Recent content by chaosklima

This idea may have already been posted, so I apologize in advance if it is repetition. When attacking an enemy city, your stack must absorb the various terrain penalties on the tile(s) it attacks from (across a river, in a forest or jungle, etc.). It would be cool if you could build a...

Okay, so if all my cities are contributing their beakers toward production of the tech I am currently researching, what if I click Emphasize Research in all my cities and by doing so, several of them happen to increase the number of beakers they contribute? That still wouldn't change the rate at...

Some newb questions on research. The "Emphasize Research" button in the city management menu does what exactly? I know that it emphasizes research per se, but to what end? By how much? What does this emphasis on research get me in total? If I have several underperforming or lackluster cities all...

Help! I've read (and re-read) the manual and the strategy posts (Gato Loco, OhioAstronomy, Stuporstar, Walkerjks, etc.), but I am still having trouble winning, in any form, on Noble and above. I almost always fall behind in score, my cities go red-faced (despite the temples and libraries)...

Hi all. Been a FPS and RPG gamer for many years but a total newb to the Civ series -- bought Civ 4 a couple weeks ago. Absolutely love the game, but I haven't had a decent night's sleep since I got it and my GF is complaining we don't spend quality time together any more. And work? What's...