Recent content by Cyrillin

I think the screenshot was taken with the Blue Marble graphics Mod installed. I may be wrong though, because I've been using Blue Marble for so long that I can't remember what it looks like without it!

I feel the same way, almost makes me want to hold off some so that it isn't over too soon :crazyeye:

Taking capitals is much easier if you go with city raider promotions, and the secret to taking high defense cities is overwhelming numbers! I've been practicing with Saladin for an early warmongering victory, I've never been inclined to do such, but after A'AbarachAmadan's writeup about his...

The AI probably goes from meditation because it is more benificial. A Monastary gives +10% research and you can spread the religion. If you go for Hinduism, you are stuck with the religion in only one city until you research monotheism and switch to organized religion, or until you research...

That sounds like a good idea for the challenger class :lol:

I also did about a dozen regenerations with these settings, but didn't get any desert in the fat cross. It's obvious from the picture that we don't have to worry about that with this starting position. I played a few practice games as well, and also found that the AI tends to be rather close...

Rofl, that was great. :lol: This will definitely be treasured info for the upcoming game

Patience.... What is that? :-)

Just curious when we might get a sneak peak at what is coming for next month. Hopefully the difficulty will be up to at least Monarch again :D

There was nothing very impressive about my game. Even though I was itching to conquer all with the Keshiks, I found that since I settled my second city on the choke point, everyone else settled far from me. I didn't even start organizing an army until after 500 AD. I eventually decided for a...

You don't actually have to make it all the way around. You just have to have cleared a path through unexplored area that stretches all the way around. It's even possible to trade maps to reveal a path around the world and get the bonus!

So I was finishing up a game the other day. Was aiming for a Diplomatic victory so I was passing some time by constructing every possible city improvement. Then I took a look at the effect my banks were having on my commerce. If you are running research at 100%, then banks (and other...

Playing on Emperor now. Monarch is simple, but now I am having to learn how to chop-rush effectively to keep up with the AI's advantage. What helped me when moving to Emperor was to find out what advantages the AI was getting. I started a map and opened the world builder just to see what the...

My vote goes for Qin Shi Huang. I've been winning on Monarch, Continents, standard map, temperate climate. I try to stay balanced with him. I use the financial aspect to get early gold for research by trying to settle several cities on the coast. That gives you 3 gold for each of those water...

Well it doesn't seem like it, but I've been playing Civ 4 for over a month now. I'm starting to develop habits and favorites, as I'm sure you are. I was wondering, who is your favorite leader so far? Vote and then post a reply on why you like them, strategies you use with them and also info...