Recent content by benstandby

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    Two Questions on Wonders

    Thanks, that changes things for me, no "temporary" wonders any more if I want that city tho only produce a certain kind of gp. And say "late" to Britain!!:eek:
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    Two Questions on Wonders

    1) ok, so I understand that the main effects of wonders disappear with obselescence but it continuea to generate culture points. My question is, what about great people points? Do wonders continue producing gpp's after they become obselete? 2) Do the holy city shrines get razed automatically...
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    FOCUS Paradigm

    Holy Despot: is it possible to have Hybrids in all corners of your empire so that everything functions properly? Um... not exactly. The risk of hybridization is that your cities will not be able to push the limits of the game. a city that produces Cavalry in 1 turn paired with a city that...
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    FOCUS Paradigm

    thanks First post edited
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    FOCUS Paradigm

    <self-serving bump> Thanks for the feedback, guys.
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    Knight vs Ancient Calvary

    OK, Knights are expendable. Ancient Cav is not. I use the knights to soften up a hard target (pike or musket fortified in a large city or on a hill [or other difficult terrain]), and then I follow it up with the ancient cav. This works really nicely, too. A 1 or 2hp musket (roughly 6.5 defense...
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    Yumbo Reserch Team

    I think he means the extra 300. You know, like he's getting 300, but it's really 600, and he has an "extra" 300 that he's not supposed to be getting. But you'd actually get 600gpt because it would be doubled for you too. OMG!!! I just thought of a great MP exploit!!! :lol: Oh, and the...
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    How do you play conquests?

    :confused: really? You guys are missing half the game. The best part of the game is assembling carrier strike forces, complete with BB, CA, DD, and Nuclear Submarine escort!!! :D I don't feel like I'm even getting started until the Industrial ages. When I start to see musket and cannon...
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    Shogun Conquest

    I played on Monarch, and by the time I had the tech for ninjas, the War council was built!! Try it on a higher difficulty than regent, and tell me that this didn't happen. When I hear from someone that this happened, I'll retry the scenario. Until then I think that the Diplomatic victory is...
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    Which Wonders Do You Prefer

    The only wonder I buid in the early age is the Collosus (spelling). The reason for this is that when I try to build any of the other wonders, the AI ALWAYS beats me to it. If you build the collosus and switch to republic or monarchy early enough, it can make you nearly 20gpt by itself. It makes...
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    My current multiplayer game

    1) Actually, from what I know, Cav WILL retreat. Units retreat if they are a "fast unit" losing to a "slow unit". Fast and slow are defined by relative movement points. Of course these could be the rules from Alpha Centauri. Explanation: A unit with a 2 movement is considered a "fast" unit if...
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    "Skip First Turn" Not So Great

    DER!! The reason the Allies can't move or attack on the first turn is because when you play it multiplayer in the simultaneous turns mode, it makes the Japanese able to actually strike first. If the scenario didn't have this, a number of unrealistic and historically unjustifiable things might...
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    theodora: one fit queen

    Oh My God! So, Justinian was one serious hornball then, eh?
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    Shogun Conquest

    I like "shogun: total war" (very cool game), so I thought this conquest would rock. Sadly, I can't seem to enjoy it. The one time I played it with my LAN buddies, the comps didn't even expand. I had 15 cities and each comp had 2 or 3!!! That one was kind of cool, but it was a 1v1 Shogun game...
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    Fall of Rome - WTF!!!

    Agreed. My friend and I played as Western (me) and Eastern (my friend) Rome. We played to see whose civ would hold out the longest. I won, by one. He built nothing but troops and was at war with the Sassanids for most of the game if not all. They finally took him out the turn before I was...
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