Recent content by Dashwood

I'm glad I stumbled onto this thread. The forum, insofar as I saw, is mainly filled with the idea that an AI created solely to try 'win' was superior to the predictable and transparent AI of Civ4. I am not saying that it isn't, since Civ5's AI has its own merits, but the paradigm comes at the...

This is excellent! I didn't buy Civ5 for what Firaxis brought to the table, but what this mod community would eventually put out. I'm really glad to see Kael in the thick of things again. Thanks for the .pdf! Will go through it and the tutorial blogs mentioned in thread after work...

I would enjoy needing to pay mercenaries to switch sides when they were defeated, but as it stands without further coding I think 40-50% is an appropriate ratio.

That would be a nice addition. As it stands, I've noticed with Amurites that not everybody gives me flak for my Death Mana Soul Forge (that I sacrifice hidden nationality Tigers to, courtesy of my open borders trigger-happy neighbours), but it would be much better if some civs saw Death Mana as...

BCalchet: YES. I can't even begin to put it forward empathically enough. I would love to see that. Except the part about oceans under Barbarian control, as they don't always have those (or have them within an icefloe). I'd vote for it to be on any ocean tile, controlled or not. I already...

Aha! I hadn't thought about many disparate bands of a single peoples creeping out after the Age of Ice. The leaders kept making me think of them as the main core of that civilization, but you are right, just like in Vanilla civ you have to turn a blind eye. I tend to rename my leaders every few...

Hah, then it's alright, xD

Buildable by Barb Orcs or Clan Orcs? I noticed that when I researched Necromancy earlier today. In any event, if it is only buildable by Barb Orcs bonii in the Barrows isn't such a bad deal. If Clan Orcs can build it, then I understand the trouble. Still, flavourwise the chance of drawing the...

Yvain the Woodelf: is the combination of Wood Elf deliberate or a spacing requirement? It even could be a homage to Woodelf on staff, but the wood-elf merger bothers me every time I look at it. If it isn't deliberate, a fix could be Yvain of the Wood or Yvain the Silvan.

I tested that out -- it doesn't. Captured slaves and workers are immigrants, so don't get to be invisible.

You know.. I forgot all about the Enchanted Weapon promotion. I think that's a boss idea! Is it possible, scriptwise, to allot a randomizer between that and standard grave loot? I'm rubbish at coding.

In the 6 games I had over the weekend (instead of studying), I killed the Dirge twice with The Black Wind (Lanun totally pwn the thing)[Noblex2], the Dirge pwned me once (in yr 37)[Noble], and the remaining three times (one game as Clan[Prince], one game as Amurite[Prince] and one as...

I really like the Dain the Caswallawn entry best myself, although I find it increasingly odd playing as him when he births in another civilization, >_>. As for the Arendel and Faeryl entries, I would like them better if they spoke more about the sundered history between the Seelie and Unseelie...

Maybe even ancient weapons or armour like is being talked about for the equipment addition of the game (which I remember hearing about some time ago). Pulling out and using some ancient pre-Ice Age hero's sword sounds like a good time to me!

I advocate any Amurite/Magic specific religion! I'm in the middle of work now (goofing off) but I think I'd like to see a mage-religion that made going for the Tower of Mastery Victory more viable. Given that the Amurites have that Cave of Ancestors thing going, maybe a whacky form of ancestor...