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I don't know what the ideal number is, but I usually aim for 15-20 cities on Huge if I go wide.

2% for huge

As long as they don't go into full-on expand and conquer mode, it doesn't matter. The AI is stupid, no matter how much they cheat.

1057: When you can correctly answer historical questions on Jeopardy! based solely on what you learned from the Civilization series.

Well, your definition of top of the line and my definition of top of the line may vary greatly, so you may want to post the laptop's specifications if you want more help. Judging from your description, I'm guessing your definition isn't really all that powerful. Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing...

And Messenger of the Gods for +2:c5science: per trade route

Longbowmen alone is a disgusting advantage that other Civs don't have. A few Longbowmen and a mounted unit = take any city without much effort at all.

As Japan, Hentaiism ...

I love playing as India personally.

On several occasions, they've DOWed a few turns after signing an RA and there were literally no units anywhere close to my borders and not a single shot was fired. It especially pissed me off when Ghandi did it to me as we'd been friends the entire game and had several RAs in the past, but I...

The AI does the same thing to me (or tries to), except usually w/ Research Agreements.

Honestly, you only really need the first 2 steps into Patronage (Aesthetics and Philanthropy) Make sure you concentrate heavily on :c5faith:, so you can get Papal Primacy (+15 :c5Influence: Resting Point) as when you combine that with Aesthetics (+20 :c5Influence: Resting Point) and Pledge to...

I only grab Wonders that fit my gameplan. If you're not playing culturally, for example, what good does spending hammers on Terracotta Army really do for you? IMO, it's a waste in that case. I play on Marathon, so any Wonder is a huge investment of time and resources.

Friend - 30 :c5influence: Ally - 60 :c5influence:

You get 180 :c5influence: on Marathon, IIRC.