Recent content by Aden52

Also, I think the bonus from resources changes between eras. If India started the game with access to all resources (at full power) then they would be quite a early powerhouse. They get access to the resources, but it's in the ancient era, so the bonus is weaker. So I guess if someone was to...

I'm not sure how the achievement works, but I thought you had to use all 16 leaders at a difficulty level of king or higher? I'm not what difficulty your playing on, but in any case, thats a weird bug that your hall of glory went completely empty. What were you doing before you entered your...

Nuke It! :D If you can't, then you can use spies to destroy the city walls, although that might take some time, and this late in the game they likely have good enough production/economy to get it back quickly anyways. Make sure you save some spies to disable defenses, and just bring plenty of...

Well, Monarchy doubles the palaces cultural output, which will expand your borders (if just a little bit) earlier on. They can't go through your borders without declaring war, so if your borders are big, then it will take them longer to get to your city. I guess I shouldn't say it takes them...

I think English has best defense early in the game. Not only are the longbow archers great on defense, but monarchy will push your borders out a little bit further, which means more traveling time for your enemies. Also, the fact that you can declare war (whereas the Greeks can't if they are...

These would be my trait choices, if the traits could not be moved from their era's: Starting: Automatic upgrades for Elite units Ancient: Units heal after winning in combat Medieval: Rush units at half-price Industrial: +50% gold production Modern: Naval Support Doubled Obviously a...

Well all of the four points you listed are solid ways of slowing them down tech wise. If you really want to catch up then turn more cities to science, and build a navy. Declare war on them, then move your fleets onto their dyes/fish/whales etc. This will definitely help to slow them down because...

If that is the goal of your reviews, then you accomplish that, but there's still room for improvement. Its perfectly fine to make a short review that makes simple points on a civ, but you really need to explain why you think X's bonus is garbage. Simply saying things like: does nothing to...

Civoholic, your reviews aren't really all that bad, but they could be more in-depth. There's a lot more you can talk about when you review a civ, for example, what strategies can you use to make the most out of their abilities? There's more to each civ than just their starting bonus, and era...

Yea, you need democracy for your archers to go straight to rifleman (provided you have gunpowder). I've also researched gunpowder then on the same turn, quick built the wonder with a great builder, and it worked for me. Also, if you get gunpowder first, then democracy, that seems to be fine as...

I generally try to find spots with atleast a couple good food squares. Plains are awesome, especially near rivers + a granary. Plains with marble helps the production side of things as well. Although, production isn't everything. I've built cities in locations with no forests, hills, or...

I just won the game on diety, without declaring war, and without taking over any AI cities (either by culture or dominance). My tech lead that I had at the end of my last session disappeared because of the Chinese being left alone to tech ahead while the English and Arabs constantly invaded me...

Both of these have happened to me, at first I just thought they had switched ships out and I was not paying close enough attention. But the same ship stayed parked at my city, and kept unloading units. Although, it is possible that the AI has loaded all of them on the boat, and is only sending...

I generally don't build settlers in my games, or if I do, then it's only one or two. Usually I wait till I get the 100g free settler, then if I want to expand I will generally do it by war. However, in a game I am currently playing as the Russians, I tried the second approach, which is more...

Maybe the AI has a good/decent production city, that he uses to mainly build armies, and then he sends those armies over to take you out? How often do you build military units when your at peace? Throwing in a unit (army) here and there after producing buildings never hurts. The tech lead...