Recent content by AutomatedTeller

What is the trick to raise the dom limit? Is there a link to it somewhere?

Is there a reason to think that anything but conquest could win this? Or is this scored differently for different win conditions?

ok - apparently, aggressive leaders is the key to keeping them from spamming missionaries. I got a 650 BC, which is nothing, but hey! I got on the board! ish.

This is harder than it looks. I've been trying for a day or so (it's a pretty short game, except that I can't get a win ;)) and finally decided to try Kaitzilla's 1880 save, to see if I could get there with a head start. I could not. I didn't get a vote until 1000 BC (probably because I...

Something I never realized - the AI starts the game with 11 hammers into their first warrior. I was wondering how they got them built so fast....

What exactly is an espionage victory? I think it's a cultural victory where you uses spies to give your culture to another city and then take that city?

I have definitely been taking a break in taking caps. Archers start showing up around turn 50, which makes it tough for warriors, and you do have to develop cities at some point. But it becomes pretty easy to pick up AI with HA vs archers. I wouldn't bother with chariots - they die way too...

Pacal might well be better than Willem. If you end up with, say, 30 cities, you'll get 1/2 off of 30 granaries, but also some 50-55 workers, as opposed to 25-30 libraries and some smaller number of theaters and maybe a colloseum. the border pop is nice, but Stonehenge sort of makes up for it...

If you have are having trouble, try this: 1) Play a 1CC game with low everything as Willem and make sure you add in all the fin civs. That will get you finished with the challenge. This is a long game, so you might get a decent finish. Then 2) The best game will likely get 3 or 4 caps...

I'm having trouble getting more than 2 other caps. I'm running medium/tropical. Maybe I'll try medium/temperate, and hope the drives caps nearer. I keep walking the wrong way away from nearby caps...

I think you absolutely need financial to be competitive, which leaves you Expansionist, Creative, Imperialistic, Charismatic, Aggressive and Protective. You definitely want a warrior to take AI caps, so Ragnar is twice out (aggressive is not a good 2nd trait for space) Protective is...

Been a long time since I did a GoTM - not sure I've ever done one for Civ IV. It shows in this one ;) 8 cities - oracled CS and got stonehenge, as well. Lost a settler to a barb, about to lose a city to one, too :crazyeye: The lack of health resources is an interesting challenge, I...

So close!!

You and your PA partner share tech and projects. Not sure about wonders, though I think you do. You declare war and peace as one. You can direct their research and if you both research the same thing, you share research. You can get resources from them for free - not sure if you both...

that was fairly simple and fun. I got a 1913 AD date, which can obviously be improved. I went max opponents and took added DeGaulle to be the guy declared upon. I used inland sea, which is probably not optimal, but has the advantage of being predictable. started declaring on degaulle...