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Would have been nice... But I think most devs target the achievements at the whiny little . .. .. .. .. .es (10-19+ year olds) that actually care about that sort of thing for bragging rights.

Well in a game like Civ, I've bolded the quotation that says it all. Sometimes you own ,sometimes you get owned. Civ is deep enough that there's no surefire way to always beat good opponents. You say most go for Republic, I would try to get Communism as a counter because it gives you a large...

Well being stuck on an island isn't such a bad thing for your capital. It's isolated so it's defensible in the sense that you can blockade with a fleet in addition to standard city defenses. The opponent has to work at it to take your capital. If you're fortunate enough to have an island with...

Achievements when done right, do indeed add to a game and it's fun to go after those types of achievements. But I was specifically referring to achievements done wrong on other games which is off-topic.

I meant no offense, I just hope you're not one of those who quit during a multiplayer game when you start losing and see no way to win. I think I may have thought this is what you were implying, sorry.

No, I like a challenge and won't abandon a bad map just because I was put into a bad spot. Fight out of it, do anything you can but giving up is a sissy thing to do. I realize your pointers are for folks trying to get the achievements but those are secondary to me. Thinking about achievements...

Wouldn't it be easier just to build french fries and clog the arteries of the enemy so he can't fight back? Ah crap, that's not an option... :lol:

Once you let them surround you like that, you've already lost that city or cities. Go for a tech lead and build the best offensive units you can and fight your way out. The other civs will eventually sue for peace when you start winning. I usually let all but one off the hook and take him down...

Napoleon gets a Cathedral in his capital at start which means good culture start. The French special units are Trebuchet and Howitzer with Trebuchet being a catapult on steroids so it's great for attacking cities early on. Tech wise you start with pottery and get 1/2 price roads in medieval age...

Not necessarily. The AI can park two or more Archer armies in his city with walls and still defeat your legion armies. Horsemen armies are better, catapults better still for assaulting cities.

Very good strategies sir.. I might take out one or possibly two civs early on with the rush and then build myself up and overwhelm a couple more with sheer numbers. Then I usually start deciding which victory condition I want to aim for. Nice thing about civ games, All games are different in...

This is one reason why customizing your city tiles is always a good idea. I constantly micromanage my tiles according to what I want to do. It only makes sense to remove workers from food tiles to put them either in the city or on prod/trade tiles to get maximum efficiency for your civ...

So you can relate to what I'm saying then. =) I have two kids under 9 years of age about to be three. My time is rather limited and the problem with Civ IV is I keeping losing focus of what I'm doing because I stop and start so such and have only a few hours of time a day. (Actually not even...

That's a hell of a lot of bonuses and one would have to be very lucky to have all those INCLUDING the palace.

That's assuming the enemy city has no spies to counter yours which you can't count on. I've found more often than not, they've got spies protecting their cities. I would station a spy in any enemy-facing city.

I know these weapons range in power from a few kiloton (strategic) to many megatons (city busting ICBM based MIRV monsters). When I wrote the above, I omitted the simple fact that it matters what exactly you're comparing the nukes in Civ games to. It would indeed take MANY small strategic nukes...

I've had and played all versions of Civ from the very first MS-DOS version to Civ IV. I guess you could say that over the years I've played myself out on all the details on Civ and so now I play CivRev because with the time I don't have anymore (family) I can do more with less. Back when I was...

This game is streamlined for action and not filled with all the boring little details you get with Civ IV. That said, I also like the army/fleet/squadron creation feature in CivRev as it pertains to combat and strategy. It really is missing from the main Civ games and that's a sad thing. The...