Recent content by Admiral Willem

To me it seems like an effort to bring the franchise to casual gamers. That's really not a bad thing. I don't have to play every Civilization game released, even though I've been taking over the world since 1990. I don't understand all the :cry:

Random personalities + unrestricted leaders = good times.

That thread looks like a variation on the same theme. I've owned Tiwakanu for over 1,000 years, whereas in the other case Civ P (player) captured a city that was stolen from Civ V (vassal) by Civ A (aggressor). I'll post some autosaves tonight. One will show that Tiwakanu is mine, the next...

Tiwakanu. Originally Incan. I took it over towards the beginning of the game, and forced their leader to become my vassal. Fast forward over 1,000 years. The highly advanced Ethiopians land on my shores with lots of units. They took Tiwakanu for all of two turns. My forces reclaimed...

I'm not sure if more spies in a city means you're more likley to catch them. I put one in each city. I add more as my economy expands and as my opponents accumulate more EPs. By the space race I've got three. When I send spies to an enemy city, I usually go with a stack. Typically four...

Some of the AIs *will* have insane leader/civ combinations and they make for some interesting/fun/challenging antagonists. Some of the AIs will have crappy combinations, so this balances out. If you want to get rid of that "I'm cheating" feeling, compensate for your awesome selection with...

Elizabeth of the Dutch Tokugawa of the Ottomans (It's like giving Jannisaries steroids) I do really enjoy playing a game with unrestricted leaders and random personalities. Makes for a truly unique game.

Solver, Huzzah for tweaks. :) I applied your patch but I am still encountering the "wait forever" problem. I encountered what plenty of others have - AI takes over a barbarian city, gives it to a newly founded colony, wait forever. Would you like me to email you my saved game?

It worked out great for me at a tiny island whose only land tile in the fat cross was the city tile itself. This national wonder, the dutch UB, the ironworks w/ both resources, and all the normal production boosting stuff yielded The Apollo Project, The Manhattan Project, and The Internet in...

Cool stuff. I wanted to chime in with another example of how Domination AI can be improved. The Khmer were a mere 2% of the world's population away from victory. They absolutely refused to research medicine. Those hospitals would have won them the game! In a nutshell, if the AI is on the...

There are some worlds where the Dutch army is feared, undefeated. :mischief:

I have razed London and Thebes to prevent English and Egyptian cultural victories. During the same game. The Egyptians were the vassal of the most powerful civilization (those damn Khmer with their 40% of the world). This has made the game much more interesting.

Dikes are insane. I founded a little island city. The only land tile in the fat cross was the city itself. Maoi Statues + Dike + Factory + Coal Power Plant + Ironworks (with one source of iron and one source of coal) + Engineer Specialists = ~160 production per turn.

If the Hemisphere map includes island chains, what's the difference between it and Big and Small?

Hatshepsut is one city away from a cultural victory ... guess where she spread Sid's Sushi? Even though it's my corporation, I thought this was a smart move.