Victory Points?

[Edratman]

I find victory points are useful in SP large maps, 300+ provinces. They allow you to shorten the game duration. The turn times are too long for my liking when I have 100+ provinces, thus I get bored and start a new game without achieving, or even coming close to, standard victory conditions. So by setting up victory points I can achieve a win and not have another incomplete save game sitting in my directory for 3 to 6 months before I delete it.

The AI does not seem to recognize victory points as a goal, so I don't set VP provinces other than capitals anymore.

That said, I still usually quit before VP conditions anyway. I find that when I put in 2 hours playing and only get 2 turns accomplished it is "Start New Game" time.

But VP is still better than standard victory conditions on large maps.

[Ewierl]

Originally Posted by Edratman

The AI does not seem to recognize victory points as a goal, so I don't set VP provinces other than capitals anymore.

Really? I've found quite the opposite: that the AI is good at gunning for VP provinces. Although I do favor "capitals as VP" victory conditions, partly because it does encourage the AI to aim for your capital.

Usually, I find that "half the number of world VP, +/- 1" makes for the correct amount to end the game at about the right time.