Anyone else play max diff. Tier III starts?

[ABoxFullOfKittens]

Am I part of an elite club or an idiotic masochist? I lose every time... except for this one time. It's fun, I've done it a lot, but it's getting a bit repetitive. I keep thinking I'm going to break through to this next echelon of skill but seem to have plateaued... OR... it's just darn close to impossible and I'm chasing the dragon.

[Feldjäger :-)]

There's a lot of luck involved in Shadow Empire as well. You just got to keep trying until you happen to get that optimal start to get you snowballing. I love this game.

[ABoxFullOfKittens]

True story on the RNG... I def. do keep trying. At those settings I'm somewhere between 1 of 100, or 1 of 300, in terms of winning.

That ONE where I won started with a close minor that I rushed, and it worked for once bc I hit a town on the way (7ish hexes from my starting city) and discovered a GR heavy tank that helped me seal the deal on killing that minor and taking their city to get a good early starting bump.

My issue is, sans such luck, it's hard to finish even a minor city off with the militia and ini. armies I build as they're mostly MGs and Inf. For clarity I also start with no counsel, no armies.

Playing it slow will get you there... (50-100 turns) but I'm trying to accomplish it at a pace that's competitive with whichever major is out there gobbling up territory left and right.. that's my rub.

For context I can win at these alike setting one difficulty level down... so it's like I'm too good for 2nd to hardest, but hardest hardest... not so much.

[Sneaky_Koala]

Originally posted by ABoxFullOfKittens:

....and I'm chasing the dragon.

That term doesn't mean what you think it does Heh.

[The nubinator]

Originally posted by Sneaky_Koala:

Originally posted by ABoxFullOfKittens:

....and I'm chasing the dragon.

That term doesn't mean what you think it does Heh.

Yeah its kinda the opposite, someone chasing the dragon would be winning every time except the first / looking for the excitement they ha the first time.

[Sneaky_Koala]

Originally posted by The nubinator:

Originally posted by Sneaky_Koala:

That term doesn't mean what you think it does Heh.

Yeah its kinda the opposite, someone chasing the dragon would be winning every time except the first / looking for the excitement they ha the first time.

Well said ;)