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  1. Txurce

    Captured Missionaries when I have my own religion; what should I do with them?

    Perhaps obvious, but not yet mentioned: if you ask a Friend not to convert your cities, they will agree. This restriction seems to persist throughout the game, even if they become your enemy later. I make it a point to ask as soon as I make friends with anyone.
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    G&T's The Basques for Vox Populi

    I was musing along the same lines, but didn't have it nearly as clearly in my head. This is faithful to the historical vibe, and a useful trait.
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    G&T's The Basques for Vox Populi

    Gwennog, the Kapitaina is already interesting with the stealth raiding, but something... unusual... for warfare is always fun. As KIHannibal2 indicated, the Karabela are very powerful already. In fact, while I play peacefully, as it's optimal with the Basques, I look forward to being attacked by...
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    G&T's The Basques for Vox Populi

    That's a really interesting alternative. I've never played an Earth map, due to the obvious disparities, but see how someone could only play on that one because it's "real." I tried Pangaea maps a few times, but didn't like the way they limit navies. So Continents it's been, with Communitu...
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    G&T's The Basques for Vox Populi

    Speaking out of the Basque context, I disagree that you need to find any CS early if you're ultimately going to go for a DV. The concept of ASAP barely applies to a DV, with the major exception of embassies. What CS are good for most of the game is boosting the BME — which increases no matter...
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    Germany

    You don't see any intrinsic value in keeping traditional aspects of Civ (like for example, the Panzer). Got it. Making a broad, provocatively phrased argument like this in response to a post which was arguing for a specific & nuanced exception constitutes trolling. Please do not troll other...
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    Germany

    I like the Panzer because for me the Panzer is Civ. The reason I happened to argue that view of history was because I leaned away from the Realpolitik/Free Company, etc version of Germany. Here's my broad view: Germany has an abundance of options in a war-heavy game like Civ. As a result, I...
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    Germany

    Yes, that is having an agenda. You may want to look up the word's meaning. Nothing particularly nefarious about it, by the way, in my opinion. I was done with this conversation as of my last post, so no need to educate me on what you consider to be a healthy conversation.
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    Germany

    I'm afraid I disagree right from the top. If, as you hypothesize, Germany had been united by Austria, Bismarck probably would not be a leaderhead in Civ today. But it wasn't. The reactionary, militaristic Bismarck did it it after becoming Prussia's effective leader in 1862, first fighting a...
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    Germany

    You are saying that Bismarck putting up storm shutters on his house, to protect against a storm that may or may not have come, is a greater legacy than building the house in the first place. As I look at that house, largely still standing today on land where there had only been a bunch of sheds...
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    Germany

    Bismarck's primary legacy was unifying Germany, with Prusssia rather than Austria at its center. Everything following was gilding the lily.
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    Communitu_79

    tu_79 and azum4roll, do you realize that you started with a popular but controversial cult map, and have now pretty much taken over the VP map kingdom? I get a huge kick out of how often players come here to ask if you can do just a LITTLE more, because it looks like you can deliver on...
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    New Beta Patch - 1/9

    The second DOF may be the way it works now. The first DOF sounds like what I see in my games — a curious shrugging off of bad feelings after an early war. Curious as to what Recursive says.
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    New Official Version - October 7th (10-7)

    How can they be useless if they cost you "trade units/treaties/research agreements/etc."?
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    Bribed Wars Ruin Games

    The requirement is that you can't trade with your new enemy, and your military and civilian units (including TR's) are now threatened. Why should it be higher than that? Phony wars happen all the time in RL — much more than real ones. That aside, I think you're all getting hung up on what a...
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    Communitu_79

    I've played a few games now with the map version on the current beta, set for blocky continents. The majority of civs start on what's effecrively their own continent. This creates a sameness to the early game, since there's rarely serious conflict. In my last game (Emperor) Carthage had its own...
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    AssignStartingPlots defaults for VP

    Nothing I object to here, but the only changes I would have asked for are less horses and moe scattered resource clusters.
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    New Beta Version - August 16th (8/16)

    That's what I would like to see as well, even though I like what I've seen. I'm hoping tu_79 and azum4roll throw up a poll once they're clear on the changes, so the community can weigh in with "more/leave as is/less" for all of the categories that have been changed and are adjustable.
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    New Beta Version - August 16th (8/16)

    I don't think an exact changelog of all the resource changes that is both clear and readable is possible. Spelling out every change caused by the merge is going to be really, really hard. That's different from mentioning in a more general way that changes had been made.
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