{"id":1408,"date":"2014-09-25T19:54:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?page_id=1408"},"modified":"2015-01-28T11:46:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:46:57","slug":"civ-4-deity-strategy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/games\/civilization\/civ-4-deity-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilization 4 Deity Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all: In a game like Civilization there’s no such thing as the “one way to win”. But you’ll know this, if you’re looking for Deity Strategies. So here’s my collection of hints and remarks, things that made my life easier, and things that made it harder.<\/p>\n

I played the Inca on a huge continents map and won by domination. A hundred years later it would have become a conquest victory, but I didn’t want to take the risk and left domination victory active.<\/p>\n

Civ 4 Deity – What are we dealing with?<\/h2>\n
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Lists all AI bonuses and player penalties for various difficulties<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Nevermind” put a nice spreadsheet on CivFanatics, accurately listing the AI bonuses and Player penalties when playing on Deity -> http:\/\/forums.civfanatics.com\/archive\/index.php\/t-158130.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you start playing Civilization 4 (or any part of Civ for that matter), playing on Settler (lowest) difficulty grants the player various bonuses. On the lower 3 difficulties, you still get bonuses, playing the middle 3 levels of difficulty, the odds are quite even, until on the highest 3 levels the AI gets bonuses – on Deity these are massive. The easiest example is the FreeTechs<\/em> modifier at the bottom:<\/p>\n

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  1. Settler<\/strong><\/span> – you get The Wheel, Agriculture, Mining<\/li>\n
  2. Chieftain<\/strong><\/span> – you get The Wheel, Agriculture<\/li>\n
  3. Warlord<\/strong><\/span> – you get The Wheel<\/li>\n
  4. Noble<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Prince<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Monarch<\/strong><\/span> – AI get Archery<\/li>\n
  7. Emperor<\/strong><\/span> – AI get Archery, Hunting<\/li>\n
  8. Immortal<\/strong><\/span> – AI get Archery, Hunting, Agriculture<\/li>\n
  9. Deity<\/strong><\/span> – AI get Archery, Hunting, Agriculture, The Wheel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In the beginning you get a Happiness and a Health bonus. This decreases to zero on Deity. Also any combat bonuses against Barbarians and Animals decrease to zero. Research increases from 60% (bonus for you) to 130% (penalty for you) of the original costs for any given technology. The same applies to Unit maintenance costs, number of free supported units, the Gold-maintenance you’ll have to pay for your number of cities and their distance to your capital and so forth.<\/p>\n

    To sum it up:<\/p>\n