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Article #308340Re: Caesar III - I really hate this level.
From: Bob
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 00:00
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>I have been playing for about TWO WEEKS now and I can't get my prosperity >above 47. I am really, really, really frustrated. > >: (The plan is): Eventually, the natives will make nice I'm going to fire up the game (again) and send my legion against the Indians. Let's see what happens :) > >expanding onto the eastern mainland, although I'll be damned if I can >figure out how to make the main island and the native island alone support >5000 people. I seem to have to sacrifice prosperity for population, and >vice versa. > Very true. I had 5500 people and 42 prosperity. Then I started making statues etc. Anything they wanted to raise prosperity. The rating came up to 46 and the people went down to 4500. >I've complained about wolves before, and I don't think anyone wants to >hear me rhyme off the reasons they annoy me yet again. But BOY do they >annoy me. This is the logic as I see it: > >- If you surround wolves with aqueducts they'll leave you alone. They >won't die, of course, since they have plenty to eat in the 3x3 aqueducted > What I did was build a legion _before_ I connected with the last bridge. When I connected I sent over the legion and wiped out all the wolves. It worked. If you figure out how to win this level _do_ post the answer here! >have EVERYBODY leave EVERY OTHER CATEGORY in order to fill the >high-priority category to maximum. Let's say I have 30 labourers and I >set Water, Religion, and Industry to 1, 2, and 3. Then it should set 10 >people to each of those, not 30 to Water and let the other two go empty. >Or at least there should be an option to do it that way. > >I didn't explain that very well, but I hope I made my point. > You did. I also find it poor to not be able to proportionate my workers. Maybe a slider type of thingie instead of a check box for on/off >Anyway, I've ranted enough for now. I really wish I could just forget >this level for the rest of my life. It hasn't been fun for a long time, >and I just want to move on. I spent a lot of time reading Mr. Lester's >friendly and informative posts, and I want to reiterate how glad I am he's >here. But I really find this level a dud, and as much as I like and >respect Mr. Lester, I can't get over the fact that the game would have >been a lot better if this level were more reasonable. But not much more 'reasonable'. The game is hard. And that's a good thing.
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