Recent content by cll3

I only play huge marathon with 20 civs, so I don't really have much reference for comparison, but it seems ok I guess. Within the domination games I always end with at least 6 level 4-5 artillery units, either 3 or 6 level 4 crossbows chilling off in a corner somewhere after doing work in...

One day I'm just minding my own business, eating an ice cream cone in the park. And then someone attacks me and takes my ice cream cone. I go beat him down to get my ice cream back but it's already been eaten so I ask for money instead. At least I can go buy another ice cream cone. The ice cream...

The concept of AI has changed alot. What we grew up with is just a constant set of rules the computer uses to play against us. What we have now is learning AI, which trains itself statistically. It reduces the concept of AI we grew up with to just a program. I've played Go and Chess since I was...

I had this problem before. It's your resolution. Change it around abit and try it again. There are specific resolutions that exclude the claim button from your screen. Everything seems normal when you're out of that menu playing the game, but you'll soon realize you've actually been playing with...

All progression resources (production, gold, science, culture) and the rates that you earn them at, all scale proportionally with game speed. If something took 100 production to build in one mode and 200 in another, then it takes twice as many turns, so the game speed doesn't affect the...

That spearman is having deja vu because he's never watched a zombie movie or tv show that didn't have at least 1 scene with zombies clawing at a glass door with a living human on the other side.

That's an interesting metric; I actually fit into that category for many other games I got off steam. For example I bought the $200+ Endless Legend bundle when it was on sale for like $16 or something. I tried a couple games. That game is actually very deep, very few imbalances, many ways to...

I happened to have tried this before a long time ago before IZ were nerfed, but it should be more or less the same. It works best with Aztecs. Warmonger all game as usual, take luxuries for the bonus attack. With even +4 or so after conquering your neighboring civ, you can guard any barb camp...

hmm just a little inconsistent but probably just overlooking some variable, but still super insightful for tile spreading. I remember a game a long time ago, I was getting agitated why Lisbon was taking so freaking long to annex those luxury and strategic tiles right next to them. Woulda been...

The outer rim 4 pop cities never go below +1 happy because of Estadio. The bigger cities, and all various 7 pop ones scattered throughout the map for IZ radius are +1 from amenities usually, or entertainment radii. The majority of cities in the middle are around 10-13 pop, and eat up the base...

Yup, but not just tundra. I eventually settle every last possible hex, later on even ice with no fresh water no hills nada. I posted this screenshot awhile back on here but I don't remember where. It's been over a month since this particular game. The outer rim is all ice wasteland, but every...

I'm a dom addict, so even if I've set out to win a cultural victory I might go Germany, conquer hyper wide, spam districts with more hansas than necessary, rush meritocracy to skyrocket civic progression in midgame, end with ibuka. But who am I kidding... it's still effectively a domination...

Bombards are a huge power spike, but if unavailable somehow, then I'm in the crossbow camp with Rosty. They're durable and have high enough defense so cities prioritize non-upgraded warriors over them. Easy to dance a warrior in city range, tanking 1 shot and then back out to heal, next warrior...

When two entities clash, only one can survive even if both would have dealt lethal damage to the other. In the case of would-be double kills, the unit's output damage minus and opposing unit's remaining HP are compared. The larger value is the decided victor. The raw damage is around...

Don't have to hope. Going at their 3rd free settler prevents AI warrior rushes with very high probability. Like 90%. If you succeed in stealing the settler, they go ballistic and tunnel vision on your warrior, or rather, the settler sitting under your warrior. Their military units that start in...