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Speaking of Great Person discoveries... Does anyone have a page, or link, to a list of what tech a Scientist, Prophet, etc will discover? That would be a huge bonus to know which early techs to get out of the way quick, so when my philosophical leader gets to caste system, I can put the mass...

No tech trading is paramount for me. I seriously will not play ANY game that it isn't turned on, single or multiplayer. Until I can dominate Deity level, it'll stay off. Since I started relying on myself for tech development, I have learned much more on how to design a strategy based on the...

Perhaps I have missed something, but here goes anyways. Seems to me that spearmen are the only way people stop my keshiks when I play Khan. So I do the only thing I can when I see spearmen. I scout their territory as quickly as possible and obliterate every copper or iron they have. No...

Oil & aluminum, if I have em and you don't and you don't beat me before I need em, you will lose. Beat me fast or not at all. :cool:

I could have sworn I got a GG once before I ever fought any AI's. I know that unit xp stops at 10 when you fight barbs & animals, but I thought you got GG points for all battles from turn 1. Hmmm... Time to try and replicate the event. Can GG's pop from Great Leader points? With the great...

It's always humorous when the great wall is built in a size 1 city that hasn't expanded it's cultural borders and is detached culturally from your main empire. The "GREAT" Wall encloses all of a 3x3 square. :D Since I start building the GW almost immediately upon settling my 2nd city, it...

Yes, the battle XP is doubled in your cultural borders only. Which means... Only battles waged against the computer AI players while you are on defense. Remember that barbarians are kept out of your cultural areas, so your normal barb defense battles won't add any extra since they will all be...

When I have a significant enough tech lead, I will often go universal suffrage (whichever civic that lets you buy out troops) and then take tech to 10% or 0% and crank just enough culture to clear up war weary and buy out units after 1 turn of production. It usually only possible in low...

Do you have to keep clicking that every turn? (Annoying, but effective I would think) Hopefully turning off time victory will let a game finish under it's own momentum... I.E. I own 100% of the cities and 100% of the land. All hail K, All hail K! ... Oooohhh K can you see? :egypt: :king:

Vassals... Vassals are for those leaders impatient enough to obliterate a weakened foe. Much like how Hitler let England live in WW2. If he had just finished off England before turning to Russia, WW2 might have ended VERY differently. Much the same in Civ4... I only accepted a vassal...

Size 31 Aiee carumba! I gotta make more Honolulu's ... everyone wants to live there. I like island starts. Warm tropical breezes, bikini's and most importantly... NO BARBS!

Easiest espionage network comes from founding a religion, then sending missionaries to all the cities you can find before they close the borders. That will allow you to get some insight to a few cities more and help you find targets for your surgical strikes with spies. I also agree heavily...

I like my Civ 4 math. Inca + Sacrificial Altar + Slavery + Excess population = :D

Great People are definitely functional as a strategy from what I have seen. After reading other places on this site, I realized just how cool they can be. I used to drop them in as super specialists, but have since decided that having one pop a new tech or finish a wonder can be a HUGE savings...

I was thinking the same thing... I hate the message "The game will end in XX turns" If you turn off time victory will that let the game run past 2050? I'd sure like to go back and finish some games that weren't decided by 2050. Mandatory retirement is for congressmen, not global dictators! :D