Recent content by Structure

I've been staying out of the discussion, but lurking and playing along avidly. I can't believe how much bad luck I had with the 4000BC start! Out of SIX starts four ended in disaster with my warrior and settler for horse city destroyed by a bear one time and archer the other. The city was also...

I'd vote with CivSeta that speed of rush trumps everything else. Immortals are a great cheap early unit, but even a couple fortified spears can ruin your day. I've destroyed an entire stack of immortals trying to take an enemy capital too late (50% cultural defense, 1 spear, 1 archer). However...

What a round. Big props for staying with it. In situations like these, I kill to desktop or reload from an old save. Which brings up a potential question: IF you can't get out of this, will you start a new game or try loading from a save to see if you can win using a different strategy? Not sure...

I decided to play out the second save (right before you began the Rome war). Details in spoiler. But I'll say here that I think you should press forward as quickly as you can. I don't think the outcome of this game is in doubt. The challenge is only how early you can earn a domination win.

Your "stack" of axes is only five units right? A drill 1 CR 2 axe gets maybe 70% odds against a fortified archer in a 20% city? So you will get three of Rome's lesser cities if you are lucky. Two is more realistic. After that you won't have enough axes left to take on more cities (esp if on...

I don't see any real advantage to going after Rome now except that you can. Even if you are backstabbed, the geography is going to make defending against Rome rather simple. A few shock axes and a couple Kashiks should be able to stopper Rome up for a long long time. But if you play the...

Word. It's a game. Live dangerously, or well...you know. You do have TWO scouts...so there will never be a better time to experiment with moving the capital. (Yes, I know this conflicts with my earlier post, but I'm bothered by all the doom and gloom and run back where we come talk:sad: )

Once your scout jumps up on that hill to the W of the Eles you should have a good sense where to settle. Since you've already moved, I'm a strong supporter of continuing on up to the blue circle (or what seems best after the scout moves). Pushing your capital forward like this will give you some...

I played a few starts out as Kublai to try out some of the ideas posted here. I ended up researching HBR early myself with 3 cities. Built barracks and Gurs (snap that whip!). Went after writing alphabet. Started building Kashiks. On reaching Alph I started trading eveything away. HBR is worth...

I don't have the skills to suggest an early route to HBR, but I do look forward to seeing you build early Kashiks and pillaging your enemy back an era. I played a game as Kublai while ALC 13 was underway and thought I would do this too, but didn't have horses (not even close by!). It didn't...

I'm pretty sure a space race win without alum is within your abilities. If you keep the DP with Mehmed I bet Huayna will attack Izzy and not you. However, Cabert's plan sounds like soooo much more FUN:) Izzy needs to be vassilized. It's personal. She did steal you pigs back before you made...

This was good to see and will be fun to play again (for the third time) myself. I've never used caste system effectively. :blush: In the two rounds I played on my own Huayna beat me to liberalism both times by a long shot despite my making a beeline for it. Mehmed backstabbed one time and...

To be fair, you are better at diplomacy than I so results may differ. Either way, having Izzy messing with Mehmed is good for you (unless she starts a war and then loses it.) You have plenty to worry about ahead. I'm looking forward to seeing how you'll deal with it. Mehmed is just one...

First, thanks for posting these threads. I've lurked through a few, and learned from and enjoyed each. I can see why so many people dislike Izzy, but I'll add my voice to those that urge making her a close ally (I'd use another term, but you get the idea) and using her against Mehmed. Izzy may...

I liked this Conquest in presentation, but in play I thought it was broken. I've won it as Spain and England (Monarch) by more-or-less doing the same as everyone else, but I it seemed kinda boring. I really wanted to play a game where I got my colonial capital up and started a booming New World...