Recent content by BluegrassGeek

Won as Theodora the other day, got her achievement, so they do work in BNW.

Yep, that's been my experience as well. The AI doesn't DoW at the drop of a hat anymore, they actually try to figure out if it's more worthwhile to work with you (or other AIs) instead. If you have something they want, though, they'll turn on you just the same.

Ah, that's what I was thinking of!

You don't even have to mod it. When you found a religion, you can rename it. Just pick an icon, name it, pick whatever tenets you want (probably the ones emphasizing science :D ).

Your first two Prophets should be used to make a religion & then enhance it. Any after that get one of two uses: convert cities that are putting out pressure against your cities, or drop them as Holy Sites for added :c5faith: + later :c5culture:/tourism. Scientists generally get turned into...

I thought BNW changed it so you didn't get credit for settling right on top a lux?

I still find Prince a bit difficult, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. Got lucky on my latest game, as Byzantium, in that I managed to start on a peninsula that was completely isolated from the rest of the continent by a pair of mountains. Had three city-states all to myself, and plenty of...

It depends on your victory conditions. If you're going Science, yeah, they're pretty useless. Similar if you want a Culture/Tourism win. If you wind up in a late-game war, though, nothing beats them for bombardment. They have insane range, do good damage and are pretty tough. Combine them with...

Not necessarily a bug. Trees kinda do impede sight. :D

Why do you think it needs to be harder? Why not just up your difficulty level entirely?

Air Sweep forces any anti-air units in the area to engage the fighters. And each anti-air only gets one "defensive" attack per turn. So, your fighters basically draw fire, then you send bombers in safely. You probably have veteran bombers you've upgraded which have enough resistance to shrug...

Yep, melee is bad for trying to weaken a city. You need to drop the city's HP with archers & catapults/trebuchets first, if possible taking it down to 0. Then move your melee in to capture. Now, you'll want at least one melee close to the city, so they are less likely to target your squishy...

Pretty much what was already said. Set up caravans to them early, trade luxes for GPT once you have duplicates, don't settle too close, and don't send missionaries/Great Prophets to convert their cities. Also, if they warn you to not get friendly with another civ/city-state, start harassing that...

Yeah, I started a game as Russia and decided to put my GP in my second city. It's closer to a bunch of city states and two AI civs, so it put a lot more pressure on them. I also used a GP to wipe out Venice's faith in its capital city, but it came back after a while. I just managed to get my...

There hasn't been a point to Brady guides since the late 1990s. Between GameFAQs.com and fansites/forums, you can get all the info you need within a week or two of release.