Recent content by Jon the Bastard

You're welcome, of course. I would like to do guides for the civilizations that I play most and feel most comfortable with as well. Now that the game is, more or less, in its final version, it is much more prudent to do so than it was before. There have been arguments about the Brazilian UU...

Napoleon is a fickle, fickle little Frenchman. Military: Rome Japan Diplomatic: Sweden Morocco Portugal Cultural: Siam France Science: Korea Babylon Religion: Celts Ethiopia Again, I would highlight Napoleon. For some reason, he's always a problem in my games. If he isn't a cultural...

This is a really solid guide. It makes many great points... your insights would have helped settle many of the arguments I've seen happen over Brazil on these forums. The guide flows well, its structure and organization makes sense. Look forward to the next one. That is, if there is to be a...

Welcome to greatness! Conquer forth and have fun!

I love playing as Ethiopia. Tradition is best for Ethiopia and I happen to think tall is the best way to play them. Their UB should go up in every single one of their cities, of course. You should have no problem getting a religion with them and you should blaze through early policies...

I almost never play a wide empire, so I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who plays tall 95% of the time. Because you're asking this question, I'm assuming that you are going for a cultural or science victory. If you aren't going for those victory types, specialist slots aren't as...

It's all good! Enthusiasm is infectious! Haha. Who are your favorite civs/which civs do you think are the "most awesome"... hehe?

I would echo those who have pointed out the fact that the utility Morocco gets from its UI, and even its UA to some extent, doesn't make them the greatest thing since sliced bread. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy playing as them. In fact, out of the 9 BNW civs they are the one I've played...

^ This. Pocatello is always in beast mode.

He wasn't as aggressive as he seems to be post fall patch. I just finished a match with him in it. It was a continents map, I was playing as Japan (first time since fall patch). I shared a continent with William, Casimir, and Alexander. I took out William and controlled half of the continent...

You should be proud and excited! That's awesome for your first Emperor game! You probably feel like a ferocious Man-Bear God. I did after my first Emperor win. China is a good neighbor to have, I've found. But, the person I really like to have next to me is Ethiopia or Byzantium. Totally...

I was literally just about to post a similar question. Glad I ran across this thread!

Interesting. It sounds like most players have been having a hard time dealing with Brazil's start bias. Lots of discussions on the forums here about it. People don't seem to be digging it that much. You should try doing a CV as Aztecs after the fall patch. Surprisingly efficient at it. :)

Greece always goes down hard in my games. At some point he ends up catching the ire of every civilization on the map and they usually end up declaring war on him in unison. He doesn't seem to understand that he can't conquer the world with his classical-era units well into the Renaissance Era...

I don't understand why some players expect the AI to act rationally. I mean, yes, there's a reasonable expectation for a slim amount of predictability; but, a lot of what I hear on this forum these days is people getting pissed because the AI DOW-ed them and the player wasn't ready for the...