Recent content by anduril171

Is Jerusalem in the list of city names for any civilization? I've never seen it on a map...

If you're going for a cultural win, even on the higher levels, you're well served by trying to grab as many religions as possible. Since the Cathedral buildings for each religion add +50% culture to a city, and you need 3 cities (on standard size) with a given religion to build that cathedral...

Explorers are not useless. They make the best medic great general units, since they have 2 movement, but their strength is low enough that they never get chosen to defend in a stack. I always build one or two explorers and promote them to Medic III; really helps fighting extended campaigns.

Don't forget that if you get the Pyramids, you can also run a specialist economy very effectively early on; in this situation, :commerce: isn't particularly important; what matters is population size, so city placement gets prioritized around food resources. I've found this to work really well...

No one seems to do cultural victories around here, but Mercantilism is absurdly powerful for a cultural win. Combined with Representation and Caste System, the free artist in your three cultural cities adds free science and culture, and since I always turn my science to 0% after reaching...

It may not seem like it at first, but I've found Willem van Oranje to be one of the most difficult to play with. He techs and expands shockingly well, and is difficult to maintain great relations with. I'd throw him in there too

I wish you could make multiple missiles in a turn. I never really build them, because by that point in the game, my military production cities are cranking out 200-300 hammers per turn (taking into account drydock, factory, power, IW/HE bonuses), and it seems an awful waste to make a guided...

6 cities... you want 6 cities (on standard map size, anyways) so that you'll be able to build Oxford, Wall Street, etc. Of course you don't have to build all 6 yourself; it's always nice to take a nice city right on your borders...

Only real way to attack cities garrisoned with Crossbowman and Pikemen. This doesn't happen too often, but occasionally I'll run across a city with a few Longbowmen, 1-2 Pikemen, and 1-2 Crossbowmen. Macemen (even CR promoted) get murdered by CG Crossbowmen, but Musketmen seem to do OK. The...

You can get those wonders if you beeline them (which you'll be doing for a cultural win anyways. I find that AP is the hardest to get consistently, but if I'm focusing on it, I can get Pyramids, Sistine Chapel, and Spiral Minaret pretty easily by going straight for their requisite techs. To get...

I've also noticed the BtS AI is much better... I was winning Emperor easily in Vanilla and Warlords, and have been struggling a little with BtS. I tend to play more for cultural/space race victories, so I can't really give you good advice on warmongering at Emperor, but I've gotten a pretty...

I remember playing a couple of Earth maps (based on the actual Earth layout) for CivIV vanilla; are there any good ones available for BtS?

I would say it's better than the Redcoat... It's dominant for much longer and it's much more of an improvement over the Galleon than the Redcoat is over the Rifleman. Not only is it a full 50% stronger, it also can carry 4 units instead of three. East Indiaman gives you the ability to dominate...

1. Industrial (Did they take Beethoven's 6th out? I haven't heard it in BtS, but I used to LOVE reaching the Industrial Age so I could hear that plus the Mozart) 2. Renaissance 3. Classical 4. Ancient 5. Medieval 6. Modern

Airships were used mainly for reconnaissance... The idea that they can conduct airstrike missions seems a little over the top. It really bugs me that the AI races to physics and builds tens of airships, which really have no counter until fighters... in a twisted way, airships absolutely rule...