Recent content by Dronten

I'm not the best civ-player in the world, but I have a very academic approach to the game, and I have to say worker first is a very strong strategy in most cases. There are exceptions of course, depending on starting techs and resources. Also, it takes some knowledge and experience to have the...

Mutliplayer, Large, Terra.

I play exclusively MP, and most of the time Terra or Archipelago, and Explorers are quite useful under those circumstances. Even so, I have to agree with most people that the Musketman/Explorer/Ironclad triple are the least useful units (though I've used all of them with great success, but not...

I hardly ever play offline anymore. Expect a game with 2-4 human players to last 2-3 times longer than an SP game with the same settings. This may vary, depending on the players, but at least that's my experience.

You are correct, Acrobat. Low sealevel means more land. I actually tried this out by generating a few maps and took screenshots. I'll post it here as soon as possible.

It's a bit difficult to comprehend what you wrote, but I think I've deciphered most of it. I have tried pretty much everything you can do for the 40-50 first turns (normal game speed) in all kinds of different situations (map types, starting resources, starting techs, etc.) and I have to say...

That's correct. In a recent mp game, another player cut my iron imports when I was one turn away from finishing three frigates, and they were removed immediately.

I just played the Rise of Rome Conquest on Emperor, but after having finished Carthage, Egypt, and most of Greece, I quit. I find this scenario too heavy on micro management. I just didn't have the energy to build another hundred legions for the upcoming invasion of the huge Persian empire.

What is this? Cataphracts were in use from 6th century BC, which is about 1500 years before the middle ages.