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There are many ways to win a game inCivilization 7.You can go the scientific routeand launch a satellite, you can pursue culture and drown the globe in your artifacts, you can display your military might with Project Ivy, or you can even win over the world with nothing but cold hard cash.
However, there’s something particularly satisfying about dominating everyone around you, crushing each and every civilization that stands in your way, and putting down your flag as the greatest empire to ever grace the lands.Military Victory is different from Domination VictoryinCiv 7. In one, you complete a project and win the game. In the other, you wipe out all other civilizations.
How to Achieve A Domination Victory
The condition to achieve domination victory inCiv 7is quite simple: completely eraseall other civilizationsfrom the board. Raze or overtake every settlement that belongs to foreign powers and make sure nobody can rise up against your rule. Saying that is easy, but achieving it can be quite a complex affair, especially at harder difficulties.
Early Game Domination
A big issue with trying for a domination victory is that it takes a long time to complete. It is quite likely that if the player delays their world war until the modern age, one of their competitors will complete a different victory condition and snatch the win from under their nose, even if they have the military capability to eventually rule the planet.
One way to avoid this is by going for an early domination win. Since the only requirement for this win is towipe out other civilizations, players can do it during the Exploration Age. It is not feasible in Antiquity since Distant Lands are not available to the player during the first age.
Modern Age Nuclear Warfare
If players don’t end up finishing the game before the modern age starts, they should opt into the Manhattan Project and use the WMDs to their advantage. It isquite difficult and time-consuming to create nukes, so this shouldn’t be the main focus of the player. However, working towards it in the background can be helpful in the late game as the destructive power of nukes is incredible.
It takes a similar amount of time to unlock nukes as it does to complete the military win condition, but getting a symbolic victory doesn’t feel quite as satisfying as burning down all of your enemies to the ground.
Best Leaders for A Domination Victory in Civ 7
Choosing the right civilization and leader combo for an extended military campaign is important. War is expensive and financing it can be difficult if you plan to wage it against every single civilization on the board. There are many good military leaders in the game, but the best ones for attempting a Domination Victory are as follows:
Military Legacy Paths
In general, the game wants the player to be out and about in the world, waging war against other civilizations and leading conquests backed by thepotent fury of their commanders. In each age, it adds a little twist to the formula in the form of different kinds of points. For antiquity, it is just about capturing settlements. Then, it’s about capturing settlements in distant lands. And in the final age, players get points for capturing settlements that follow opposing Ideologies.
In other words, if you are aiming for the military legacy path and military win condition, you shouldn’t wipe out any civilizations. After all, if there are fewer civilizations in the world, there will be fewer settlements for you to conquer. The more civilizations there are, the easier it will be for you to win through military conquest.
Antiquity
Pax Imperatoria
Earn 12 Legacy Points. Each settlement you found is worth one point, and each one you capture is worth 2.
Gain an Infantry Unit in every settlement you conquered last age.
Exploration
Non Sufficit Orbis
Earn 12 Non Sufficit Orbis Points. Settling in distant lands gives one point, while capturing or converting distant land settlements gives two points.
Gain an Infantry Unit and a Ranged Unit in all of your Distant Land Settlements
Modern
Ideology
Gain 20 Ideology Points. Capturing a settlement gives two points, while capturing a settlement with opposing Ideology gives three points.
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Modern Age Military Legacy Path
The World Revolves Around Ideology
There are three prerequisites and three milestones that players have to go through to complete the modern age military legacy path in Civ 7. Once completed, players unlock the win condition and gain a powerful boost towards completing it.
After you’ve completed all three milestones, you will unlock theManhattan Projectworld wonder. Build it, and you will unlockProject Ivy,which is the final victory condition. Once you finish the project, a cutscene will play, and you will win the game through the military path.
