Recent content by Cpt Oblivious

Unfortunately, that's one of the long-standing ones to deal with. If you plan to attack them, never say no to that unless you're ready to derail the whole war effort for 50+ turns. Better to not lose the perfect initiation than get the betrayal negative (and yes, that will stick around longer...

Admittedly either could work (thinking about it again, you omitted the border growth, which imo would have been one of the stronger arguments for Tradition), but a lot of it also depends on what and when the great person is used for, so i guess i gave more of a gut reaction since it's not a...

If you're already 3 in, yes, finish it. You don't have to eat maintenance (just delete the worker), and you're already halfway in so may as well get the GP out of it- not to mention the right side are the policies you would have wanted in Liberty anyway if you wanted to consider cultural...

Although it flies in the face of traditional wisdom (pardon the pun), I could see wide cultural being a lot more feasible for BNW than it was for previous iterations, since the old style was based all around Specialist/Great Tile improvements. With the BNW system, as long as you have your...

A bit exploity but: If you have an aggressive AI personality for a neighbor who has strategic based UUs, look in their territory for that strategic. If they don't have it, sell yours to them as soon as you can (especially if you don't use it for your own UU). This can actually bait them...

Personal preference, but I'd say #1- Leaning Tower of Pisa: generate all your GPs faster to fill up your Great Works slots, and can give you a timely GE to rush SC/Uffizi/Globe #2- Sistine Chapel: 3 GW slots, faster culture to finish out Aesthetics and get into your ideology, and keeps the...

In fairness (and I am not saying I agree with the overall hyperbole of the topic), but it IS a valid statement that a lot of the primary function of the WC is slowing down runaways- or rather slowing down anyone really. Got culture hogs in the game? Pass Sciences funding, they're slowed down...

I do remember one time, it wasn't a direct UU vs UU fight, but I ran a Celt game and had upgraded Pictish Warriors into Pike-tish Warriors into Pictish Lancers... then found my perfect stalemate in the form of some Berber Cavalry (their Homeland Bonus, Desert Warrior, and higher base combat...

I personally have a love for Autocracy because a) it helps your (likely) token defense stand up against bigger opponents and b) Gunboat Diplomacy, dear heavens. It really is bordering on being broken if you play it right.

They don't have to be within CS borders, just a CS artifact, so look near the CS if possible (particularly in locations of some of those early barb camps that plague CS's. iirc, barb camps that capture a CS worker almost always generate antiquity sites for that CS later in the game)

The one I think gets overlooked a lot: Having a spy in a city lets you view their entire city screen. If you're planning an invasion, look to see what they've built (not just wonders, but science/gold/culture buildings) to help you cherry pick which city you want beforehand, so you don't waste...

I think any opposition is partly because... well, you're not limited to your start. True, for some civilizations, (like Spain), they're highly situational on the start because they do pretty much make or break the game- but those niche cases also see such a boon that it is so very...

I can only think of one time the AI pulled the wool over my eyes: one continents game I was playing, I had China, Arabia, and Persia on a continent with me. Me and Persia were in a rut fighting over religion, China was sour at me for territory disputes, but Arabia were fast friends with me...

Despite the fanciful title, I wanted to ask for a general feel (both from individual preferences and from a stategic standpoint), how do you- yes, you- handle Renaissance and Industrial Eras? For the AI, and for many players, these two eras seem to define a lot of the game, if not take up a...

Yes, early UU's are often shirked for their real power, which is both in the early advantage they give you as well as the fact that they upgrade (often) into superior midrange units. The Jag is no exception: You think a Jaguar is scary, imagine the logistical boost alone that a bunch of Swords...