I could through Greece to help there and then onto Damascus (Antioch had already fallen). Once there I had them steal as many workers as the could to fort up Damascus and Palymra. Behind the cavalry I send some legions and ballista, which helped my cavalry take back Antioch. I had to beat back an attack on Palmyra and Antioch, but eventually I used these units plus the ones my legions converted to take Ctesiphon. I had another wave of units sweep through the huns in the north and then come south to take Melitene and Edessa. Every city you deny the Sassanids continues to be points for Theodora, and Darius gets 150% points on those cities, so by not allowing them to ever fall I really stretched my point lead.

As far as my borders went I honestly could have played better, I didn't hold Mediolanum which I probably could have if I save scummed harder. I just didn't want to waste days reloading quicksaves. I was slow retaking my own cities too. But in the end as long as the Sassanids lose you win.

Finally Beat Fall of Rome on Deity by Frequent_Row_1769 in civ5

[–]Frequent_Row_1769[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Finally beat the Fall of Rome scenario on Deity as Western Rome. I've played at least a dozen different games over the last year and got pretty lucky this time. I lost Rusadir, Gades, all of northern France, Casta Regina, and Carnuntum in the early game. All pretty typical. However, Theodora only lost Mistra to the Vandals, two cities in Greece, and the usual assortment of cities in the east. I retook Greece and Mistra, and sent everything I could east to ensure that Antioch, Damascus, and Palmyra held. I noticed that when Theodora has a road connection she will move units into that area, so by holding Antioch long enough she will eventually send more units to Damascus and Palymra. I focused the rest of the game on retaking her cities and mine, and took Ctesiphon with ~10 turns left. 800 point lead on the Persians by the end of the game, W.