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Starcraft set the RTS standard. I'm beginning to think blizzard just got lucky, War3 is an awful game to anyone who played SC competitively. The old school community is already dwindling, and age of myth doesn't seem to be catching on with many of the non AOKers. To be fair, Starcraft wasn't...

While communism will make your far flung cities productive, it does so at great cost to your core cities, where production is most important. A well managed monarchy with a forbidden palace will outproduce communism in nearly all situations. You shouldn't put too much weight on what the AI...

Always take republic over democracy. Same benefits without the severe war weariness and chance of being overthrown. Immunity to propaganda and the slightly increased worker efficiency Democracy gives you doesn't come close to outweighing that. The corruption difference between the two is also...

Just recieved my PTW copy today. :D Been away from the board for a few days and was wondering if people are still having problems with multiplayer? If not, where might i be able to get a game with other civfanatics? My account name is Lucky.Me. I'm not picky about civs, maps, or settings. I...

Way back when, if i remember correctly, using the multi.sav bug/feature it was revealed that the AI often built their FP right next to their capitol among their most productive cities. I've been away from civ for awhile and was wondering if since the recent patches, does the AI now place the FP...

Its okay if you're just playing to have fun, but competitive ladder/tournies are a joke. The game was more balanced in beta. :( Starcraft/Broodwar is really a much better game, but i just can't pull myself back to it after those pretty 3d graphics. :crazyeye: War3 was really dumbed down...

I'm kind of between difficulty levels. I play mostly on emperor level and the early game challenge is enough so that i really have to fight and play my cards right to climb the histograph. However, late game, in the early-mid industrial age, the AI seems much less adept at managing its...

Is that option generally accepted among most players, or does everybody play traditional civ? In HoF play i assume its dissallowed because it could inflate scores as opposed to prepatch? Basically at higher lvl play (Around emperor lvl) are players using the accelerated production or leaving...

Hi, i've been away from the civ scene for awhile and have a few questions. Since the search function is currently disabled, i thought i'd bother you nice people. :) 1. To start, the current patch is v1.29f? Seems like it, but since the FAQ hasn't been updated in awhile i thought i'd make...

Why would we switch at all, If Republic is going to allow us everything a democracy does, with the freedom to fight wars with practically no time constraints?

With a decent infrastruture, 7-8 luxuries, and marketplaces, its very possible to stay at war for centuries at a time as a Republic. The luxury slider isn't even neccessary, i've never raised mine above 10%, and only then for wars that span more than an entire age. Of course you have to go...

I was thinking more along the lines of a despot ---> monarchy ---> Republic route, rather than a switch to democracy. Republic comes a good bit earlier in the tech tree, allowing an earlier switch. However, to be fair, most civs can't support an efficient Republic until about the time democracy...

Don't Republic and Democracy both get the same commerce bonus? One additional commerce in any square that is already producing one. Techs can be bought just as easily as a republic. Republic however lets you stay at war for centuries at a time, with almost no micromanagement, while you can...

Actually it seems i don't, guess i was mistaken. :) Just set up a tiny deity game, placing bismarck, shaka, and monty all within a few tiles of me, and try as i may, i just can't get the game to cheat. Oh, it will again soon, just not under such close scrutiny...its a crafty one, that game. :p...

This is a pretty hazy subject, making sense of the AI and all. :) You definetly DO get blamed for any gold per turn agreements you had with the AI, regardless of who broke the deal. Next time you notice your relations faltering with Bismarck, save your game, and tribute him a few gold per...

Hmm i believe so. I do know that when giving per turn gifts, after 3-4 turns the AI forgets that it is recieving them. When that annoyed neighbor that you had manage to quell for a few turns declares war, you are blamed for the discontinuation of your gift. :crazyeye: If trading by coastal...

It can't really be canceled before the 20 turns are up. Sure you could go to war, or disconnect the resource from your road network, but your reputation will be shot for the entire game, and you'll be stuck paying in lump sum, with everybody permanently annoyed at you. May be worth...

I've had this happen to me as well. Exiting and reloading the game fixed it, though it sounds like you may have already done this if you checked another save. Playing with 1.21? I can recall this kind of thing happening a lot with 1.16 and 1.17, though unfortunatly i can't remember which...

Emperor difficulty Huge Pangaea, with an archipelago here and there 16 civs Random Civ - always Random climate/age etc. All victory conditions Culturally linked starting positions off. (is this allowed for HOF games?) I play Pangaea because i find without a huge amount of land to...

With 20 cities you should have a healthy cash flow coming in, other than switching to monarchy, perhaps you could rush some key improvements in the worse-off cities? Sounds like you switched to Republic too early. Your core cities should have a temple and cathedral/coliseum (depending on game...