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State of Colorado is literally flat plains leading straight into the Rockies as you travel west. I think the script calculates elevation and utilizes it but deosn't consider hills to be the same thing as higher elevation.

Can anyone tell me which variable to raise/lower in order to reduce the number of desert tiles? When I make a change it just seems to increase the amount of deserts.

I haven't had an issue with going into an early war. (Does 6 comp bows count as an early war?) It seems like in your game you weren't in a position to go war and just did so because the AI asked. You had 3 cities out quickly it sounds like it was time to build up infrastructure. At the end of...

I'm playing a game now where early conquest was an excellent option. I'm playing as England and was going to go to do a NC start with Longbow conquest of a neighbor. I had 2 excellent city locations and a 3rd very solid one. Instead of building 2 cities and getting the NC out fast I went to 3...

I tried this build out, and worked fairly well. It was mostly due to the fact of a couple early religious city-states giving me the first pantheon (desert folk-lore) and then a 60+ faith goody hut. My question is how much defenses do you build up? 1 archer per city, 2 archer per city, x number...

I've played as Carthage, didn't get a good water start but the start was still nice. As Carthage it isn't important to have a decent amount of water resources anymore because your free harbors don't give you +1 hammer for them anymore. That was moved to the lighthouse. I also haven't noticed...

The title for the pathfinder's choice is misleading. What you're getting is 60 faith (at least that's what I got). The first time you use the faith selection it gives 20 faith to get a pantheon. The second time it says "Great Prophet" but it's not going to give you 200 faith. I think its...

Has anyone tried the standard approach for the mayans? Do you switch the build order around or buy the pyramid asap?

Without a screenshot or more information is hard to dissect your problem but first thought that comes to mind is it within 3 tiles of one of your cities.

"No more bringing a spear to a tank fight"

I really enjoy this opening, I usually don't enjoy playing large ics style games but I'm trying to push myself into it more. I've got a fun game going where I grabbed to initial city spots covering two key water straights. Hopefully I'll be able to develop it into a powerhouse.

If I'm going OCC I would probably go coastal and try and build HG to replace the garden. but that might depend on your tech path for early UU/Lux and how many forests there are to chop

Artillery and siege in general are not supposed to be effective against melee units. They are effective against cities. Bowman and gunners are effective range units against melee units. I'm no war history buff but I'm pretty sure Artillery was used to demoralize ground units will to fight more...

Happiness can be a serious problem if you are below -10. Basically if you are trying to win a domination game and taking over lots of cities your army isn't as effective when below -10 happiness. Also you don't take the culture hit if you choose to raze the city right away. The AI also likes to...

If they were to implement a system that hindered large runaway empires I would much rather it be something dynamic and fun rather than something to penalize good play. For example: Large empires could have a chance to enter a civil war depending on a multitude of factors (social policy...

Less than a minute for turn times but it is noticable. At least you can see it working now with the progress bar at the bottom. I didn't see an issue with the runaway civ in my game. This might be because there were more civs in a large map but idk. I know runaway civs are possible but I don't...

My first game was Map: Continents Plus Size: Large 10 civs 20 CS Speed: Epic My Civ: Russia Difficulty: 6 Emporer Special settings: 3 billion years old (a few more mountains) I got a tundra start in the north and was Isolated on my own section of the continent (so as starts go this was a safe...

I haven't played this strategy in awhile, but there are civs where rushing the HG is better than building GL or at least a good alternative. The food from HG and free garden will set up nicely for a science powerhouse city. Korea is the first to come to mind, not sure if you have the DLC...

Try beelining sailing and building 5 quinqs right away. Any coastal city will fall. Continents plus is a good map for this because most city states are coastal. Might not be the best strat but it makes for an interesting game.

One upside to workboats is that they can't be pillaged just blockaded. You also don't have to pay upkeep on them once you use them whereas a worker requires gpt. Workboats are also cheaper to build than workers. Seem balanced enough to me.