Recent content by SirPleb

Thanks Spoonwood! That thread where civ III vets discuss Civ VI sure is informative. It sounds unlikely that Civ VI is going to appeal to me. Maybe after some patches but unlikely. I loved the breadth and depth of Civ III. The ability to win small or to overwhelm the map. The ability to...

Pretty funny! I'm still alive and received this one. I've actually been looking at Civ 6 and going hmm, I wonder...

I have been informed, via the niece of a second cousin of a friend of mine, that a Civ6 expansion is already being contemplated which will contain a Y unit in addition to the previously announced (leaked actually but let's not be picky) X and O units. In the Y-unit expansion pack the game's...

O's have made similar contributions to civilization, from the ancient wheel to the modern CheeriO. They get a round faster than X's. Some players will consider them pointless compared with X's but their holeiness represents religion in a streamlined fashion. An O (can you stop after just one?)...

I liked Civ2. I loved Civ3. But the release of the last expansion for Civ3 (Conquests) was a shambles. Some of the worst flaws were fixed in patches issued in the weeks following, along with some new bugs. Firaxis stated that they'd release another patch in a few months which would address a...

I've now skimmed that entire thread. For anyone here who is interested but doesn't want to go through all that, here are direct links to the posts I found of most interest: Sulla: http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showpost.php?p=89408&postcount=595 Sirian...

I don't mind this discussion being here at all. The original purpose of the thread isn't very likely to have further ongoing discussion :) OTOH, if you think recent posts here are of interest to the community at large feel free to move them. I don't know about that, don't have a feel for...

It is nice to see some old timers still here! Certainly the hex tiles, and dozens of other changes, would require a rewrite of at least large parts of the AI. BTW I do think the hex tiles are a good thing. They should result in a better game by making linear viewed distance proportional to...

Hi EMan! I was tempted to not answer to force you to visit us again :) I haven't tried Civ5. I've been reading posts about it over the past couple of days and think I will wait to see if the first major update fixes a lot of things. It looks like a typical bug-riddled Firaxis release...

I only pop in occasionally and didn't know about the GOTM100 tribute game. I've just gone and read all of its threads and I like it a lot! That is such a neat thing to do. Thanks templar_x, and :salute: I never did try Civ4. At first I held back on principle. I was upset by the way Firaxis...

I only come around occasionally these days and just learned about GOTM100. I'm deeply honored to represent the ancient elites. This a game which was clearly made with much love and care for the anniversary. Kudos civ_steve! So many nice touches in it. The ancient elites UU being a faster...

Thanks Whomp. JamesCivFan, it is as Whomp has described. The trick is to convert excess food in corrupt cities to support specialists who boost your science, income, or production in those cities. Sometimes it is helpful to boost production first (civil engineers, once you have the tech) to...

I agree but still I hope. Two quotes from Firaxis in May 2004 (after the last C3C patch was released): "We will be creating a new patch to make bug fixes (no new features) that will be released ASAP." "We have learned from the Civ3 experience and won't allow anything like it to happen...

I'm sorry that my opinion is irrelevant to you. As a customer of Civ III who could have been an automatic sale of Civ IV but wasn't, and who represents a possible but not automatic sale of Civ V, my opinion may be relevant to Firaxis. I can only hope that they don't share your attitude.

I was a serious Civ III fanatic for years. Though I haven't played in a few years I'm still a CivFanatic at heart. I've been lurking here occasionally over those years, watching as Civ IV evolved, and wondering when I'd be tempted enough to jump in. It hasn't happened and I now doubt I'll ever...