Recent content by ChuckVader

I didn't realize it made a difference on your SP cost if you immediately raze a city vs razing it later. I thought the SP cost just went back down once the city is completely destroyed, but I admit I haven't been keeping track. If you raze a city but then stop the razing later, does your SP...

So, the AI gives you the same trade again as soon as you repair the luxury improvement? They just keep giving you 200+ gold over and over?

I think when you don't found any new cities and your score is low, the AI doesn't really consider you a threat. I had the same thing happen on playing Immortal OCC on Pangaea.

In the past, I've had the problem with civs no longer offer anything in peace deals once you go to war with any civ for a second time. My thinking was by using a culture bomb to get the other civ to declare on me instead, I could avoid this penalty. I was under the impression that doing a...

Has anyone had success using the "culture bomb" ability to get other MPs to declare on you? It occurred to me this could be a good way to pursue a warmongering strategy without the diplomacy hit.

Check the demographics screen - if you're leading in tech, a science victory should be pretty straight-forward. If you're not, I would just attack whoever is leading in tech. You're fortunate, I'd expect if you were isolated that long you'd be significantly behind in tech since you haven't...

I've experienced running into financial problems later in the game as you describe. As you add more buildings to your cities and field more advanced units, your maintenance costs can eventually overtake your income. Some ways to mitigate this: -Most of your cities should be gold-focused...

I've won with this strategy on Immortal, haven't tried Diety yet. I never was declared on - the only thing I would do was not give Open Borders to my immediate neighbors, or any MP that was acting belligerent. If you're playing Continents, you might try Pangaea - you can make contact with more...

I find it necessary to build an archer for killing barbarians - otherwise it's hard to keep your luxuries from constantly being pillaged. A couple scouts are a big help for meeting the other MPs and CSs sooner.

I'm not certain, but I think anti-air covers a 2 hex radius, and mobile SAMs cover a 3 hex radius. Definitely more than it's own tile, which would be nearly pointless. I'm not sure what happens if multiple AA units are in range. I have found Stealth Bombers pretty powerful - sometimes they...

I think Pangaea is easier than Continents, as you are able to meet all the AI MPs sooner, which enables you to do more trading and more RAs. It's also much easier to take an MP down with your military that is becoming a threat. On Continents, the MPs on the other continent may be significantly...

Does this mean timing when you take RAs? I would just take an RA whenever possible, normally leaving at least 1 turn between them.

I guess you could use your own military units to pillage the improvements instead of waiting for barbarians to do it. That's pretty gamey, though.

No, the capital never gets the railroad bonus.

I just won a OCC cultural victory on Immortal using this guide. I actually failed to get the Louvre in time, but then was able to use two GEs to build Cristo Rendentor in one turn. By running artist specialists I was eventually able to build 3 landmarks. I'd say the weakest part of this...