Recent content by Bobfregman

My favorite map is Huge and Pangea and I'm fairly convinced that a OCC victory of any type is impossible on this map on Diety. I don't think the type of map should matter so long as there's a sufficient number of AI. You should try getting a victory in any way first and then we can debate the...

I don't think anybody can win a OCC at all on Diety.

It's worth noting that the city does still take some damage even without a tower if there's walls, though it's much less. It does seem to accelerate though as the city and walls get lower. I've noted on several occasions that, if you set up a siege before attacking with units, it's possible to...

Arms Longfellow has it right. The lack of % yield modifier buildings, buildings that give bonuses per pop, and good specialists makes building tall a poor strategy. In civ 5 there were pros and cons to be considered when deciding whether to go tall or wide. In civ 6 the only reason to go tall...

Pure peaceful games are very difficult on Diety. It can be done if you roll a particularly great starting position but you'll have trouble consistently winning this way. This isn't to say you need to go for a domination victory but generally I find you'll want to take out at least one or two...

Been awhile since i used Ghandi but when I did i always ignored the faith aspects of his bonuses and focused on the Varu. The -5 bonus is really strong and IIRC it stacks if enemies are adjacent to more than one Varu. If you can get a great General this is great but even without the Varu has...

I play almost exclusively on diety and my opening build is usually 3-4 slingers then a warrior or 2. I rarely target a CS first unless it's a useless religious state, for most others I find the early bonuses more useful than the city itself. I like to try and take out a nearby civ as quickly...

I think the beserker would be a pretty decent multiplayer unit if you could upgrade it from swordsmen. Norway would still stink though, to change that you'd need to really buff the Beserker

Also I agree we need to look at the bigger picture. While the level 1 promo for beserkers gives them a combat bonus in melee that helps them stack up to the knight we can't ignore the knights bonus against ranged attacks at level 1. Crossbowman are probably the most dangerous unit of the...

You have spearmen around to upgrade? I'm happy you enjoy this strategy, the great thing about Civ is that there's tons of different ways you can play and still succeed. My personal experience is that knights work better in most situations, against the AI and especially online. When you're...

In short, no. There may be some strategies out there to make it less useless but there's basically no situation in which it actually makes sense.

Yeah the Beserker is neat and I've enjoyed playing with them but ultimately they just don't really match up to the knight. The ability of the knight to be upgraded from heavy chariots is a huge advantage. The Beserker requires a useless dead end technology to train and must be built from...

Whenever I play on Diety I work under the assumption that I'll be invaded by turn 25. However a turn 9 invasion, by monty no less, is indeed a grave situation. It's definitely possible to win diety games where he's your neighbor, in fact I've had a few games where he was my neighbor and I...

Ultimately every city gets a monument but I will delay them in favor of districts or troops in many cases.

Generally I find that I don't actually truly match/eclipse the diety AI in tech until quite late in the game unless I'm playing Australia. The important thing is to get a lot of cities and to take out at least one neighbor early on. To stay militarily relevant in mid game wars you need to...