Recent content by Acrtic

my biggest gripe is with the strategic resources. Even with "balanced resources" on, getting horses seems so random and inconsistent, and are pretty important for the early game... Also, rivers might be a bit too important.

Agreed. Also, if you are lucky enough to find a relic in a goody hut, it's absolutely massive. +2 food, +2 production, +4 culture, + 4 gold in the early going is incredbile. I also trade for my enemies relics as soon as I am able to

Scythia deserves God Tier all be herself I think Germany though is definitely #2 and would sit atop the next tier. Also agree with many posters that Sumeria is actually pretty strong, and that Tier 4 is too low for the Aztecs. Not only do their warriros convert builders which everybody...

the chop mechanic is unbalanced and entirely abusable, at least on faster speeds. I think they forgot to scale it down....

Usually updraging a tile is better, but its good if you want to rush a unit. I found it useful when I wanted to just get rid of my builder before it was about to get stolen by a barbarian horseman.