Recent content by Aquilon

I've been struggling with deciding. I go back and forth a lot on this. Monarchy seems better for early expansion but I end up getting crippled by high corruption. I find The Republic allows me to stay competitive even if I have to run early luxuries. This is at Deity level by the way.

Prof. Garfield, thank you for the response. Just to clarify a few things: Yes luxuries were high, but how are you supposed to WLTK without high luxuries? Is that where the black hats come in? About how many cities do you need until black hats start showing up? In regards to building a new...

I've gotten back into this game recently and have been trying different ways of achieving a strong PD, but I always feel as though the description of how much I should be dominating in a PD is far different from my realities. Mine always start great, but but Industrialization all my cities...

Is there a good starters guide for this game? I just bought the Civ 5 Complete on a Steam sale and want a fast track to greatness because my time to play is limited. I grew up on Civ 2 (still play a few full-length games every year) and have a few hundred hours of Civ 4 logged on my steam...

Just playing a game and I just learned Mass Production and opened the Mass Transit improvement. In previous games I've always built it because of how annoying pollution is, but it just occurred to me that in-city pollution doesn't really have an effect until it creates a pollution square. If I...

Sun Tzu's War Academy. By the time I'm building a military, I'll be so far into the game it'll be obsolete. Hell, by the time I get Feudalism it's obsolete.

I'm no EC player. I like to play the game through. I'm not at the level yet where I can get space flight any earlier than the 1800s, and I don't play past Prince. However, I enjoy it this way.

Little mistake in that you don't need Writing. Sorry!

I'm just interesting in what you think are the most essential techs for the beginning of the game. Say, up to Democracy. Assume I start with Alphabet. I already know of going this route. Writing > Code of Laws > Literacy > The Republic. Where should I go from there?

There is no real correlation between the two really. IIRC, Colossus produces one extra trade arrow for every square already producing trade, and KRC is one extra shield for every square your city take resources from. If you want to produce a bit more production, transform grassland into hills...

So you're saying Hoover Dam gets rid of Nuclear Plants also? I'm aware of it's effects on Hydro Plants, and I always make sure I get it. But even with Factories, I can never build Power Plants. It'll always be a Manufacturing Plant right after, and then Solar.

Hey guys. I just have a question. After researching both Nuclear Power and Refining, the technology menu shows that I can build Power Plants and Nuclear Plants respectively. Anyways, that's the last I hear of them. They will never appear in my City menus. Anyone know why this is :confused: