Recent content by Bl00dmage96

make use of uu's they really help, esp. those which have specific bonus vs cities

the 4 above were 287, 288, 289 and 290. 291. You become austrian and decide to annex your best friend into your household 292. You expect your relationships with your friends to decrease at 25% less because you adopted patronage. 293. You often give your friends bribes of up to $1000 so...

man there are so many more ways to piss off a civ than to make friends with them...

Ah logistics, its always about logistics... but somehow my horse archers never seem to survive long enough to get logistics :( having said that i have only played as them twice, and both times i took a capital with 1 battering ram 1 warrior and 1 archer, which was fun

slvynn, i actually havent seen greek uu's used that effectively. along what lines/tactics have you seen them work? chukonus are indeed very useful. it only takes a few to bring a city down to 1hp with them, which is fun. but upgraded combat strength for archers are good, but not that good if...

Argh its always them barbarians attacking my scouts!!!

faith buildings are especially good for culture, like cathedral and pagoda defender of the faith is excellent for defending (hence the name) but not really for domination where you will be attacking instead of defending religious texts combined with tithe/ceremonial burial is very...

India's UA is so overpowered now that i think about it. more happiness brings about more golden ages, which gives +20% happiness with G&K relgion can go a long way for culture. making sure you choose cathedral/pagoda is HUGE for improving culture Mark Havel, archipelego and...

So basically there are 5 levels of 'relationship modifiers'. From most positive to least positive: Bright green, dark green, white/grey, dark red, bright red Bright green: Decleration of friendship, declaring friendship with the same leader, fighting against a common foe, The 'they gladly...

Do you have G&K though? Suleiman without G&K is weaker that with. prize ships means that you can turn one ship into 10 by capturing enemy ships Persia is not that good militarily. should go in honourable mentions. Resource free units are amazing, especially early game where the only...

Ok. So i'll go through in the same order as you and give my thoughts + recommendations for how to win Alexander - Meh. yeah cs bonus is good, but units are all ancient era and so basically loses all advantages middle to late game. Diplomatic victory works great though Darius- Totally...

haha that's exactly what i do! but seriously, ive never had this problem, but the best way i think is to box them in first? or at least corden off a reasonable area for yourself? interesting to note that AI civs very often do this to each other. the city invariably get taken and razed though

Large Islands anybody??? small continents is also good, espcially if you find too little land on island maps

Pantheon: Fertility Rites, esp. if you play cultural or want a tall empire. i do sometimes adopt religious settlements though. Cultural can also choose one of the cultural bonus, depending on your situation Founder: Most definitely choose Tithe, it gives you lots of gold later on (i once got...

and i also question the limit to 3-4 cities. ive won games with 7 cities up to turn 400, then puppeting 7 more by turn 470 3-4 leaves your empire far too vulnerable IMO anyway, best civ for cultural? for me, polynesia, egypt, france and ethopia (in roughly that order) are the best. thoughts?