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Considering if you can stay some what close in tech you can easily tactically beat the AI even with inferior numbers. It gets even worse when you gain access to aircraft too and if you are on a water heavy map then you are pretty much guaranteed victory if you only have the domination option...

The militaristic states from what I hear only gift unique units from states that aren't in the game. I'm sure if you cram every civ in the game along with a ridiculous amount of city states that rule may change though.

When focusing on tech I generally don't overly worry about special units. They just bring nice little bonuses but it armies matter most on unit composition and tactics to take on anything thrown at you by the AI. Plus as tech focusing I generally stick to more of a passive role and not bother...

I've found that you really only need to micro manage at the very beginning and at strategic points at certain points of the game. Otherwise letting them run rampant works fine. Only change I would like to see is the removal of marshes from the "don't clear forest marshes" options. Marshes are...

I had this one start as Russia with like 3 stone and 1 marble next to my capital. I was popping a wonder out every 5-6 turns.

You shouldn't be losing to a diplomatic victory for the simple fact all you do is bribe some city states to your side. By the end of the game and if someone was building the UN building in the first place you may want to save up a few thousand just to influence bomb the attempts when voting...

Read up on the American Mexican war. We were eying what is now New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California and we got it easily since we essentially bullied Mexico into it and we totally kicked their butts. We sacked their capital real quickly and as part of their agreement they gave us that...

Australia is a treasure trove of resources. I make sure to snatch it up as soon as possible cause there is a very good chance there is some vital strategic resources of every type on it. That is why its so awesome to start somewhere near the Pacific/Indian Ocean or if you are really lucky North...

I've declared war and killed the prophet numerous times. I've never really suffered horrible diplomatic repercussions for it and I end the war with no real aggression. The only thing that sucks is when one you declared friendship does this to you and declaring war on them. It sucks even more...

Well. America was quite expansionistic in our early years. We gobbled up all the Indian territories then jacked a lot of lands from Mexico. We even tried once on Canada but since they had British support so it didn't go down too well. Taking over city states makes sense as well. We did that...

Order has always been my favorite even if I'm warmongering since I am a big fan of the production boosting it provides. I do like autocracy if I'm a full blown warmonger but at a certain point you have so many strategic resources it doesn't really matter to double it up and units are already...

Shes a woman so I was thinking more the lines of "that bi-". Rham is a bastard. Along with other various negative terms. Dido tends to never do anything though. She tends to build a small nation that doesn't really grow like the usual culprits. Isabellah and Catherine are the most annoying...

I usually keep one roaming with my main force. I throw him in the middle of my forces and put him to sleep as I lay siege to something. Great admirals are the annoying ones. They just end up stacked in a city since even without the nice little boost they provide its easy to obliterate any...

Hes a backstabber too so even if he acts like your friend he really is not.

Their unique unit allows for strong early rushes since you don't need iron to produce them. Their unique building also boosts production from forests so building cities in heavily forested areas is a smart idea as well. Not only are lumber mills boosted but forests don't need to roads for them...

Yeah hes just begging for a giant can of whoop ass.

The B-17 is a great air unit. Get the "repair every turn" promotion and the bomber essentially is invulnerable and will be at full health against almost every target save for aircraft interception(which I've yet to see the AI take advantage of). The Zero is similar but the Japanese have a better...

Lets not forget the gunship. God is that poor this crap for requiring 1 aluminum. They really downplayed one of the most effective weapon platforms in modern warfare.

A lot of the time is based off of the research capability of that city. So a small city with no research buildings is the worst place to park your spy unless you just want to know intrigue. They may of built buildings to slow down the process even further. The Great Firewall will essentially...

Not sure. Thought you could only steal boats as the Ottomans or using Privateers.