[BNW] How many cities is best for Immortal and large maps?

[martindo]

What's Hellblazer?

 

[martindo]

Anyway, to each his/her own. IMO, turning off victory types other than Dom is a "terrible idea" -- you're basically making some AI play with one hand tied behind their back, because their leader-specific programming demotes them to a victory option they might not be best suited for.

Sure, lots of space between AI means slower land attack, especially when you're winning with pre-industrial units. I don't know what other "metric" is disadvantaged. Takes longer to establish trade routes? Yeah, but not a serious impediment unless you have a tightly wound strategy for early victory.

You can always add a few more CS to replace the AI you cut out of the Large map.

 

[mbbcam]

What's Hellblazer?

It's the Hellblazers map script:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KiFTUkF8zxbRdN_AmQ-jIwdUAjnriO2wYNGBuqphcCM/edit

It's a genuinely balanced map script that was developed originally (I believe) for the No Quitters group. It is a *lot* better than the maps that ship with the game.

I linked to it in the post above which you "liked"

 

[mbbcam]

turning off victory types other than Dom is a "terrible idea"

That is certainly not what I do. Who suggested that? (I haven't read all the posts above).

 

[mbbcam]

I do not see *any* policy trees that have 3 squares at the top funneling down in the pattern shown in the Guide's image of Tradition.

That is what the Tradition tree looked like before the developers changed it.

 

[martindo]

That is what the Tradition tree looked like before the developers changed it.

Oh, *before* it was changed. I thought it was the image afterward.

 

[consentient]

In case anyone looks back here in the future, including the OP:

Depends on Victory Condition:

Science - Tradition or Liberty - 4-6 cities
Diplomacy - Tradition or Piety - 3-4 cities
Culture - Tradition - 4-6 cities
Domination - Liberty or Honor - 2-3 self-founded
Time - Liberty - as many as possible