How many turns does it take to win ?

[Private Pyle]

Playing on hard , I feel like i play slow af.

It almost takes me 50 turns to feel established ( cleared provinces and 3 cities, and clear any near by wonder.)

I am ALWAYS behind in research. And restart because of it and i usually get bored and want to try a new thing.

If i go for magic victory do i inevitably have to go kill the lead faction ?

[⎝Wyrd Deofol⎠]

No.

[Midas]

Sounds pretty normal. I find I get bored of my current matchup by like turn 80 and want to try something else, but you have to finish games to get pantheon exp, win or lose. Worst-case scenario, you can have magic victory enabled, game speed set to fast, and a 100 turn score victory. That should let you resolve games quicker if you just want a place to try things out or just don't want long games.

[Private Pyle]

How does the ai behave when you turn off magic victory ?

Im so desperate for research a good portion of my game is spamming forts to get knowledge tiles.

[Imperium]

How many turns do you want to win in? Some videos of extreme cheese have you win by turn 39 with magic victory, but if you play legit you can do a magic victory by turn 100. I kinda prefer it last longer.

If you like research go for "ancient wise once" perk and pick a magic faction. You can near max out research by turn 100 as well.

[AnemoneMeer]

I get wins in the mid 60s, but I'm very proficient in the game.

[Kermode Bear]

Originally posted by AnemoneMeer:

I get wins in the mid 60s, but I'm very proficient in the game.

I typically finish around turn 100 or so. Any tips for a speedy victory?

[AnemoneMeer]

Originally posted by Kermode Bear:

Originally posted by AnemoneMeer:

I get wins in the mid 60s, but I'm very proficient in the game.

I typically finish around turn 100 or so. Any tips for a speedy victory?

Vassals for days gets you quick expansion victory. Research is better acquired by buildings than spamming posts out. Special province improvements are EXTREMELY important and valuable.

[Seswatha]

With cheeses you can do sub 40 (magic victory, military on a 1v1 map is doable sub 20 but gets harder with bigger map and more players).

More normal would be around 60 +-.

Try improving your build order and getting to at least 3-4 cities by turn 20 or 4-5 with Adept Settlers. Don't watch streamers, most of the ones I've seen are terrible at the game, float 500 imperium and take 25 turns to get their 2nd city.

Not all builds need you to settle up yo your city cap/city cap + 1 immediately, but the ones that do not are fairly specific, I would practice standard eco builds first.

[GorishiDan]

it does not depend just on difficulty but also on how many rulers exist on the map. i often do 4, me and 3 AI. with fast game speed and it usually end anywhere between turn 50 to 75.

[Mithrals]

Yup this all feels normal. Maybe not the being behind on research part, well I'm usually a little behind but no more than a tome at t3 when i see them start spamming the first magic victory condition. Depends really. Its np catching up once i get to T3 tho, but reasearch is usually my primary focus, and i just barely scrape by until i get the good units at t3+

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Private Pyle:

How many turns does it take to win ?
Playing on hard , I feel like i play slow af.

It almost takes me 50 turns to feel established ( cleared provinces and 3 cities, and clear any near by wonder.)

I am ALWAYS behind in research. And restart because of it and i usually get bored and want to try a new thing.

If i go for magic victory do i inevitably have to go kill the lead faction ?

Geez - not even this game is safe from that question...

[Private Pyle]

Im not trying to win “fast” im trying to figure out if im playing inefficiently.

[~ Fabulous ~]

depends, if you play very large map with regenerating infestation, it will be long

[Ichthyic]

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

let's ask mr. Owl...

[Roan Woasbi]

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