Booyah! Just finished my first game at Emperor difficulty, managed to get a time victory with a healthy lead. Took the two most powerful civ's capitals, but did not have enough time to take the other three. Given 20 more turns, I could have done it.
When the game was over, it showed me the "pointiest sticks" rating - I was dead last, 5th was more than twice as powerful and 1st and second (whose capitals I took and held) were 7 times more powerful. Moral of the story: if you use good strategy, you can beat any civ.
When the game was over, it showed me the "pointiest sticks" rating - I was dead last, 5th was more than twice as powerful and 1st and second (whose capitals I took and held) were 7 times more powerful. Moral of the story: if you use good strategy, you can beat any civ.