Played Civ II Under A year? What Settings Are Preferred?

SlowwHand · May 15, 2002, 11:23

I can't stop people from voting who shouldn't, but the question is asked of "Newbies".
What do you say?
Pick a setting and production level.

rah · May 15, 2002, 12:09

You should have differentiated between
1x1x
2x1x
2x2x
1x2x (even though I've never seen people that promote these settings)

The combination of the two is important

rah
and no I didn't vote

and maybe a few more difficulty levels would help too.

Deity Dude · May 15, 2002, 13:36

From my experience, 2x2x king is what most of the newer people play. That doesn't mean there aren't alot of excellent players that play those settings also.

I think alot of it has to do with where you start playing multi-play. If your first experiences are on the zone, you will most likely become a 2x2x kinger, because that is about 75% of the games played out there.

I agree also with one of your other comments SLOW... Most people in the zone think 2x2x king is faster which is another reason why they play it.

BTW - I didn't vote.

atawa · May 15, 2002, 17:11

I played little over a year now and must say I prefer 2x2x king with 1x1x deity a good second.

2x1x gives the disadvantage that while you can put city's nearly everywhere, cats only have 1 movement so its way to easy to defend yourself.

btw I didnt vote either

SlowwHand · May 15, 2002, 18:32

To say nothing of diplomats.

ColdWizard · May 15, 2002, 19:05

Quote:

Pick a setting and production level.

a tad difficult since you didn't check the box for a multiple choice poll

as a newbie i played 2x2x king, getting my start in the zone

/me tries to resist temptation of screwing with Sloww's poll....

SlowwHand · May 15, 2002, 19:32

Consarnit! I mucked up the poll !

Deity Dude · May 15, 2002, 21:26

you can always try again

War4ever · May 15, 2002, 22:29

my personal favorite is the Eyes trick...moving an explorer into empty cities...you can take two or three with a movment of six

SlowwHand · May 15, 2002, 23:23

And getting explorers by 3450 b.c. is flat out freaking amazing.
My hat remains off.

SlowwHand · May 15, 2002, 23:24

Getting explorers and finding city and taking, I should say.

SmartFart · May 16, 2002, 00:05

I prefere good bottle of Jack and slut in each arm.

And no,I didn't vote either.

War4ever · May 16, 2002, 00:57

Yes slow , you REALLY got it that time, i didn't vote either

Hydey · May 16, 2002, 04:33

hmmmm 3 people have voted so far but not any of the posters, very strange indeed.

Messer Niccolò · May 16, 2002, 05:52

Played only once with friends 1x (I don't remember if it was Deity)...
Never played anymore since I personally don't have MP...

(Hydey, there is at least 1 newbie voting person now

)

SlowwHand · May 16, 2002, 10:10

You can download a patch, 2.42 I believe, M.N.
Makes regular Civ II into MP, unless I'm misinformed.

DrSpike · May 16, 2002, 10:20

Would it be a far better poll if the question was "what settings did you play when you were a newbie"? Then everyone that has posted here could vote.

SlowwHand · May 16, 2002, 10:23

There's been a vote, just not using my crappy poll.
If one looks over posts, "Newbies" prefer 2X(2X) King; just as I knew they did.

DrSpike · May 16, 2002, 10:26

Well of course, the setting with the least problems to solve.

Messer Niccolò · May 16, 2002, 10:46

Quote:

Originally posted by SlowwHand
You can download a patch, 2.42 I believe, M.N.
Makes regular Civ II into MP, unless I'm misinformed.

I've tried but it didn't work...
Maybe I'll try again one of this days.

DrSpike · May 16, 2002, 10:50

Slow wasn't quite clear. You need the 2.42 patch to patch your original civ2 to the last SP version used, then also the 2.42 - MGE upgrade patch, which I think can be found at civfanatics.

May 16, 2002, 10:56

altho im not a newbie i still play like 1 at times.. the link for updating civ2 to civ2 muti is at http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2downloads.shtml and dont forget the 1.3 patch formaly HawkHunter

Messer Niccolò · May 16, 2002, 11:59

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Slow wasn't quite clear. You need the 2.42 patch to patch your original civ2 to the last SP version used, then also the 2.42 - MGE upgrade patch, which I think can be found at civfanatics.

Thanks. I already have the 2.42 patch, I'll try the whole thing again.

Straybow · May 16, 2002, 16:41

Shoot, you can get MGE for something like $16 nowadays. I have it installed separately from Civ2 2.42 because the AIs are different. Also, a regular Civ2 save can be shared with anybody, but MGE SP saves can only be read by MGE.

Messer Niccolò · May 16, 2002, 19:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Straybow
Shoot, you can get MGE for something like $16 nowadays. I have it installed separately from Civ2 2.42 because the AIs are different. Also, a regular Civ2 save can be shared with anybody, but MGE SP saves can only be read by MGE.

... $16? Not in Sarzana's Swamps... To have Civ3 I had to make obscure maneuvers

asking my US colleagues to buy and send me a copy... It could be very hard for me to show that I'm working

in my company if I come again with a new "order"...

-Jrabbit · May 17, 2002, 08:03

I'm only a few months into this and haven't played enough to have strong preferences, but I voted Deity. Have only played MP with the Ming-RAH axis (sucking, d'accord), so can't really judge the 2x/1x aspect.

I do know that RAH Rules screw me up.

2x1x really changes the game. I can't imagine how bizarre it gets

when you add 2x movement into the mix...

DrFell · May 17, 2002, 09:52

I prefer king 2x2x, but I'll play all settings.

War4ever · May 17, 2002, 16:00

we know fell , we know

DrFell · May 17, 2002, 22:21

I was under the impression that was a well kept secret