Praise the Score Victory

[David McMurdo]

I don't think the new features added to AoW 4 have received enough attention or praise. I particularly appreciate the ability to now win by overall score. The reason is that I always just enjoy playing these games and don't necessarily want to rush to any particular victory condition. Building an empire that is overall the greatest, however, is an objective I can get behind, because doing so will necessarily involve doing a bit of everything. And in case anyone isn't aware, you can disable every individual victory condition if you want, except for conquest, of course. Playing with only the score victory enabled will likely become my default way of playing the game.

[Biff]

I'm actually going to try a game with only score victory. That sounds like something I might like. Thanks for the heads up!

[Bemused Bilby]

How is the score calculated?

[Midas]

Originally posted by JamesK:

How is the score calculated?

Not sure about specific calculations, but when viewing the diplomacy list of factions, you can sort by who has the highest score in any given area. Overall score for the winning player combines Military, Expansion, Magic, and Economy scores.

[Roderus]

+1, most relaxing way to play.

[Darnoc00]

I have been frustrated with the scoring. Simply put it doesn't make any sense. In games of four when I win by magic victory my magic rating is 3 or 4. When I win Military I score 3 or 4. If I get the victory why don't I get the highest score in the category.

[Star Paladin]

Click on the diplomacy tab while playing. I believe "overall" is how the total points are tallied; then there's a separate tab for Military; economy; magic; and territory possessed there too.

[Midas]

Originally posted by Darnoc00:

I have been frustrated with the scoring. Simply put it doesn't make any sense. In games of four when I win by magic victory my magic rating is 3 or 4. When I win Military I score 3 or 4. If I get the victory why don't I get the highest score in the category.

Because that's not what's triggering the victory. Score victory means you have the highest overall score. The other victory conditions don't care what your score is.

[soldier6661111]

Originally posted by Darnoc00:

I have been frustrated with the scoring. Simply put it doesn't make any sense. In games of four when I win by magic victory my magic rating is 3 or 4. When I win Military I score 3 or 4. If I get the victory why don't I get the highest score in the category.

Did you not bother reading the requirements lmao

[sandman25dcsss]

Scoring system should look at last turn only, instead it sums scores from every turn. So if you were not first all game, you may still lose even if you control all cities on the map on last turn. And of course it is impossible to be first all game when playing on brutal.