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popcornvendor
Settler
i dont know.....
Dec 2000
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hey yall, i was just wonderin, whats ur top score for civilization 2? i played on the Warlord difficulty, and i got a top score of 4632 and a civilization rating of 185 percent. i know im probably not as good as most of u, so i just wanted to know if thats any good.
Smash
King
Vancouver Canada pacific time
Jul 1999
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Scores of 20000+ at deity are do-able.I don't recommend it though....
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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I don't normally get astronomical scores because i move on to the next level when i can consistantly get 100%+ in games on a certain level.

I think I got around 300% on Prince once.

popcornvendor
Settler
i dont know.....
Dec 2000
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wow. guess i got some work to do eh? maybe ill start a new civ 2 game tomorrow on prince or deity or something, see what i get
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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Well, unless you have read and mastered most of the tips on this site... i dunno if jumping from warlord to deity is very easy I learned the game quite well going level by level... some people played deity from the day they started and have always one.
popcornvendor
Settler
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Dec 2000
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yeah i know what u mean. i think ill take it one difficulty at a time. ON TO THE PRINCE SETTING!!!!!

*rides off into the distance*

Ming
Deity
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b.02-15-99
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Play for the sake of enjoyment.
I think I currently hold the points record at Deity at over 20,000 points. But it was the most BORING game of my life. Using all the tricks published all over the site, a game around 30,000 or so points is possible (maybe more, but I don't remember the thread where we calculated the max) But, it will take way too much time, and won't be fun... AND BE VERY TEDIOUS!

Go for it if you want... but unless you are having fun...

popcornvendor
Settler
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Dec 2000
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u got a good point. i played a deity game today, and i didnt enjoy it. i like it on the prince setting.
Yog-Sothoth
Chieftain
Norway
Sep 2000
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521% at Deity level. Probably could have got more if I max out the number of cities, but that's so boring.
WhiteKnight
Prince
of something...
Feb 2000
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I can remember a few games with ratings of 265% or better, and scores in the 6000 to 7000 range.

Like the other have said, could have been higher, but each turn took FOREVER with SO many cities. It just got boring. I didn't even finish most of them. Didn't build a spaceship or conquer the other civs.

If I had a week or two to spare, I would try for a personal best score

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Tizzy
Princess

Aug 2000
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Could someone please explain to me exactly how the %'s and points are calculated?
I know about the points being for population, wonders, peace, spaceship, barbarians and pollution, but I can't seem to find any relationship between the number of points and the %.
Also, do you lose points for unhappy citizens, or just get less points, and if so how many? How many extra points do you get for having a happy citizen as opposed to a content one?
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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I always found the % to be just exactly that, one number out of another. Look at the Hallf of Fame in the civ2 section (here). If you look at the people's scores and their percentages, you'll find a direct corrolation... or just a common denominator for each level. At a quick glance, it looks like the numbers for a 100% game are:

Chieftain - 2500 pts
Warlord - 2000 pts
Prince - 1667 pts
King - 1250 pts
Emperor - 1000 pts
Deity - 769 pts

You can try them out, those are all for v2.42 and FW i believe.

Mao
Deity
Apolyton
Jun 99
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pop, I'll clue you in on something. See the ranks below our names? Those are the ranks with which we can beat Civ2. Notice how there are only two deities, Ming and I, we're the best at Civ

(shutupshutupshutup )

Seriously though, I play Deity usually and barely get over 2000 these days...though most of the time I get just like 90%, but it's fun, trying to stay alive and all.

Scouse Gits
King
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 1999
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Now you are going to retract that last calumny aren't you, Mao?
Or do we have to 'blow the gaff' by pointing to the FAQ?

I think that like many here I have never gone for a super high score, I play the game for fun and to win - at Deity this alone is sufficient challenge for me.

It's a game - do what makes YOU happy...

Good civin'

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paiktis22
Chieftain
Athens Greece
Oct 2000
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I have found out that the best scores I can make come when I have built a well-oiled(...) perfectly running modern state machine capable of extra rapid scientific research or endless conquest etc etc.

But it gets SO DAMN BORING. There is no challenge. No other civ can challeng me so I... retire!
Scores are always the last thing I seek when playing Civ. First of all comes challenge. If that doesn't exist I don;t have fun and don't play anymore.

For the record my best score was 300% or something in prince level a loooong time ago.
Now most of the times I get around 80% but I don't even know if I will be able to win because I play in a way that creates new challenges (e.x. stop scientific research for some decades, let enemy capture a strategic city, give enemy scientific advances etc)

Maelhavok
Settler
Seattle,Wa. USA
Dec 2000
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Hello Civ2 fans,

I Just started playing again and as I recall my best % was in the -400%. I guess I wasn't playing the updated 2.42 then. I remember I was going to capture the last enemy city with wonders and I flipped my score from 290% to -300% some bug or another I guess.
I have started playing again and I couldn't agree more with paiktis22 that scores are boring. I beat the game Diety/Raging/7 Civs/Blind eye to Ai and I retire. I feel a rant coming on I think I'll put this on another post.

Maelhavok

p.s. I do understand the need to evaluate oneself with ones peers, it is valid. I do not think the score is the means however.

Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto
Warlord
Salt Lake City, USA
Oct 2000
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damn, these scores you guys get are very high for me, cause I quit the game around the year 2100 AD. My highest score has been: 74%.
Dissident Aggressor
King
of the Mojave Desert and an admitted socialist
Feb 2000
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132,000 score and 42,346%
Dissident Aggressor
King
of the Mojave Desert and an admitted socialist
Feb 2000
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my above post should clue you in I really don't care for score anymore. About 6 months ago I got into the game again, and was trying for bigger and better % and score. But I lost interest in that. So I cannot remember what my highest % is, and I reinstalled the game on my new hard drive so can't check haf.

Also I dispute the % calculation. I posted a thead on this a while back with no repsonses . One game I was messing around and activated cheat mode. Well I won in a very early year, because of this I had a low score. I conquered the world and everyone had small cities. But my % was high. I think % correlates to the year you finish (arrive AC- or conquer the world) almost as much as your score. But there is a obvious correlation with your score obviously.
[This message has been edited by Dissident Aggressor (edited December 22, 2000).]

Phantom
Warlord
Germany
Jan 2000
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2100 pts
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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"damn, these scores you guys get are very high for me, cause I quit the game around the year 2100 AD. My highest score has been: 74%"

Diablo, what level do you play on? Like man ypeople have said in this thread, the score doesn't really matter, but I am sort of surprised that 74% is your high score, and yet you play 80 turns past many of us.

And DA, I've never gotten a high percentage from conquering the world early... I mean if you have the hard evidence, I would be more than inclined ot believe you, but the numbers I gave have also agreed with the games I have played (I've been playing Civ2 since about 96). Do you have a saved game or anything?

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