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March 29 2004 at 2:11 PM		Sirian  (no login)
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I must say that there is a direct correlation between the quality of your writing and your love for the particular game.

That's not something I can judge from an unbiased perspective. However, I see it more as a matter of having already spent my passions on the topic, rather than how much I like the game.

What use is there reiterating for the dozenth time my lamentations about imbalances in the military options in Civ3? We all know that beelining to cavs is the strongest available option in most situations. Your results are Exhibit #15278 for that concept. And that is not to take away anything from your performance. I knew what I was in for by pursuing the builder's path.

My land grab may have been impressive, but where did it get me? Peace doesn't pay in Civ3. I knew I wouldn't finish very strongly unless I chased the uber strats, which I did not. You ask if I've read about certain SG's. I've read nothing about C3C. Not any of the SG's, not a single line, not the GOTM, not the private patch forum. Nada. The less of my attention focused on the game's imbalances, the better I can enjoy my time with Civ3. To that end, the Epics themselves may be counterproductive for me, in some respects.

I had more fun than the report indicates. There are specific reasons why this doesn't translate into the report, but I'd rather not detail them.

I knew that Fascism with two cores would be weaker than Communism with three, but two cores was all I managed to gain in the land grab, and I was not interested in early warfare here. I made no effort to go on the offensive, and only did what I did to Carthage because I had been forced to build those units by their aggression, so I made use of them. I probably would not go for conquest a second time in that situation, but this was a chance for me to try out the new lethal air and the new modern units for the first time, and I enjoyed that.

Thanks for reading my report.


- Sirian

 
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