Recent content by ben_the_man

Thanks for the reply Koshling! I actually just read a post about how the ai really likes "apples", so sorry about that. I was just wondering if DoM changed combat in some way that would make odds no longer relevant. I guess it was just bad luck?...

I just finished my 1st game, and it was GREAT. I love most of the new options. I just have a couple of questions, which may or may not have been reported already (I didn't see it). Are the odds reporting correct? In a mech infantry vs rocket artillery battle, I had a 65.1% chance to win. I...

I take it all back, Boudica just steamrolled me. Turns out the ai was just a slow starter. I was attacked by a 200 unit stack of doom :( I might have to turn off dynamic difficulty and stick with Emperor.

That explains it, thanks. I didn't set it up any differently, it just didn't happen :p Is it something I can turn on after the game has started? I see all the options for barb civs, but not the on/off toggle...

So you mean you just get penalties? There is defiantly a relative difference increase as you climb the difficulty ladder, I was just confirming that it hasn't been altered. In a vanilla game on immortal, I would be last place in score by FAR, until my superior city micro kicked in late game, and...

Interesting, so there's no tampering with the buffs the ai typically gets at higher difficulty in vanilla? I'm playing on a "planet generator" map, with extreme food plains, so my capital city is at 18 people in 500BC:D. The ai has the same advantage, but I don't think it understands how to...

Hi everyone, I have recently gotten back into Civ4 after the horrible disaster that was Civ5, and I have been trying out all kinds of mods. This one is my favourite by far, so I would like to thank the creator(s). All the new options are extremely confusing, but I'm getting the hang of it...

Think i posted the EXACT same thing about a week ago... Worded similarly too. This aspect of ciV is really counterintuative. I think you should be able to liberate original capitals and give them back to the AI, as they are the only thing that matter in a conquest victory. Once "liberated"...

I just took the Iroqois capital from the French, and my only options were to annex or make a puppet. I thought liberating foreign capitals was a big part of this game (keep factions in the game for UN votes, for example). I gifted the city anyways as I don't have enough hapiness to support...

I think your ideas WuphonsReach are fantastic. Every suggestion you have made I would like to give the :goodjob: to.

I feel your pain... I just read through that balance thread you posted... good ideas. I hope they get patched and we don't have to wait for a full-fledged expansion. I can't believe I've been lurking here for almost 6 years and have only posted 7 times...

You're missing my point. Both systems have their strategic merits, I am not really debating that here. I am only saying resources in Civ4 were much more important, and the reward systems in my brain would fire off like a supernova when I found "perfect" city spots. Building amazing cities was...

Ya, I guess, but still no health benefits or corporation benefits like in Civ4, which is sad to me. Since the game is now basically based on happiness, luxury resources are incredibly important to have, but their production is underwhelming. If you have a city with 4 sugars, you might as...

I used to get a feeling - one that can be described as what a heroin junkie must feel taking a hit after withdrawl - when I saw clustered resources in civ 4. One time, my starting city had 4 gems, 2 gold, 3 fish and pigs in my radius, and I had to change my pants. Resources in Civ5 are so...

I agree with this!!! Could one of you (Dark Jedi06 or embryodead) post a full sized version that I might be able to use as my avatar (I'm new:)