Recent content by Crazy George

AriochIV, Excellent website. Thank you so very much.

As an idea for implementation, switching to a religion could open a Social Policy tree dedicated to that religion, which is mutually exclusive with other religions... and possibly other Social Policies.

Caesar / Sonereal I knew there was a reason I kept coming back to these forums. OK. New strategy. If I find I have the Iroquois as my neighbors, I don't clear cut everything on the border. Instead, I leave just enough forests to aid in my own defense (i.e. at my choke points, etc.) and...

The counter to the Iroquois' forest walk ability is chopping down forests. Don't know how this will play out in neutral territory. But you can bet if the Iroquois are my neighbors, I'm going to clear cut everything in sight. One can only hope the AI will be smart enough to do the same.

At lower difficulty levels where spamming Wonders is a viable path to victory, Egypt's 20% bonus for Wonders will be hard to beat At higher difficulty levels (or multiplayer), I'd opt for Japan. Fighting at full strength no matter how badly damaged is going to allow the Japanese army to...

At first blush, The Great Warpath (Iroquois: only 1 move point traveling into forest tile) just doesn't seem like that great of an ability to me. In Civ 4, I'd gotten pretty adept at moving my Scouts in such a way that they didn't land on a forest, hill, or jungle until their second move. And...

I'm sure what I don't know about Civ 4 would fill quite a few forum pages. Thus, it is my intent to pursue C5 more methodically. And while ya'll are playing the game and posting your findings, I plan on studying the results and doing a bit of armchair quarterbacking. A solid defensive...

Hate to be the one to break the news, but the Super Secret Unit is cleary... Ponyta. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=373387

There's a rumor floating about that C5 will include a super secret unlockable unit. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=370720 Clearly, Gillos's little rant (if indeed that is his real name) has been posted to this here forum in order to plant clues as to that unit's identity...

12agnar0k, Thanks for the insight on how the new happiness system works. Pre-growing one's civilization past its happiness level does not appear to be a viable option. Still, India's happiness level will be effectively twice that of the competition, and being a fan of big cities, I see that...

I confess to not knowing how unhappiness will work in C5. For my analysis, I have assumed that the mechanic would operate as it had for Civ 4.

I will enjoy playing the Aztecs. Iroquois will be an interesting challenge. England will rule the seas. But if I am playing for the win and I am able to choose my Civilization, India will be on my short list of civs to choose from. A single Pop 20 city as India will be more than capable...

Hate to sound like I was parsing my words. If I was going to split the powers in half (better vs worse), India's happiness boost would have to go in the better column... and fairly high up the list. Double unhappiness for too many cities, simply means one doesn't plan on city sprawling when...

I look forward to the prospect of playing each of the civilizations, custom tailoring my strategy to maximize their inherent strengths. It will be a great disappointment if the AI is not capable of doing the same. With that said, I find it hard to believe that a mere movement bonus will be...

Not to be a contrarian, but I think they are doing everything possible to make C5 a combat game. Per my interpretation of Schafer's E3 interview, he said (more or less) that City States are designed to mix it up. Left to themselves, two civs might find a way to live in peace. So, City...