Dragon2
Pleb
posted 12-03-99 19:58 ET (US)
Best time that I've read of is 30 years by Druid, who estimated that 20 years is possible.
Post your best time in this thread, but explain your strategy well enough so that others can try to replicate your results.
I think there's general agreement that one of the secrets of success is to import as little as possible of anything but plain stone from Meidum.
Davi Dinkent
Pleb
posted 09-06-10 18:45
ET (US)
77 / 80
Thanks for the info Brugle even though it suggests I didn't do too well. I may try again - my own personal rules include no bail-out and I failed on that one. If I do better I'll make it known.
Brugle
HG Alumnus
posted 09-07-10 13:05
ET (US)
78 / 80
Davi Dinkent,
I apologize for missing the obvious. Max's results for North Dahshur at Very Hard were mentioned in reply #66: 187 months, but that saved game does not now seem to be available.
Your time is pretty good, considering that it was at Very Hard difficulty. Note that in olden days, some of the better players took longer than you, playing at Hard difficulty. Especially at Very Hard difficulty, playing without debt would make it harder to import the maximum plain stone every year. Once finances are in good shape the difficulty level shouldn't matter.
Also, there is considerable randomness in the timing of Pharaoh's requests (except for the first) and therefore gifts of plain stone. Since the supply of plain stone is probably the most important factor in the speed of building the pyramid, tediously playing around with satisfying those requests (or being extremely lucky) is necessary to get the fastest times. (In my North Dahshur, which completed in 211 months at Hard difficulty without playing around with satisfying requests, those requests just happened to mostly occur at short intervals--I was lucky and wouldn't expect to be that lucky again.)
SloopJonB
Pleb
posted 08-30-22 17:59
ET (US)
80 / 80
Took me ages, and thanks for the tips, all.
At the end with difficulty normal:
Culture - 30
Prosperity - 31
Kingdom - 100
City funds - 32408
Pop - 3812
370 months
Score: 4487