Recent content by crouchingtiger

I'd vote to take machine guns off the candidates for "most useless unit" title. Previously, I had always ignored them and bee-lined to get Infantry, which I thought were superior in every regard. Following some tips from another thread, I built some in my recent game and they made quite a...

Cool, I will do that. I have a hunch that I was running what is referred to as a "hybrid" economy. I did end up with quite a few cottages at the end and I never did tack over to drama to run caste system (even though I researched Music early in order to culture bomb Monty, probably another...

Yeah, forgot to mention that this is Vanilla Civ IV, 1.61. I'm still not sure what to think of the Pyramids build, but on balance now I'm thinking that it was not a bad thing since I did spend most of the latter half of the game in Police State. I assume that play-time increases...

Been reading the forums for a few weeks, first post here. Very appreciative of all the great discussions that I think have greatly improved my game. Would welcome any comments from experienced players on the issues I raise below... Background: Have only played Civ IV about 12 times, but...